"[3] Within a year, Frost had four women students and another professor, landscape architect Bremer Whidden Pond, had come on board.

[1] The first two women to complete the school's three-year program were Brooks and landscape architect Rose Greely; another early graduate was Eleanor Raymond.

[3] A problem in the school's early years had been its inability to issue formal degrees, which are required in most states in order to register as a licensed architect.

[1] It became known for championing modernist design, and in 1939 it celebrated its 25th anniversary with a series of lectures at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, paired with an exhibition, Houses and Housing: Industrial Arts in New York, that featured projects by the school's faculty and students.

[4] Archives of the school are housed by Smith College and contain photographs, school-issued documents and brochures, alumnae bulletins, and other material.