Board of Trustees committees, 1902 - 2019
Scope and Contents
This series contains materials produced by various committees of the Barnard College Board of Trustees. Committees are typically formed to focus the Board’s discussions and pursue the Board’s efforts related to a specific set of activities or topics. Per its 2023 bylaws, “the Board may by resolution create or dissolve Committees of the College” and can also create ad hoc committees for “short-term, finite purposes or projects.” The number of committees has varied throughout the Board’s existence, but certain standing committees such as the Committee on Budget and Finance have existed since the Board’s establishment in 1889. While each committee usually meets in private, committee reports are typically presented to the entire Board for discussion at Board meetings. Committees are crucial to the Board’s functioning as they divide responsibility and power between Board members, as well as organize the Board’s activities and discussions around its distinct responsibilities, priorities, and projects.
Dates
- Creation: 1902 - 2019
Creator
- From the Collection: Barnard College. Board of Trustees (Creator, Organization)
Access
All materials produced by the Board of Trustees are restricted for twenty years from the date of creation.
Personnel records relating to Barnard faculty and staff (including search, review, promotion, tenure, and disciplinary/grievance records) are restricted for seventy-five years from the date of creation.
Extent
From the Collection: 52 Linear Feet (18 record cartons, 62 document boxes, 5 half-document boxes, 2 microfilm boxes, 1 clamshell box, 1 flat file)
From the Collection: 0.00956 Gigabytes (175 files (.PDF, .WPD, .PPT))
Language
From the Collection: English
Arrangement
This series is arranged into eight subseries by committee type: Subseries 3.1: Committee on Budget and Finance; Subseries 3.2: Committee on Buildings and Grounds; Subseries 3.3: Committee on Development and related committees; Subseries 3.4: Committee on Education and related committees; Subseries 3.5: Committee on Investments; Subseries 3.6: Committee on Nominations; Subseries 3.7: Joint Columbia-Barnard Trustees Committee and Columbia-Barnard Relations Committee; Subseries 3.8: Ad Hoc, Advisory, and Special Committees. The archivists grouped materials that seemed related, as well as predecessor committees with different names (e.g. Committee on Nominations and Committee on Trustees).
Repository Details
Part of the Barnard Archives and Special Collections Repository