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The following is a list of all the collections held in the Barnard Archives. The active links in the list connect to collection-level records in CLIO and more detailed descriptions of collections in the Barnard College Archives Catablog. The headings that are not linked indicate unprocessed collections and records. Please contact the Archives to request inventory lists and descriptive guides.
College Records
| Record Group Number | Collection Name |
| Record Group 1: Board of Trustees | |
| BC 1.1 | Charters and Amendments |
| BC 1.2 | By-laws and Statutes |
| BC 1.3 | Treasurer, George Arthur Plimpton Papers, 1889-1936 |
| BC 1.4 | Minutes |
| BC 1.5 | Ledgers |
| BC 1.6 | Correspondence |
| BC 1.7 | Committees |
| BC 1.8 | Biographical Files |
| BC 1.9 | Treasurer's Reports |
| BC 1.10 | Financial Records and Reports |
| BC 1.11 | Francis T. Plimpton |
| BC 1.12 | Long Range and Master Planning |
| Record Group 2: Chief Administrators Papers | |
| BC 2.1 | Ella Weed, Chairman of the Academic Committee, 1889-1894 |
| BC 2.2 | Emily James Smith (Putnam), Dean, 1894-1900 |
| BC 2.3 | Laura Drake Gill, Dean, 1901-1907 |
| BC 2.4 | Virginia Crocheron Gildersleeve, Dean, 1911-1947 |
| BC 2.5 | Millicent Carey McIntosh, Dean, 1947-1952; President, 1952-1962 |
| BC 2.6 | Rosemary Park, President, 1962-1967 |
| BC 2.7 | Martha Elizabeth Peterson, President, 1968-1975 |
| BC 2.8 | Jacquelyn Anderson Mattfeld, President, 1976-1980 |
| BC 2.9 | Ellen Victoria Futter, President, 1981-1993 |
| BC 2.10 | Judith Rae Shapiro, President, 1994-2008 |
| BC 2.11 | Biographical Files |
| Record Group 3: Buildings and Grounds | |
| BC 3 | Buildings and Grounds |
| Record Group 4: Letters Files | |
| BC 4 | Faculty and Administrative Letter Files, 1889-1904 |
| Record Group 5: Administrative Offices | |
| BC 5.1 | Dean's Office and Departmental Correspondence, 1904-1960 |
| BC 5.2 | Admissions |
| BC 5.3 | Registrar |
| BC 5.4 | Bursar |
| BC 5.5 | College Activities |
| BC 5.6 | Provost and Dean of Faculty |
| BC 5.7 | Development |
| BC 5.8 | Communications |
| BC 5.9 | Career Services |
| BC 5.10 | Centennial Office |
| BC 5.11 | General Counsel |
| BC 5.12 | Wollman Library |
| BC 5.13 | Instructional Media and Technology Services (IMATS) |
| BC 5.14 | Disability Services |
| BC 5.15 | Dean of Studies |
| BC 5.16 | Orientation |
| BC 5.17 | Residence Halls |
| BC 5.18 | Finance and Operations |
| BC 5.19 | Mail Servicse |
| BC 5.20 | |
| BC 5.21 | |
| BC 5.22 | President's Office |
| BC 5.23 | |
| BC 5.24 | Special Events |
| BC 5.25 | Central Records |
| BC 5.26 | |
| BC 5.27 | Human Resources and Personnel |
| Record Group 6: Faculty | |
| BC 6.1 | Committees |
| BC 6.2 | Faculty Minutes |
| Record Group 7: Early Academic Records | |
| BC 7 | Early Academic Records |
| Record Group 8: Alumnae | |
| BC 8.1 | Graduate Class Files |
| BC 8.2 | Memorabilia |
| BC 8.3 | Class of 1952 Collection |
| BC 8.4 | Biographical Files |
| Record Group 9: Associate Alumnae | |
| BC 9 | Alumnae Affairs |
| BC 9.1 | Biographical Questionnaire |
| BC 9.2 | Barnard College Club of the City of New York |
| BC 9.3 | Reports, Register and Directories |
| Record Group 10: Barnard Beginnings | |
| BC 10 | Barnard Beginnings Petition |
| Record Group 11: Adminstrative Publications | |
| BC 11.1 | Student handbooks and Residence Guides |
