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SG001 Heads of School Records, 1915 - 2018

 Sub-Group
Identifier: RG02_SG001

Scope and Contents

Heads of School records consist of records created by or under the purview of the various heads of Nightingale-Bamford School from its founding to present, as well as photographs, clippings, and biographical records with the head of school as subject. Records include correspondence and announcements, memoranda, reports from the heads of school to the Board of Trustees, speeches given by heads of school, and related records created and received in the course of business as well as records regarding the head's family, lineage, background, and affiliations.

Photographs include portraits as well as photographs of heads of school at various school events and around the schoolhouse and may include faculty members, students, and/or special guests. Photographs of heads of school can also be found in other record groups, especially Academics Records and Institutional Advancement Records.

Dates

  • 1915 - 2018

Creator

Extent

10 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Arrangement

Heads of School Records are separated into series by the relevant head of school, chronologically. Series titles include the name of the head of school followed by dates of service as school head in parentheses.

  1. Frances Nicolau Nightingale (1904 - 1939),
  2. Maya Stevens Bamford (1939 - 1947),
  3. Edna Hill Robillard (1947 - 1958),
  4. Catherine Baldwin Woodbridge (1958 - 1971),
  5. Joan Stitt McMenamin (1971 - 1992),
  6. Dorothy Addison Hutcheson (1992 - 2012), and
  7. Paul A. Burke (2012 - present).

Preservica Public URL

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Repository Details

Part of the The Nightingale-Bamford School Archives Repository

Contact:
20 East 92nd Street
New York NY 10128 USA