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Correspondence

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 47 Collections and/or Records:

Alum Memorabilia

 Collection
Identifier: BC08-02
Abstract

The collection consists of diplomas and memorabilia of Barnard College alums.

Dates: 1897-2016

Barnard Awards, Prizes, and Scholarships Collection

 Collection
Identifier: BC21
Abstract

This collection consists of various Barnard College awards, prizes, and scholarships.

Dates: 1898-2012

Barnard Center for Research on Women Feminist Ephemera Collection

 Collection
Identifier: BCRW02
Abstract

This collection contains 1700+ folders of feminist ephemera collected by the Barnard Center for Research on Women on topics such as women, gender, activism, labor, sexuality, healthcare, marriage, psychology, development, and law.

Dates: 1906-2014; Majority of material found within [Bulk:1975-2001]

Barnard College Essay Contest Records

 Collection
Identifier: BC36-02
Abstract

This collection consists of correspondence, publicity, financial information, and programs related to the Barnard College Essay Contest, as well as the winning essays from each year.

Dates: 1991-2003

Board of Trustees Biographical Files

 Collection
Identifier: BC01-08
Abstract

The collection contains materials relating to the backgrounds and achievements of the members of the Barnard College Board of Trustees. Materials include curriculum vitae, newspaper and magazine clippings, interviews, obituaries, press releases, correspondence, memoranda, speeches, publications, and donor information sheets.

Dates: 1889 - 2005

Board of Trustees Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: BC01-06
Abstract

The collection consists of correspondence between Board of Trustees members, administrators, students, New York City and New York State officials, and influential citizens. Topics covered include administrative matters, fund raising, curriculum, faculty issues, Barnard operations, student life, and Barnard College’s founding and continuing operation.

Dates: 1883 - 1977

Botany Department Records

 Collection
Identifier: BC13-09
Abstract

This collection consists of materials from the Barnard College Botany Department.

Dates: 1895-1992

Buildings and Grounds

 Collection
Identifier: BC03
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.

Dates: 1891 - 2016

C. Elizabeth McNeil Scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: BC15-22
Abstract

This collection consists of the scrapbook of Barnard College alumna C. Elizabeth McNeil, class of 1936.

Dates: 1935 - 1940

Caroline King Duer Papers

 Collection
Identifier: BC20-20
Abstract

This collection consists of the personal papers of Caroline King Duer.

Dates: 1905 - 1952

Celia Pérez Zinester Ephemera Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC10-16
Overview

The Celia Pérez Zinester Ephemera Collection contains correspondence to Celia Pérez from Keight Bergmann.

Dates: 1998 - 2002

Centennial Office

 Collection
Identifier: BC05-10
Abstract

This collection consists of materials from the Barnard College Centinnial Office.

Dates: 1963-1989

Champe Carter Winston Papers

 Collection
Identifier: BC20-21
Abstract The Champe Carter Winston Letters consist of 192 letters exchanged between Champe Carter Winston and her friends and family members during the four years she attended Barnard College from 1932-1936. The letters document Champe Carter Winston’s familial and social life and sketch a picture of what daily life was like for a relatively privileged Barnard student during the 1930s in New York City. The collection yields insight into the ways that young women represented their college activities...
Dates: 1932-09 - 1936-05

Christine E. Bose Wages for Housework Research Collection

 Collection — Box 1: Series Series 1; Series Series 2, Folder: 1
Identifier: SC25
Abstract

This collection contains correspondence to Bose, flyers, newsletters, and publications.

Dates: 1970 - 1979; Majority of material found within 1974 - 1977

Commencement and Convocation Ceremonies Collection

 Collection
Identifier: BC14-01
Abstract

This collection consists of materials relating to the commencement and convocation ceremonies of Barnard and College Columbia University.

Dates: 1893-2014; 2017-2018, 2023

Dean's Office

 Collection
Identifier: BC05-01
Abstract

This collection consists of the Barnard College Dean's Office records.

Dates: 1894-1952

Development Office

 Collection
Identifier: BC05-07
Abstract

This collection consists of development records which includes correspondence, memoranda, accounts, donor lists, appeals for funds, clippings, press releases, and information pertaining to the Thrift Shop.

