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Original Academy Building

description
  • – A photograph of the Nichols Academy School House (formerly Universalist Meeting House) and the Boarding House for Nichols Academy, ca. 1873-1880. Faculty and students are standing in front, while some students are seated on the roof of the Boarding House.
subjectcollectiondate
  • – 1873-1880?
publisherrelation
  • – Is part of the Nichols College Archives collection. Nichols College Archives, Dudley, Massachusetts. http://www.nichols.edu/library/archives/index.html
format
  • – image/jpg
language
  • – English

Conant Library and Observatory

description
  • – A photograph of the Conant Library and Observatory, presently the Nichols College Chapel, taken between its construction in 1832 and the appearance of the image in the Nichols Academy Catalogue in 1896. The Conant Library and Observatory originally housed the Nichols Academy Library, two telescopes, and had telegraphic communications with the world via Western Union lines. It was built by Hezekiah Conant, a former student of Nichols Academy.
subjectcollectiondate
  • – 1883-1896?
publisherrelation
  • – Is part of the Nichols College Archives collection. Nichols College Archives, Dudley, Massachusetts. http://www.nichols.edu/library/archives/index.html
format
  • – image/jpg
language
  • – English

Nichols Academy and Alumni Hall

description
  • – An image of the Nichols Academy and Alumni Hall taken between its construction in 1882-83 and the appearance of the image in the Nichols Academy Catalogue in 1896. It was built by Hezekiah Conant, a former student of Nichols Academy.
subjectcollectiondate
  • – 1882-1896?
publisherrelation
  • – Is part of the Nichols College Archives collection. Nichols College Archives, Dudley, Massachusetts. http://www.nichols.edu/library/archives/index.html
format
  • – image/jpg
language
  • – English

Nichols Academy Looking Down Center Street

description
  • – A photograph of Nichols Academy looking down Center Street, ca. 1893-1938. Included in the picture is the Conant Memorial Church, the Center School, the Old Inn, the Academy Building, and the Conant Library and Observatory.
subjectcollectiondate
  • – 1893-1938
publisherrelation
  • – Is part of the Nichols College Archives collection. Nichols College Archives, Dudley, Massachusetts. http://www.nichols.edu/library/archives/index.html
format
  • – image/jpg
language
  • – English

Nichols Academy Looking Up Center Street

description
  • – A photograph of Nichols Academy looking up Center Street, ca. 1893-1938. Included in the picture is the Conant Library and Observatory, the Academy Building, the Old Inn, the Center School, and the Conant Memorial Church.
subjectcollectiondate
  • – 1893-1938
publisherrelation
  • – Is part of the Nichols College Archives collection. Nichols College Archives, Dudley, Massachusetts. http://www.nichols.edu/library/archives/index.html
format
  • – image/jpg
language
  • – English

Nichols Academy Catalogue, Dudley, Mass., 1835

description
  • – The Catalog of Nichols Academy lists the trustees, instructors, and the students from the academic year ending on November 24, 1835. The expenses, text books and rules governing the academy are also described.
subjectcollectiondate
  • – 1835
publishercreatorrelation
  • – Is part of the Nichols College Archives collection. Nichols College Archives, Dudley, Massachusetts. http://www.nichols.edu/library/archives/index.html
format
  • – text/pdf
language
  • – English

Nichols Academy: Regulations to be Observed by the Students, 1878

description
  • – Regulations and Rules of Government for the students of Nichols Academy in 1878. Descriptions of the rules for attendance, study hours, the boarding house, general deportment and scholarship are listed. Punishment in the form of a demerit system is outlined.
subjectcollectiondate
  • – 1878
publishercreatorrelation
  • – Is part of the Nichols College Archives collection. Nichols College Archives, Dudley, Massachusetts. http://www.nichols.edu/library/archives/index.html
format
  • – text/pdf
language
  • – English

Nichols Academy: Descriptive List of Work Pursued during the Winter Term, 1887

description
  • – Describes the courses offered at Nichols Academy for the winter term beginning on November 29th, 1887. Some of the courses offered were Free-hand and Mathematical Drawing, Mathematics, Engineering and Surveying, Modern and Classical Languages, Natural Science, Physics, Chemistry, and a commercial course that included book-keeping and telegraphy.
subjectcollectiondate
  • – 1887
publishercreatorrelation
  • – Is part of the Nichols College Archives collection. Nichols College Archives, Dudley, Massachusetts. http://www.nichols.edu/library/archives/index.html
format
  • – text/pdf
language
  • – English

Nichols Academy Promotional Announcement

description
  • – A Nichols Academy promotional announcement, ca. 1875-76. The announcement describes the instructional philosophy of the academy and the advantages of its practical approach towards education. A list of the instructors and the cost of boarding at the Academy are also given.
subjectcollectiondate
  • – 1875-1876?
publishercreatorrelation
  • – Is part of the Nichols College Archives collection. Nichols College Archives, Dudley, Massachusetts. http://www.nichols.edu/library/archives/index.html
format
  • – image/jpg
language
  • – English

Main Street bridge between Webster and Dudley.

description
  • – Connecting the Main Streets of Webster and Dudley, sometimes called"The Great Bridge", this keystone arch stone bridge was constructed in 1868. The granite stones for the bridge were quarried out of the ledge on the Merino Village (Dudley) side of the French River. The first stone was laid on September 28, 1868 by H.H. Stevens, founder of Stevens Linen Mill. The old Central Turnpike passed over this bridge. The cost of the bridge was $12,000, the cost split evenly by the towns of Webster and Dudley.
subjectcollectiondate
  • – 1890-1920?
publisherrelation
  • – Part of the local history collection of the Chester C. Corbin Public Library, Webster, Massachusetts<http://www.corbinlibrary.org>
format
  • – image/jpg

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