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  • Alumnae Interviews
    • Amanda Breen Interview with Linda Zappulla
    • Andrea Polk-Stephenson ’71 Interview — Adele Bernhard
    • Anne Prescott Interview — Elizabeth Moye
    • Barnard Majors and Careers, 1910
    • Barrie Tait Collins, ’49 Interview — Elizabeth Moye
    • Carol Berkin ’64 Interview — Sarah Thieneman
    • Caroline Lange — What Was Expected of Early Barnard Alumnae?
    • Ellen V. Futter, BC ’71 — Interview
    • Frances Hamermesh, BC ’65
    • Galchus Interview with Dorothy Deburg
    • Gayle F. Robinson, BC ’75 — Interview
    • Janet Price ’71 Interview — Kelly Reller
    • Jenna Davis Interview of Adrienne Schure
    • Jennifer Davis Interview of Adrienne Schure
    • Karla Jay, BC ’64, Interview — Gina Masino
    • Marcia Sells Interview by B. McCaughey
    • Paula Franzese ’80 Interview by Elizabeth Moye
    • Prominent Alumnae
    • Stehanie Brandt ’72 Interview — Paula Pinsky
    • Vivian Gruder, BC ’57 — Interview
    • Zapulla ’71 Interview
  • Appendices
    • Appendices Index Page
      • Administrative Appendix
        • Administrative Heads of Barnard College, 1889 – 2019
        • Chief Faculty Officers of Barnard College, 1908-2019
        • Chief Financial Officers of Barnard College
        • Chief Financial Officers of Barnard College
      • Buildings & Grounds Appendix
      • Documents
        • Barnard Bursar N. W. Liggett to Barnard Trustee George A. Plimpton, June 20, 1906
      • Explanatory Notes
        • Note on Barnard Fundraising to Word War II
        • Note on Barnard-Columbia Relations
          • Note on the Faculty Homebody Index
        • Note on Minorities and Minority Admissions
        • Note on Students’ Financial Circumstances
        • Note on the Geographical Origins of Entering Classes
      • Faculty Appendix
        • #1624 (no title)
        • Barnard College F/Time Instructional Staff, by Rank and Gender, by Selected Years
        • Barnard College Faculty Appointees, 1990-2018
        • Barnard College Faculty by Gender & Appointment Eras
        • Barnard College Faculty by Mean Years of Service, Gender & Appointment Era
        • Barnard College Faculty, 1889 – 2019, [By Last Name]
        • Barnard College Faculty, 1965-1989
        • Barnard College Instructional Staff, 1914
        • Barnard Faculty by AB Locale & Appointment Era
        • Barnard Faculty by Appointment Year, 1889 – 2019
        • Barnard Faculty by Field, Selected Years
        • Barnard Faculty by Race/Ethnicity, Selected Years
        • Barnard Faculty by Rank, Selected Years
        • Barnard Faculty, 1940-1964
        • Barnard Faculty, by Appointment Year, 1915-1939
        • Barnard Students by Live-In Servants in Parents’ Residence, 1893 – 1913
        • Career Outcomes of Barnard College Faculty by Eras
        • Faculty by AB Source, by Appointment Era
        • Faculty Homebody Index, by Eras
        • Survival Rates Among Assistant Professors, 1965-1975
        • Survival Rates Among Assistant Professors, 1980 – 2003
      • Finances Appendix
        • Barnard College Revenues, 1889-90 to 1892-93
      • Maps
      • Students/Alumnae Appendix
        • . Barnard College Graduating Classes by Hometowns
        • Barnard Classes by Parental Nativity, Selected Years
        • Barnard College Admissions Data, 1950 – 2019
        • Barnard College Annual Enrollments, 1889-90 to 2018-19
        • Barnard College Enrollments, 1889 – 2019
        • Barnard Graduates, 1893 – 2019
        • Barnard Graduating Students by Academic Majors
        • Barnard Students by Racial/Ethnic Composition
        • Barnard Students Religious Affiliation Entering Years
        • Barnard Students with Pell Grants
        • Early Barnard Alumnae by Post-Graduate Study, 1893-1920
        • Social Profile of Barnard Class of 1910
        • Social Profile of Class of 1899
      • Trustees Appendix
        • Barnard Board of Trustees by App’t Year, 1889 – 1914
        • Barnard College Trustees, 1915-1939
        • Barnard Trustees by Appointment Year, 1889 – 2019
        • Barnard Trustees by Era and Occupational Field
