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Bowdoin College

 Organization

Found in 156 Collections and/or Records:

Kate Douglas Wiggin collection

 Collection
Identifier: M187
Abstract

The collection contains correspondence, journals, book and story manuscripts, commonplace books, notebooks and notes related to Wiggin's writing; also includes lectures on kindergarten subjects, clippings, photographs and material concerning her Irish "literary pilgrimage."

Dates: 1867 - 1985; Majority of material found within 1891 - 1917

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

Lectures and Lectureships: records

 Record Group
Identifier: A03.33
Scope and Content This collection contains material relating to lectures held at Bowdoin College including lecture texts, announcements and posters. The bulk of the collection is comprised of announcements and flyers advertising inaugural lectures for College chairs and professorships, the Kenneth V. Santagata Memorial Fund (lectureship) and the Harry Spindel Memorial Lectureship; as well as posters for these and other campus lectures. In addition there are lecture texts of inaugural lectures, including: The...
Dates: 1880 - 2018

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

Manton Copeland papers

 Collection
Identifier: M039
Abstract

Personal and business correspondence, the bulk to Manton Copeland, as well as class notes, reports, lecture materials, drawings, and Bowdoin College faculty and Biology Club materials.

Dates: 1882-1961, Undated; Majority of material found within 1913 - 1948

Mary Sophia and Harriet Sarah Walker papers

 Collection
Identifier: M184
Abstract

The collection contains correspondence (1850-1904, n.d.), primarily relating to the Walker sisters' gift to Bowdoin College and their interest in the design and construction of the Walker Art Building; lists of Mary Sophia and Harriet Sarah Walkers' art collection; and a printed and annotated copy of the will of Mary Sophia Walker.

Dates: 1850-1904, undated

Melville Weston Fuller collection

 Collection
Identifier: M215
Abstract

Contains correspondence mostly between Fuller and George T. Little, professor at Bowdoin College, during the years after Fuller's graduation from Bowdoin, as well as diaries and addresses given by Fuller.

Dates: 1879-1910

Model Democratic Convention: records

 Record Group
Identifier: A04.13
Scope and Content

This collection contains organizational material for the Model Democratic Convention as well as state delegation materials and ballots. Includes correspondence, reports, nominating petitions, surveys, volunteer registration forms, and newspaper clippings.

Dates: 1975 - 1976

Nathaniel Hawthorne collection

 Collection
Identifier: M085
Abstract

Letters, documents, essays, and other records relating to Nathaniel Hawthorne and his literary works, including correspondence of the Hathorne and Manning families.

Dates: 1819-2000; Majority of material found within 1844 - 1864

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Collection 155
Archival Object 1
 
Subject
Universities and colleges -- Maine -- Brunswick -- History 31
Personal correspondence 26
College presidents -- Maine -- Brunswick -- History 13
Biographies 9
College students' writings, American -- Maine -- Brunswick 9
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Speeches, addresses, etc, American 7
Diaries 6
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns 6
College presidents -- Maine -- Brunswick 5
College teachers -- Maine -- Brunswick 5
Lectures and lecturing -- Maine -- Brunswick 5
Personal narratives 5
Legislators -- United States 4
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 4
Account books -- Maine -- Brunswick 3
College students -- Maine -- Brunswick 3
English literature -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States 3
English teachers -- Maine -- Brunswick 3
Examinations 3
Interviews 3
Speeches, addresses, etc, American -- Maine -- Brunswick 3
Universities and colleges -- Maine -- Brunswick -- History -- 20th century 3
Account books 2
Authors, American -- 19th century -- Family relationships 2
Authors, American -- Maine 2
Baccalaureate addresses -- Bowdoin College 2
Brunswick (Me) -- Commerce 2
Brunswick (Me) -- Social life and customs 2
Business records -- Maine -- Brunswick 2
College administrators -- Maine -- Brunswick 2
College buildings -- Maine -- Brunswick 2
Educational fund raising -- Maine -- Brunswick 2
Educational fund raising -- Maine -- Brunswick -- History 2
English literature -- Examinations, questions, etc 2
Maine -- Social life and customs -- 19th century 2
Memorials -- Maine -- Brunswick 2
Military cadets -- Maine -- Brunswick 2
Sermons, American -- 19th century 2
United States -- Politics and government -- 19th century 2
Universities and colleges -- Maine -- Brunswick 2
Account books -- Maine -- Portland 1
Adaptations 1
African American women -- Maine -- Brunswick 1
African Americans -- Civil rights 1
African Americans -- Civil rights -- Maine -- History 1
American literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism 1
American wit and humor, Pictorial. 1
Animated films. 1
Animated television programs. 1
Architects and patrons -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
Architectural drawings 1
Architecture, Modern -- 19th century 1
Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration 1
Art museum buildings -- Maine -- Brunswick -- Design and construction 1
Art museum directors -- Maine -- Brunswick 1
Art museum directors -- United States 1
Autograph albums 1
Baptists -- Maine 1
Bibliographies 1
Biology -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States 1
Biology teachers -- Maine -- Brunswick 1
Boston (Mass) -- Commerce 1
Boston (Mass) -- Description and travel 1
Boston (Mass) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century 1
Bricklayers -- Maine -- Brunswick. 1
Bricklayers -- Maine -- Portland. 1
Brunswick (Me) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century 1
Brunswick (Me.) -- History -- 19th century. 1
Buildings -- Maine -- Brunswick 1
Business records -- Maine -- Portland. 1
Business records -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
Campaign speeches -- Maine 1
Cartoons (Humor) 1
Catalogs 1
Cemeteries -- Maine -- Brunswick 1
Chemistry. 1
Children's literature, American -- History and criticism 1
Children's writings, American -- Maine 1
Choruses (Men's voices) with piano 1
Choruses (Men's voices), Unaccompanied 1
Church and college -- Maine -- Brunswick -- History 1
Church buildings -- Maine -- Brunswick -- Design and construction 1
Civil engineers -- United States -- Biography. 1
Civil rights movements -- Maine -- Brunswick -- History. 1
Coeducation -- Maine -- Brunswick -- History 1
College buildings -- Maine -- Brunswick -- History 1
College campuses -- Social aspects 1
College students -- Books and reading -- United States 1
College students -- Housing -- Maine -- Brunswick 1
College students -- Maine -- Brunswick -- History 1
College students' art -- Maine -- Brunswick. 1
College students' writings. 1
College teachers -- United States -- Biography. 1
College theater -- Maine -- Brunswick 1
College trustees -- Maine -- Brunswick 1
College wit and humor. 1
Community and college -- Maine -- Brunswick 1
Congregational churches -- Maine -- Brunswick 1
Drama in education 1
Education -- Maine 1
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