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oral histories (literary works)

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Works that record interviews conducted to preserve the recollections of persons whose experience or memories are representative or are of special historical or social significance.

Found in 70 Collections and/or Records:

Compilation of quotations reflecting on Nightingale-Bamford School, c. 1990 - 1999

 Item — Box 04126: [Barcode: 10128000004496]
Identifier: 004 001 000 26 0013
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,...
Dates: c. 1990 - 1999

Compilation of quotes from interviews conducted by Marea Adams '74 for NBS oral history project, 1987

 Item — Box 01095: [Barcode: 10128000001203]
Identifier: 001 004 000 10 0021
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: 1987

Joan McMenamin correspondence relating to gathering of school history through oral history project, 1984

 Item — Box 06010: [Barcode: 10128000004082]
Identifier: 006 005 000 05 0048
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: 1984

Joan McMenamin correspondence relating to oral history project, 1986

 Item — Box 06010: [Barcode: 10128000004082]
Identifier: 006 005 000 05 0050
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: 1986

"My Reminiscences of Nightingale, 1958 - 79," by Marianna von Heereman, c. 1980

 Item — Box 01096: [Barcode: 10128000001211]
Identifier: 001 004 000 18 0006
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: c. 1980

Notes from interview of Frances Fisher Collins '25, 1994

 Item — Box 04078: [Barcode: 10128000002714]
Identifier: 004 001 000 26 0012
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: 1994

Notes from Marea Adams' interview with Miss Lucy Burwell, c. 1974

 Item — Box 01096: [Barcode: 10128000001211]
Identifier: 001 004 000 16 0003
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: c. 1974

Notes relating to statements made by alumnae relating to their experiences at the Nightingale-Bamford School, c. 1980 - 1989

 File — Box 04078: [Barcode: 10128000002714]
Identifier: 004 001 000 26 0008
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,...
Dates: c. 1980 - 1989

Pamphlet, "The Alumnae Association of The Nightingale-Bamford School presents recollections of the first fifty years, 1920-1970", 1970

 Item — Box 04008: [Barcode: 10128000002326]
Identifier: 004 001 000 29 0001
Scope and Contents

Compiled primarily from interviews. Includes a timeline of "significant dates" on inside back cover from 1906 to 1970.

Dates: 1970

Photograph of Joan McMenamin being presented with oral history project, "The Great Adventure", 1991

 Item — Box 06011: [Barcode: 10128000004090]
Identifier: 006 005 000 14 0099
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: 1991