Bowdoin College. Office of the President
Organization
Found in 21 Collections and/or Records:
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain collection
Collection
Identifier: M027
Abstract
The collection contains letters, articles, addresses, documents, Civil War related manuscripts, family manuscripts, and biographical essays.
Dates:
1817 - 2014; Majority of material found within 1855 - 1914
Kenneth C.M. and Edith Sills collection
Collection
Identifier: M166
Abstract
More than 20,000 manuscript items relating to Bowdoin's eighth president and his wife Edith, including correspondence, addresses, citations, and other materials relating to Sills's presidency of the College.
Dates:
1816-2014, undated; Majority of material found within 1874 - 1978
Kenneth C.M. Sills: administrative records
Record Group
Identifier: A01.02.08
Scope and Content
Files of President Kenneth C.M. Sills include general office correspondence and specific correspondence relating to the closing of the Medical School of Maine, the conferring of honorary degrees, athletics, fraternities, the Institute of Modern Literature, the establishment of the Kent Island Station, the Tallman Foundation and the Committee on the Limitation of Numbers. The files also include correspondence with a number of prominent alumni including Percival Baxter '98, William W. Lawrence...
Dates:
1889-1969
Leonard Woods: administrative records
Record Group
Identifier: A01.02.04
Scope and Content
The papers contain general correspondence concerning College affairs and three series of material on specific issues. One series consists of a group of depositions taken from all the students at the College in 1846 just after the wood yard burned on the night of October 29. One student was eventually dismissed for his alleged involvement in the incident.Another series concerns the Declaration of Denominational Status, also of 1846. This issue revolved around the status of the...
Dates:
1828 - 1866
Leonard Woods collection
Collection
Identifier: M190
Abstract
Letters, images, articles, clippings, and other materials (1832-1964) relating to Leonard Woods. The bulk of the correspondence is between Woods and members of the Trustees, Overseers, and faculty of Bowdoin College.
Dates:
1818 - 1964; Majority of material found within 1818 - 1879
Robert H. Edwards: administrative records
Record Group
Identifier: A01.02.13
Scope and Content
This collection contains general office files of Robert H. Edwards from 1950; most files date from 1978. Records include material on the operation of the College, the Campaign for Bowdoin, and the Board of Trustees, as well as President Edwards' participation in various national, state and private task forces, foundations and corporations. Since material may overlap presidential administrations, the...
Dates:
1950-2002
Roger Howell: administrative records
Record Group
Identifier: A01.02.10
Scope and Content
This collection contains administrative papers of Roger Howell. Includes general office files on a number of important subjects, including correspondence regarding the Afro-American Studies Program (now Africana Studies), CBB educational television, co-education, the 175th anniversary capital campaign, the 1970 student strike and the Senior Center. The records also include president's reports and faculty committee material. As material in folders often overlaps presidential administrations,...
Dates:
1952 - 1993
Samuel Harris: administrative records
Record Group
Identifier: A01.02.05
Scope and Content
This collection contains general correspondence concerning College affairs. Included are letters from the spring of 1867 between Nehemiah Cleaveland, Samuel Backus, and William Smyth concerning Memorial Hall. Most primary source material regarding the early administration of the College is found in the records of the Board of Trustees or in the ...
Dates:
1867 - 1869
Willard F. Enteman: administrative records
Record Group
Identifier: A01.02.11
Scope and Content
This collection contains general office files of Willard Enteman. As material in folders often overlaps presidential administrations, the researcher may wish to consult the records of former and subsequent presidents for relevant information on a particular subject.
Dates:
1956 - 1981
William Allen: administrative records
Record Group
Identifier: A01.02.03
Scope and Content
Correspondence and records concerning College affairs during William Allen's administration including Allen's inauguration, College laws, student petitions and degrees, professorships, the Allen vs. McKeen court case (1832-1833), Maine Hall fire (1822), Phi Beta Kappa, and the conferral of an honorary degree on Marquis de Lafayette in 1824. Additional primary source material concerning the early administration of the College is found in the records of the ...
Dates:
1820-1839
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