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The site highlights unique parts of Abbot Academy history through manuscripts, archival records, photographs, and ephemera that document the girls' school from its founding in 1829 to its merger with Phillips Academy in 1973. It includes early journals and course notebooks of students (1830-1880), letters to the principals (1859-1880, 1968-1973), extensive collection of Sallie Moore Field (class of 1902), Sherman House letters from students (1960s), papers of Helen Ripley, class of 1930, who worked in foreign affairs in the US Navy; papers of Patricia Bowne (1940s) and her daughter Marcie Rickenbacker (late 1960s), and material about theater as a force for coeducation at Andover.
Subjects or Themes
Women, Girls, Education--History
Project Language(s)
English
Time Period
Geographic Location
Project Categories
Content Type
Images, text
Target Audience(s)
Creators
Laura Carter
Year(s)
2015-2017
Host Institution / Affiliation / Project Location
Phillips Academy
Software Employed
Labor and Support
This site was developed by Laura Carter in 2016 as an initiative of the alumnae-led Abbot Archives Project (2014-2017). Generous grants from the Abbot Academy Association funded processing of the Abbot Academy collection and development of this site. Students also dedicated their time to aid the project, largely through scanning and working with this Omeka site, including Erica Nork, Phillips Academy class of 2016; Danielle Valverde, class of 2018; Carson Teitler, class of 2018; Nell Fitts, class of 2018.
Project Cost
Partnerships, funding sources, or grant-funding acknowledgement
Abbot Academy Fund