Hamilton, Sarah Elizabeth "Betty", Miss, 1921 - 1998
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 86 Collections and/or Records:
Kathleen Hinni correspondence relating to retirement party for Sarah Hamilton and Audrey Goode, 1985
Letter to Audrey (Goode) and Betty (Hamilton) from Kathleen Hinni, enclosing clippings about Hinni's exercise classes, 1980 Oct 8
Letter : [to] Betty / Anne Wilson, relating to beginning of house system in 1956, 1979 Aug
Letter : [to] Betty [Hamilton] and Audrey [Goode] / Nancy H., relating to Parents Association mailing and Fair invitation, 1980 Oct 13
Memorandum of agreement between the Nightingale-Bamford School and Miss Sarah E. Hamilton, 1959
Memorandum to Betty [Hamilton], regarding history of the House system / AMW, 1979 Aug
Includes photos of Canterbury Club, although some additional photos can be found in pre-1949 yearbooks.
Metal pin with image of Sarah Hamilton from Miss Goode and Miss Hamilton retirement party, 1987 - 1988
Minutes of meeting regarding diversity from the point of view of the heads of departments plus Miss Hamilton and Mrs. Hazen, 1977
Miss Hamilton's Appointment Pal [three-year calendar], 1984 - 1986
Miss Hamilton's records for Oct 14, 1980 Board of Trustees meeting, 1980 Oct 7
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.
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