President's Office records, 1901-2017

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Collection context

Creator:
Barnard College. President's Office.
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.
Extent:
96.33 Linear Feet (219 document boxes; 14 half document boxes; 1 oversize box) and 23.8 Gigabytes (1,195 files; PDF, WPD, docx, XML, mp4, JPG)
Language:
English .
Scope and content:

These 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. Topics include all activities of the President's Office including but not limited to award and scholarship programs, Barnard and Columbia relations, commuter affairs, conferences, donations and gifts, financial aid, food service, freshman orientation, and symposia and summits. Correspondence is between the President's Office and academic and administrative departments, alumnae, faculty, General Counsel, parents, students, trustees, and various committees.

In 1952 during the term of Millicent McIntosh, the title of Dean was changed to President. Records created prior to 1952 are in collection BC 5.01 Dean's Office Records.

Presidential terms are outlined as follows:

Millicent McIntosh, 1952-1962
Rosemary Park, 1962-1967
Martha Elizabeth Peterson, 1968-1975
Jacqueline Anderson Mattfeld, 1976-1980
Ellen Victoria Futter, 1981-1993
Judith Rae Shapiro, 1994-2008
Debora Spar, 2008-2017
Sian Leah Beilock, 2017-2023
Laura Rosenbury, 2023-present

Access and use

Restrictions:

Access to materials about donations, gifts, grants, and financial aid is restricted for 25 years from date of creation.

Personnel records relating to Barnard faculty and staff (including search, review, promotion, tenure, and disciplinary/grievance records) are restricted for seventy-five years from the date of creation.

Terms of access:

Photocopies or scans may be made for research purposes.

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.

Preferred citation:

President's Office Records, 1952-2013; Box and Folder; Barnard Archives and Special Collections, Barnard Library, Barnard College.

Location of this collection:
Milstein Center for Teaching and Learning 423
Barnard College
3009 Broadway
New 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:
archives@barnard.edu