James Vincent Tate was an American poet. His work earned him the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. He was a professor of English at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
Tate (left) at the Grolier Poetry Book Shop in 1965 with the owner, Gordon Cairnie
University of Massachusetts Amherst
The University of Massachusetts Amherst is a public land-grant research university in Amherst, Massachusetts. It is the flagship campus of the University of Massachusetts system, and was founded in 1863 as the Massachusetts Agricultural College. It is also a member of the Five College Consortium, along with four other colleges in the Pioneer Valley.
Panoramic view of campus, 1916; in the foreground at the left is the Apiary Laboratory, Fernald Hall, the Old Chapel, and Clark Hall, in the distance to the right can be seen French Hall and Stockbridge Hall
The W. E. B. Du Bois Library is the world's third tallest library and the tallest university library.
Arnold House, part of Northeast Residential Area
The Southwest residential area as seen from the athletic fields.