| BC 11.2 | Recruitment Materials |
| BC 11.3 | Communications - Calendar of Events |
| BC 11.4 | Parent Handbook |
| BC 11.5 | Dean's Report (1898-1952) President's Report (1947-2002) |
| BC 11.6 | Faculty Handbook |
| BC 11.7 | Blue Book (Student Handbook) |
| BC 11.8 | Alumnae Magazine |
| BC 11.9 | Freshman Facebook |
| BC 11.10 | Faculty Academic Profiles |
| BC 11.11 | Circular of Information, Announcements, and Course Catalogues |
| BC 11.12 | Barnard Connection |
| BC 11.13 | Orientation Booklets and NSOP Schedule Books |
| BC 11.14 | Barnard in the News |
| BC 11.15 | ...At Barnard: The Barnard Employee Newsletter |
| BC 11.16 | Barnard Byline and Barnard Byliner |
| BC 11.17 | Bear Outlines |
| BC 11.18 | Barnard College Student Activities Calendar |
| BC 11.19 | On Broadway |
| BC 11.20 | Jobseekers Newsletter |
| BC 11.21 | Commuter Express |
| BC 11.22 | Career Services - Career Development |
| BC 11.23 | Barnard Reporter |
| BC 11.24 | Barnard Weekly Newsletter |
| BC 11.25 | Barnardiana |
| BC 11.26 | Barnard on the Move |
| BC 11.27 | Barnard Centennial News |
| BC 11.28 | Sources |
| BC 11.29 | Public Relations Calendar |
| BC 11.30 | Columbia-Barnard Course Guides |
| BC 11.31 | Barnard College Activities Office News |
| BC 11.32 | Barnard College Activities Office Happenings Calendar |
| BC 11.33 | Young Alumnae Committee Newsletter |
| Record Group 12: Student Publications | |
| BC 12.1 | Mortarboard |
| BC 12.2 | The Barnard Bear |
| BC 12.3 | The Barnard Bulletin (1901-present) |
| BC 12.3.1 | The Barnard Bulletin Supplement |
| BC 12.4 | Barnard Literary Magazine (1974-1985) |
| BC 12.5 | Focus on Barnard (1948-1967) |
| BC 12.6 | Upstart Magazine (1977-1986) |
| BC 12.7 | 13th Article (1996-1998) |
| BC 12.8 | The Barnard Barnacle (1923-1927) and Barnard Quarterly (1926-1944) |
| BC 12.9 | The Torch |
| BC 12.10 | Barnard Poetry (1952) |
| BC 12.11 | Black Heights (1979-1988) |
| BC 12.12 | Bottle of Wine (1994) |
| BC 12.13 | Onsite |
| BC 12.14 | Calendula: A Barnard Femist Publication (1979-1980) |
| BC 12.15 | Common Ground (1981) |
| BC 12.16 | Echoes |
| BC 12.17 | Emanon (1969-1973) |
| BC 12.18 | Eve's Rib (1986-1988) |
| BC 12.19 | Folkus (1995) |
| BC 12.20 | Fracas (1964) |
| BC 12.21 | Jabowoc (1959) |
| BC 12.22 | Proxy Magazine (2006) |
| BC 12.23 | Reorientation (1970) |
| BC 12.24 | Soul Sister (1992) |
| BC 12.25 | Undergraduate Journal of Barnard College (1962-1963) |
| BC 12.26 | Why We Strike (1970) |
| BC 12.27 | Woman's Work, A (1967) |
| BC 12.28 | Kosher Digest |
| BC 12.29 | Qzine |
| BC 12.30 | Plimpton Cookbook |
| BC 12.31 | Well-Woman Newsletter |
| BC 12.32 | Well Woman Calendar |
| BC 12.33 | Student Government Association (SGA) Newsletter |
| Record Group 13: Academic Departments and Programs | |
| BC 13.1 | American Studies |
| BC 13.2 | Anthropology |
| BC 13.3 | Architecture |
| BC 13.4 | Art History |
| BC 13.5 | Program in the Arts |
| BC 13.6 | Barnard College Summer School for Women Workers in Industry |
| BC 13.7 | Africana Studies |
| BC 13.8 | Biology |
| BC 13.9 | Botany |
| BC 13.10 | Chemistry |
| BC 13.11 | Classics |
| BC 13.12 | Computer Science |
| BC 13.13 | Centennial Scholars |
| BC 13.14 | Dance |
| BC 13.15 | Institute For Urban Education |
| BC 13.16 | Economics |
| BC 13.17 | Education |
| BC 13.18 | English |
| BC 13.19 | Environmental Sciences |
