Board of Trustees Charters, By-Laws, Statutes, and Amendments
Collection Scope and Content Summary
This collection includes provisional charters and drafts, bound books of by-laws and statutes, extracts from meeting minutes, treasurer's reports, and signed charter amendments.
Of special interest is the 1889 petition to the Regents of the University of New York to found a literary college for the Collegiate Education of Women in the City and County of New York.
Dates
- 1882 - 1990
Creator
- Barnard College. Board of Trustees (Creator, Organization)
Access
This collection has no restrictions.
Publication Rights
Permission to publish material from the collection must be requested from the Barnard College Archives and Special Collections. The Barnard College Archives and Special Collections approves permission to publish that which it physically owns; the responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.
Reproduction Restrictions
Photocopies or scans may be made for research purposes.
Extent
3.58 Linear Feet (2 document boxes, 1 clamshell box, 1 document drawer)
Language
English
Abstract
The Barnard College Board of Trustees Charters and Amendments contains the provisional charters, by-laws, statutes, amendments, extracts from meeting minutes, signed charter amendments, reports, and related correspondence.
Collection Arrangement
This collection is 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 Barnard College Board of Trustees.
Accruals
Additions are expected.
Processing History
This collection was processed by Marcia Bassett, 2010.
This finding aid was updated by Heather Lember in January, 2014. The finding aid was updated and this collection merged with the former collection BC1.02, Board of Trustees By-Laws and Statutes due to overlapping collection scopes, by Martha Tenney in June 2021.
Descriptive Rules Used:
Finding aid adheres to that prescribed by Describing Archives: A Content Standard.
Encoding:
Machine readable finding aid encoded in EAD 2002.
Finding aid written in English.
Creator
- Barnard College. Board of Trustees (Creator, Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Board of Trustees Charters, By-Laws, Statutes, and Amendments
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Heather Lember
- Date
- 2014
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English, Old (ca.450-1100)
- Script of description
- Arabic
Repository Details
Part of the Barnard Archives and Special Collections Repository