Barnard College early administrative correspondence, 1883-1891.

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Barnard College early administrative correspondence, 1883-1891.

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Correspondence, primarily addressed to Ella Weed, related to the founding and first years of Barnard College. Correspondents include: Nathaniel Lord Britton, W. H. Carpenter, Bashford Dean, W. A. Dunning, Thomas A. Fiske and Emily Gregory, among many others.

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Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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