| BC 13.20 | Experimental Studies Program |
| BC 13.21 | Forum on Migration |
| BC 13.22 | Foreign Studies Area |
| BC 13.23 | French |
| BC 13.24 | Freshman Seminar Program |
| BC 13.25 | Human Rights Program |
| BC 13.26 | Geology |
| BC 13.27 | German |
| BC 13.28 | Health and Society |
| BC 13.29 | History |
| BC 13.30 | Studies in Humanities |
| BC 13.31 | Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP) |
| BC 13.32 | Italian |
| BC 13.33 | Linguistics |
| BC 13.34 | Comparative Literature |
| BC 13.35 | Mathematics |
| BC 13.36 | Medieval and Renaissance Studies |
| BC 13.37 | Music |
| BC 13.38 | Barnard Forum |
| BC 13.39 | Center for Toddler Development |
| BC 13.40 | Philosophy |
| BC 13.41 | Physical Education and Athletics |
| BC 13.42 | Physics |
| BC 13.43 | Political Science |
| BC 13.44 | Psychology |
| BC 13.45 | Quantitative Reasoning Program |
| BC 13.46 | Religion |
| BC 13.47 | Russian |
| BC 13.48 | Reacting to the Past |
| BC 13.49 | Sociology |
| BC 13.50 | Spanish |
| BC 13.51 | Statistics |
| BC 13.52 | |
| BC 13.53 | Minor Latham Playhouse/Brinckerhoff Theatre records, 1903- |
| BC 13.54 | Theater |
| BC 13.55 | Urban Studies |
| BC 13.56 | Women's Studies |
| BC 13.57 | Writers on Writing |
| BC 13.58 | Womens' Center /Center for Research on Women, 1972-1991 |
| BC 13.59 | Barnard Electronic Archive and Teaching Lab (BEATL) |
| Record Group 14: Ceremonies | |
| BC 14.1 | Commencement |
| BC 14.2 | Barnard Day |
| BC 14.3 | Inaugurations |
| BC 14.4 | College Anniversaries |
| BC 14.5 | Senior Week |
| BC 14.6 | Class Day |
| Record Group 15: Alumnae Scrapbooks | |
| BC 15.1 | Laura G. (Levy) Jackson, 1893 |
| BC 15.2 | Jessie May Wendover, 1896 |
| BC 15.3 | Susan I. Myers, 1898 |
| BC 15.4 | Gertrude C. (Clark) Hitchcock, 1903 |
| BC 15.5 | Frances Hope (Purdon) Leavitt, 1905 |
| BC 15.6 | Edith Somborn (Issacs), 1906 |
| BC 15.7 | Mary Catherine Reardon, 1907 |
| BC 15.8 | Sophie Parsons Woodman, 1907 |
| BC 15.9 | Florence G. (Sammet) Rothschild, 1908 |
| BC 15.10 | Alice Catherine Grant, 1909 |
| BC 15.11 | Edith Louise Allen, [student, 1907-1910] |
| BC 15.12 | Stella Hanau (Bloch), 1911 |
| BC 15.13 | Irma F. (Heidon) Kaufman, 1911 |
| BC 15.14 | Eleanore Myers Jewett, 1912 |
| BC 15.15 | Florence (Van Vranke) Weber, 1912 |
| BC 15.16 | Mariette (Gless) Barkhorn, 1913 |
| BC 15.17 | Ethel (Webb) Faulkner, 1913 |
| BC 15.18 | Grace R. (Greenbaum) Epstein, 1915 |
| BC 15.19 | L. Margaret Giddings, 1918 |
| BC 15.20 | Dorothy Oak, 1918 |
| BC 15.21 | Marian D. (Townsend) Carver, 1919 |
| BC 15.22 | A. Gertrude (Bunger) Zufall, 1919 |
| BC 15.23 | Marie-Louise (Omeis) Flordia, 1920 |
| BC 15.24 | Dorothy (McGrayne) Olney, 1922 |
| BC 15.25 | Cordelia S. (Loomis) Hull, 1925 |
| BC 15.26 | Everita Edes, 1928 |
| BC 15.27 | Martha Beattie, 1931 |
| BC 15.28 | Charlotte Gabor DuBois, 1942 |
| BC 15.29 | Marilyn (Mittlemen) Check, 1947 |
| BC 15.30 | Palm Beach Alumnae |
| BC 15.31 | Carol Elaine Gordon |
| BC 15.32 | Barnard on East-End Club |
| BC 15.33 | Kate Tiemann, 1911 |
| BC 15.34 | Lenore Guinzberg Marshall, 1919 |
| BC 15.35 | Ann Fleischer, 1964 |
| BC 15.36 | Edith Bernstein, 1952 |
| BC 15.37 | Class of 1963 |
| BC 15.38 | Rose Gerstein Smolin, 1911 |
| BC 15.39 | Frances A. Henderson, 1937 and Amy J. Schroeder |
| Record Group 16: Oral History | |
| BC 16 | Oral Histories |
| Record Group 17: Photographs | |
