Records, 1835-[ongoing] (bulk 1851-[ongoing]).

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Records, 1835-[ongoing] (bulk 1851-[ongoing]).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/44718958

Includes scrapbooks on school history; by-laws and charter; board of trustees minutes; stock certificates and records of subscribers, 1852-1877; quarterly and annual reports; contracts, bonds, leases, and mortgages; resolutions and correspondence regarding Bidwell Parkway land, 1922-1923; records of fundraising activities, 1907-, including issues of "Semaphore," the Development Office newsletter, 1950-; some plans, blueprints, and construction contracts for school buildings, 1929-1991; catalogs, circulars, and course bulletins; school literary and other publications, 1882-; library expense accounts, 1915-1950; student directories, handbooks, enrollment lists, and commencement invitations and programs, 1852-; the Seminaria yearbook, 1905-; student compositions and report cards; minutes of student clubs, committees, and council; certificates of graduation and academic achievement, 1854-1918; school and class songs; student activity programs and scrapbooks, 1851-; faculty records, including meeting minutes, 1948-1951, memorial resolutions, and tributes to L. Gertrude Angell; descriptive booklets and a scrapbook regarding Heathcote and other local schools, 1885-1940; photographs of students, faculty, graduates and school buildings; and some lithographs and engravings of school buildings.

(65.5 linear ft.)

Buffalo History Museum, Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7545040

Buffalo History Museum, Research Library

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Head of Brooklyn Heights Female Seminary (1860-1889) and a founder of the Long Island Historical Society. From the description of Eulogy, 1894. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155451775 Charles E. West was a member of the American Numismatic and Archaeological Society. From 1860-1889, he directed the Brooklyn Heights Female Seminary. He also served as the principal at the Buffalo Female Academy. West was a founder of the Long Island Historical Society. From the de...

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Established in 1851 as The Buffalo Female Academy by a group of prominent Buffalo men, who saw a need for local educational opportunity for women. Johnson Cottage, the former home of Buffalo's first mayor, was chosen as the residence of the school's first head, Charles E. West. Classes were also held there until a school building, Goodell Hall, was constructed in 1852. In 1889 the school's name was changed to The Buffalo Seminary. In 1901 the Seminary moved its quarters ...

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