Record Group 14. Photographs (1882-2016; 62.97 linear feet), 1882-2016, inclusive
Extent
Scope and Contents
This record group contains photographs and photographic materials. Photographic prints make up most of the record group, which also contains negatives, slides, and discs with digital images. Image content includes students, staff, faculty, alumni, buildings, arts programs, athletic programs, and events.
Both amateur and professional photographs are included. Many photographs were taken by faculty and staff, with some donated by families and alumni. Dates of creation range from 1887 to 2016, with the bulk of materials created in the second half of the twentieth-century. A small amount of photographs can also be found in other record groups, where noted.
Arrangement
This record group is arranged in five series:
Series I. Ethical Culture Fieldston photo archive
Series II. Scrapbooks and albums
Series III. Photographs after 1980
Series IV. Communications collections
Series V. Oversize materials and special formats
Series I. Ethical Culture Fieldston photo archive, 1887-2003, inclusive
Extent
Scope and Contents
Materials collected and arranged by staff or volunteers at the Ethical Culture Fieldston School. The series contains images from throughout the school's history, including the Workingman's School and Free Kindergarten. A small number of relevant photographs have been added to the original collection.
Content descriptions include original folder titles.
Arrangement
This series follows the original arrangement of materials, organized by subject matter.
Pre-1928 [era] photographs (10 folders), 1887-1928, undated, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Workingman's School and Ethical Culture School classes, events, sports, arts programs, festivals and performances, and buildings.
Midtown (3 folders), 1930-1994, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Afterschool, Alumni/parent activities, Animals/pets, Arts, Assemblies, Book awards/fair, Christmas.
Midtown (15 folders), 1930-1994, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Community service, Cooking, Closing ceremonies, Computers, Dance, Drama/plays, Fairs, Father's Day, Festivals, Health, Holidays, Ice skating, Libraries, Marionettes and puppets, Math resources room, Music, Neighborhood activities, Opening day, Physical education, Outdoor activities, Outdoors view, Parents Day, Quarks, Rhythms, Roof Plays, School/city government, Science, Social activities, Shop/social studies, Special events, Students/individual groups, Trips, Visitors, WWII-related activities, Midtown graduations, Classroom activities.
Midtown (2 folders), 1942-1997, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Classroom activities.
Branch School (6 folders), pre-1932, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Animals/pets, Art, Christmas, Cooking, Dance, Drama/plays, Festivals, Kindergarten, Lunch, Music, Outdoor activities, Marionette and puppet shows, Rhythms, Science, Shop, Students, Classroom activities.
Little School, pre-1932, inclusive
Fieldston Lower (4 folders), 1936-1993, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Animals/pets, Art, Assemblies, Bird studies, Book fair, Christmas, "Class of" photos, Classroom activities.
Fieldston Lower (10 folders), 1930-2003, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Community service, Computers, Cooking, Dance, Drama, Father's Day, Fairs/festivals, 50th Anniversary party, Founder's Day, Gardening, Industrial Art, Library, Luncheon, Music, Native Americans, Neighborhood activities, Newspaper, Nurse, Outdoor activities, Physical education, Playgrounds, Rhythms, Shop, Special projects, Special visitors [includes Coretta King photograph], Students/general, Thanksgiving.
Various elementary school, circa 1880s-1950s, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Photographs, mostly of students, from the Workingman's School, Branch School, and Midtown Ethical Culture School. Also includes some pre-1928 photos of high school level Ethical Culture students.
Fieldston - art (2 folders), 1953-1994, inclusive
Fieldston (14 folders), 1919-1997, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Arts High School, Visiting Artists Program, Assemblies, Auto mechanics, Campus Work Day, Classroom activities and scenes, Christmas [also includes student activities], Clubs, Community service, Dance, Driver education, Festivals, Fieldston Enrichment Program, Father's Day, Field Day, Filmmaking, Foreign students, Health/guidance, History (government/black studies), Homecoming, Home economics, Jazz Week, Leningrad exchange program, Library, Math, Mini-week, Miscellaneous group photos, Outdoors/campus, Parents' Day.
Fieldston (2 folders), 1948-1992, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Photography/film, Print shop, Social activities, Speakers, Special events, Speech.
Fieldston - science (3 folders), pre-1928-1997, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Science class photographs from Ethical Culture School (including pre-1928) and Fieldston.
