Bamford, Maya Stevens, c. 1886-1978

Person

Staff Only

Biography

Maya Stevens Bamford is a co-founder of the Nightingale-Bamford School, joining Frances Nightingale at Miss Nightingale's Classes in September 1919 as Junior Headmistress to share the responsibilities and take charge of the older girls and college preparatory group. Miss Bamford became Headmistress of the Nightingale-Bamford School in 1939 upon the retirement of Miss Nightingale. She served in that capacity until 1947.

Born in Belfast, Ireland, Miss Bamford graduated from Queens University in her native city, received a Diploma in Theory and Practice of Education from Cambridge University, and did further graduate work at Oxford and the Sorbonne. Before coming to Miss Nightingale's Classes, Miss Bamford taught in a number of girls' schools in England and in the United States, to which she emigrated in 1915, including the Bryn Mawr School in Baltimore. A teacher of mathematics, Miss Bamford believed in giving young women a strong background in the sciences and mathematics. It was during Miss Bamford's tenure as Headmistress that a new school building on 92nd Street was completed to replace the townhouses the school originally occupied.

Miss Bamford died in Rockport, Maine on January 17th, 1978.

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Letter : [to] Mrs. Dorr, relating to art apprenticeship, 1939 Aug 31

Item — Box: 01095

Identifier: 001 004 000 05 0016

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: 1939 Aug 31

Found in: The Nightingale-Bamford School Archives / RG01, RG01 Academics Record Group / SG004 Faculty and Staff Records / S04 Correspondence

Photograph of Maya Bamford and Mr. Jonas Lee viewing World's Fair art exhibit in school auditorium, 1939

Item — Box: 06001

Identifier: 006 002 000 07 0001

Scope and Contents From the Series: This series includes correspondence, photographs, a commencement speech, and biographical records of Maya Stevens Bamford. A majority of the correspondence relates to commencement speakers. The earliest photograph is from 1939 and the latest from 1970, when Miss Bamford attended the school's fiftieth anniversary luncheon. Biographical information includes family history, an announcement of Miss Bamford's retirement from the school, and a program and sound recording from a memorial service...

Dates: 1939

Found in: The Nightingale-Bamford School Archives / RG02, RG02 Administration Record Group / SG001 Heads of School Records / S02 Maya Stevens Bamford (1939 - 1947)

Photographs of parent Mr. Jonas Lee at World's Fair art exhibit, 1939

File — Box: 01034

Identifier: 001 009 000 04 0003

Scope and Contents From the Series: This series includes records related to visual arts at Nightingale and includes student work, invitations to art-related events, and photographs of student work and of students in art classes.For Committee of the Arts and Art Club records and photographs, see RG06 STudent Life Record Group > SG005 Student Life > S04 Student Clubs and Committees > SS03 Other Clubs and Committees. Combined invitations to both ArtsFest and student music concerts are organized under SG002 Arts...