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Barnard History Traced From 19th Century Start to 1957 Expansion
The bulletin outlines Barnard College’s growth from its 1889 opening at 343 Madison Avenue to 1957 plans for dormitory expansion and a new Adele Lehman Library. It notes early governance by Columbia, key figures like Annie Nathan and Ella Weed, and wartime shifts that affected enrollment, curricula, and student life, with a focus on increased capacity to 1,500 and a library expansion to house 150,000 volumes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnard
Bulletin
Morningside
Hudsonia
New York
Columbia
Joyce Hill
Annie Nathan
Ella Weed
Frederick A. P. Barnard
Oberlin
Michigan
Cornell
Morgan Dix
Harvard
Radcliffe
Barnard College
Madison Avenue
Low
van Wyck Brinckerhoff
University
Morningside Heights
Mortarboard
Barnard Bear
the Barnacle
Europe
Virginia C. Gildersleeve
Washington
Liberty
Farmerette
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Brooks and Hewitt
B. Altman, Gimbels
Bergdorf Goodman
Firth Haring
Brooks Hall
Hewitt
Brooks
Johnson Hall
King’s Crown Hotel
Alumnae Association
Claremont Avenue
West 116 Street
John Jay
Columbia College
Broadway
Hewitt Hall
Marion Churchill White
United States
Adele Lehman
Lehman
Bonnie“ Goodman
Maurice Tauber
Columbia School of Library Service