Virginia Crocheron Gildersleeve Papers, 1901-1964, 1901-1964
Collection context
- Creator:
- Gildersleeve, Virginia Crocheron,, 1877-1965
- Abstract:
- The collection consists of correspondence, speeches, publications, and ephemera of former Barnard College Dean and Barnard College graduate Virginia Crocheron Gildersleeve.
- Extent:
- 18.547 Linear Feet (2 document boxes, 1 half document box, 1 bankers box, 2 oversized clam shell box, 1 index card box; 4 flat files containing 4 oversized folders)
- Language:
- English .
- Scope and content:
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The collection contains personal and administrative correspondence both to and from Virginia Gildersleeve, addresses delivered by Virginia Gildersleeve, and publications written by and about Virginia Gildersleeve. A large portion of the collection is comprised of ephemera, awards, memorabilia from various events honoring Gilderlseeve and from Gildersleeve's life. Of particular note is one box that contains notes and correspondence exchanged between Gildersleeve and Dorthea Setzer, Gildersleeve's biographer. Some Gildersleeve family materials including, the Gildersleeve family Bible and pieces of Alger C. Gildersleeve's correspondence, are included in the collection.
- Biographical / historical:
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Virginia Crocheron Gildersleeve was born in 1877 to Judge Henry Alger Gildersleeve and Virginia Crocheron. She attended the Brearly School and - later - Barnard College, from which she graduated in 1899. Upon graduating from Barnard College, she was offered a graduate fellowship at Columbia University, where she received her Master's degree in History in 1900 and a Ph.D. in English in 1908. In 1910 she became a professor of English at Barnard and in 1911 became the Dean of Barnard College and Adviser to Women Graduate Students at Columbia. She served as the Dean of Barnard College from 1911-1947. She was the only female US delegate to the April, 1945 San Francisco United Nations Conference on International Organization - during which the UN Charter was negotiated - and was the recipient of France's Legion of Honor.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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There are no restrictions to this collection.
- Terms of access:
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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.
Photocopies or scans may be made for research purposes.
- Preferred citation:
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Virginia Crocheron Gildersleeve Papers, 1901-1964; Box and Folder; Barnard Archives and Special Collections, Barnard Library, Barnard College.
- Location of this collection:
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Milstein Center for Teaching and Learning 423Barnard College3009 BroadwayNew York, NY 10027, USA
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- Please contact archives@barnard.edu with research requests or to schedule a visit; see our website for more information.
- Contact:
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