Class of 1976

Scope and Contents From the Series: Commencement Photographs consists of photographs taken during the school's Commencement ceremony, at which Class XII students graduate from Upper School, as well as photographs taken directly before and after the ceremony of students, their families, and faculty. There are some photographs of guest commencement speakers and student class speakers, and some years include individual portraits of graduates. Some photographs of the entire graduating class may be found in this series, although...

Scope and Contents From the Series: This sub-group includes photographs taken at events organized by the Institutional Advancement department and/or the Alumnae Association. Events represented include alumnae reunions and receptions in New York and elsewhere, informal reunions organized by alumnae, fundraising events, and educational lectures for alumnae. Nightingale faculty and staff, particularly Institutional Advancement department staff members, Heads of School, and Trustees may be included in photographs. Alumnae may also...

Scope and Contents From the Series: This sub-group includes photographs taken at events organized by the Institutional Advancement department and/or the Alumnae Association. Events represented include alumnae reunions and receptions in New York and elsewhere, informal reunions organized by alumnae, fundraising events, and educational lectures for alumnae. Nightingale faculty and staff, particularly Institutional Advancement department staff members, Heads of School, and Trustees may be included in photographs. Alumnae may also...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Group: Admissions Office Records include records created by Nightingale's admissions department, records related to enrollment and attrition, admission applications (some completed by applicants, but most are blank forms), applications for tuition grants and other finanicial aid, school profiles, class profiles, admissions viewbooks (8.5" by 11" visual and textual publications that promote the school culture and offerings), brochures, and videos describing the school's philosophy and offerings, and...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Group: Board of Trustees and Committees Records are arranged into sixteen series: Governing Records, Members of the Corporation Records, Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes, Directories, Correspondence and Memoranda, Photographs, Executive Committee Records, Long Range Planning Committee...

Scope and Contents From the Record Group: The External Relations Record Group is comprised of records related to the Nightingale-Bamford School's communications and relations with outside groups, such as students' parents, alumnae, media and the general public. These include records from the Institutional Advancement office related to the Alumnae Association and fundraising, Parents Association records, and Communications office records including those relevant to the school's branding and image, such as school news publications,...

Scope and Contents From the Record Group: In 1984, based on a determination that Nightingale's archives were inadequate in revealing the school's history, Head of School Joan McMenamin and the Alumnae Association initiated an oral history project. Alumna Marea Adams '74 conducted interviews of former faculty and staff, heads of school, trustees, parents, and alumnae (some interviewees represent more than one of these roles). This project continued through 1986. Some oral histories pre-date the project; there are also several oral...