Fieldston - sports (12 folders), 1910-1995, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Baseball, Basketball, Cheerleading, Fencing, Field hockey, Football, Ice hockey, Roller-skating, Soccer, Softball, Swim, Tennis, Track and cross-country, Wrestling, Volleyball. Contains a very small amount of pre-1928 high school sports photos from the Ethical Culture School.
Fieldston - sports (2 folders), 1929-1992, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Field Day, Girl's sports [also found throughout sports images], and miscellaneous sports and physical education class images.
Fieldston (5 folders), 1935-1992, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Students, Student activities, Trips, Visitors, Upward Bound, Wood arts, WWII-related activities. Also includes reprints of 1930s theater arts photographs and 1930s Lewis Hine photographs.
"Class of" images (8 folders), 1892-1996, undated, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Classes of 1896 through classes of the 1990s. Includes group photos of classes, graduation photos, and other photos of students at school, as well as later photographs of graduates as adults. Early photos include graduating classes from Ethical Culture School and the Open Air Department, with Fieldston classes only after 1928.
Graduations, 1939-1988, undated, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Fieldston, Fieldston Lower, and the Normal Teacher Training Department.
Alumni, 1970-1991, undated, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Homecoming and miscellaneous alumni (including Ethical Culture and Fieldston Lower alumni) photographs.
Reunions (6 folders), 1954-1992, undated, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Most organized by a particular class, along with folders of 50th reunions and regional reunions.
Summer programs (8 folders), circa 1890s-1970s, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Images from early summer programs, Cooperstown Camp, and Fieldston Day Camp.
Summer programs (6 folders), circa 1970-1997, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Images from Fieldston Day Camp, June Weeks, and Fieldston Outdoors.
Special programs (4 folders), 1956-1988, inclusive
Scope and Contents
June Weeks, Fieldston Dance Intensive, Performing Arts Institute, Fieldston Arts Center. Bulk of photos 1980s.
Buildings (8 folders), 1901-1996, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Early school buildings, Central Park West building, Behlen House. Fieldston campus including Fieldston Lower, classrooms and dining room, Tate Library. Also includes some sketches and renderings of Tate Library used in exhibit.
Administration and faculty (2 folders), 1890-1990, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Faculty pre-1928, and group photos 1952-1990.
Administration and faculty A-C (3 folders), 1931-1994, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Portraits and candid photographs of administrators and faculty, organized alphabetically by last name. Bulk of images created after 1950.
Administration and faculty D-Z (14 folders), 1926-1993, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Continued as above. Photographs of physical education teacher Alton "Smitty" Smith also includes one original sketch. Photographs of Fieldston principal Luther Tate include photographs and other materials collected for exhibition for opening of Tate Library, 1970.
Admissions tours and Board of Governors members, 1953-1989, inclusive
Development (5 folders), 1956-1995, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Ethical Fieldston Fund endowment campaign images of meetings, events, receptions, portraits of committee members. Bulk of images created after 1980. Also some capital campaign and plaque photographs.
Parent and Teacher (2 folders), 1954-1991, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Events including art auctions and Expo '71.
3-School events (4 folders), 1927-1995, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Archive work, Faculty Conference Day, Founder's Day, 75th Anniversary, Centennial, and other dedication ceremonies and anniversaries.
Special collections (2 folders), 1909-1986, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Copy photographs and negatives of Lewis Hine photographs, with inventories and notes. Two items identified as possible Hine photographs. Portrait of alumni Paul Strand.
"Unidentified and to be filed", circa 1900s-1970s, inclusive
Photo archive management, 1985-1997, undated, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Loan forms and photocopies of "favorite photos." Small amount of uncatagorized Fieldston and Fieldston Lower photographs and negatives.
Printed photo album (5 folders), circa 1996, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Drafts, mock-ups, and notes.
Reproductions of older photographs (2 folders), undated, inclusive
Oversize - Pre-1928 (7 folders), 1888-1928, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Photographs of Workingman's School and Ethical Culture School classes, kindergarten, festivals and performances (including Christmas), and the Normal Training School (mostly graduating classes).
Oversize - Fieldston Lower, 1953-1976, undated, inclusive
Oversize - Summer programs (2 folders), circa mid-20th century, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Fieldston Outdoors and ECS summer camp.
Oversize - Fieldston Upper (3 folders), 1930s-1990s, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Various photographs, including several of a 1955 parents and students dance, and of a 1985 production of "Carmen."
Oversize - Administration, undated, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Three photographs of Rector John Elliot, one with Clarence Stein.
