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__NOTOC__ The Salem Athenaeum, founded in 1810, is one of the oldest private library organizations in the United States. The Athenaeum is located at 337 Essex Street in Salem, Massachusetts in the Chestnut Street District. ==History== The Salem Athenaeum was founded in 1810 by the merger of two antecedent organizations: the Social Library, founded in 1760, and the Salem Philosophical Library, founded in 1781. The first president was Edward Augustus Holyoke. The Athenaeum's first permanent building was constructed in the 1850s with a large bequest from Caroline Plummer. In 1905 the Athenaeum sold that building, known as Plummer Hall, to the Essex Institute (now the Peabody Essex Museum), and with the proceeds constructed the building it currently occupies, at 337 Essex Street, which was dedicated in 1907. The collections include over 50,000 volumes on diverse topics.〔(Salem Athenaeum Official Website (accessed Oct. 9, 2009) )〕〔The Salem Athenæum, 1810-1910 by Joseph Nickerson Ashton (Berkeley press, 1917) ()〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Salem Athenaeum」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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