        • Original Barnard College Board of Trustees, 1889
        • Trustees by Era & Residence
        • Trustees by Era and Gender
        • Trustees by Years of Service and Appointment Era
  • Bibliographies
    • Barnard Sources & Archives
    • Brief Barnard Bibliography
  • Campus/Buildings
    • Barnard Beginnings: An East Side Story
    • Barnard Campus and Buildings on Morningside
    • Barnard’s Magnolia Tree — Caroline Lange
    • Move to Morningside
  • Columbia
    • Barnard-Columbia Relations Post 1968
    • Columbia Presidents since 1864
      • Frederick A. P. Barnard
    • Dodging the Merger Bullet: Why It Didn’t Happen
  • Columbiana
  • Documents/Drafts
    • 10. Barnard Rising
    • 10. Barnard Rising
    • 10. New York, New York
    • 11. New York, New York
    • 12. Going Global
    • 2. East Side, West Side: A Tale of Two Cities
    • 3. Becoming Barnard: A Place in the City
    • 4. Who’s Afraid of Virginia Gildersleeve?
    • 5. Barnard in the Twenties
    • 5. Good Times: Barnard in the Twenties
    • 6. Lean Times: Barnard in the Thirties
    • 6. Tough Times: Depression, War & Other Distractions
      • Deans /Presidents
        • Barnard Presidents’ Profiles
        • Charles S. Olton Interview by BMcCaughey
        • Debora Spar Bio — Caroline Lange
        • Ella Weed
        • Ellen V. Futter — Biographical Outline
          • Ellen V. Futter Bio — Mollie Galchus
          • Ellen V. Futter Bio –Lizzie Moye
        • Ellen V. Futter — Brief Bio — Lauren Malotra-Gaudet
        • Ellen V. Futter: A Biographical Note
        • Emily James Smith Bio — Gina Masino
        • Emily James Smith [Putnam]
        • Gildersleeve as Dean — Notes
        • Jacquelyn Mattfeld
          • Jacquelyn Mattfeld Bio — Amanda Breen
          • Mattfeld Presidency
        • Judith R. Shapiro
        • Judith R. Shapiro, Interview
        • Judith Shapiro Bio — Federica Rottaris
        • Laura Drake Gill
        • Laura Drake Gill — Bio — Adele Bernhard
        • Martha Peterson bio — Kelly Reller
        • Martha Peterson — A Biographical Note
        • Millicent C. McIntosh
        • Millicent McIntosh — A Biographical Note
        • Millicent McIntosh bio — Leora Boussi
        • millicent McIntosh Bio — Paula Pinsky
        • Millicent McIntosh Bio — Sarah Thieneman
        • Presidential Briefs
        • Rosemary Park
        • Rosemary Park Bio — Jenna Davis
        • Virginia C. Gildersleeve (1877-1965) — A Timeline
        • Virginia C. Gildersleeve — Powerpoint Presentation
        • Virginia Crocheron Gildersleeve
        • Virginia Gildersleeve
          • Notes for a Gildersleeve Biography
          • Rosalind Rosenberg, “Virginia C. Gildersleeve” (2006)
          • Virginia C. Gildersleeve Timeline
          • Virginia Crocheron Gildersleeeve
          • Woloch, “Note on VCG Biography” (2015)
    • 6. Tough Times: Depression, War and Other Distractions
    • 7. Against Nostalgia: The McIntosh Era
    • 7. Against Nostalgia: The McIntosh Era
    • 7. Those Were the Days: The McIntosh Era
    • 8. Into the Storm
    • 8. Into the Storm
    • 9. Saying No to Zeus
    • 9. Saying No to Zeus
    • Annie Nathan Meyer — 1888 article in The Nation
    • Bursar Liggett to Treasurer Plimpton, June 1906
    • Ch. 1. What’s a New York Girl To Do?
    • Ch1. What’s a New York Girl to Do?
    • F. A. P. Barnard, Three Annual Reports, 1879, 1880 & 1881
  • Faculty
    • Annette Karr Baxter
    • Anthropology Department Historical Roster
    • Barnard Faculty by Department & Appointment Year
    • Barnard Faculty by Department & Appointment Year, 1946 – 1970
    • Barnard Faculty by Field & Appointment Year, 1889 – 1920
    • Barnard Faculty, 1889 – 1914
    • Barnard Faculty, 1915-1939
    • Barnard Faculty, by Department & Appointment Year, 1971 – 1992
    • Barnard Faculty, by Department & Appointment Year, 1993 – 2007
    • Barnard Instructional Staff, 1889 – 1900
    • Dr. Jacob Alexander, Chemistry Department — Leora Boussi
    • First Instructional Staff, 1889
    • Moye Interview of Peter Balsam
    • Note on Departmental Foundings
