Two Barnard College students using microscopes in the botany laboratory at 343 Madison Avenue. Late 1890s. A Black person identified only as James (also known as Jimmy), a doorman and general employee...

Circa 1890

A portrait of the Barnard College Class of 1897 taken their first year.

Circa 1893 to Circa 1894

Class portrait of the 1894 graduates of Barnard College. Verso of original backing reads "2929 Broadway, New York, Cathedral 5794"

1894

The chemistry lab at 518 5th Avenue, which was in use while Barnard's campus occupied the building at 343 Madison Avenue.

1894

Yearbook created by Barnard students as the senior yearbook for the graduating class of 1894.

1894

A portrait of the Barnard College Class of 1895.

1895

Mrs. Liggett, Barnard's first registrar, at her desk, 343 Madison Avenue (Barnard College), circa 1895.

1895

Created by Barnard students as the senior yearbook for the graduating class of 1895.

1895

Study hall with James (also known as Jimmy), a Black person identified in other accounts as a doorman or "general factotum," standing outside a classroom of white students, at Barnard College's first ...

1895

Barnard College Class of 1900 portrait, circa 1896-1897. Students appear in cap and gown. Written on the back: "Freshmen year Barnard College Class of 1900." Also written on the back: "back row standi...

Circa 1896 to Circa 1897

Yearbook created by the junior class in 1896 as their senior yearbook for 1897. No senior yearbook for the class of 1896 has been found.

1896

Barnard College Class of 1896 graduation portrait. Students appear in cap and gown. Photograph taken May, 1896. Names listed on the back of photograph: Mary Bradford Harris, Anne Janet Stephen, Mary R...

May 1896

Barnard College Class of 1896. Portrait taken in May of 1893. Back reads, "This Freshman photograph was taken at a spring luncheon at the end of our Freshman year, 1893, and shows many more members th...

May 27th, 1896

Barnard Class of 1897 graduation portrait. Students appear in cap and gown.

1897

Unidentified students work during a Mathematics class, 1897.

1897

Yearbook created by the Barnard junior class in 1897 as their senior yearbook for 1898.

1897

The Barnard College Mortarboard (yearbook) editors in 1897. Pictured: Jessie W. Hughan, Stella Stern, Susan Myers, Louise de Hart, Clara de L. Berg, Ida Wells. Absent: Helen St. Clair.

March 19th, 1897

Barnard College Class of 1898 graduation portrait.

1898

Barnard College Class of 1899 Graduation Photo, circa 1898-1899. Students wear cap and gown. Names found written on the back (several names and other information cut off): "row from bottom: Grace Good...

Circa 1898 to Circa 1899

Yearbook created by the Barnard junior class in 1898 as their senior yearbook for 1899.

1898