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

 Person

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 84 Collections and/or Records:

Joan McMenamin correspondence relating to alumnae reception for Audrey Goode '39 and Sarah Hamilton's retirement party, 1986

 Item — Box: 06003
Identifier: 006 005 000 05 0033
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: 1986

Kathleen Hinni correspondence relating to retirement party for Sarah Hamilton and Audrey Goode, 1985

 File — Box: 01095
Identifier: 001 004 000 05 0024
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Group: Faculty and Staff Records consist of records mainly pertaining to Nightingale employees (excepting administration) and their roles within the school. Included are newsletters by and/or for faculty members, biographical information and news clippings about faculty/staff, photographs and video recordings featuring faculty/staff, correspondence, lists of faculty and staff members, faculty handbooks, minutes from faculty meetings and summaries or notes from such meetings, and curriculum-related...
Dates: 1985

Letter : [to] Betty / Anne Wilson, relating to beginning of house system in 1956, 1979 Aug

 Item — Box: 01095
Identifier: 001 004 000 05 0017
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Group: Faculty and Staff Records consist of records mainly pertaining to Nightingale employees (excepting administration) and their roles within the school. Included are newsletters by and/or for faculty members, biographical information and news clippings about faculty/staff, photographs and video recordings featuring faculty/staff, correspondence, lists of faculty and staff members, faculty handbooks, minutes from faculty meetings and summaries or notes from such meetings, and curriculum-related...
Dates: 1979 Aug

Letter : [to] Betty [Hamilton] and Audrey [Goode] / Nancy H., relating to Parents Association mailing and Fair invitation, 1980 Oct 13

 Item — Box: 04096
Identifier: 004 006 000 20 0002
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Group: Parents Association Records consist of records created by the Nightingale-Bamford School's Parents Association and photographs of its sponsored events. The Parents Association, previously known as the Parent-Teachers Association, is comprised of all current Nightingale parents, led by dedicated volunteers, to support the school by hosting social, educational, and fundraising events througout the year.Parents Association parent volunteers serve on a variety of committees, which...
Dates: 1980 Oct 13

Metal pin with image of Sarah Hamilton from Miss Goode and Miss Hamilton retirement party, 1987 - 1988

 Item — Box: 01027
Identifier: 001 004 000 20 0004
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Group: Faculty and Staff Records consist of records mainly pertaining to Nightingale employees (excepting administration) and their roles within the school. Included are newsletters by and/or for faculty members, biographical information and news clippings about faculty/staff, photographs and video recordings featuring faculty/staff, correspondence, lists of faculty and staff members, faculty handbooks, minutes from faculty meetings and summaries or notes from such meetings, and curriculum-related...
Dates: 1987 - 1988

Minutes of meeting regarding diversity from the point of view of the heads of departments plus Miss Hamilton and Mrs. Hazen, 1977

 Item — Box: 03002
Identifier: 003 001 000 12 0003
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Group: Board of Trustees and Committees Records are arranged into sixteen series: Governing Records, Members of the Corporation Records, Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes, Directories, Correspondence and Memoranda, Photographs, Executive Committee Records, Long Range Planning Committee...
Dates: 1977

Miss Hamilton's Appointment Pal [three-year calendar], 1984 - 1986

 Item — Box: 01103
Identifier: 001 004 000 30 0001
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Group: Faculty and Staff Records consist of records mainly pertaining to Nightingale employees (excepting administration) and their roles within the school. Included are newsletters by and/or for faculty members, biographical information and news clippings about faculty/staff, photographs and video recordings featuring faculty/staff, correspondence, lists of faculty and staff members, faculty handbooks, minutes from faculty meetings and summaries or notes from such meetings, and curriculum-related...
Dates: 1984 - 1986

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

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

Additional filters:

Type
Archival Object 83
Collection 1
 
Subject
faculty (educators) and staff 65
black-and-white photographs 48
The Nightingale-Bamford School--Alumnae 18
special events 13
color photographs 10