    • Note on Early Barnard Science Faculty
    • Note on History of the Barnard Faculty
    • Science Faculty Since WW II
    • Science Faculty to 1940
  • Finances
    • Barnard Finances: A Note
    • Financial History Primer
    • Kelly Reller — Early Financial Aid
    • Major Barnard Benefactors
  • History 3491 Materials
    • Calendar for Fall 2019 History 3491x
    • Fall 2019 3491x Assignments
    • First Project Menu
    • For Whom Early Barnard Intended?
    • Harriette Mogul Interview — Federica Rottaris
    • McAc: Sarah Thieneman
    • Meetings Calendar
    • Oral History Interviews Belating to Barnard
    • Physical Education in the 1950s — Paula Pinsky
  • Numbers
    • Barnard By the Numbers — Index Page
      • $1. e. Barnard Tuition as % of Median Annual Household Income
      • F1. b. Full-Time Instructional Staff by Size, Gender,Status for Selected Years
      • F1. c. Barnard College F/Time Instructional Staff, by Rank and Gender, by Selected Years
      • F1.a. Barnard College Faculty by Appointment Eras
      • F2. a. Barnard Faculty by AB Locale, Appointment Eras
        • Statistical Appendix to Gotham Sister
      • F2. b. Faculty by AB Source, by Appointment Era
      • F2. c. Barnard Faculty by PhD Origins
      • F2. c. Faculty by Source of Graduate Training/PhD, by Appointment Era
      • F2. c. Faculty by Source of Graduate Training/PhD, by Appointment Era
      • F3. a. Barnard Faculty by Field, 1900 – 2017
      • F3. a. Barnard Faculty by Field, 1900 – 2017
      • F3. c. Barnard College Faculty by Mean Years of Service and Gender, by Appointment Era
      • F3. d. Survival Rates Among Assistant Professor Appointees by Appointment Year, 1980 – 2003
      • F3. d1. Survival Rates Among Assistant Professor Appointees by Appointment Year, 1965-1975
      • S1. a. Barnard Enrollments, 1889-1900 – 2018-2019
      • S1. b. Barnard Graduates
      • S1.d. Barnard College Graduating Classes by Geographical Origins/Hometowns
      • S1.d. Barnard College Graduating Classes by Geographical Origins/Hometowns
      • S2. a. Barnard Classes by Parental Nativity, Selected Years
      • S2. a. Barnard Classes by Parental Nativity, Selected Years
      • S2. c. Barnard Students Religious Affiliation Entering Years
      • S2. d. Race/Ethnicity of Barnard Student Body by Academic Year
      • S2. e. Early Barnard Students by Homes with Live-In Servants
      • S2. f. Barnard and Sisters by Pell Grants as % of Students
      • S3. b. Early Barnard Classes by Fraternity Membership
      • S3. c. Barnard Graduating Students by Academic Majors
      • T1. a. Trustees by Gender and Appointment Era
      • T1. b. Trustees by Occupational Fields
      • T1. b. Trustees by Occupations, 1889 – 2018
      • T2. a. Trustees by Years of Service and Appointment Era
      • T3. a. Barnard Board of Trustee Chairs
    • I. 5. Barnard Instructional Staff by Academic Credentials
    • I. Faculty Numbers
      • 1. 6e. Instructional Staff by Selected Year, Residence and Gender
      • Barnard College Faculty by App’t Years, 1889-1914
      • I. Instructional Staff by Career Outcomes
      • I. 1a.-1c. Instructional Staff
      • I. 2a. Instructional Staff by Rank, 1900-1939
      • I. 3a. Instructional Staff by Teaching Divisions
      • I. 4a. Instructional Staff By Career Outcomes
      • I. 6a. Instructional Staff by Selected Year, Birthplace and Gender
      • I. 6b. Barnard Faculty by Race and Gender
      • I. 6d. Instructional Staff by Selected Year, Marital Status and Gender
    • II. Trustee Numbers
      • II. 5a. Barnard Trustees by Residence
      • II. Trustees by Marital Status
      • II. 1a. Barnard Trustees by Appointment Era, Number and Gender
      • II. 6a. Barnard Trustees by Occupation and Gender
      • II. 6b. Barnard Trustee Spouses by Occupation
      • II. Barnard Trustees by Academic Credentials
      • II. Barnard Trustees by Era, Membership Type and Gender
    • III. Student/Alumna Numbers
      • III. 1a. Annual Enrollments by Year, 1889-90 to 2014-2015
      • III. 1b. Annual Degrees Awarded by Year, 1893-2015
      • III. 3. Admissions Data
