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Gordan, Catherine (Kitty) M.S.

 Person

Biography

Faculty, Class IX history, c. 2000-2010 Associate Head of School

From https://www.nightingale.org/academics/lectures/catherine-ms-gordan-lecture, accessed 10/20/2018: The Catherine M.S. Gordan Nightingale Mind Lecture series celebrates intellectual life at Nightingale. Created several years ago to honor the myriad contributions made to Nightingale by former Associate Head of School Kitty Gordan in her more than 42 years at the school, the annual series focuses on the scholarly pursuits and interests of our faculty, both inside and outside the classroom.

Found in 61 Collections and/or Records:

Records related to University of the State of New York, State Education Department registration and evaluation variances, 1986 - 1988

 File — Carton: 10042
Identifier: B10042_F20
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence between Nightingale and the state Education Department. Includes a data sheet regarding enrollment, retention, diplomas awarded, remedial instruction, and attendance. Applications for exam variances include curricular information, exam statistics, and samples of Middle School history and science exams.

Dates: 1986 - 1988

Remarks made at Fund for Faculty Excellence dinner for major donors, 2006 Oct 30

 File — Carton: 10034
Identifier: B10034_F14
Scope and Contents

Includes remarks of Anna Quindlen, Kitty Gordan, and Dorothy Hutcheson, given at the dinner. Also includes two copies of the dinner invitation and a background document on the Fund for Faculty Excellence, with introduction, the challenge, and response sections, including statistics/data.

Dates: 2006 Oct 30

Reports relating to history program [for NYSAIS], 1975

 File — Box: 08001
Identifier: B08001_F07
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Group: Heads of School records consist of records created by or under the purview of the various heads of Nightingale-Bamford School from its founding to present, as well as photographs, clippings, and biographical records with the head of school as subject. Records include correspondence and announcements, memoranda, reports from the heads of school to the Board of Trustees, speeches given by heads of school, and related records created and received in the course of business as well as records...
Dates: 1975

RG07 Special Collections

 Record Group
Identifier: RG07
Scope and Contents

Special Collections encompasses materials relevant to Nightingale, its history, people, and/or mission, but were not created in the ordinary course of Nightingale's business or were donated items significant enough to constitute their own collection. These records do not generally fall into the other record groups' scope.

Dates: 1925 - 2011

S03 Academic Department-Sponsored Lectures, c. 1965 - 2013

 Series
Identifier: RG01_SG001_S03
Scope and Contents

This series includes photographs, invitations, and programs related to endowed academic lectures at Nightingale-Bamford School. See the General Note for a description of these lectures. Also see External Documents for an historical list of lecturers and subjects. Brief articles on some lectures may be found in The Spectator student newspaper and in school newsletters.

Dates: c. 1965 - 2013

SG001 Catherine M.S. Gordan collection of school histories, 1965 - 2011

 Sub-Group
Identifier: RG07_SG001
Scope and Contents From approximately 2014 to 2018, Catherine "Kitty" Gordan collected published school histories of various independent schools in connection with her research and writing of Nightingale's centennial history book. In 2021, she donated this collection to the Nightingale-Bamford School Archives. There are fourteen published books in total, mostly histories of independent schools in New York City and the northeast United States, with a focus on girls' schools. These histories are valuable sources...
Dates: 1965 - 2011

Speech made to the Class of 1974 at Honors Assembly / C. Gordan, 1974

 Item — Box: 01154
Identifier: 001 004 000 26 0006
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series consists mainly of lists of honors and award recipients, honors and award ceremony programs, and photographs from such ceremonies.

Dates: 1974

SS05 Catherine M.S. Gordan Nightingale Mind Lecture, 2013

 Sub-Series
Identifier: RG01_SG001_S03_SS05
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series includes photographs, invitations, and programs related to endowed academic lectures at Nightingale-Bamford School. See the General Note for a description of these lectures. Also see External Documents for an historical list of lecturers and subjects. Brief articles on some lectures may be found in The Spectator student newspaper and in school newsletters.

Dates: 2013

The Blue Doors. Vol. 6, issue 1, 2011 Fall

 Item — Box: 04125
Identifier: 004 001 000 07 0014
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Since some of the earliest years of the Alumnae Association's existence, a newsletter has been shared with Nightingale-Bamford School alumnae to stay abreast of alumnae news and experiences as well as share news from the schoolhouse. These were known as Alumnae Bulletin, Bulletin of the Nightingale-Bamford School, Alumnae Bulletin of the Nightingale-Bamford School, Alumnae Newsletter, then returning to the original Alumnae Bulletin and just ...
Dates: 2011 Fall

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faculty (educators) and staff 37
black-and-white photographs 16
correspondence 11
memoranda 10
assemblies 9