Presents information on Barnard's governance, finances, faculty, students, alumnae and relations with Columbia University.
Harvard College chartered in Massachusetts; opens in 1638; first college founded in English North America; governance dominated by Congregationalists.
King’s College opened in New York City; fifth college founded in English North America; preceded by Harvard, William& Mary, Yale and Princeton; governance dominated by Anglicans
King’s College closed by local opposition to its support of the Crown; remains closed for the duration of the Revolutionary War while NYC occupied by British forces until 1783.
King’s College re-opened as “Columbia College,” originally as a state institution with trustees from all over New York.
Columbia College governance and title changed to reflect a more private character and its location “in the City of New York”.
Mary Lyon secures charter for Mount Holyoke Seminary, in South Hadley, Massachusetts. Intended to prepare women for work in the foreign missions.
Newly opened Oberlin College (1835) admits women, providing US with its first co-educational college.
Georgia Female Academy becomes nation’s first woman’s college
Columbia moves from original site in Lower Manhattan to Madison and 49th Street.
Columbia College acquires a law school; attempt to start graduate education fails.
