Abbot Academy Digital Collections

PUBLICATIONS

Alumnae Bulletin, 1923-1973

Circle (yearbook): 1900-1973

Course catalogs, 1829-1973

Abbot Academy Commencement Programs, 1869-1973 (gaps)

The Abbot Courant (literary magazine), 1873-1972; 1992-

Abbot Academy Student Handbooks, 1936-1973

Treasurer’s Reports, 1907-1952

ORAL HISTORIES

Students and alumni have done oral histories with 32 Abbot Academy alumnae, 2014-2021. Transcriptions of the oral histories are in the archives.

HIGHLIGHTS of the Abbot Academy collection

Abbot Academy PHOTOGRAPHS: athletics, campus buildings, portraits (trustees, administrators, faculty, staff)

Abbot Academy photograph album, 1859-1889

SECONDARY SOURCES

A Singular School: Abbot Academy, 1828-1973 by Susan McIntosh Lloyd

McKeen, Phebe Fuller. Annals of Fifty Years: A History of Abbot Academy, 1829-1879. Andover, Mass.: Warren F. Draper, 1880.

McKeen, Philena. Sequel to Annals of Fifty Years: A History of Abbot Academy, Andover, Mass, 1879-1892. Andover, Mass.: Warren F. Draper, 1892.

Memorial: Philena McKeen, June 13, 1822 to May 13, 1898.

Abbot Academy. 1907.

Abbot Academy, Andover, Massachusetts. 1929.

Register of Abbot Academy Alumnae, 1829-1952

Abbot Academy Song Book

From the Abbot Kitchens: Recipes Garnered by the Alumnae Association, 1970. (35-page PDF: Recipes by Abbot Academy chef Jes Bonde are on pages 2-8; recipes from Abbot alumnae are from page 9 on.)

Abbot Academy Walks

The Girls of Abbot: a 40-minute film (2014) about Abbot Academy made by Charles Stuart, Phillips Academy class of 1962.

 

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