Barnard Archives and Special Collections
Office of the Registrar
Barnard College. Office of the Registrar.
BC05.03
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34.2 Linear Feet
44 document boxes, 2 half document boxes, 2 ledgers, 3 cartons, 1 oversize folder
1895-1999
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.
This collection consists of the records of the Barnard College Office of the Registrar. These records include admissions forms, forms concerning enrollment and grading, correspondence, topical files, statistics, and lists of students in various majors.
English
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Access
Access to records of students are restricted.
Publication Rights
Permission to publish material from the collection must be requested from the Barnard College Archives and Special Collections. The Barnard College Archives and Special Collections approves permission to publish that which it physically owns; the responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.
Reproduction Restrictions
Photocopies or scans may be made for research purposes.
Preferred Citation
Office of the Registar Collections, 1895-1994; Box and Folder; Barnard Archives and Special Collections, Barnard Library, Barnard College.
Acquistion Information
Transferred from the Barnard College Office of the Registrar.
Accruals
Additions are expected.
Collection Scope and Content Summary
These records contain applications for entrance examinations from 1900-1910, enrollment ledgers and forms (including two ledgers from 1895-1900), forms used to select electives, examination reports, correspondence, statistics, lists of students in various majors, and topical files on subjects relevant to the Office of the Registrar. Selected topics in the correspondence and subject files include correspondence with registrars at other institutions; correspondence with departments and other offices at Barnard; and policies and correspondence about curriculum, grading, attendance, honors, deficiency, registration, and cross-registration with Columbia.
Processing History
This collection was processed and the finding aid written by Heather Lember in January 2014.
This finding aid was updated by Heather Lember in February, 2014 and by Martha Tenney in June, 2015.
Descriptive Rules Used: Finding aid adheres to that prescribed by Describing Archives: A Content Standard. Encoding: Machine readable finding aid encoded in EAD 2002.
Finding aid written in English.
Collection Arrangement
The records are arranged in three series, which are as follows:
Series 1, Admissions, 1900-1910
Series 2, Enrollment, 1895-1924
Series 3, Correspondence, topical files, and lists, 1900-1994
Most of the containers are arranged chronologically; other systems of arrangement such as filing schemes are noted at the series level.
College administrators
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Correspondence
College registrars
Admissions/repositories/2/archival_objects/23933.75 Linear Feet9 document boxes, 1 folder1900-1910Series Scope and Content SummaryThis series contains forms and receipts produced as a part of the admissions process between 1900 and 1910. Applications for entrance examination forms were submitted by applicants to Barnard hoping to take the entrance examination and include directory information (e.g., address, age), a signature of the applicant's primary instructor, a certification of "good moral character" of the applicant, and subjects in which the applicant would be tested.
Series ArrangementApplications for entrance examination forms are arranged chronologically, then alphabetically by last name.
Applications for entrance examinations/repositories/2/archival_objects/23941900-19011Applications for entrance examinations/repositories/2/archival_objects/23951902-19032Applications for entrance examinations/repositories/2/archival_objects/23961904-19053Applications for entrance examinations/repositories/2/archival_objects/23971905-19074Applications for entrance examinations/repositories/2/archival_objects/23981907-19085Applications for entrance examinations/repositories/2/archival_objects/239919086Applications for entrance examinations/repositories/2/archival_objects/240019097Applications for entrance examinations/repositories/2/archival_objects/240119108Information for regents' report/repositories/2/archival_objects/24021906-190710Receipts for examinations/repositories/2/archival_objects/24031906-19081815Enrollment/repositories/2/archival_objects/24044.8 Linear Feet11 document boxes, 1 half document box1895-1924Series Scope and Content SummaryThis series contains records created by and for enrolled students concerning enrollment and grading. Student and graduate student ledgers contain lists of undergraduate and graduate students, respectively, with some directory information recorded for each student. Registration blanks are forms for new and returning students that were completed, signed, and turned into the registrar to complete enrollment. Elective blanks are comprised of forms for students selecting electives to add to their degree program. Examination reports and deficiency exams are materials related to examinations and grading or changes in grading.
