Bamford, Maya Stevens, c. 1886-1978

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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 83 Collections and/or Records:

The Year Book of Miss Nightingale's School, vol. 2, 1926

Item — Box: 07024

Identifier: 007 006 000 17 0002

Scope and Contents From the Series: Nightingale-Bamford School students publish a yearbook annually each spring, under the supervision of an advisor, which serves as a memento of the school year. Yearbooks typically include group photographs of students in each class year, sometimes with identifying names of each student pictured. Class XII students are honored with individual photographs. Earlier yearbooks included senior students' school activities, while later yearbooks allow seniors to design their own page. Yearbooks may...

Dates: 1926

Found in: The Nightingale-Bamford School Archives / RG06, RG06 Student Life Record Group / SG001 Yearbooks / S01 The Nightingale-Bamford School Yearbooks

Trustees' announcement of Miss Maya Stevens Bamford's retirement and appointment of Miss Edna Marion Hill as Headmistress on July 1, 1947, 1947

Item — Box: 06001

Identifier: 006 002 000 01 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: 1947

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

Upper School student report for Diana Lanier '40, 1938

Item — Box: 10063

Identifier: B10063_F18

Scope and Contents From the Series: General Academic Records and Ephemera is a catch-all for academics-related records that do not fall into more specific categories. Examples of records include donated report cards and diplomas, blank academic planners, and correspondence to students from New York City representatives regarding students' concern for homeless people.See other Academics Record Group (Record Group 01) categories for different types of academics records and related photographs. For student-created...

Dates: 1938

Found in: The Nightingale-Bamford School Archives / RG01, RG01 Academics Record Group / SG001 Academics Records / S04 General Academic Records and Ephemera