| BC 17. 1 | Physical Education |
| BC 17.2 | Academic Classes |
| BC 17.3 | Portraits: Trustees |
| BC 17.4 | Portraits: Chief Administrators |
| BC 17.5 | Portraits: Students-Alumnae |
| BC 17.6 | Portraits: Visitors |
| BC 17.7 | Buildings and Grounds |
| BC 17.8 | Portraits: Faculty and Staff |
| BC 17.9 | Performance |
| BC 17.10 | Drama |
| BC 17.11 | Greek Games |
| Record Group 18: Moving Images | |
| BC 18.1 | Video |
| BC 18.2 | Film Reels |
| BC 18.3 | DVDs |
| BC 18.4 | Mini DV Tapes |
| BC 18.5 | Media Services Videocassettes |
| Record Group 19: Committees | |
| BC 19.1 | Committee on Instruction |
| BC 19.2 | CORRE, Committee in Race, Religion and Ethnicity |
| BC 19.3 | Committee on Admissions |
| BC 19.4 | Committee on Advice to New Students |
| BC 19.5 | Committee on Budget Review |
| BC 19.6 | Committee on Foreign Language Requirement |
| BC 19.7 | Committee on Honors |
| BC 19.8 | Committee on Schedule of Hours |
| BC 19.9 | Committee on Student Programs |
| BC 19.10 | Committee on Transfers |
| BC 19.11 | Sub-Committee on Curricular Problems |
| BC 19.12 | Committee on Assemblies |
| BC 19.13 | Committe on Scholarships |
| BC 19.14 | Committee on Student Affairs |
| BC 19.15 | Commitee on Student Organizations |
| BC 19.16 | Presidential Selection Committee |
| Record Group 20: Personal Papers and Collections | |
| BC 20.1 | Lucyle Hook (Faculty) |
| BC 20.2 | Helen H. Bacon (Faculty) |
| BC 20.3 | Mirra Komarovsky (Faculty) |
| BC 20.4 | Joseph Gerard Brennan (Faculty) |
| BC 20.5 | Rosalind Rosenburg (Faculty) |
| BC 20.6 | Helen Rogers Reid (Alumna & Trustee) |
| BC 20.7 | Sherry Suttles (Alumna) |
| BC 20.8 | Annie Nathan Meyer (Founder & Trustee) |
| BC 20.9 | Alice Duer Miller (Alumna & Trustee) |
| BC 20.10 | Mary K. Kahl (Alumna) |
| BC 20.11 | Pham Bach-Tuyet (Alumna) |
| BC 20.12 | Jeanette Mirsky (Alumna) |
| BC 20.13 | Jean T. Palmer (Staff) |
| BC 20.14 | Amy Loveman (Alumna) |
| BC 20.15 | Lucy Lewton (Alumna) |
| BC 20.16 | Mary-Jo Kline (Alumna) |
| BC 20.17 | Emma Hyman Selligman (Alumna) |
| BC 20.18 | Duer Family |
| BC 20.19 | Elizabeth Meads Duer |
| BC 20.20 | Caroline King Duer |
| BC 20.21 | Champe Carter Wilson (Alumna) |
| BC 20.22 | Shirley A. Siegel (Alumna) |
| BC 20.23 | Patricia Ballou (Staff) |
| BC 20.24 | Margaret L. Wadds (Alumna) |
| Records Group 21: Awards, Prizes and Scholarship | |
| BC 21.1 | Medal of Distinction |
| BC 21.2 | Corporate Dinner Awards |
| BC 21.3 | Distinguished Alumna Award |
| BC 21.4 | Amy Loveman Memorial Prize Manuscript Collection, 1957-1981 |
| BC 21.5 | Elizabeth Janeway Creative Writing Prize |
| BC 21.6 | Lucy Moses Scholarship Award |
| BC 21.7 | Torchbearers |
| BC 21.8 | Honors Assembly |
| BC 21.9 | Phi Beta Kappa |
| Records Group 22: Songbooks and Musical Scores | |
| BC 22 | Songbooks and Musical Scores |
| Records Group 23: Newspaper Clippings | |
| BC 23 | Newspaper Clippings Files |
| Records Group 24: Financial Records | |
| BC 24 | Ledgers |
| BC 24.1 | Emily O. Gibbes Papers |
| Records Group 25: Barnardiana | |
| BC 25 | Barnardiana |
| Record Group 26: War Service - World War I | |
| BC 26 | War Service - World War I |
| Record Group 27: War Service - World War II | |
| BC 27 | War Service - World War II |
| Record Group 28: Film Festivals | |
| BC 28.1 | Works By Women: A Film and Video Festival |
| BC 28.2 | Athena Film Festival |
