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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 95 Collections and/or Records:

Progress report relating to studying abroad / Mrs. John D. Gordan, 1975 Dec 22

 Item — Box: 01138
Identifier: 001 001 000 16 0005
Scope and Contents From the Record Group: The Academics Record Group consists of records related to teaching and educating students at the Nightingale-Bamford School. Records relate to teaching of the arts, student work, commencement, Class VIII Moving Up and Class IV Daisy ceremonies, and library and archives records. Records related to the professional community (faculty, staff), such as curriculum records, employee manuals, faculty newsletters, lists and biographical information of professional community members, faculty meeting...
Dates: 1975 Dec 22

Records related to Kitty Gordan's "Academic Range of NBS Students" presentation to Board of Trustees, 2005 Jan

 File — Carton: 10043
Identifier: B10043_F21
Scope and Contents From the Series: The Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes series includes meeting notices and minutes of regular, annual, and special meetings of the Nightingale-Bamford School Board of Trustees and Miss Nightingale's School, its predecessor. Meeting minutes through 1977 are compiled into seven bound volumes chronologically, although some may also be available loosely. These compilations may additionally contain records related to Board meetings and school governance, such as agreements, charters, and bylaws....
Dates: 2005 Jan

Records related to the development of the Visual Education Program, 1999 - 2000

 File — Box: 10065
Identifier: B10065_F21
Scope and Contents From the Record Group: The Academics Record Group consists of records related to teaching and educating students at the Nightingale-Bamford School. Records relate to teaching of the arts, student work, commencement, Class VIII Moving Up and Class IV Daisy ceremonies, and library and archives records. Records related to the professional community (faculty, staff), such as curriculum records, employee manuals, faculty newsletters, lists and biographical information of professional community members, faculty meeting...
Dates: 1999 - 2000

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 - 2024

 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 - 2024

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, 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

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Archival Object 93
Unprocessed Material 1
Collection 1
 
Subject
faculty (educators) and staff 42
oral histories (literary works) 20
transcripts 20
black-and-white photographs 19
correspondence 13
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