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school history

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Pertaining to the chronological record of events affecting the Nightingale-Bamford School.

Found in 125 Collections and/or Records:

Nightingale-Bamford School historical background and curriculum information, 1939 - 1940

 Item — Box 02001: [Barcode: 10128000001575]
Identifier: 002 000 000 07 0002
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...
Dates: 1939 - 1940

Nightingale-Bamford School historical background and curriculum information, 1957

 Item — Box 02001: [Barcode: 10128000001575]
Identifier: 002 000 000 07 0003
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...
Dates: 1957

Nightingale-Bamford School historical background and curriculum information, 1960

 Item — Box 02001: [Barcode: 10128000001575]
Identifier: 002 000 000 07 0004
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...
Dates: 1960

Nightingale News, 2006 Jun

 Item — Box 04093: [Barcode: 10128000004231]
Identifier: 004 004 000 52 0001
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: 2006 Jun

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

NYSAIS Evaluation of the Nightingale-Bamford School (Kindergarten - Grade VIII), 1976 Apr

 Item — Box 08001: [Barcode: 10128000004694]
Identifier: B08001_F18
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: 1976 Apr

"Once a Paulina ... A History of St. Paul's Girls' School," by Howard Bailes, 2000

 Item
Identifier: RG07_SG001
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Group: From approximately 2014 to 2018, Catherine "Kitty" Gordan collected published school histories of various independent schools in connection with her research and writing of Nightingale's centennial history book. In 2021, she donated this collection to the Nightingale-Bamford School Archives. There are fourteen published books in total, mostly histories of independent schools in New York City and the northeast United States, with a focus on girls' schools. These histories are valuable sources...
Dates: 2000

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

"Peggy and I: a life too busy for a dull moment" / by William A. M. Burden. Clipping from unknown publication, p. 19-20. Relates to school history, 1982

 Item — Box 04090: [Barcode: 10128000005014]
Identifier: 004 004 000 13 0046
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: 1982

Press release, Nightingale-Bamford uniform historical background, c. 1997

 Item — Box 04036: [Barcode: 10128000004876]
Identifier: 004 004 000 32 0001
Scope and Contents From the Series: Uniforms have been part of the Nightingale-Bamford School since students voted to wear uniforms in 1929. This series includes photographs of students trying on new uniforms, modeling uniforms from the archives, shopping a uniform exchange, and students in Ghana wearing donated Nightingale uniforms. Documents consist of forms for ordering uniforms, a flier advertising a uniform exchange, and press releases describing newly designed uniforms. Finally, uniform pieces dating from the 1940s to...
Dates: c. 1997