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Class of 1951

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:

Photograph of Junior Primary Class of 1951, painting, 1939 - 1940

 Item — Box 01034: [Barcode: 10128000000718]
Identifier: 001 009 000 04 0002

Photograph of students on schoolhouse roof in gym class, c. 1948 - 1951

 Item — Box 01075: [Barcode: 10128000001005]
Identifier: B01075_F05
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series includes documents related to physical education classes and athletics at Nightingale, such as multi-sport competition schedules, correspondence, programs for student athletic demonstrations and Homecoming games, a Nighthawks chant, physical education curriculum records, and memoranda regarding athletic offerings. This series also includes photographs of physical education classes in progress and athletics-related photographs that are not attributable to a specific athletic team...
Dates: c. 1948 - 1951

Photograph of Sylvia Houghton '51 painting at easel, c. 1937 - 1941

 Item — Box 01075: [Barcode: 10128000001005]
Identifier: 001 002 000 13 0705

Photographs of Class of 1951, c. 1938 - 1951

 File — Box 01011: [Barcode: 10128000000486]
Identifier: 001 002 000 13 0181
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Traditionally, a group photograph of students in the same class year is taken annually and each class photograph for that year is published in the school yearbook. The Class Photographs series includes some of those original photographs, along with other photographs where most or all students in a class are together. Occasionally, photographs will include students from two class years, pictured together.

Dates: c. 1938 - 1951

Photographs of Maya Bamford cutting cake at anniversary luncheon, 1970 May 8

 Item — Box 06001: [Barcode: 10128000004033]
Identifier: 006 002 000 07 0004
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: 1970 May 8

Sound recording of interview with Charlotte Taylor Miller '51 / by Marea Adams '74, 1986 Apr 24

 Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 004 001 000 05 0017
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...
Dates: 1986 Apr 24

The Nightingale-Bamford School commencement program, 1951

 Item — Box 01019: [Barcode: 10128000000569]
Identifier: 001 003 000 05 0019
Scope and Contents From the Series: Commencement Records include commencement ceremony invitations, programs, scripts, and transcriptions of speeches given. Each year, a commencement guest speaker is invited to deliver words of wisdom and inspiration to the graduating senior students; correspondence with prospective guest speakers and the speaker's biographical information and or curriculum vitae may be in this record series. Also of note are sheet music and lyrics for a Nightingale commencement song. Invitations include the...
Dates: 1951