Dates
Biography
Entered Nightingale-Bamford School Class II A Upper School in 1920-21, withdrew the following year, reentered Class IV A-1 Upper School in 1922-23, and withdrew the following year to attend Foxcroft School in Virginia. Millicent V. Hammond was the second of three children of Ogden Haggerty Hammond (politician, Ambassador to Spain) and Mary Picton Stevens, both of historically prominent families. Mary perished in the sinking of the RMS Lusitania ship when Millicent was five years old. Millicent later attended Columbia University and the New School for Social Research. In 1932, she married Hugh McLeod Fenwick and lived in New Jersey, where they had two children, Mary Stevens Fenwick and Hugo Hammond Fenwick before divorcing in 1945. Millicent modeled for Harper's Bazaar and held various positions at Vogue magazine through 1948. A Republican, Millicent turned her attention to politics, serving on the Bernardsville Borough Council, the United States Commission on Civil Rights' New Jersey Committee, the New Jersey General Assembly, and as director of the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs. In 1974, she was elected to serve New Jersey in the U.S. House of Representatives. She was narrowly defeated for a U.S. Senate seat in 1982 but was appointed by President Reagan to serve as Ambassador to Food and Agricultural Organziation of the United Nations in Italy. Millicent retired in 1987 and passed away in Bernardsville, New Jersey in 1992. In 1995, the Millicent Fenwick Monument was unveiled in Bernardsville, sculpted by Dana Toomey.
See Wikipedia entry for Millicent Fenwick at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millicent_Fenwick, accessed Feb. 14, 2019.
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
File — Box: 04085
Identifier: 004 001 000 43 0001
Scope and Contents
From the Record Group:
The External Relations Record Group is comprised of records related to the Nightingale-Bamford School's communications and relations with outside groups, such as students' parents, alumnae, media and the general public. These include records from the Institutional Advancement office related to the Alumnae Association and fundraising, Parents Association records, and Communications office records including those relevant to the school's branding and image, such as school news publications,...
Dates:
1982 - 1992
Item — Box: 04012
Identifier: 004 001 000 30 0146
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This sub-group includes photographs of alumnae taken at events organized by the Institutional Advancement department and/or the Alumnae Association. Events represented include alumnae reunions and receptions in New York and elsewhere, informal reunions organized by alumnae, and educational lectures for alumnae. Nightingale faculty and staff, particularly Institutional Advancement department staff members, Heads of School, and Trustees may be included in photographs. Alumnae may also be...
Dates:
c. 1980 - 1989
Item — Box: 01026
Identifier: 001 004 000 19 0132
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This sub-group includes photographs of alumnae taken at events organized by the Institutional Advancement department and/or the Alumnae Association. Events represented include alumnae reunions and receptions in New York and elsewhere, informal reunions organized by alumnae, and educational lectures for alumnae. Nightingale faculty and staff, particularly Institutional Advancement department staff members, Heads of School, and Trustees may be included in photographs. Alumnae may also be...
Dates:
c. 1980 - 1992
Item — Box: 01098
Identifier: 001 004 000 19 0266
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This sub-group includes photographs of alumnae taken at events organized by the Institutional Advancement department and/or the Alumnae Association. Events represented include alumnae reunions and receptions in New York and elsewhere, informal reunions organized by alumnae, and educational lectures for alumnae. Nightingale faculty and staff, particularly Institutional Advancement department staff members, Heads of School, and Trustees may be included in photographs. Alumnae may also be...
Dates:
c. 1992
File — Box: 01161
Identifier: 001 002 000 45 0012
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series consists mainly of photographs and programs. with some sound recordings and video recordings associated with Morning Meetings (and its predecessor, Prayers), assemblies, assembly speakers and performances, and other guest speakers hosted by the school. Speakers appearing in this series' photographs include actors and filmmakers, authors, writers, media commentators, activists, psychiatrists and psychologists, and politicians. Some notable speakers include civil rights activists...
Dates:
2006 Jan
Series
Identifier: RG03_SG001_S03
Scope and Contents
This sub-group includes photographs of alumnae taken at events organized by the Institutional Advancement department and/or the Alumnae Association. Events represented include alumnae reunions and receptions in New York and elsewhere, informal reunions organized by alumnae, and educational lectures for alumnae. Nightingale faculty and staff, particularly Institutional Advancement department staff members, Heads of School, and Trustees may be included in photographs. Alumnae may also be...
Dates:
c. 1920 - 2012
Sub-Series
Identifier: RG03_SG001_S01_SS05
Scope and Contents
From the Record Group:
The External Relations Record Group is comprised of records related to the Nightingale-Bamford School's communications and relations with outside groups, such as students' parents, alumnae, media and the general public. These include records from the Institutional Advancement office related to the Alumnae Association and fundraising, Parents Association records, and Communications office records including those relevant to the school's branding and image, such as school news publications,...
Dates:
c. 1917 - 2013
