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 (date is approximate)

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

Circa 1893 (date is approximate) to Circa 1894 (date is approximate)

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

1894

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

1894

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

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

1895

A portrait of the Barnard College Class of 1895.

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 (date is approximate) to Circa 1897 (date is approximate)

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

Unidentified students work during a Mathematics class, 1897.

1897

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

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 (date is approximate) to Circa 1899 (date is approximate)

Barnard College Class of 1900 Junior class portrait. Taken November 1898. Written on the back: "M.C. Woodhull home with whooping cough when picture was taken."

November 1898

Barnard College Class of 1899 Graduation Portrait. Written on the verso: "Class of 1899 1st row- 3rd from left -Grade Goodale, 2nd row 3rd from left - Virginia C. Gildersleeve"

1899

Barnard College Class of 1901 sophomore class portrait. Students wear cap and gown. Written on the back: "Taken April 21, 1901 after Sophomore play Sophomore class Barnard College."

April 21st, 1899

Unidentified theatrical performance, circa 1900s, 1906 Barnard College theatre department

Circa 1900 (date is approximate) to Circa 1906 (date is approximate)

Students having tea in a crowded lunchroom in Milbank Hall, circa 1900s.

Circa 1900 (date is approximate) to Circa 1910 (date is approximate)