Oversize - Sports (3 folders), 1910-1990s, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Photographs of athletic events and sports teams from the Ethical Culture School (pre-1929) and Fieldston Upper.
Oversize - Buildings and Grounds (4 folders), circa 1900s-1990s, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Images of the 33 Central Park West and Fieldston campuses.
Glass plate negatives, 1929-1930, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Glass plate negatives with photographs by Morris Rosenfeld, of Ethical Culture School rooftop festivals, pre-1928. (Prints also found in collection.) Also one glass plate negative of basketball team, 1929-1930.
Additions - Ethical Culture School photo album, 1900-1902, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Includes photographs of West 54th school building, future school building site on Central Park West, classroom actities, and student work. Leather cover embossed stamped wtih "ECS."
Additions - Various (9 folders), 1903-1986, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Mostly Fieldston student life. Highlights include 1903 photograph of 33 Central Park West construction and an alumnae's collection of fieldtrip and Hudson Guild photographs 1955-1960. Names and places identified on some photographs.
Additions - Summer camps (7 folders), 1924-1969, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Photographs of the day camp at Fieldston and of the Ethical Culture camp in Cooperstown. Most from individual collections or albums.
Additions - Expo '71 (2 folders), circa 1971, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Event photographs, with some ephemera and news clippings. Collected by Joan Graham and donated by Jill Graham.
Series II. Scrapbooks and albums, 1976-2016, inclusive
Extent
Scope and Contents
This series contains scrapbooks and albums created in most cases by the original users. In some cases, books have been disbound or covers removed. Several scrapbooks contain some ephemera, correspondence, or student work in addition to photographs. The series also contains Ethical Culture School class pictures, whether loose or collected in albums.
Arrangement
This series begins with several Ethical Culture first grade photo albums, arranged chronologically, and followed by other types of albums.
Ethical Culture first grade photo albums (13 folders), 1976-1983, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Books of snapshots from first grade classes, room 205. Includes classroom activities and fieldtrips, and some non-photographic materials such as student drawings and ephemera.
Ethical Culture first grade photo albums (13 folders), 1983-1989, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Continued as above.
Ethical Culture first grade photo albums (13 folders), 1989-1995, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Continued as above.
Ethical Culture first grade photo albums (8 folders), 1994-1997, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Continued as above.
Various albums and scrapbooks (6 folders), 1978-1993, circa 1990s, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Albums of the 1978 Centennial celebration and 1990s elementary school classroom and fieldtrips.
Various albums and scrapbooks (10 folders), circa 2000s, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Class albums for Fieldston classes of 2002, 2006, and 2010. 125th Anniversary scrapbooks, Fieldston construction, and family park event.
Various albums and scrapbooks, 1978-1997, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Ethical Culture Schools 100th Anniversary album, 1978. Fieldston Lower album 1983-1985. Ethical Culture class picture albums, 1995-1997.
Various albums and scrapbooks, 1988-1994, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Three scrapbooks, mostly of photographs, from fourth grade classes in classroom 4B.
Ethical Culture School class pictures (14 folders), 1984-1994, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Annual class pictures of students, with some pictures of staff and faculty, in albums or loose in folders.
Ethical Culture School class pictures (20 folders), 1992-2016, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Continued as above.
Various group pictures (6 folders), circa 1970s-2010s, inclusive
Fieldston Lower scrapbook, circa 1976, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Scrapbook presented to Fieldston Lower Principal John Seeger upon his retirement in 1974.
Series III. Photographs after 1980, 1980-2012, inclusive
Extent
Scope and Contents
This series contains photographs taken after 1980, which were not previously arranged in the Ethical Culture Fieldston photo archive. Amateur snapshots make up the bulk of the series, along with some professional photographs. It also contains some negatives. Sets of developed snapshots have been kept together, so multiple events or subjects are often found in the same folder.
Arrangement
Arrangement has been imposed based on image subject matter. This series begins with images related to the Fieldston School, followed by images related to the Ethical Culture and Fieldston Lower schools and family events. Images of staff, faculty, administration, alumni, and other adults are followed by buildings and grounds images, and miscellaneous photographs.
Fieldston student life (20 folders), 1987-2001, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Photos from events such as graduation, speakers, science fairs, assemblies, field trips, and homecoming, along with images of students on campus and in classrooms. Primarily Fieldston Upper and Fieldston Middle students, with some images of younger students. Also includes some miscellaneous photographs.
