Robert McCaughey Papers, 2010-2019

Creator:
McCaughey, Robert A.
Abstract:
This collection contains research materials created and gathered by Barnard Emeritus Professor of History Bob McCaughey during his process of writing "A College of Her Own: The History of Barnard."
Extent:
4 Linear Feet 3 records cartons; one small custom box
Language:
English .
Scope and content:

This collection contains notes, data, student research (papers and theses), chapters and articles written by historians, oral history interviews, and presentations on the history of Barnard College, which were eventually incorporated into Robert McCaughey's book A College of Her Own: The History of Barnard. The collection also includes manuscripts of the final work and correspondence about the research and the publication of the book.

Biographical / historical:

Robert A. McCaughey, emeritus professor of history, joined the faculty of Barnard in 1969. He is the author of multiple books on the history of Barnard College and Columbia University, including A College of Her Own: The History of Barnard; Stand, Columbia: A History of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1754-2004; and A Lever Long Enough: A History of Columbia's School of Engineering and Applied Science Since 1864. McCaughey was the founding director of the Barnard first-year seminar program and served several terms as chair of Barnard's history department. From 1987 to 1993 he served as dean of the Barnard College faculty.

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection has no restrictions.

Terms of access:

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.

Reproductions can be made for research purposes.

Preferred citation:

Robert McCaughey Papers, 2010-2019; Box and Folder; Barnard Archives and Special Collections, Barnard Library, Barnard College.

Location of this collection:
Barnard Archives & Special Collections
Milstein Center for Teaching and Learning 423
Barnard College
3009 Broadway
New York, NY 10027, USA
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