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| − | '''Powder Point Academy''' (also known as "Powder Point School for Boys") was a private<ref>Porter Sargent, ''[ | + | '''Powder Point Academy''' (also known as "Powder Point School for Boys") was a private<ref>Porter Sargent, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=lWvJDCYA4CUC A Handbook of American Private Schools]'' (Boston, Mass.: P. Sargent, 1920), pp. 141, 594</ref> [[prep school]]<ref>"...Powder Point Academy, a boys' prep school in Duxbury, Massachusetts..." Tony Hiss, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=SPV2AAAAMAAJ&pgis=1 Laughing Last: Alger Hiss by Tony Hiss]'' (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1977), ISBN 039524899X, p. 32</ref> located in Duxbury,<ref>"Powder Point School," A.S. Burbank, ''[http://ia311331.us.archive.org/2/items/pilgrimtownofdux00plym/pilgrimtownofdux00plym_bw.pdf The Pilgrim Town of Duxbury]'' (Plymouth, Mass.: Pilgrim Bookstore, 1900), p. 21</ref> [[Massachusetts]]. In the 1920s Powder Point merged merged with [http://www.taboracademy.org/ Tabor Academy].<ref>"The Powder Point School for Boys operated successfully for nearly 40 years but eventually merged with Tabor Academy in the 1920’s." [http://www.duxburyhistory.org/king_caesar_house_history.htm Brief History of the King Caesar House], © Duxbury Rural & Historical Society 2001-2009</ref> Among Powder Point Academy's more notable alumni was [[Alger Hiss]], who attended in 1921-22.<ref>"1921-1922: Attended Powder Point Academy, Duxbury, Mass..." [http://oasis.lib.harvard.edu/oasis/deliver/~law00092 Zeligs, Meyer Aaron. Papers, 1923-1978: Finding Aid]. Harvard Law School Library, October 1, 1980</ref> |
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
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| − | * [http:// | + | * [http://drewarchives.org/finding-aids/powder-point-school/ Powder Point School for Boys Collection], Drew Archival Library (Duxbury Rural & Historical Society) |
* [http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/maritime/bra.htm Bradford Family Houses in Duxbury], Maritime History in Massachusetts: A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary (National Park Service) | * [http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/maritime/bra.htm Bradford Family Houses in Duxbury], Maritime History in Massachusetts: A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary (National Park Service) | ||
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: * [http://memory.loc.gov/pnp/cph/3g00000/3g03000/3g03000/3g03096r.jpg Student from Powder Point School skating near bonfire holding hockey stick] | : * [http://memory.loc.gov/pnp/cph/3g00000/3g03000/3g03000/3g03096r.jpg Student from Powder Point School skating near bonfire holding hockey stick] | ||
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Latest revision as of 22:09, January 20, 2021
Powder Point Academy (also known as "Powder Point School for Boys") was a private[1] prep school[2] located in Duxbury,[3] Massachusetts. In the 1920s Powder Point merged merged with Tabor Academy.[4] Among Powder Point Academy's more notable alumni was Alger Hiss, who attended in 1921-22.[5]
Notes
- ↑ Porter Sargent, A Handbook of American Private Schools (Boston, Mass.: P. Sargent, 1920), pp. 141, 594
- ↑ "...Powder Point Academy, a boys' prep school in Duxbury, Massachusetts..." Tony Hiss, Laughing Last: Alger Hiss by Tony Hiss (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1977), ISBN 039524899X, p. 32
- ↑ "Powder Point School," A.S. Burbank, The Pilgrim Town of Duxbury (Plymouth, Mass.: Pilgrim Bookstore, 1900), p. 21
- ↑ "The Powder Point School for Boys operated successfully for nearly 40 years but eventually merged with Tabor Academy in the 1920’s." Brief History of the King Caesar House, © Duxbury Rural & Historical Society 2001-2009
- ↑ "1921-1922: Attended Powder Point Academy, Duxbury, Mass..." Zeligs, Meyer Aaron. Papers, 1923-1978: Finding Aid. Harvard Law School Library, October 1, 1980
External links
- Powder Point School for Boys Collection, Drew Archival Library (Duxbury Rural & Historical Society)
- Bradford Family Houses in Duxbury, Maritime History in Massachusetts: A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary (National Park Service)
- * King Caesar House, King Caesar Road, Powder Point, Duxbury, Plymouth County, MA, American Memory (Library of Congress)
