SG005 Commencement Records, 1925 - 2023

The Commencement Records subgroup includes documents, photographs, and audiovisual recordings of Nightingale-Bamford School Commencement ceremonies, at which Class XII students graduate from Upper School and receive diplomas. Documents generally include commencement speeches, biographies of guest speakers, invitations, programs, and correspondence. Photographs are taken before, during, and after commencement ceremonies and may feature students, faculty, administration, parents, and other family and friends of graduates. Group photographs of the entire graduating class at Commencement are available for most classes. Audio and video recordings of commencement ceremonies date from 1985 and may include footage of pre-ceremony arrival and/or post-ceremony receptions in addition to the actual commencement ceremony.

Note that some early Commencement speeches are included in Head of School files, in the Administration Record Group.