Biology Department, 1940-2015

Abstract:: This collection consists of materials from the Barnard College Biology department.
Extent:: 8.55 Linear Feet (17 document boxes, 1 half document box, 1 record carton)
Language:: English
Scope and content:: The collection contains departmental correspondence, fliers and pamphlets for departmental events including the greenhouse, faculty lists, and the Hughes Science Pipeline Project at Barnard College annual reports.

Local call number:: BC13.08
Processing information:: The collection was processed and the finding aid written by Dinah Handel, July 2015. An accrual was processed by Olivia Newsome in March 2024. Gradebooks were deaccessioned and the finding aid updated by Martha Tenney, June 2025. A significant accural was processed by Olivia Newsome in June 2025.
Acquisition information:: Transferred from the Biology Department.
Appraisal information:: Gradebooks containing lists of students in various classes and their grades were removed from the collection by an archivist because of FERPA-protected information and duplication of information held by the Registrar's Office.
Arrangement:: The collection is arranged topically at the box level.
Accruals:: Additions are expected.
Physical location:: This collection is located in the Barnard Archives and Special Collections, Barnard Library. To use this collection, please contact the Barnard Archives and Special Collections at 212.854.4079 or archives@barnard.edu.
Rules or conventions:: Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Preferred citation:: Biology Department, 1940-2015,undated; Box and Folder; Barnard Archives and Special Collections, Barnard Library, Barnard College.

Access and use

Restrictions:

Material pertaining to individual student records is restricted for 75 years from the date of creation, in accordance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). Personnel records of faculty and staff (including search, tenure/promotion, and disciplinary/grievance records) are restricted for 75 years from the date of creation.

Terms of access:

No permission is required for reproductions of materials in the public domain or uses that fall within fair use exemptions to copyright as defined under U.S. Copyright Law.

Barnard College retains copyright of materials created as part of its business operations. To request permission to reproduce these types of materials, please contact us at archives@barnard.edu.

This collection may also contain materials created by others, for which copyright is not held by the College. In order to reproduce these materials, permission from the Archives is not required, but it is researchers' responsibility to determine and obtain any necessary permissions related to copyright, privacy, publicity, or other rights.

Please see our Reproductions, Copyright, and Citing Archives page for more information and contact us at archives@barnard.edu with any questions.

Photocopies or scans may be made for research purposes.

Location of this collection:: Barnard Archives & Special Collections

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