Health and Wellness Services Records, 1964-2024, bulk 1993-2012
Collection context
- Abstract:
- This collection consists of materials from the Barnard College Health and Wellness Services office. The bulk of the collection is comprised of records created by the Wellness Spot Health Promotion Program, formerly known as Well-Woman.
- Extent:
- 6.42 Linear Feet 1 document box, 3 record cartons, 1 oversized box
- Language:
- English .
- Scope and content:
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The Health and Wellness Services Office collection consists of research reports, informational guides, brochures, posters, flyers, zines, correspondence, and notes produced by various centers, programs, and task forces within the Health Services umbrella related to a range of topics including sexual violence awareness and prevention, alcohol and substance abuse awareness and recovery, counseling and psychiatry, suicide awareness and prevention, and other issues related to health and wellbeing. These materials were generated by Barnard students and staff who developed, advertised and executed health education programs and events for Barnard students.
The bulk of the collection comprises records generated by the Wellness Spot (formerly known as Well-Woman) while they developed health education programming and provided support services since its establishment in 1993 through 2012. The Wellness Spot materials include meeting minutes, peer education training guides, event flyers, informational pamphlets, visitor logs and event attendance records, programming plans, secondary published sources, and email correspondence between peer educators and Health and Wellness staff.
- Biographical / historical:
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The Health and Wellness Services Office (previously known as Health Services and Student Health Services) oversees several centers, programs, and services that provide medical care, counseling services, and education on health and wellbeing to Barnard students. Major centers within Health and Wellness Services include Primary Health Care Services, the Rosemary Furman Counseling Center, and the Francine A. LeFrak Foundation Center for Well-Being. Major programs include the Denise LeFrak Foundation Alcohol and Substance Awareness Program, The Wellness Spot Health Promotion Program, and the Being Barnard Violence Prevention Program.
Health and Wellness Services began as a medical office and infirmary in 1916 with Dr. Gulielma Alsop as its first physician. In 1947, Dr. A. Louise Brush was appointed as the first counselor to students. By 1963, the psychiatric staff had increased to one full time counselor and three part-time consultants. Since then, the Health and Wellness Services Office has increased and diversified its services and programs as notions of health and wellness have expanded and changed.
The Wellness Spot (formerly known as Well-Woman) Health Promotion Program is one of the longest standing and most well known programs within Health and Wellness Services. The mission of the Wellness Spot is to "promote the health and wellness of the Barnard student body through peer education, educational programming, individual health behavior consultation, campus-wide health campaigns, community outreach, and advocacy." Topics and themes of the Wellness Spot's programming include mental health, reproductive health and rights, sexual assault awareness and prevention, nutrition, eating disorders, stress and anxiety management.
Well-Woman was established in 1993 to centralize a variety of health education initiatives that were being collaboratively developed by several topic-based groups of peer educators as well as Barnard staff in the Health Services and Student Life offices. Peer educators are Barnard students who are trained by Health and Wellness Services to provide information about a range of physical, mental, emotional, sexual, spiritual, and nutritional wellness to the Barnard and Columbia communities. Peer educators have been and continue to be at the core of developing and executing the Wellness Spot's programming.
In May 2022, Well-Woman changed its name to The Wellness Spot.
Sources: Health and Wellness Services BC05-21, Barnard Archives and Special Collections, Barnard College, New York, NY.
"About the Wellness Spot," Barnard College, accessed October 8, 2024, https://wayback.archive-it.org/6655/20240918222004/https://barnard.edu/TheWellnessSpot/about.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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This collection has no restrictions.
- Terms of access:
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The copyright to materials created by Health and Wellness Services staff is retained by Barnard College. The individual peer educators present in the collection hold dual copyright of the materials they authored. Individuals utilizing the collection who wish to reproduce, publish and/or profit monetarily from the materials in this collection must obtain permissions from the copyright owners.
Reproductions can be made for research purposes.
- Preferred citation:
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Health and Wellness Services Records, 1964-2024; Box and Folder; Barnard College Archives, 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
- Before you visit:
- Please contact archives@barnard.edu with research requests or to schedule a visit; see our website for more information.
- Contact:
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