Dates: 1930 - 2009; Majority of material found within 1960 - 1990

Diversity Collections

 Collection
Identifier: BC44
Abstract

This collection consists of documents, notes, memoranda, and correspondence related to diversity at Barnard College.

Dates: 1973 - 1990

Divest Barnard

 Collection
Identifier: BC37-35
Abstract

This collection consists of materials from Divest Barnard, an activist group currently active at Barnard College.

Dates: 2010 - 2017; Majority of material found within 2015 - 2017

Dorothy Oak Scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: BC15-20
Abstract

This collection consists of the scrapbook of Barnard alumna Dorothy Oak. Materials range from Oak's pre-Barnard Days at Miss Mary Schoonmaker’s School for Girls in 1913 until 1920. Oak graduated from Barnard in 1918.

Dates: 1913 - 1920

Duer Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: BC20-18
Abstract

This collection consists of typewritten and handwritten manuscript history of the Durer family compiled by Alice Duer Miller.

Dates: undated

East End Women's Alliance Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC17
Abstract

This collection consists of administrative records, biographical files, and materials such as banners, posters, and t-shirts, regarding the activities of the East End Women's Alliance, a feminist group active from 1970 - 1999 in the Hamptons, New York.

Dates: 1970 - 2014; Majority of material found within 1970 - 1999

Francis T. Plimpton Papers

 Collection
Identifier: BC01-11
Abstract

This collections consists of the personal papers of Barnard College Trustee and Treasurer, Francis T. Plimpton. The collection includes correspondence, minutes, and financial records, as well as blueprints, compliance reports, and insurance records documenting the building of Plimpton Hall.

Dates: 1936 - 1981

Freshman Seminar Program

 Collection
Identifier: BC13-24
Abstract

These records document the implementation, development, refinement, evaluation, and administration of the Freshman Seminar Program.

Dates: 1975-2005; Majority of material found within 1983 - 1991

General Faculty and Administrative Letters

 Collection
Identifier: BC04
Abstract

This collection documents the official correspondence of the faculty and administrators of Barnard College from 1889-1904.

Dates: 1889 - 1904

George Arthur Plimpton Papers

 Collection
Identifier: BC01-03
Abstract

This collection consists of correspondence, Barnard College financial history and documents, and reminiscences of George A Plimpton. Plimpton was a Barnard College Trustee from 1889 to 1936 and Treasurer from 1893 to 1936.

Dates: 1889 - 1936

History Department

 Collection
Identifier: BC13-29
Abstract

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

Dates: 1948 - 2002

Institute for Urban Education Collection

 Collection
Identifier: BC13-15
Abstract

This collection consists of materials from the Institute for Urban Education.

Dates: 1991-2010

Instructional Media and Technology Services

 Collection
Identifier: BC05-13
Abstract

This collection consists of materials from Instructional Media and Technology Services (IMATS).

Dates: 1951-2011

Jean T. Palmer Papers

 Collection
Identifier: BC20-13
Abstract

This collection consists of the personal papers of Barnard College employee Jean T. Palmer. The collection includes diplomas, citations, news clippings, awards, and oral history transcripts.

Dates: 1912 - 1992

Jenna Freedman Zine Correspondence Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC10-02
Abstract

The Zine Correspondence Collection consists of Jenna Freedman’s work as the Barnard Zine Librarian. It includes her communication with zinesters, zine distros, teachers, and libraries about the Zine Collection and zines more generally, as well as Freedman’s involvement in zine events.

Dates: 1999 - 2022

Jessy Emilie Young Papers

 Collection
Identifier: BC20-49
Overview

This collection contains select personal correspondence of and a yearbook belonging to Jessy Emilie Young.

Dates: 1915 - 1965

Joseph Gerard Brennan Papers

 Collection
Identifier: BC20-04
Abstract

This collection consists of the personal papers for former Barnard College faculty member, Joseph Gerard Brennan.

Dates: 1934 - 1989

Keight Bergmann Zinester Ephemera Collections

 Collection
Identifier: SC10-11
Abstract

This collection contains correspondence to Bergmann, pamphlets, invitations, photographs, a t-shirt, a glove and a cloth.

Dates: 1998-2002

Lucyle Hook Papers

 Collection
Identifier: BC20-01
Abstract

This collection consists of the personal papers of former Barnard College professor, Lucyle Hook.

