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1841<\/div>\n
Williston Academy is founded by Samuel and Emily Williston<\/div>\n <\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″]
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1924<\/div>\n
Northampton School for Girls is founded by Sarah Whitaker and Dorothy Bement<\/div>\n <\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″]
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The two schools merge and become the Williston Northampton School.<\/div>\n <\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner]
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Samuel Williston's Hat<\/h1>

In the mid-19th century, no gentleman would have appeared in public hatless. Somehow, we still have Samuel\u2019s dress hat \u2013 tall, covered in beaver fur, and even in its present dilapidated state, distinguished. And of course, black.<\/p>\n <\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n

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Original Buttons<\/h1>

Emily Graves Williston, a talented seamstress, jump-started the family fortune when she snipped a button off the coat of a visiting clergyman and dismantled it to see how it was made. In an unofficial biography, she is quoted as saying, \u201cbuttons on a girl\u2019s dress are just as noticeable as her nose.\u201d These rusted scissors, black silk bits, and wooden button centers were found under the Williston Birthplace floorboards<\/p>\n <\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n

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Emily Williston's Brooch<\/h1>

Husband Samuel gave Emily this brooch, based on a painting by John Singleton Copley. It depicts the prophet Samuel\u2019s call into the Lord\u2019s service. Emily wore it in every one of her painted and photographic portraits for the rest of her life.<\/p>\n <\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n

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NSFG School Uniform<\/h1>

It wasn\u2019t really a uniform; wearing it was not a requirement. But at least through the mid-\u201960s, many girls wore a green school blazer, often accessorized with class and athletic insignia. Consensus was that it looked best with a white pleated skirt. Above left, a Class of \u201956 freshman beanie.<\/p>\n <\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n

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NSFG Badges and Banners<\/h1>

Along with a banner in the school\u2019s colors, a blazer patch from the Massachusetts Farm Volunteers, in which many students participated during World War II<\/p>\n <\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n

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May I have this dance?<\/h1>

Dance cards and invitations are just a few of the mementos from the school\u2019s early years to be found in the Williston Northampton Archives.<\/p>\n <\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n

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Pins and Rings<\/h1>

Clockwise from the top: a ski team badge, ca. 1970; a 1961 class ring; and a Northampton School bracelet charm, date unknown.<\/p>\n <\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Relive the Yearbooks<\/h2>\n

They were the best of times\u2026Relive the fashions, hairstyles, and hijinks of your high school years. Remember favorite faculty and winning teams. See who lived up to their senior superlatives and marvel at the path you\u2019ve taken since you graduated.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>

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From the Archives<\/h2>\n

Retired archivist and librarian Rick Teller \u201870 shares the history behind the traditions and the stories behind the people and places that contribute to the story of the Williston Northampton School. <\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>

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For seniors, placing a class plaque on the fence is an honored end-of-the-year tradition, connecting classes across the years<\/p>\n<\/div>

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To gain admission in 1879, a prospective student had to know the latitude and longitude of Boston, Rome, and Bejing, and many other curious questions of days gone by.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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The first dorm built on the “new” campus back in 1916, Ford has been home to generations of students\u2014as well as countless traditions and epic pranks.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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