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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 80 Collections and/or Records:

Photo album, "Goodbye, Mrs. McMenamin" / Jill Krementz. Includes photographs of Dorothy Hutcheson, Sarah Hamilton, and Audrey Goode, 1992 Jun 15

 Item — Box: 06008
Identifier: 006 005 000 15 0001
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: 1992 Jun 15

Photograph of Audrey Goode '39 and Sarah Hamilton decorating Christmas tree, c. 1950 - 1970

 Item — Box: 01026
Identifier: 001 004 000 19 0149
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: c. 1950 - 1970

Photograph of Audrey Goode '39 and Sarah Hamilton walking dogs, c. 1981

 Item — Box: 01026
Identifier: 001 004 000 19 0146
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: c. 1981

Photograph of Audrey Goode '39, distributing some 300 slices of the cake presented by the Parents Association to both Miss Hamilton and Miss Goode at a party in their honor, 1986

 Item — Box: 01152
Identifier: 001 004 000 19 0855
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: 1986

Photograph of Audrey Goode and Sarah Hamilton, 1994

 Item — Box: 01026
Identifier: 001 004 000 19 0150
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: 1994

Photograph of Audrey Goode and Sarah Hamilton with Class of 1962 on senior trip to Lake Placid, 1962

 Item — Box: 01010
Identifier: 001 002 000 13 0119
Scope and Contents From the Record Group: The Academics Record Group consists of records related to teaching and educating students at the Nightingale-Bamford School. Records relate to teaching of the arts, student work, commencement, Class VIII Moving Up and Class IV Daisy ceremonies, and library and archives records. Records related to the professional community (faculty, staff), such as curriculum records, employee manuals, faculty newsletters, lists and biographical information of professional community members, faculty meeting...
Dates: 1962

Photograph of Betty Hamilton holding dog, with man and woman, c. 1980 - 1989

 Item — Box: 01152
Identifier: 001 004 000 19 0858
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: c. 1980 - 1989

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Type
Archival Object 79
Collection 1
 
Subject
faculty (educators) and staff 62
black-and-white photographs 47
The Nightingale-Bamford School--Alumnae 19
special events 13
color photographs 9