Bamford, Maya Stevens, c. 1886-1978
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:
SG001 Heads of School Records, 1915 - 2018
SG001 Oral History Recordings, Transcripts, and Notes, c. 1965 - 2001
Social Register Observer article on female educators, 2002 Winter
Sound recording of Maya Stevens Bamford memorial service, 1978 Mar 15
Sound recording of oral history of Miss Maya Stevens Bamford, 1970 May 12
SS16 Maya Stevens Bamford Memorial Fund, 1978 - 1979
The Year Book of Miss Nightingale's School, vol. 2, 1926
Trustees' announcement of Miss Maya Stevens Bamford's retirement and appointment of Miss Edna Marion Hill as Headmistress on July 1, 1947, 1947
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