
Volume 29 2002-2003

Feature Articles

"The Play's the Thing": Dramatic Activities at Amherst. By Daria D'Arienzo
"Abyss has no Biographer": Researching the Hidden Life of Emily Dickinson. A talk by Polly Longsworth, reported by Daria D'Arienzo
Folger Shakespeare Library Fellows
Helen Hunt Jackson's Lasting Amherst Ties. A talk by Kate Phillips
David Ferry. Introduced by David Sofield

"Narcissus."

David Ferry

Horace Bartlett, Class of 1876, Writes Home

News and Announcements

Michael Mazur '57: The Robert Frost Library Fellow, 2003
The Amherst Center for Russian Culture. By Stanley Rabinowitz
Activities of the Student Advisory Committee. By Daria D'Arienzo and Ute Brandes
Care and Preserve 2003. By Daria D'Arienzo
The Frederick S. Lane '36 Student Book Collecting Competition for 2003
Gifts to the Library. By John Lancaster
Activities of the Friends. By Charles Husbands
Exhibitions 2002-2003
Members of the Council 2002-2003

Note: This year marks the 35th anniversary of the Friends of the Amherst College Library. The printed version of this volume of the Newsletter contained several lists supplementing those in the 25th anniversary publication; for each of these, the entire list is available on-line: Honorary and Life Members; Members of the Council; Robert Frost Library Fellows; Student Book Collecting Prizes; Friends' Publications; A Chronology of the Friends

The Newsletter of the Friends of Amherst College Library (ISSN 1523-8091) is published annually, in the summer, covering events of the preceding academic year. This is volume 29, for 2002-2003. Copyright © 2003 by The Friends of The Amherst College Library. The editor is John Lancaster. Address all queries and editorial correspondence to him at the Amherst College Library, Amherst, Mass. 01002-5000. Telephone 413-542-2299; fax 413-542-2692; e-mail: jlancaster. The Library's web site is accessible at www.amherst.edu/library/ (from which all departments may be reached).