Gordan, Catherine (Kitty) M.S.
Person
Biography
Catherine "Kitty" Gordan was hired in 1969 to teach Middle and Upper School history. She became head of the department in 1973, and Assistant Head of the school in 1975. Her role as Assistant Head focused on academic affairs. She retired in spring 2013.
Ms. Gordan was born in France, coming to the U.S. at age ten for her father's work. She attended Brearley and Radcliffe, married her husband John Gordan, received an EdM from Tufts University, and had two children. At Nightingale, she chaired many Long-Range Planning Committees and developed the curriculum. She also developed study abroad programs and a faculty exchange with St. Paul's Girls School in London.
The Catherine M.S. Gordan Nightingale Mind Lecture was established in 2013 to honor Ms. Gordan's extensive contributions to the school and celebrates intellectual life at Nightingale. This annual lecture series focuses on the scholarly pursuits and interests of Nightingale's faculty, both inside and outside the classroom.
Found in 99 Collections and/or Records:
Blank questionnaires for Classes IX through XII regarding the advisory system, with note to Kitty [Gordan] from Marina [Radovitch] attaching same, 1981
Item — Box: 01148
Identifier: 001 002 000 41 0001
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series includes minutes and summaries of faculty and faculty committee meetings as well as memoranda to or from such committees. Subjects include academic affairs, advisory structure, NYSAIS evaluations, general faculty division meetings, and Salus. Salus, which means health or well-being in Latin, is a committee that helps to resolve quality of life issues for the faculty and staff in the Nightingale community. The committee provides a formal voice for the faculty and staff and...
Dates:
1981
Catherine [Kitty] Gordan speech given at Joan Stitt McMenamin memorial service, 2004
Item — Box: 06025
Identifier: 006 005 000 19 0013
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
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.
Dates:
2004
Circular letter : [to] parents of Classes IX and X / Catherine M. Gordan, relating to interschool French exchange program, 1979 Dec 5
Item — Box: 04090
Identifier: 004 004 000 12 0013
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:
1979 Dec 5
Class IX history curriculum and assessments, c. 1990 - 2012
File — Box: 10065
Identifier: B10065_F18
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...
Dates:
c. 1990 - 2012
Draft transcript, interview with Sharon Keim Grelsamer '78, 2015 Jan 20
Item — Container: Nightingale-Bamford School Digital Archives
Identifier: D_OH_0009
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...
Dates:
2015 Jan 20
Faculty committee report / Mrs. John D. Gordan, III, 1979
Item — Box: 01153
Identifier: 001 004 000 23 0014
"Future Directions for the High School," by Dorothy Denburg, Dean of Barnard College, with correspondence and biographies, 2006 Mar
File — Carton: 10042
Identifier: B10042_F17
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
Board of Trustees and Committees Records are arranged into sixteen series:
Governing Records,
Members of the Corporation Records,
Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes,
Directories,
Correspondence and Memoranda,
Photographs,
Executive Committee Records,
Long Range Planning Committee...
Dates:
2006 Mar
Group photograph of various faculty/staff at party, with text "BON VOYAGE - THE NIGHTINGALE", c. 2000 - 2010
Item — Box: 10018
Identifier: B10018_F124
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
Nancy Kingson's records consist of documents and photographs from Nancy Kingson's employment at Nightingale as a Middle School administrator and teacher of English and American History. Files mainly include lesson plans, speeches, Prayers/Morning Meeting records, correspondence with former faculty/staff, parents, and students, and articles written by Ms. Kingson for Nightingale's Nighthawk publication. The records also notably include a 2005 Blackboard Award...
Dates:
c. 2000 - 2010
Invitation from Dorothy A. Hutcheson and the Board of Trustees to a reception in honor of Catherine M.S. Gordan, 2003
Item — Box: 03017
Identifier: 003 001 000 09 0017
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
Board of Trustees and Committees Records are arranged into sixteen series:
Governing Records,
Members of the Corporation Records,
Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes,
Directories,
Correspondence and Memoranda,
Photographs,
Executive Committee Records,
Long Range Planning Committee...
Dates:
2003
Joanne Young files regarding library operations, c. 1990 - 1996
File — Box: 10065
Identifier: B10065_F14
Scope and Contents
Includes memoranda to Kitty Gordan on library operations, library profile, clipping of article "Libraries of the '90's," written by Joanne Young, summaries of visits to other libraries, a list of computer hardware in the library, and library action plans.
Dates:
c. 1990 - 1996
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