THE FOUNDING AND DEVELOPMENT OF SAINT MARY'S SCHOOL 1886-1935. (Foreword by Ruth Berry and Mary Ladd)

1944. Galley 1-10. Also: Report of the Alumni Assoc 0f 1948; telegram asking to se and image, PR brochure and woodcut, constitution and bylaws, Alumnae notes, 1948, note from the Principal concerning an alumnae booklet, photo of the school from 1886, photo of the school from 1936, 2 undated images of the school, SAINT MARY'S IN THE MOUNTIANS 1886-1936, Littleton, NH: Seven Springs,18pp, wraps, with admission application, photo of school from 1895, faded photo from 1931, 11 x 14 mounted photo of students with guitars and banjos (1887-1888) with names identified on the back; 11 x 14 mounted photo of students in more formal dress (many identified on the back). From Wikipedia: "The White Mountain School was founded in 1886 as an all-girls Episcopal high school called St. Mary's School in Concord, New Hampshire. In 1935, Dorothy McLane, the school's headmistress, moved the school north into the White Mountains region, to the estate of Ernest Poole in Sugar Hill, New Hampshire; the school was then renamed St. Mary's-in-the-Mountains. One year later in 1936, the school bought the Seven Springs Estate, in Bethlehem, New Hampshire, from Eman and Mary Payne Beck and relocated there for the last time. Over the next 25 years, the Bethlehem campus expanded with the purchase of new dormitories and the construction of new classroom wings. On January 3, 1964, the school's Main Building burned down. The following year, a new Main Building was constructed in its place. Six years later, in 1970, the school began accepting a small number of male day students, and in 1972 the school became co-educational and changed its name to the White Mountain School.The school ceased operations after the conclusion of the 2023-24 academic year, citing financial difficulties relating to declining enrollment.
Niles was founder of the school and Bishop of New Hampshire from 1870-1914.