Bamford, Maya Stevens, c. 1886-1978
Person
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.
Resources:
The Nightingale-Bamford School Archives, Maya Bamford biography file, including announcement for memorial service, obituary, and letters, 1978
The Nightingale-Bamford School Archives, Nightingale-Bamford School Yearbook, 1947
Found in 78 Collections and/or Records:
Letter : [to] Maya Stevens Bamford / Leighton Rollins, requesting to use paragraph written by Bamford in circular, 1937 Apr 6
Item — Box: 06009
Identifier: 006 002 000 05 0010
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:
1937 Apr 6
Letter to : Miss Bamford / Delano & Aldrich, enclosing electrical and elevator certificates (included), 1929 Oct 7, 1929 Oct 7
File — Box: 05012
Identifier: 005 001 000 28 0001
Scope and Contents
From the Record Group:
Records in the Administration Record Group are related to the administration of Nightingale-Bamford School, including Heads of School records, Board of Trustees records, accreditation records, school association records, Business Office records, including financial and facilities records, and school technology records.
Dates:
1929 Oct 7
Letter : [to] Miss Bamford / Leighton Rollins, declining to read the Cardinal and other small personal matters, 1935 Dec 8
Item — Box: 06001
Identifier: 006 002 000 05 0003
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:
1935 Dec 8
Letter: [to] Mme. [Henriette] de Bronac / Maya Stevens Bamford, relating to assistant teacher position in French Department, 1925 Apr 2
Item — Box: 06001
Identifier: 006 002 000 05 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:
1925 Apr 2
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
Letters to Mrs. Janvrin from Maya Stevens Bamford and Henriette de Bronac following Natalie's graduation celebration, 1941
File — Box: 10010
Identifier: B10010_F17
Louisa Ludlow '28A diary pages, 1922
Item — Container: Nightingale-Bamford School Digital Archives
Identifier: RG03_SG001_S01_SS05_LudlowDiary-1922
Scope and Contents
From the Record Group:
The External Relations Record Group is comprised of records related to the Nightingale-Bamford School's communications and relations with outside groups, such as students' parents, alumnae, media and the general public. These include records from the Institutional Advancement office related to the Alumnae Association and fundraising, Parents Association records, and Communications office records including those relevant to the school's branding and image, such as school news publications,...
Dates:
1922
Maya Bamford correspondence relating to commencement speaker, 1938 - 1943
File — Box: 06015
Identifier: 006 002 000 05 0016
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:
1938 - 1943
Maya Bamford correspondence relating to commencement speaker, 1942
File — Box: 06015
Identifier: 006 002 000 05 0021
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:
1942
Maya Bamford correspondence relating to commencement speakers, 1939 - 1942
File — Box: 06015
Identifier: 006 002 000 05 0017
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 - 1942
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