McMenamin, Joan Stitt
Biography
Joan Stitt McMenamin served as the fifth headmistress of the Nightingale-Bamford School from 1971 until her retirement in 1992.
Mrs. McMenamin attended the Masters School in Dobbs Ferry, New York. She then attended Smith College, where she earned an economics degree, and the Katharine Gibbs School for secretarial skills (per her father's wishes, who believed it would insure her financial independence).
In 1959, Mrs. McMenamin first came to Nightingale as a typist for Catherine Woodbridge, who was headmistress at that time. Her education and talents led to her role as a history teacher, where she emphasized knowledge of current events.
The Joan Stitt McMenamin lecture was created following her death in 2004, with the first lecture given in November 2005.
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Joan Stitt McMenamin with Katherine Cammann Lipson '33, in library at alumnae reunion, 1983
Letter : [to] Dorothy [Hutcheson] / Barbara [Greene, sister of Joan McMenamin], enclosing donation to the McMenamin Fund, 2005 Nov 5
Library files regarding renovation and addition to schoolhouse, 1989 - 1991
Photograph of Joan McMenamin in library, c. 1980 - 1992
Photographs of Joan McMenamin seated with other guests at table in a library for unknown event, 1986 - 1987
Speech delivered by Nina Joukowsky Koprulu '79, at dedication of The Joan Stitt McMenamin Library, 1992 Jan 27
Biographical Records include records related to the life of Joan Stitt McMenamin, including resumes, biographical compilations, articles and speeches about Joan McMenamin, records of gifts she made to the school, legal records related to her death in 2004, reminiscences, and speeches, programs, a video recording, and visitor books from a service in memory of Joan McMenamin held at Nightingale on October 1, 2004.
SS03 Biographical Records, 1967 - 2005
Biographical Records include records related to the life of Joan Stitt McMenamin, including resumes, biographical compilations, articles and speeches about Joan McMenamin, records of gifts she made to the school, legal records related to her death in 2004, reminiscences, and speeches, programs, a video recording, and visitor books from a service in memory of Joan McMenamin held at Nightingale on October 1, 2004.
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