Page one of a newspaper published by the Community Service Society (formerly the Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor) about radio personality Wythe Williams' visit to Ward Manor in 1941.
A group of resident girls can be seen standing in front of the De Peyster Industrial School and Home on a foggy day. No photographs remain from the days of its existence as the Trinity School and Home for boys under the direction of James Starr...
This page contains five photographs. From top left and moving clockwise, the first is a team portrait identified as "S.S.C., 1914 squad". A student seated in the front row can be seen holding a football. The second photograph is labelled "the...
A shot of the interior of the permanent control room overlooking Studio B. In the glass window in the background one can identify the reversed reflection of Studio A.
W - Experimental - Bard College (WXBC) was founded in 1946 by Elie Shneour '47, Kyle Steele, Benjamin Heller, Albert Stwertkz, William Frauenfelder, Cyrus Bently, Arthur De Baun, John Bishop, Thomas Marshall, Donn O'Meara, and John Steketee, under...
This image of the door to Kappa House shows a sign that reads, "Kappa Gamma Chi Memorial Hall, Given to Bard College February 16, 1946." The profile of a bald man wearing a suit can be seen raising his hand just inside the door. Kappa House was...
A handwritten recipe book belonging to Catherine Cruger Bard, wife of William Bard (1778-1853), and mother of John Bard (1819-1899), who helped to found St. Stephen's College. Though the date written on the inside cover is 1803, the book was...
This letter from Dr. John Bard to his teenaged grandson William encourages him to save and preserve printed publications on political topics of the day. His identity as a Loyalist can be inferred by the language that he uses in discussing two...
"Incidents connected with "Ferncliff." It was bought by William Astor in 1858, the present house being built in 1860 from plans by Griffith Thomas. The grounds were laid out by Charles Augustus Ehlers and his son Louis, who is seen above the bridge...
