Hamilton, Sarah Elizabeth "Betty", Miss, 1921 - 1998

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Born February 17, 1921, in West Chester, Pennsylvania, Sarah Elizabeth "Betty" Hamilton was educated at the Baldwin School and the Bouve-Boston School of Physical Education. She began teaching at Baldwin, followed by the Ethel Walker School in Connecticut and the Katherine Bronson School in California. Miss Hamilton came to Nightingale around 1948 to teach physical education. She was head of the athletic department and later appointed by Headmistress Joan McMenamin as Assistant Head for Administration (non-curricular tasks). Miss Hamilton retired in 1986 to New Haven, Connecticut, where she died on August 21, 1998. Nightingale's Sarah E. Hamilton Student Center is named in her honor.

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Alumnae Newsletter. 50th anniversary issue. Vol. 12, no. 1, 1970 Apr

Item — Box: 04001

Identifier: 004 001 000 02 0018

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: 1970 Apr

Found in: The Nightingale-Bamford School Archives / RG03, RG03 External Relations Record Group / SG001 Institutional Advancement Records / S01 Alumnae Relations and The Alumnae Association / SS01 Alumnae Newsletters

Miss Hamilton's records for Oct 14, 1980 Board of Trustees meeting, 1980 Oct 7

File — Carton: 10032

Identifier: B10032_F25

Scope and Contents

Includes Draft Master Plan for the Nightingale-Bamford School (Draft IV, Oct 1, 1980); reports from the Parents Association and Alumnae Association; a special supplement from NYSAIS; list of Board committees 1980-81; two reports from visiting faculty on exchange visits; and a report from Larry Wiley on his exchange experience to St. Paul's Girls' School in London.

Dates: 1980 Oct 7

Found in: The Nightingale-Bamford School Archives / RG02, RG02 Administration Record Group / SG002 Board of Trustees and Committees Records / S03 Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes

Pamphlet, "The Alumnae Association of The Nightingale-Bamford School presents recollections of the first fifty years, 1920-1970", 1970

Item — Box: 04008

Identifier: 004 001 000 29 0001

Scope and Contents

Compiled primarily from interviews. Includes a timeline of "significant dates" on inside back cover from 1906 to 1970.

Dates: 1970

Photographs of alumna Alexandra Hahn '78, Alumnae Association President, 1986 - 1989

File — Box: 04012

Identifier: 004 001 000 30 0156

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: 1986 - 1989

Found in: The Nightingale-Bamford School Archives / RG03, RG03 External Relations Record Group / SG001 Institutional Advancement Records / S03 Photographs and Video Recordings

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