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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 214 Collections and/or Records:

Notes from interview with Evelyn (Evy) Halpert, 2017 Sep 7

 Item — Nightingale-Bamford School Digital Archives
Identifier: D_OH_0075
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: 2017 Sep 7

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 on conversation with Benita Trinkle, 2017 Sep 9

 Item — Nightingale-Bamford School Digital Archives
Identifier: D_OH_0083
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: 2017 Sep 9

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

Records relating to alumnae oral history project, 1984 - 1986

 File — Box 04085: [Barcode: 10128000002789]
Identifier: 004 001 000 40 0011
Scope and Contents The correspondence in this file includes alumnae memories, school history, and biographical information on Frances Nightingale from relatives. Correspondents include Frances Collins, Sally Brown, Marea Adams '74, Marianna von Heereman, William Nightingale, Philip Bartlett, Margaret Rowand, Frances Bliss Hall '50, Joan Stitt McMenamin, Ellen Rhett Wyllie, and Mrs. John H. Baker.This file also includes oral history releases from Patsy Gilchrist Wainwright '62, Agatha Leather,...
Dates: 1984 - 1986

Records relating to seventy-fifth anniversary. Includes draft Dorothy Hutcheson introduction to anniversary book, index cards of compiled alumnae reminiscences and alumnae reunion attendees by class year, and captions for a school history exhibit, c. 1993 - 1996

 File — Box 04085: [Barcode: 10128000002789]
Identifier: 004 001 000 40 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. 1993 - 1996

S02 School History and Anniversary Publications and Compilations, c. 1950 - 2009

 Series
Identifier: RG03_SG002_S02
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. 1950 - 2009

SG001 Oral History Recordings, Transcripts, and Notes, 1970 - 2022

 Sub-Group
Identifier: RG04_SG001
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: 1970 - 2022