Meeting minutes from the Barleywood Female University

1852

Handwritten meeting minutes from the board of trustees document the business of the Barleywood Female University, along with newspaper clippings about the university.

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Minutes (Records)

Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester

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In 1852, two years after the founding of the University of Rochester, an attempt was made to establish a local college for women. Subscriptions of some $15,000 were pledged and a Board of Trustees was selected with Azariah Boody as President, Jacob Gould as Treasurer, and Lewis Henry Morgan as Secretary. After an auspicious beginning, the enterprise floundered, apparently due to financial difficulties. These minutes of the Board of Trustees of the Barleywood Female University, as recorded by Lewis Henry Morgan, end abruptly in 1853.

“Meeting minutes from the Barleywood Female University,” RBSCP Exhibits, accessed March 14, 2025, https://rbscpexhibits.lib.rochester.edu/items/show/559.