mshm243 Sanderson Academy records, 1817-1828. Finding Aid Encoding funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections
South Hadley, MA
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 Collection Overview Sanderson Academy (Ashfield, Mass.) Sanderson Academy records 1817-1828. MS 0582 LD 7093.38 S2 1 boxill. (2.5 linear in.) Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections
South Hadley, MA
Sanderson Academy. Founded in Ashfield, Massachusetts, 1816. Papers contain a catalog and compositions written by several students of Mary Lyon's. English. 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.

 Scope and Contents of the Collection

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.

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