      • III. 3d. Students by Graduating Class and Pre-Barnard Residence
      • III. 4a. Students by Graduating Class and Preparatory Circumstances
      • III. 5a. Students by Graduating Class and Residential Status at Barnard
      • III. 5b. Students by Graduating Classes and Academic Major
      • III. 6b. Students by Graduating Classes and Primary Occupation
      • Students
        • 1910 Class Data Series
        • Barnard Degrees, 1893 – 1920
        • Barnard Enrollments
        • Barnard Enrollments & Degrees, 1940 – 1964
        • Barnard Enrollments and Degrees, 1970 – 2014
        • Class 1910 by Religion & Sorority
        • Class of 1899 Data Sheets
        • Class of 1910 Data Set
        • Class of 1925 — Home Addresses
        • Class Profile — 1910
        • Commuting to Barnard — Mollie Galchus
        • Geographical Origins of Barnard Students
        • Getting There: Queens Students at Barnard
        • Overview Note on Barnard Enrollments
        • Profile of Class of 1899
        • Residences Class of 1910
        • Residences of Classes of 1910 & 1925
        • Social Origins of Barnard Students
        • Student Enrollments, 1939 – 1970
    • S1. c. Barnard College Admission Statistics, 1950 – 2019
  • Presidents/Deans
  • Seven Sisters
    • #1403 (no title)
    • Getting In: Barnard, Bryn Mawr and Wellesley
    • How Does Early Barnard Differ From the Other ‘Sisters’?
    • Mount Holyoke & Barnard — Sarah Thieneman
    • Paulina Pinsky — Smith College
    • Wellesley — Leora Boussi
  • Short Histories
    • Notes of Early Barnard Finances
    • Notes on Barnard as a Seven-Sister College
    • Notes on Early Barnard Studentdom
    • Notes on the Barnard Presidency
    • Notes on the Early History of the Barnard Faculty
    • Short History of Barnard-Columbia Relations
    • Short History of Early Barnard Fundraising
    • Short History of Early Barnard Trusteedom
  • Students
  • Timelines
    • Barnard College: An Early Timeline, To 1939
    • Barnard History Timeline, 1889 – 2018
    • Barnard in the 1970s
    • Barnard in the 1980s — First Take
    • Barnard Timeline Since 1945
    • Barnard-Columbia Relations, 1960s – 1980s
    • LGBT Barnard Timeline
    • Opening Thoughts on Post War Era, Part I [1945-64]
    • Overview of Post WW II Barnard
  • Trustees
    • Annie Nathan Meyer
      • Annie Nathan Meyer (at 17)
      • Annie Nathan Meyer — Elizabeth Moye
      • Annie Nathan Meyer– A Bibliography
      • The Controversy over Annie Nathan Meyer
    • Barnard Trustees, By Appointment Year, 1921 -1945
    • Barnard Trustees, by Appointment Year, 1946 – 1970
    • Barnard Trustees, by Appointment Year, 1946 – 1970
    • Barnard Trustees, by Appt. Year, 1889 – 1920
    • Early Barnard Donors, 1889 – 1920
    • Early Barnard Trustees Data Set
    • Early Trustee Addresses
    • Early Trustees Data Set
    • Eleanor Elliott Interview by RRosenberg
    • Federica Rottaris — Religious Affiliations of Early Trustees
    • First Barnard Board of Trustees, 1889
    • First Male Trustees — Adele Bernhard
    • George A. Plimpton
    • Helene Kaplan Interview by RRosenberg
    • Interview with Helene F. Kaplan
    • N.W. Liggett to George A. Plimpton (1906)
    • Note on Collective Biography of Early Barnard Trustees
    • Paulina Pinsky — Barnard’s Original Women Trustees
    • Trustee Addresses, 1915-1939

Short Histories

Unedited Short Topical Histories & Notes on Barnard History

A Short History of Early Board of Trustees

A Short History of Barnard-Columbia Relations

A Short History of Early Barnard Fundraising

A Short History of Barnard and the Seven Sisters

A Short History of the Geographical Origins of Barnard Students

A Short History of Barnard Enrollments

A Short History of Barnard’s East Side Beginnings

The Move to Morningside & Subsequent Campus Development

Less fully developed topics:

Notes on Early  Barnard  Studentdom

Notes on the Barnard Presidency

Notes on the Early History of the Barnard Faculty

Notes on the Early History of Barnard Finances

 

Bob McCaughey

January 10, 2018

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