| Record Group 29: Barnard College Club | |
| BC 29 | Barnard College Club |
| Record Group 30: Barnard-Columbia Relations | |
| BC 30 | Barnard-Columbia Relations |
| Record Group 31: Seven College Career Services | |
| BC 31 | Seven College Career Services |
| Record Group 32: Calendar of Official Meetings | |
| BC 32 | Calendar of Official Meetings, 1923-1961 |
| Record Group 33: Honors Papers and Theses | |
| BC 33 | Honors Papers and Theses |
| Record Group 34: Faculty, Staff, and Visitors Biographical Files | |
| BC 34 | Faculty, Staff, Vistors - Biographical Files |
| Record Group 35: Administrative Scrapbooks | |
| BC 35.1 | Scrapbook of Social Activites, 1924-1953 |
| BC 35.2 | Scrapbook of Bulletin Board Notices, 1899-1945 |
| BC 35.3 | Scrapbook of Newspaper Clippings |
| BC 35.4 | Scrapbook of Printed Bulletins, Notices and Invitations, 1935-1948 |
| BC 35.5 | Thusnelda Brettman (Staff) |
| BC 35.6 | Gertrude Mary Hirst (Faculty) |
| Records Group 36: Programs for Non-Barnard College Students | |
| BC 36.1 | Pre-College Program |
| BC 36.2 | Student Essay Contest |
| Records Group 37: Student Clubs and Organizations | |
| BC 37.1 | Barnard College Student Government Association/Undergraduate Association records, 1903-1995, 1903-1968 (bulk). |
| BC 37.2 | Black Organization of Soul Sisters (B.O.S.S.) |
| BC 37.3 | Barnard Botantical Club |
| BC 37.4 | Barnard Classical Club records, 1911-1920 |
| BC 37.5 | Deutscher kreis records, 1926-1951 |
| BC 37.6 | National Student Association |
| BC 37.7 | WBAR Radio |
| BC 37.8 | Young Women's Christian Association |
| BC 37.9 | Junior Month |
| BC 37.10 | Student Theater at Barnard (STAB) |
| BC 37.11 | Education Confrontation Club |
| BC 37.12 | Urban Studies Society |
| BC 37.13 | McIntosh Activities Council (McAC) |
| BC 37.14 | Barnard Folk Dance Group |
| BC 37.15 | Event Fliers |
| BC 37.16 | Barnard Suffragists |
| BC 37.17 | Lesbians and Bisexuals in Action (LABIA) |
| BC 37.18 | Model United Nations |
| BC 37.19 | Glee Club |
| Records Group 38: Greek Games | |
| BC 38 | Greek Games |
| Records Group 39: Memorabilia | |
| BC 39 | Barnard Memorabilia |
| Records Group 40: Barnard Camp - Holly House | |
| BC 40 | Barnard Camp-Holly House |
| Records Group 41: American Woman's Association (AWA) | |
| BC 41 | American Woman's Association Records, 1911-1981 |
| Records Group 42: Columbia University | |
| BC 42 | Columbia University |
| Records Group 43: General Scrapbooks | |
| BC 43 | General Scrapbooks |
| Records Group 44: Diversity Collections | |
| BC 44 | Diversity Collections |
| Records Group 45: Seven College Vocational Workshops | |
| BC 45 | Seven College Vocational Workshops |
| Records Group 46: Demonstrations | |
| BC 46 | Demonstrations |
| Records Group 47: Linda LeClair | |
| BC 47 | Linda LeClair Collection |
| Records Group 48: Eleusinian Mysteries Book | |
| BC 48 | Eleusinian Mysteries Book |
| Records Group 49: Postcards | |
| BC 49 | Postcards |
Special Collections
| Collection Number | Collection Name |
| SC.1 | Art Collections |
| SC.2 | Audio Collections |
| SC.3 | Deutsch Collection |
| SC.4 | Gabriela Mistral Collection |
| SC.5 | Overbury Collection of American Women Authors' Letters, Manuscripts, and Books |
| SC.6 | Barnard Rare Books Collection |
| SC.7 | |
| SC.8 | Kitty Colbert Casey vs. Planned Parenthood Legal Documents Collection |
| SC.9 | Helene Gans Papers |
