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

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Biography

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:

Nightingale-Bamford Newsletter, 1986 Fall

Item — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 004 004 000 26 0004

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: 1986 Fall

Found in: The Nightingale-Bamford School Archives / RG03, RG03 External Relations Record Group / SG002 Communications Department Records / S03 School News Publications / SS05 Nightingale-Bamford Newsletter / Nightingale-Bamford School Newsletter

Photograph of Joan Stitt McMenamin and Sarah E. (Betty) Hamilton, Assistant Head of School, with Erika Dukes '86 at Honors Assembly at Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church / Katrina Thomas, 1982 Jun 9

Item — Box: 06025

Identifier: 006 005 000 14 0162

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: 1982 Jun 9

Found in: The Nightingale-Bamford School Archives / RG02, RG02 Administration Record Group / SG001 Heads of School Records / S05 Joan Stitt McMenamin (1971 - 1992) / SS02 Photographs

Photograph of Sarah Hamilton handing paper to Noni Griscom '86 at honors assembly, 1981 Jun 10

Item — Box: 01068

Identifier: 001 002 000 13 0527

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: 1981 Jun 10

Found in: The Nightingale-Bamford School Archives / RG01, RG01 Academics Record Group / SG001 Academics Records / S06 Honors Assemblies and Awards

Photographs of honors assembly. Names on versos of some, 1986 Jun 11

File — Box: 01068

Identifier: 001 002 000 13 0526