Houses


From Emily Dickinson's Letters to Dr. and Mrs. Josiah Gilbert Holland.

Dickinson Homestead

For an interesting take on the above photo

From Mount Holyoke. Lots of other memorabilia having to do with the stamp!

Postcards

Definitely worth a look -- postcards of the Homestead -- writing table, house, white dress, etc.

Emily Dickinson's Bedroom.
Photo by Frank Ward.

A dress that belonged to the poet Emily Dickinson.
Courtesy of The Amherst Historical Society.
Photo by Frank Ward.


The Dickinsons of Amherst

"Jerome Liebling, one of our foremost documentary photographers, has created a remarkable photographic record of the domestic environment of Emily Dickinson."

"Three of the foremost scholars of Dickinson's life and work have contributed essays that explore the history and legacy of these two dwellings": Polly Longsworth, Barton Levi St. Armand, and Christopher Benfey.

Virtual Emily

Includes: blueprint, pictures of Bowles and Higginson, family pictures, and 1813 picture of house.
Also picture of cemetery (not shown here).
For a map of the grounds in 1995.

Associated Press Article

Read article by Trudy Tynan with pictures (below) as found on CANOE Travel USA
The home of poet Emily Dickinson
(AP Photo/Dennis Vandal)
The home bedroom of poet Emily Dickinson
(AP Photo/Dennis Vandal)



Site has some pictures and notes.

For information on the "Exterior Restoration Project"

The Evergreens

From the Brown University Library: Treasures of the Evergreens

Todd House

"The Dell," as this 1886 structure was called, is now a bed and breakfast. For more information, click on photo.-->