Bowdoin College
Organization
Found in 156 Collections and/or Records:
Ellis Spear III papers
Collection
Identifier: M269
Abstract
The collection contains typed lecture notes, 1926-1929, chiefly in the natural sciences, compiled by Spear while a student at Bowdoin College
Dates:
1923-1931, undated
Faculty: records, minutes, and reports
Record Group
Identifier: A01.07
Scope and Content
Records of the faculty begin with the records of executive government in 1805 and continue through the records of the faculty, the reports of the faculty and minutes of faculty meetings, as well as reports presented to the faculty at meetings. Each series documents the governing of the college by the president and faculty. Records of specific faculty committees are also represented, especially the Committee on Educational Policy (CEP), the Recording Committee and the Lectures and Concerts...
Dates:
1805 - 2020
Family Handbooks
Series
Identifier: A06.06.03
Series Description:
Family Handbooks is an informative guide outlining the center's educational philosophies and practices, and administrative policies. This series contains books from 1988-1990 and 2015.
Dates:
1987-
Fessenden collection
Collection
Identifier: M059
Abstract
Correspondence, professional and personal records, publications, articles, addresses, reports, lectures, memoirs, a diary, documents, receipts, accounts, clippings, images, genealogies, and biographical material related to the Fessenden family.
Dates:
1786-1982, undated; Majority of material found within 1823 - 1869
Fordyce Barker, scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: M194 .B37 folio
Scope and Contents
Scrapbook containing Fordyce Barker's degrees from Bowdoin College (A.B. 1837, A.M. 1840, M.D. 1841, LL.D. 1887) as well as other diplomas and certificates of fellowships and honorary memberships
Dates:
circa 1880
Former faculty and staff: records
Record Group
Identifier: A01.12
Scope and Content
This collection includes files on former faculty and staff, with records created by the President's Office, the Dean for Academic Affairs, and Development Services. The files contain correspondence, including letters specifying employment and salary, offprints, and news clippings. The majority of the files are for faculty members, with occasional files on upper-level administrative staff. The oldest records date from the early 1800's, but the bulk of the records date from the 1920's...
Dates:
1816-
Fragments of Bowdoin College history
Collection
Identifier: M194 .H456
Scope and Contents
Typescript draft with holograph corrections (copy) relating miscellaneous historical accounts of Bowdoin College, including prizes and honors, Commencement events, student life, and library endowments
Dates:
1985
Frank Nathaniel Whittier collection
Collection
Identifier: M186
Abstract
The bulk of the collection consists of newspaper clippings concerning Whittier's career. Also included are biographical materials, correspondence, writings by Whittier, and Bowdoin College memorial tributes.
Dates:
1889-2008, undated
Franklin Pierce collection
Collection
Identifier: M148
Abstract
The collection contains correspondence spanning the period from Pierce's election to the New Hampshire legislature to his death in 1869; oratory exhibitions from Pierce's Bowdoin years; newsclippings; commemorative materials; photographs; and ephemera.
Dates:
1823-2010, undated; Majority of material found within 1823 - 1869
Fraternities and Greek Letter Societies records
Record Group
Identifier: A04.07
Abstract
The records of fraternities and greek letter societies that were affiliated with Bowdoin College prior to their removal in 1997.
Dates:
1819 - 2013
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- Collection 155
- Archival Object 1
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- 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
- 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 + ∧ less
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