Buildings and Grounds
Collection Scope and Content Summary
This collection includes materials relating to the construction and furnishing of campus buildings and landscaped areas. There are court papers, maps, clippings, correspondence, and building plans related to the Riverside Park extensions and openings at 120th Street that date from 1891-1909.
Also included are blueprints, models, planning materials, reports, renovations, and preservation plans for campus buildings and dormitories.
Additionally, there is a large collection of photographs of the interior and exterior of the campus buildings and dormitories. The photographs depict students, faculty, and various construction projects throughout Barnard's history.
Dates
- Creation: 1891 - 2016
Creator
- Barnard College. Buildings and Grounds (Creator, Organization)
Access
This collection has no restrictions.
Reproduction Restrictions
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes.
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.
Extent
257 Linear Feet (37 full size document boxes, 6 half size boxes, 18 oversize boxes, 2 shallow lid boxes; 5 document drawers, 2 oversize folders)
10 Gigabytes
Language
English
Abstract
This collection consists of correspondence, accounts, reports, floor plans, blueprints, photographs, court papers, and memoranda relating to the construction and furnishing of campus buildings and landscaped areas.
Collection Arrangement
The records are arranged in three series. The contents are arranged in alphabetical order by building name. The series arrangement of the records is as follows:
Series 1, Court Documents, 1891-1909
Series 2, Planning Materials and Blueprints, 1891-2015
Series 3, Photographs, 1897-2006
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
The acquisition date and source is unknown.
Accruals
Additions are expected.
Processing History
This collection was processed and the finding aid written by Heather Lember in January 2014. Updated by Joan Hsiao in December 2017. Updated by Aziza Rahman in June 2019.
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.
- Title
- Guide to Buildings and Grounds Collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Heather Lember
- Date
- ©2014
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Revision Statements
- 2019: Updated the extent.
- 2020: Updated the extent and dates.
Repository Details
Part of the Barnard Archives and Special Collections Repository