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About New Salem Academy
The New Salem Academy was founded February 25, 1795, “for the purposes of promoting piety, religion, and morality, and for instruction of youth in such languages and in such of the liberal arts and sciences as the trustees shall direct.”
https://newsalemacademy.com/about/
On February 25, 1795 Massachusetts Governor Samuel Adams signed the original Legislation creating New Salem Academy
The Trustees of New Salem Academy, an organization provided for in that legislation to manage the affairs of The Academy, has been in continuous existence for 224 years. Today the Trustees oversee the management and dispersal of funds to provide Scholarship opportunities for residents of New Salem and descendants of Academy attendees and Staff, and to support educational or cultural Programs in the area. Trustees also maintain a Museum of New Salem Academy in the “Old Academy Building” on Academy Drive of the Common in New Salem center.
New Salem Museum and Academy of Fine Art (NSMA)
https://www.newsalemmuseum.com/historic-location
The museum and the academy is located in the historic town of New Salem, Massachusetts, approximately 90 miles west of Boston and 180 miles north of New York City. The settlement dates back to around 1735. At that time, it was a land grant given to proprietors coming from Salem, Massachusetts to build a new community on approximately 30,000 acres.
The historic property of NSMA was originally used as a boarding home for New Salem Academy students from 1871 through 1928. It accommodated about 24 students on the premises and is closely situated to the original academy.
New Salem Academy, New Salem Massachusetts
This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 78000443. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.
References
- The New Salem sesqui-centennial : report of the addresses and proceedings of the celebration of the 150th anniversary of the incorporation of the town of New Salem, at New Salem on Thursday, Aug. 20th, 1903 (Publication date 1904). Page 32-41. < Archive.Org >
- https://newsalemacademy.com/about/
- https://www.newsalemmuseum.com/historic-location
- New Salem Academy Collection 1874-1945 < link >
- Image of Old and New Recitation Halls, New Salem Academy, 1908. –1914. New Salem Academy Records (MS 1033). Special Collections and University Archives, UMass Amherst Libraries < link >
- University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries Special Collections and University Archives: New Salem Academy Records < link >
- “Remembering New Salem Academy.” < link >