Robert McCaughey Statistical Profile of the Barnard College Faculty, 1900-1974 Papers.
Collection Scope and Content Summary
This collection of papers documents McCaughey’s research process while completing A Statistical Profile of the Barnard College Faculty, 1900-1974. Materials include raw data collected from faculty and emeriti through questionnaires and McCaughey’s analysis of the data in the form of charts and tables. Data analyzes characteristics of Barnard’s faculty including gender, age, prior education, ties to Columbia, other teaching appointments, residence, birthplace, family background, marital status, finances, etc. Original questionnaires and CVs are included in these papers, although access is restricted.
Also included in this collection of papers are correspondence with faculty, emeriti, and alumnae; manuscript drafts; and personal records relating to the production of the report including expenses, research and travel records, and notes. Two copies of the final report and three copies of Academic Profiles accompany the collection. Academic Profiles, published in 1991, was another project of Robert McCaughey's that has information about the education, specialties, and publications of the faculty of Barnard College for the 1991-1992 academic year.
Dates
- Creation: 1974-1975; 1992
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1974 - 1975
Creator
- McCaughey, Robert A. (Person)
Access
Some materials in boxes 5 and 6 are restricted. Restricted materials regarding the faculty are personal in nature and were given to McCaughey with the assurance that information would not be personally ascribed. These materials will become unrestricted after the death of the faculty member or emeritus.
Reproduction Restrictions
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.
Biography
Robert A. McCaughey, emeritus professor of history, joined the faculty of Barnard in 1969. He is the author of multiple books on the history of Barnard College and Columbia University, including A College of Her Own: The History of Barnard; Stand, Columbia: A History of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1754-2004; and A Lever Long Enough: A History of Columbia's School of Engineering and Applied Science Since 1864. McCaughey was the founding director of the Barnard first-year seminar program and served several terms as chair of Barnard's history department. From 1987 to 1993 he served as dean of the Barnard College faculty.
Extent
2.71 Linear Feet (6 document boxes, 1 half document box)
Language
English
Abstract
This collection contains research and materials related to the 1975 publication of A Statistical Profile of the Barnard College Faculty, 1900-1974, by Barnard professor of history Robert McCaughey.
Collection Arrangement
These papers have been arranged into seven series. The series are as follows:
Series 1, Data & Analysis
Series 2, Correspondence
Series 3, Questionnaires and materials related to survey
Series 4, Curricula vitae
Series 5, Drafts
Series 6, Personal records related to publication
Series 7, Published copies, 1975; 1992
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 by Robert McCaughey in 1975. The acquisition date and source of the 1992 materials is unknown.
Accruals
No additions are expected.
Bibliography
Processing History
This collection was processed and the finding aid written by Hilary Price in October 2014. The finding aid was updated by Alice Griffin in July 2015.
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.
Source
- McCaughey, Robert A. (Person)
- Title
- Guide to Robert McCaughey "Statistical Profile of the Barnard College Faculty, 1900-1974" Papers.
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Hilary Price
- Date
- © 2015
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Barnard Archives and Special Collections Repository