Fieldston student life (23 folders), circa 1990s-2000s, inclusive
Fieldston student life (20 folders), 2003-2011, inclusive
Fieldston student life (18 folders), circa 2000, inclusive
Fieldston student life - 1995 yearbook (14 folders), 1994-1995, inclusive
Fieldston student life - graduation (9 folders), 2000, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Including images of speaker David Dinkins.
Fieldston student event photographs (22 folders), 2004-2006, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Photographs, mostly of student performances and events. Examples include assemblies, concerts, dance performances, plays, and dinners. Also photographs of facilities staff, and faculty portraits.
Fieldston arts and performances (17 folders), 1988-2008, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Visual and performing arts including dance, drama, and music.
Fieldston arts and performances (18 folders), 2000-2008, inclusive
Fieldston sports (8 folders), 1999-2000, circa 1990s, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Football, field hockey, soccer, volleyball, track and field, basketball, tennis, swimming, hockey.
Ethical Culture and Fieldston Lower (12 folders), 1987-1993, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Here and in other boxes, Ethical Culture and Fieldston Lower photographs includes classroom work, performances, graduations, assemblies, first day of school, Parents Day, and Grandparents Day.
Ethical Culture and Fieldston Lower (21 folders), 1990-2001, inclusive
Ethical Culture and Fieldston Lower (18 folders), 2000-2008, inclusive
Ethical Culture and Fieldston Lower (6 folders), circa 2000s, inclusive
Ethical Culture and Fieldston Lower - Grandparent's Days (17 folders), 1999-2002, circa 2000s, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Also includes some photos of Fieldston Lower Parents Days.
Family events (10 folders), circa 1990s-2000s, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Includes community builds, Homecoming events, and picnics.
Staff, faculty, and administration (4 folders), circa 1980s-1999, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Portraits and candid photographs.
Staff, faculty, and administration (13 folders), 1994-2008, inclusive
Alumni (9 folders), 1983-1995, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Reunions and other alumni events.
Alumni (18 folders), 1995-2005, inclusive
Alumni (18 folders), 1999-2003, inclusive
Alumni Day (3 folders), 2000, inclusive
Alumni (18 folders), 2003-2007, inclusive
Adult events (3 folders), 1992-1998, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Events including alumni, faculty, administration, parents, board members, donors, and other adults.
Adult events (20 folders), 1992-2008, inclusive
Adult events (9 folders), circa 2000s, inclusive
Buildings and grounds - 33 Central Park West, 1998-circa 2000s, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Interiors and renovations.
Buildings and grounds - Fieldston, 1982-circa 2000s, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Campus, interiors, and renovations. Includes Fieldston Lower, Fieldston Middle, and Tate Library.
Various contact sheets and negatives (11 folders), 1979-1995, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Contact sheets and sets of negatives for photographs related various events and initiatives.
Various photographs and contact sheets (16 folders), 1995-2008, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Includes photographs of Arlo Guthrie concert circa 1990s.
Various photographs (21 folders), 1980-1998, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Primarily classroom photographs from Ethical Culture and Fieldston Lower and Fieldston student life photographs. Also includes some photographs of Founder's Day, a visit from David Dinkins to Ethical Culture, and faculty and Board of Trustees members.
Unidentified negatives (7 folders), undated, inclusive
Various photographs (3 folders), 1997-2012, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Includes 125th Anniversary event and engraved 2012 Fieldston frame with photograph of building.
Series IV. Communications collections, circa 1990s-2010s, inclusive
Extent
Scope and Contents
This series contains groups of materials collected by ECFS users for a particular purpose in alumni affairs, publications, or the communications department. The majority of photographs are of students, faculty, events, and alumni. Some other photographs used for communications purposes can also be found throughout Series III. Photographs after 1980.
Arrangement
This series begins with Alumni Office photographs, followed by photographs collected for publications, and photographs collected for communications purposes.
Alumni Office collection (22 folders), circa 1990s-2010s, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Snapshots of students (mostly high school level), alumni, faculty and staff, and the campus. Student photos are mostly of events such as holidays, pep rallies, and fashion shows. Some photographs include notes or identifying information. The majority of photographs date circa 2008-2012.
Alumni Office collection (8 folders), 1997-2008, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Photographs sent to the school by alumni, often with identifiying information or correspondence. Also student and alumni event photographs.
Publications - ECS Reporter (7 folders), circa 1990s, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Photos of students, sports, faculty, and alumni for use in the ECS Reporter publication.
