Meeting minutes from the Barleywood Female University

Title

Meeting minutes from the Barleywood Female University

Date

1852

Description

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

Subject

Barleywood Female University

Women's colleges

Type

Text

Language

English

Is Part Of

Lewis Henry Morgan Papers

Format

image/jpeg

Rights

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Genre

Minutes (Records)

Location

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

Call number

A.M85

Form

electronic

Exhibition link

Upstate New York and the Women's Rights Movement

Label text

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.

Collection

A.M85 Lewis Henry Morgan Papers

Citation

“Meeting minutes from the Barleywood Female University,” RBSCP Exhibits, accessed November 23, 2024, https://rbscpexhibits.lib.rochester.edu/items/show/559.

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