Barnard Boathouse Canteen

The most extensive documentation in the collection relates to the Barnard Boathouse Canteen. The records include a typewritten report of the organizational history of the Canteen (which opened on March 6, 1918) and the original committee members, the final report by the acting chairman when the Canteen closed on March 24, 1919, committee meeting minutes, the constitution of the Barnard Boathouse Canteen including an addendum submitted by the student workers, the policies, procedures and rules for the Canteen, correspondence soliciting donations from faculty and alumnae, financial reports, general correspondence, food department reports including detailed invoices, receipts for improvements to the building, two guest books recording the signatures of the soldiers who visited the Canteen from March 6, 1918 to March 18, 1919, several incomplete account books, a certificate acknowledging the contribution of the Barnard Boathouse Canteen, and ephemera such as admission tickets printed with directions, hours of operations, activities and costs of meals. There are three different images included in the photographs related to this collection – two photos of a group of soldiers and women on the Boathouse terrace with warships on the Hudson River in the background, and one interior photo of soldiers and women singing around a piano.