Editing Barnard College (section)

=== Morningside campus ===
When Columbia University announced in 1892 its impending move to Morningside Heights, Barnard built a new campus nearby with gifts from Mary E. Brinckerhoff, [[Elizabeth Milbank Anderson]] and Martha Fiske.<ref name="Dolkart p. 215">{{harvnb|Dolkart|1998|ps=.|p=215}}</ref> Two of these gifts were made with several stipulations attached. Brinckerhoff insisted that Barnard acquire land within 1,000 feet of the Columbia campus within the next four years.<ref name="Dolkart p. 209">{{harvnb|Dolkart|1998|ps=.|p=209}}</ref> The Barnard trustees purchased land between 119th–120th Streets after receiving funds for that purpose in 1895.<ref name="Dolkart p. 210">{{harvnb|Dolkart|1998|ps=.|p=210}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1895/02/19/archives/gifts-to-barnard-college-two-hundred-thousand-dollars-for-a.html |title=GIFTS TO BARNARD COLLEGE; TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR A BUILDING FUND. Money Needed for Land on Morningside Heights – Money Guaranteed for Post-Graduate Professors. |date=February 19, 1895 |work=The New York Times |access-date=December 23, 2019 |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=December 23, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223184853/https://www.nytimes.com/1895/02/19/archives/gifts-to-barnard-college-two-hundred-thousand-dollars-for-a.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Anderson requested that [[Charles A. Rich]] be hired.<ref name="Dolkart pp. 211-215">{{harvnb|Dolkart|1998|ps=.|pp=211–214}}</ref> Rich designed the [[Milbank, Brinckerhoff, and Fiske Halls]], built in 1897–1898;<ref name="Dolkart pp. 211-215" /> these were listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 2003.<ref name="nris2">{{NRISref|version=2009a|dateform=mdy}}</ref> The first classes at the new campus were held in 1897. Despite Brinckerhoff's, Anderson's, and Fiske's gifts, Barnard remained in debt.<ref name="Dolkart p. 215" />

[[Ella Weed]] supervised the college in its first four years; [[Emily James Smith Putnam|Emily James Smith]] succeeded her as Barnard's first dean.<ref name="jstor368780" /> [[Jessica Garretson Finch|Jessica Finch]] is credited with coining the phrase ''current events'' while teaching at Barnard College in the 1890s.<ref name="obituary2">{{cite news |title=Mrs. John Cosgrave Is Dead Founded Finch Junior College: Was Institution's President Nearly 50 Years; Coined 'Current Events' Phrase |date=November 1, 1949 |publisher=New York Herald Tribune}}</ref>

The college received the three blocks south of 119th Street from Anderson in 1903.<ref>Plimpton Papers, Barnard College Archives</ref><ref name="Dolkart p. 217">{{harvnb|Dolkart|1998|ps=.|p=217}}</ref> Rich provided a master plan for the campus, but only [[Brooks and Hewitt Halls|Brooks Hall]] was built, being constructed between 1906 and 1908.<ref name="Dolkart pp. 218-219">{{harvnb|Dolkart|1998|ps=.|pp=218–219}}</ref><ref name="nrhpinv_ny2">{{cite web |url=http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=10059 |title=National Register of Historic Places Registration: Brooks and Hewitt Halls |author=Kathleen A. Howe |date=June 2003 |publisher=[[New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation]] |access-date=March 19, 2011 |archive-date=October 19, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019113056/http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=10059 |url-status=live}}</ref> None of Rich's other plans was carried out. [[Students' Hall]], now known as Barnard Hall, was built in 1916 to a design by [[Arnold W. Brunner|Arnold Brunner]].<ref name="Dolkart pp. 220-221">{{harvnb|Dolkart|1998|ps=.|pp=220–221}}</ref> [[Brooks and Hewitt Halls|Hewitt Hall]] was the last structure to be erected, in 1926–1927.<ref name="nrhpinv_ny2" /> All three buildings were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.<ref name="nris2" /><ref name="Dolkart p. 223">{{harvnb|Dolkart|1998|ps=.|p=223}}</ref>

By the mid-20th century, Barnard had succeeded in its original goal of providing a top-tier education to women. Between 1920 and 1974, only the much larger [[Hunter College]] and [[University of California, Berkeley]] produced more women graduates who later received doctorates.<ref name="zimmerman20120314" /> In the 1970s, Barnard faced considerable pressure to merge with male only Columbia College, which was fiercely resisted by its president, [[Jacquelyn Mattfeld]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Maeroff |first1=Gene I. |title=Tie to Columbia Called Big Issue In Mattfeld Shift; Barnard President Seen as Too Intensely Opposed Areas of Disagreement Autonomy and Affiliation Turnover in Personnel |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1980/05/30/111163075.html?pageNumber=27 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=May 30, 1980 |language=en |access-date=February 10, 2021 |archive-date=July 31, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220731165450/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1980/05/30/111163075.html?pageNumber=27 |url-status=live}}</ref>