Dates: 1880-2000

Martha Hollister Boynton Wheeler Papers

 Collection
Identifier: BC20-40
Abstract

This collection consists of the personal papers of Martha Hollister Boynton Wheeler. It includes correspondence between friends, employees, and family; financial papers; memorabilia; and photographs. The collection also includes a booklet on her life created posthumously.

Dates: 1905 - 2016

Mary Catherine Reardon Scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: BC15-07
Abstract

This collection consists of the scrapbook of Barnard College alumna Mary Catherine Reardon, class of 1907.

Dates: 1903-1911

Mary Mothersill Papers

 Collection
Identifier: BC20-27
Abstract Mary Mothersill (1923-2008) was a Canadian philosopher who taught philosophy at Barnard College from 1963-1993. The collection includes her philosophical writing, philosophy course curricula, texts intended for publication and related correspondence, annotated copies of the works of other philosophers, and letters from fellow philosopher Arnold Isenberg. Her material may be useful to scholars of Kant, C.I. Lewis, philosophy students, teachers, as well as researchers of 1968 counterculture,...
Dates: 1963 - 1993

Millicent Carey McIntosh Papers

 Collection
Identifier: BC02-05
Abstract

The collection consists of material relating to both McIntosh's professional activities and her personal life. Items include correspondence and memoranda, addresses and speeches, articles, subject files, research files, clippings, printed matter, photographs, biographical material, and memorabilia of Millicent Carey McIntosh, the fourth Dean and first President of Barnard College.

Dates: 1921-1998

Minor Latham Playhouse/Brinckerhoff Theatre Records

 Collection
Identifier: BC13-53
Abstract

This collection consists of scripts; song lyrics; sketches for posters, programs, costumes, and set design; lists of plays presented; programs; news clippings; press releases; and correspondence relating to plays and workshops presented in the Brinckerhoff Theatre and the Minor Latham Playhouse.

Dates: 1897 - 2005

Minutes to the Board of Trustees

 Collection
Identifier: BC01-04
Abstract

These records consist of the meeting minutes of the Barnard College Board of Trustees and its Executive Committee.

Dates: 1889-2018

Ntozake Shange Papers

 Collection
Identifier: BC20-29
Abstract

Ntozake Shange (1948-2018, BC ‘70) was an American playwright and poet. The Ntozake Shange Papers include manuscripts and drafts of works; correspondence; diaries and agendas; clippings, programs, and ephemera; teaching documents; personal and professional photographs; awards, memorabilia, and personal effects; and texts, music, and other works by others collected by Shange.

Dates: 1913-2022; Majority of material found within 1970-2018

Office of Communications records

 Collection
Identifier: BC05-08
Abstract

This collection consists of press releases, annual reports, correspondence, clippings, programs, newsletters, questionnaires, invitations, address lists, minutes, schedules, printed materials, and photographs related to Barnard College communications, public affairs, and public relations.

Dates: 1934 - 2016

Office of Provost and Dean of Faculty

 Collection
Identifier: BC05-06
Abstract

This collection consists of documents from the Office of the Provost and Dean of Faculty of Barnard College. The collection includes memorandum, correspondence, reports, and studies.

Dates: 1900 - 2011; Majority of material found within 1969 - 2011

Office of the Registrar

 Collection
Identifier: BC05-03
Abstract

This collection consists of the records of the Barnard College Office of the Registrar. These records include admissions forms, forms concerning enrollment and grading, correspondence, topical files, statistics, and lists of students in various majors.

Dates: 1895-1999

President's Office

 Collection
Identifier: BC05-22
Abstract

President's Office Records consist of correspondence, speeches, addresses, publications, reports, meetings minutes, journals, calendars, photographs, AV, and born digital material that were created and kept by the President’s Office.

Dates: 1952-2017

Tara Emelye Needham and Sasha Cagen Cupsize Zinester Ephemera Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC10-15
Abstract The Tara Emelye Needham and Sasha Cagen Cupsize Zinester Ephemera Collection includes drafts and copies of various issues of the 1990s riot grrrl zine Cupsize, correspondence with other zinesters, fanmail, zine distros materials, promotional materials, flyers, and zines created by other zinesters. The collection highlights a culture of exchange between zinesters sharing resources as well as each others’ zines in the...
Dates: 1990 - 1999