Robert Frost
Amherst, Hampshire County, Massachusetts
Marker Inscription
The Jones Library Amherst, Massachusetts. "To the Jones Library my first serious collector and longtime friend under Charles Green" Robert Frost. In recognition of the Jones Library's early relationship with Robert Frost, American poet and Amherst resident, this site is dedicated as a Literary landmark by the Association of Library Trustees, Advocates Friends and Foundations.
Erected by Association of Library Trustees, Advocates, Friends and Foundations ALTAFF Literary Landmarks Register
The Story
The Jones Library in Amherst was one of the earliest and most devoted collectors of Robert Frost's work, a bond nurtured by librarian Charles Green during the years the poet lived and taught in the town. Frost, four times a Pulitzer winner, drew much of his verse from the New England landscape around Amherst. The site is dedicated as a Literary Landmark in honor of that long friendship.
Why it matters
Frost became the unofficial poet of America, and the library's early championing of him shows how local institutions help shape a national literary reputation.
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Related people
- · Robert Frost
- · Charles Green
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