The first meeting of the Board of Trustees took place on April 15, 1917. Present at that meeting were Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, Albert Sprague Coolidge, Lucy Sprague Mitchell and Wesley Clair Mitchell. The Board was responsible for the financial management of the Corporation. All other activities of the Bureau were managed by the Working Council. As the Bureau grew from its initial mission to "collect and disseminate information concerning progressive education and to promote and conduct educational experiments," it became evident that role of the Board of Trustees needed to be expanded. In the early 1950s, the Board began to play a more active role in fundraising and management of the College.
From the description of Records of the Board of Trustees, 1917-2001 [manuscript]. (Bank Street College of Education Library). WorldCat record id: 476227286
