Finding Materials

CLIO

Approximately 120 record groups in the Barnard Archives are cataloged in the Columbia University Libraries online catalog, CLIO

You can find a list of these records in CLIO by doing a Keyword search for <barnard college archives>.  Do not use quotes.

Browse our Collections & Records

From our Collections & Records page, browse a list of collections and records held in the Barnard Archives, along with their BC identifiers. The active links in the list connect to CLIO and the Barnard College Archives Catablog. The headings that are not linked indicate unprocessed collections and records. Please contact the Archives to request inventory lists and descriptive guides.

CATABLOG

The Barnard College Archives uses wordpress to "catablog". The catablog provides short descriptions about our archival collections.  The catablog allows reseachers to search by keyword, browse by subject category, or browse the collections alphabetically by the title of the collection.

Barnard Bulletin Online (1902-2002): Remotely search, browse, and print the first 102 years of the Barnard Bulletin, the oldest continuously published student newspaper at an American women's college, and the first to become accessible online.

The Archives Blog: Learn more about recent accessions and other interesting news!

Contact Us:
To conduct research, or for further information, please send an email request to archives@barnard.edu.

Bibliography of Sources for Research on Barnard College History

"Again the Palisades Grow Dark." Barnard College Alumnae Magazine June 1944: 3-13.

Barnard College Board of Trustees. Barnard's War Service. New York: Barnard College, May 1919.

Barnard Strike Coalition. Why We Strike. New York: Barnard Strike Coalition, 1970.

Butler, Nicholas M., and Barnard College. Barnard College 1889-1914. New York: Douglas C. McMurtrie, 1915.

Gildersleeve, Virginia C. "Barnard College: Its Birth and Its Strength." Barnard College Alumnae Monthly
Nov. 1932: 3-6.

Gildersleeve, Virginia C. Many a Good Crusade: Memoirs of Virginia Gildersleeve. New York: Macmillan, 1954.

McCaughey, Robert A. Stand, Columbia: A History of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1754-2004. New York: Columbia University Press, 2003.

McCaughey, Robert A., and Barnard College. A Statistical Profile of the Barnard College Faculty, 1900-1974. New York: Barnard College Department of History, 1975.

Miller, Alice D., and Susan Myers. Barnard College: the First Fifty Years. New York: Columbia University Press, 1939.

Pullman, Mary S. "In the Beginning: As Remembered by Barnard's First Student." Bulletin of the Associate Alumnae of Barnard College May 1924: 15-16.

"The Origin of Barnard's Most Famous Tradition: 51st Greek Games." Barnard College Alumnae Magazine, March 1955: 6.

Walter, Judith M. Perceptions of Leadership Roles: Women in Barnard College, 1889-1939. New York: Columbia University Press, 1984.

White, Marian C. A History of Barnard College. New York: Columbia University Press, 1954.

Woolf, Dorothy. "Dr. Butler Talks About Barnard." Barnard College Alumnae Monthly June 1937: 12-14