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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 3 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

N.B.S. News, 1948 Nov

 Item — Box: 07022
Identifier: 007 006 000 15 0004
Scope and Contents From the Series:

NBS News became The Shield beginning with the December 1948 issue. Intended originally as a factual school newspaper reporting on school functions, in 1951 it was reorganized to include more discussion and opinions as the voice of Council, edited by the Chairman of the Committee of Arts.

Source: 1951 Yearbook, p. 34

Dates: 1948 Nov

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

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