Sanderson Academy records
Scope and Contents
Records of a school opened in 1817. Mary Lyon attended as a student, served as a part-time assistant and became preceptress. Includes mss. catalogue and compositions by Mary Lyon's pupils dated 1828.
Dates
- Creation: 1817-1828
Conditions Governing Access
Unrestricted
Conditions Governing Use
Open to researchers under library restrictions.
Historical Note
Sanderson Academy opened in 1816 under the direction of Reverend Alvan Sanderson in Ashfield, Massachusetts. Mary Lyon attended the school in 1817, and then became a teacher. She served as principal from 1827-1828. Interest in the school declined in 1832, but it reopened in 1879. The school was destroyed by fire in 1939. Later that year it was reopened in a new building.
Extent
0.21 Linear Feet (1 half Hollinger box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Sanderson Academy. Founded in Ashfield, Massachusetts, 1816. Papers contain a catalog and compositions written by several students of Mary Lyon's.
Topical
- Education -- Massachusetts -- History -- Sources
- Education -- Massachusetts -- Sources
- Mount Holyoke College Manuscript Collections
- Schools -- Massachusetts -- History -- Sources
- Schools -- Massachusetts -- Sources
- Women -- Education -- Massachusetts -- History -- Sources
- Women -- Education -- Massachusetts -- Sources
- Title
- Sanderson Academy records, 1817-1828.
- Subtitle
- Finding Aid
- Status
- Edited Full Draft
- Date
- © 2004
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
- Sponsor
- Encoding funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Repository Details
Part of the Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections Repository
50 College Street
8 Dwight Hall
South Hadley MA 01075-6425 USA
413-538-3079
archives@mtholyoke.edu