Publications - Various for Field Notes (3 folders), circa 2003, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Faculty and staff, student life, athletics, and events for all schools.
Publications - Various, circa 1990s, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Black and white photographs of students, activities, and campus, marked for possible use in publications.
Publications - Various (12 folders), 1998-2002, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Various photographs collected for the ECS Reporter, Field Notes, and other publications.
Communications - Fieldston arts and student life (15 folders), circa 2000s, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Includes images of Cory Booker as speaker at 2006 graduation ceremony.
Communications - Faculty, staff, and administration candids (2 folders), circa 2000s, inclusive
Communications - Midtown and various elementary school (18 folders), circa 2000s, inclusive
Communications - Fieldston Lower (5 folders), circa 2000s, inclusive
Communications - Portraits (13 folders), circa 2000s, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Professional portraits of faculty, staff, administration, students and families.
Communications - Miscellaneous (4 folders), circa 2000s, inclusive
Series V. Oversize materials and special formats, 1882-2012, inclusive
Extent
Scope and Contents
This series contains oversize materials.
Arrangement
Materials are arranged loosely by subject matter and chronology.
Pre-1928 oversize photographs, 1882-1927, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Photograph of "laying of the cornerstone" for the Workingman's School and Free Kindergarten (1882). Eight pre-1928 Ethical Culture School boys sports team photographs (1909-1919). Ice hockey game (pre-1928). Class photographs (circa 1917-1919, undated). Collection of class of 1927 portraits, with students identified (circa 1927).
Student and faculty oversize photographs, circa 1950s-1990s, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Elementary student images pasted on three boards (1952-1957). Cut-out portraits of administration, faculty, and staff, on board with names identified (circa mid-twentieth century). Fieldston Lower and Midtown students (circa mid-twentieth century). Fieldston student and faculty group photos, including trips to Washington D.C. (1963-1995, undated).
Various oversize photographs, circa 1990s, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Original photographs and mock-ups for class of 1947 50th reunion publication (1997). Black and white photographs labeled "pictures from reception room and various student portraits and candid photographs (circa 1990s). Graphic design"mechanicals" for printed materials, circa twentieth century (non-photographic, circa 1990s).
Various oversize photographs (6 folders), 1970-2002, undated, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Tate Library photographs and ephemera, 1970. Expo '71 photographs, 1971. Fieldston Class of 2000 scrapbook, 1996-2000. Various contact sheets, 2001-2002. Miscellaneous undated photographs.
Slides - various (11 folders), 1964-1996, undated, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Various student life and events, mostly from Fieldston Lower and Fieldston, along with Tate Library construction (1968-1969). Also includes slides from presentation given to evaluators from the Middle Atlantic Independent schools accrediting agency, with list of slides and text of presentation. (See also audio recording of presentation, in Box 293.).
Slides - Fieldston sports (17 folders), 1992-1996, inclusive
Slides - capital campaigns (5 folders), 1986, 1995, 2000, inclusive
Slides - Fieldston various, 1982-1986, inclusive
Scope and Contents
6 small boxes.
Slides - Fieldston library construction, 1968-1969, inclusive
Scope and Contents
3 small boxes.
Slides - Fieldston outs, 1985-1986, inclusive
Scope and Contents
17 small boxes with various of student life. Also includes one box Midtown outs.
Slides - Fieldston slide show, 1985, inclusive
Scope and Contents
2 small boxes, Tray A and Tray C.
Slides - Fieldston sports, 1994, inclusive
Scope and Contents
4 small boxes.
Slides - senior slide show, 1988, inclusive
Scope and Contents
7 small boxes.
Slides - various, 1979-1983, undated, inclusive
Scope and Contents
8 small boxes. Fieldston Lower School second grade, 1979. Amish trip, 1980. Wolf visit assembly/Racoon in tree, 1983. Five unlabeled.
Slides - student art work, undated, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Slides of art work created by students from "nursery" through grade six. Slides in original box but not in original order. Label on box illegible.
Microfilm - School and Home, 2012, inclusive
Scope and Contents
35mm microfilm silver halide duplicate negatives in 4 reels, for 1918-1937 issues of School and Home (print copies found in Record Group 11: Print matter). Created by Hudson Microimaging in 2012.
Negative spool - play or festival, undated, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Cardboard spool with negative, labeled "play or festival, bl + white."
Various materials - 75th Anniversary, 1953, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Slides, negatives, and two film strips related to the school's 75th anniversary.