Background
Niss, Barbara Joyce was born on December 11, 1958 in Malone, New York, United States. Daughter of Raymond Paul and Alice Marie St. Mary.
Niss, Barbara Joyce was born on December 11, 1958 in Malone, New York, United States. Daughter of Raymond Paul and Alice Marie St. Mary.
Bachelor, College New Rochelle, New York, 1980. Master of Arts, New York University, New York City, 1982.
Assistant archivist Archives New York Hospital Cornell Medical Center, New York City, 1982—1984. Associate archivist LaGuardia Archives, 1984—1986. Archivist Mount Sinai Medical Center, 1986—1993, since 1999, assistant to library director, 1995—1999.
Consultant writer Mount Sinai Alumni, New York City, 1995.
Board directors Kids SPACE, Rye, New York, 1997—1998. Board member Women's Association Rye Presbyterian Church, 2001—2006. Board directors Alumnae Association College New Rochelle, 1998—2000.
Member of American Association History Medicine, METRO Conservation Preservation Advisory Council, Archivists Round Table Metropolitan New York (chairperson 1985-1986), Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference (program committee member 1988-1989), Archivists and Libraries History Health Sciences (steering committee 1992-1993), Society of America Archivists.
Married Michael Allen Niss, July 2, 1983. Children: Matthew Raymond, Sarah Rachel.