History Department

Collection

Identifier: BC13-29

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Collection Scope and Content Summary

This collection contains materials relating to the Barnard College History Department. The collection includes: departmental correspondence (1948-1980), student records and profiles (1950-1980), meeting minutes (1984-1998), departmental budgets (1948-1980), and course materials (1952-2002). There are materials relating to the hiring of new faculty and the growth of the department to include a broader scope of course offerings. This includes correspondence with the Barnard Organization of Soul Sisters, who proposed an Afro-American Studies program (1968-1969) (box 1), and materials relating to courses taught on the history of women's education (1997-1998) (boxes 16-17).

Dates

Creation: 1948 - 2023

Creator

Barnard College. History Department (Organization)

Access

Any materials that discuss confidential personnel matters (such as applications for work and tenure appointments) are restricted. Some folders in Boxes 3, 7, and 13 are restricted for 75 years after the date of creation as well as all of boxes 5 and 6.

Reproduction Restrictions

Photocopies or scans may be made for research purposes.

Publication Rights

No permission is required for reproductions of materials in the public domain or uses that fall within fair use exemptions to copyright as defined under U.S. Copyright Law.

Barnard College retains copyright of materials created as part of its business operations. To request permission to reproduce these types of materials, please contact us at archives@barnard.edu.

This collection may also contain materials created by others, for which copyright is not held by the College. In order to reproduce these materials, permission from the Archives is not required, but it is researchers' responsibility to determine and obtain any necessary permissions related to copyright, privacy, publicity, or other rights.

Please see our Reproductions, Copyright, and Citing Archives page for more information and contact us at archives@barnard.edu with any questions.

Extent

6.66 Linear Feet (17 boxes)

43.7 Gigabytes (5 video recordings)

Language

English

Additional Description

Abstract

This collection consists of departmental correspondence, student records, faculty files, teaching schedules, event recordings, and special reports from the Barnard College Department of History.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged into ten series. The contents are arranged in the original order in which they were received. The series arrangement of the records is as follows:

Series 1, Ad-Hoc Committee, (1971-1974)
Series 2, Budget, (1948-1980)
Series 3, Afro-American Studies Proposals, (1968-1969)
Series 4, Affirmative Action Program, (1973-1974)
Series 5, Correspondence, (1948-1980)
Series 6, Faculty Files, (1954-1980)
Series 7, Job Inquiries, (1968-1980)
Series 8, Committee on Instruction, (1977-1978)
Series 9, Course records: syllabi, class lists, information about majors, exam questions, teaching schedules (1952-1998)
Series 10, Meeting Minutes, (1984-1998)

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 to the archives from the Barnard College History Department. Event recordings transferred from Instructional Media and Technology Services (IMATS) in 2025.

Appraisal Note

Records containing the personal information of students (such as grade books) were removed from the collection. They had previously been included within the correspondence and course records series. Dossiers sent from university job placement offices have been removed from the Job Inquiries series.

Accruals

Additions are expected.

Related Collections

Other materials relating to the Afro-American Studies proposals from the Barnard Organization of Soul Sisters can be found in BC 37.02 the Barnard Organization of Soul Sisters (B.O.S.S.) records. Other materials relating to the Africana Studies Program can be found in BC 13.07 the Africana Studies records.

Processing History

This collection was processed and the finding aid written by Charlotte Kostelic in October 2015. 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.