Chemistry Department Records
Collection Scope and Content Summary
This collection consists of department newsletters, student lists, lab experiments, student award letters, event fliers and conference materials, pamphlets, and lists of major requirements of the Chemistry Department.
Box 1: Admin correspondence, lab experiments, events, and conference materials (1890-2005)contains a program of degrees conferred from 1890, major requirements from 1999, list of degrees conferred from 1971-1978, a parody drawing titled "Girls in the Hood - Barnard College" from 1998, chemistry department student award letters from 1987-2007, chemistry 58 experiments circa 1960s, physical chemistry lab experiments from 1968, and events and conferences from 1978-2012.
Box 2: Newsletters, (1960-2000) box contains newsletters from 1960-2000. There are no missing issues.
Box 3: Newsletters, (2001-2009) contains newsletters from 2001-2008. This collection is missing newsletters from 2006-2007, and 2010 onwards.
Dates
- Creation: 1890 - 2012
Creator
- Barnard College. Department of Chemistry (Organization)
Access
This collection has no restrictions.
Reproductions Restriction
Photocopies or scans may be made for research purposes.
Publication Rights
Permission to publish material from the collection must be requested from the Barnard Archives and Special Collections. The Barnard Archives and Special Collections approves permission to publish that which it physically owns; the responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.
Extent
1.50 Linear Feet (3 document boxes)
Language
English
Abstract
This collection consists of materials from the Barnard College Chemistry Department.
Collection Arrangement
This collection is arranged loosely by record genre and the newsletters are arranged chronologically.
Physical Location
This collection is located in the Barnard Archives and Special Collections, Barnard Library. To use this collection, please contact the Barnard Archives and Special Collections at 212.854.4079 or archives@barnard.edu.
Acquisition Information
Transferred from the Chemistry Department.
Accruals
Additions are expected.
Processing History
This collection was processed and the finding aid written by Charlotte Kostelic in September 2015. A significant accural was processed and added by Olivia Newsome in March 2024.
Finding aid adheres to that prescribed by Describing Archives: A Content Standard.
Machine readable finding aid encoded in EAD 2002.
Finding aid written in English.
- Title
- Guide to the Chemistry Department Records
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Charlotte Kostelic and Olivia Newsome
- Date
- © 2015 and 2024
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Barnard Archives and Special Collections Repository