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 77 Collections and/or Records:
Photographs of students in classroom. Names on versos of some, 1977 - 1989
File — Box: 01074
Identifier: 001 002 000 13 0692
Dates:
1977 - 1989
Report relating to the music department [for NYSAIS], 1975
File — Box: 08001
Identifier: B08001_F11
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:
1975
RG04 Oral History Record Group
Record Group
Identifier: RG04
Scope and Contents
In 1984, based on a determination that Nightingale's archives were inadequate in revealing the school's history, Head of School Joan McMenamin and the Alumnae Association initiated an oral history project. Alumna Marea Adams '74 conducted interviews of former faculty and staff, heads of school, trustees, parents, and alumnae (some interviewees represent more than one of these roles). This project continued through 1986. Some oral histories pre-date the project; there are also several oral...
Dates:
c. 1965 - 2001
Scrapbook, to Miss Goode and Miss Hamilton, presented by alumnae of the Nightingale-Bamford School. Contains photographs and letters, 1986 Apr 10
Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 001 004 000 24 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:
1986 Apr 10
SG001 Oral History Recordings, Transcripts, and Notes, c. 1965 - 2001
Sub-Group
Identifier: RG04_SG001
Scope and Contents
From the Record Group:
In 1984, based on a determination that Nightingale's archives were inadequate in revealing the school's history, Head of School Joan McMenamin and the Alumnae Association initiated an oral history project. Alumna Marea Adams '74 conducted interviews of former faculty and staff, heads of school, trustees, parents, and alumnae (some interviewees represent more than one of these roles). This project continued through 1986. Some oral histories pre-date the project; there are also several oral...
Dates:
c. 1965 - 2001
Sound recording of interview with Betty [Sarah E.] Hamilton / by Marea Adams '74, 1985 Feb 7
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 001 004 000 18 0010
Scope and Contents
From the Record Group:
In 1984, based on a determination that Nightingale's archives were inadequate in revealing the school's history, Head of School Joan McMenamin and the Alumnae Association initiated an oral history project. Alumna Marea Adams '74 conducted interviews of former faculty and staff, heads of school, trustees, parents, and alumnae (some interviewees represent more than one of these roles). This project continued through 1986. Some oral histories pre-date the project; there are also several oral...
Dates:
1985 Feb 7
Speech, "Miss Hamilton: Miss Goode" / Ethel Lipsitz, 1986
Item — Box: 01027
Identifier: 001 004 000 26 0002
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