English Department

Collection

Identifier: BC13-18

Staff View

Collection Scope and Content Summary

This collection contains materials relating to the Barnard College English Department. Included in the collection are administrative materials, such as meeting minutes, memorandums, departmental budgets, and committee materials; course preparation materials, such as syllabi and instructor's planning papers; copies of annual placement examinations; annual reports from the department; correspondence; event programs, fliers, and posters; and recordings of events.

The born digital materials include images of English department events and recordings of events.

Dates

Creation: 1922 - 2024

Restricted Materials

Any materials that discuss confidential personnel matters (such as applications for work and tenure appointments) are restricted for 75 years from their date of creation, per the Archive's policy. Numerous folders in boxes 1, 2, 3, and 4, and the entirety of boxes 7 and 8 are restricted.

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.

Reproductions Restrictions

Photocopies or scans may be made for research purposes.

Extent

6.05 Linear Feet (14 full size document boxes, 1 half size document box, 1 flat file)

86.9 Gigabytes (2,277 digital images (.jpg), video files)

Language

English

Additional Description

Abstract

This collection consists of materials from the Barnard College English department.

Collection Arrangement

The collection's paper contents have been grouped topically and inventoried at the folder level.

The transferred computer disks in "Digital photographs, 2003-2008", as part of the processing work done by Archives staff, were intellectually rearranged within this finding aid under "Digital photographs, 2003-2008". Additionally, some high-level physical rearrangement happened to allow the digital materials to be easily integrated into a single system of arrangement. The digital photographs, at the highest directory level, were placed into a new folder with a new file name.

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 English department in 2003, 2004, and 2005 and the Office of Communications records in 2023. Event recordings transferred from Instructional Media and Technology Services (IMATS) in 2025.

Accruals

Additions are expected.

Processing History

This collection was processed and the finding aid written by Dinah Handel, August 2015. Student associates transffered and inventoried the digital materials in 2018. The finding aid was updated with digital materials by Olivia Newsome, November 2023.