Currie, Darlene

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Group: Faculty and Staff Records consist of records mainly pertaining to Nightingale employees (excepting administration) and their roles within the school. Included are newsletters by and/or for faculty members, biographical information and news clippings about faculty/staff, photographs and video recordings featuring faculty/staff, correspondence, lists of faculty and staff members, faculty handbooks, minutes from faculty meetings and summaries or notes from such meetings, and curriculum-related...

Scope and Contents From the Record Group: In 1984, based on a determination that Nightingale's archives were inadequate in revealing the school's history, Head of School Joan McMenamin and the Alumnae Association initiated an oral history project. Alumna Marea Adams '74 conducted interviews of former faculty and staff, heads of school, trustees, parents, and alumnae (some interviewees represent more than one of these roles). This project continued through 1986. Some oral histories pre-date the project; there are also several oral...

Scope and Contents Terri-Anne Davis '95, now known as Terri Davis-Merchant, entered Nightingale in Class VII in 1989 through the Prep for Prep program and graduated in 1995. She discusses the Prep for Prep program and her school years at Nightingale, including as head of the Cultural Awareness for Everyone (C.A.F.E.) club in its early years, participation in dance, track, and Model UN, and her favorite teachers and subjects. Ms. Davis-Merchant also discusses her experience as a student under Mrs. McMenamin...