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poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Literary and oral genre rooted in the compressed and cogent imaginative awareness or associations of experiences, ideas, or emotional responses and arranged under an organized criterion of meaning, conscious and unconscious expression, symbolism, formal or informal pattern, sound, and rhythm. The genre encompasses narrative, dramatic, satiric, didactic, erotic, and personal forms.

Found in 49 Collections and/or Records:

Middle School morning meeting speech regarding new students and faculty and starting a new school year, accompanied by two poems, 1997 Sep 16

 File — Box 01148: [Barcode: 10128000001419]
Identifier: 001 002 000 36 0024
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Group: 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...
Dates: 1997 Sep 16

Morning meeting speech regarding "the time of your life," including Linda Ellis poem, "The Dash Between the Years", c. 2001 - 2002

 Item — Box 01148: [Barcode: 10128000001419]
Identifier: 001 002 000 36 0033
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series consists mainly of photographs and programs. with some sound recordings and video recordings associated with Morning Meetings (and its predecessor, Prayers), assemblies, assembly speakers and performances, and other guest speakers hosted by the school. Speakers appearing in this series' photographs include actors and filmmakers, authors, writers, media commentators, activists, psychiatrists and psychologists, and politicians. Some notable speakers include civil rights activists...
Dates: c. 2001 - 2002

N.B.S. / by Lizzy Martin '08. Poem for September 11th assembly, 2002 Sep

 Item — Box 01147: [Barcode: 10128000001401]
Identifier: 001 002 000 31 0008
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series consists mainly of photographs and programs. with some sound recordings and video recordings associated with Morning Meetings (and its predecessor, Prayers), assemblies, assembly speakers and performances, and other guest speakers hosted by the school. Speakers appearing in this series' photographs include actors and filmmakers, authors, writers, media commentators, activists, psychiatrists and psychologists, and politicians. Some notable speakers include civil rights activists...
Dates: 2002 Sep

"Ode to JSM" poem and end of school year song lyrics, 1990

 File — Box 06001: [Barcode: 10128000004033]
Identifier: 006 005 000 19 0002
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Biographical Records include records related to the life of Joan Stitt McMenamin, including resumes, biographical compilations, articles and speeches about Joan McMenamin, records of gifts she made to the school, legal records related to her death in 2004, reminiscences, and speeches, programs, a video recording, and visitor books from a service in memory of Joan McMenamin held at Nightingale on October 1, 2004.

Dates: 1990

Out of Uniform, 2021

 Item — Carton 10002: [Barcode: 10128000005071]
Identifier: B10002_F14
Scope and Contents From the Series: Out of Uniform is a student publication that features literature and (since c. 2010-2011) art from the Middle School. Students review submissions from their peers—from concrete poetry and prose to sculpture and photography—and vote by committee on which to feature in their yearly publication. The Columbia Scholastic Press Association has bestowed the Silver Crown award on the 2009, 2012, 2016, 2017, and 2018 issues, and the Gold Crown award on the 2011 issue. ...
Dates: 2021

Philomel, 1962

 Item — Box 07014: [Barcode: 10128000003415]
Identifier: 007 006 000 11 0012
Scope and Contents From the Series: Philomel is one of the most acclaimed high school literary journals in the country. First published in 1955, Philomel serves as a sampling and survey of art, photography, and writing of the Upper School. It was preceded by Festival of the Written Word as a publication in 1953 and 1954, and an ongoing opportunity to read compositions aloud for others, judged by outside literary figures. Philomel...
Dates: 1962

Philomel, 1962 Spring

 Item — Box 07014: [Barcode: 10128000003415]
Identifier: 007 006 000 11 0013
Scope and Contents

This issue contains all entries for the Festival of the Written Word competition. Miss Irman Brandeis, a member of the faculty of the New School and Bard College, served as judge. Writings of Classes VII through XII are included.

Dates: 1962 Spring

Philomel. Festival number, 1956

 Item — Box 07014: [Barcode: 10128000003415]
Identifier: 007 006 000 11 0005
Scope and Contents

Foreword notes that this is the fourth annual competition of Festival of the Written Word, with Michelle Rosier, editor of FEMINA, a "distinguished French magazine" and former Nightingale student, serving as judge. This issue includes all entries to the festival, by Classes VII through XII.

Dates: 1956

Philomel. Festival number, 1957

 Item — Box 07014: [Barcode: 10128000003415]
Identifier: 007 006 000 11 0007
Scope and Contents

Foreword notes this is the fifth annual Festival of the Written Word competiton. David Louis Posner, a young American poet, served as judge. Annotations on the Contents page note prize winners. Includes writings of Classes VII through XII.

Dates: 1957

Philomel. Festival number, 1958

 Item — Box 07014: [Barcode: 10128000003415]
Identifier: 007 006 000 11 0008
Scope and Contents

Foreword notes this is the sixth annual Festival of the Written Word competition. Mr. Frederick Morgan, Editorial Director of The Hudson Review, served as judge. Includes entries submitted to the festival from Classes VII through XII.

Dates: 1958