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Burwell, Lucy Guy, Miss, 1890 - 1989

 Person

Biography

Miss Lucy Guy Burwell served as secretary to Miss Nightingale and Miss Bamford from approximately 1922 until 1940. In the early 1930s, she lived across the street from the Schoolhouse with Nightingale's boarding students.

Miss Burwell was the daughter of the Rev. and Mrs. Edward Bouldin Burwell of Upperville, Virginia. In 1935, she married Isham Keith in Virginia and continued to reside in New York. She retired to Upperville, where she died in 1989 at the age of 99.

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Notes from Marea Adams' interview with Miss Lucy Burwell, c. 1974

 Item — Box: 01096
Identifier: 001 004 000 16 0003
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. 1974

Pamphlet, "The Alumnae Association of The Nightingale-Bamford School presents recollections of the first fifty years, 1920-1970", 1970

 Item — Box: 04008
Identifier: 004 001 000 29 0001
Scope and Contents

Compiled primarily from interviews. Includes a timeline of "significant dates" on inside back cover from 1906 to 1970.

Dates: 1970

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 Mrs. Isham Keith (Miss Lucy Burwell), 1984 Dec 1

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 001 004 000 02 0028
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: 1984 Dec 1

Sound recording of interview with Mrs. Isham Keith (Miss Lucy Burwell) / by Adeline Ray de Butts '52 and Charlotte Taylor Miller '51, 1970 Mar 31

 Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 001 004 000 02 0025
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: 1970 Mar 31

Transcript of interview with Mrs. Isham Keith (Miss Lucy Burwell), 1984 Dec 1

 Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 001 004 000 02 0023
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: 1984 Dec 1

Transcript of interview with Mrs. Isham Keith (Miss Lucy Burwell) / by Adeline Ray de Butts '52 and Charlotte Taylor Miller '51, 1970 Mar 31

 Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 001 004 000 02 0022
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: 1970 Mar 31

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