Student ledger/repositories/2/archival_objects/24051895-18991 ledger49Graduate student ledger/repositories/2/archival_objects/24061896-19001 ledger50Registration blanks/repositories/2/archival_objects/24071904-19069Registration blanks/repositories/2/archival_objects/24081906-190710Elective blanks/repositories/2/archival_objects/24091903-190411Elective blanks/repositories/2/archival_objects/24101903-190412Elective blanks/repositories/2/archival_objects/24111904-190513Elective blanks/repositories/2/archival_objects/24121906-190814Elective blanks/repositories/2/archival_objects/24131923-192420Examination reports/repositories/2/archival_objects/24141901-190315Examination reports/repositories/2/archival_objects/24151903-190616Examination reports/repositories/2/archival_objects/24161905-190817Deficiency exams/repositories/2/archival_objects/24171922-192329Course permission slips/repositories/2/archival_objects/24181903-190818Correspondence, topical files, and lists/repositories/2/archival_objects/241919.15 Linear Feet24 document boxes, 1 half document box, 3 cartons, 2 ledgers, and one oversize folder1900-1994Series Scope and Content SummaryThis series contains correspondence files, topical files on a variety of subjects relevant to the Office of the Registrar, and statistics and lists (including lists of students graduating in each major) compiled by the Office of the Registrar.
Series ArrangementFiles titled simply "Correspondence" are arranged chronologically and adhere to the same filing scheme as used in parts of the Dean's Office and President's Office records. The filing scheme can be found in the finding aid for BC 5.01, Dean's Office Records. Topical files are arranged by subject, alphabetically. Majors lists are arranged by major and chronologically within each major.
Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/24201913-192319Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/24211924-192521Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/24221925-192622Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/24231926-192723Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/24241927-192824Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/24251928-192925Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/24261928-193026Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/24271929-193027Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/24281930-193128Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/24291930-193230Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/24301931-193231Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/24311934-193843Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/24321937-193944Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/24331938-194145Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/24341932-193546Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/24351941-198847Topical files and correspondence (including statistics, tables, and lists)/repositories/2/archival_objects/24361906-19871906-190748Topical files and correspondence, general and topics beginning with "A" (including old filing system code, academies and associations correspondence, admissions statistics, advanced placement correspondence and lists of qualifying students, alumnae auditors, attendance correspondence and policy, correspondence and policy regarding auditing)/repositories/2/archival_objects/24371920-197832Topical files and correspondence, D-P (including departments files [Mathematics through Zoology], diploma correspondence, examinations, fees, fellowships, foreign language requirement, foreign students, foreign study, grades, graduate credit, graduate record exams, GRE grades, graduation, honors, Jewish holidays, lists of students and graduates, microfilming, national service, percentiles, Phi Beta Kappa, placement)/repositories/2/archival_objects/24381908-198834Topical files and correspondence, P-Z (including placement, program changes, special courses, statistics [admissions, geographical, occupations of graduates, registration, veterans, treasurer, reports to columbia], Student Curriculum Committee reports, student teaching, summer session, teacher certification, transfer credit, veteran's administration)/repositories/2/archival_objects/24391900-197735Topical files and correspondence, B-D (including Barnard Bulletin, catalogue, certified loan deferment forms, Columbia College, correspondence with other schools and colleges, Committee on Programs and Standing, cross-registration with Columbia, curriculum, dean's list, deficiency examinations, registration in Barnard courses statistics, departments files [Applied Music through Italian])/repositories/2/archival_objects/24401905-197733Topical files and statistics (including FPC Data Book, course enrollments, cross-registration, and majors by department 1991-1999; Majors by Field, Department, and Major, 1991-1997; Geographical Statistics of Students, 1930-1967; Major Fields of Graduates, 1961-1966; Major Fields of Juniors and Seniors, 1950-1960; and Registration in Barnard College Courses, 1963-1980)/repositories/2/archival_objects/24411950-199951Majors lists (list of advisors, changes in lists, courses that count for majors, and majors lists, African Studies through Art History)/repositories/2/archival_objects/24421928-199436Majors lists (Art History through Economics)/repositories/2/archival_objects/24431928-199437Majors lists (Economics through Foreign Area Studies/British Civilization)/repositories/2/archival_objects/24441928-199438Majors lists (French through History)/repositories/2/archival_objects/24451928-199439Majors lists (Italian through Political Science/Government)/repositories/2/archival_objects/24461928-199440Majors lists (Political Science/Government through Russian)/repositories/2/archival_objects/24471928-199441Majors lists (Sociology through Zoology)/repositories/2/archival_objects/24481928-199442Distribution of grades by department/repositories/2/archival_objects/24491963-196421Card catalog of registrar's office topics and records/repositories/2/archival_objects/152271900-197052Scope and ContentsA card catalog that describes the location of various records related to Registrar's office: in the Dean's Office, Faculty Meeting Minutes, and undetermined locations.