Bowdoin College
Organization
Found in 151 Collections and/or Records:
Jesse Appleton collection
Collection
Identifier: M005
Abstract
The collection consists of letters, sermons, lectures, notes and other papers, as well as images.
Dates:
1788-1837, undated; Majority of material found within 1800 - 1819
John Samuel Leavitt Jr., diaries
Collection
Identifier: M194 .L438
Scope and Contents
Brief daily entries of John Samuel Leavitt, Jr., a native of Gorham, Maine, detailing his observations before, during, and after his attendance at Bowdoin College (class of 1876)
Dates:
1867 - 1878
Joseph McKeen: administrative records
Record Group
Identifier: A01.02.01
Scope and Content
This collection contains general correspondence concerning College affairs. Most primary source material concerning the administration of the College in the early years is found in the records of the Board of Trustees or in the ...
Dates:
1802 - 1806
Joseph Williamson papers
Collection
Identifier: M188
Abstract
Correspondence, with the bulk consisting of letters from Williamson to George T. Little, Bowdoin College professor and librarian; newspaper clippings about Williamson; a list of launches in the ports of Belfast and Bangor; drafts and corrected versions of Williamson's books; and material related to Bowdoin College, including a diary kept while Williamson was a student.
Dates:
1818-1902 ; Majority of material found within 1828 - 1902
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain: administrative records
Record Group
Identifier: A01.02.06
Scope and Content
This collection contains general correspondence concerning College affairs. Most notable are items concerning the "Drill Rebellion" of 1874. Most primary source material concerning the early administration of the College is found in the records of the Board of Trustees and the Records of the Faculty...
Dates:
1871 - 1883
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
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
Additional filters:
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- Collection 150
- Archival Object 1
- Subject
- Universities and colleges -- Maine -- Brunswick -- History 31
- Personal correspondence 26
- College presidents -- Maine -- Brunswick -- History 13
- Biographies 8
- College students' writings, American -- Maine -- Brunswick 7
- Speeches, addresses, etc, American 7
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns 6
- College presidents -- Maine -- Brunswick 5
- College teachers -- Maine -- Brunswick 5
- Diaries 5
- Lectures and lecturing -- Maine -- Brunswick 5
- Legislators -- United States 4
- Personal narratives 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
- Speeches, addresses, etc, American -- Maine -- Brunswick 3
- Account books 2
- Authors, American -- 19th century -- Family relationships 2
- Authors, American -- Maine 2
- Baccalaureate addresses -- Bowdoin College 2
- Brunswick (Me) -- Commerce 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
- 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 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
- 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
- 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
- Education -- Maine -- History -- 19th century 1
- Education -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States 1
- Education, Secondary -- Aims and objectives -- United States. 1
- Electric power transmission -- Maine 1
- Electric utilities -- Law and legislation -- Maine 1 + ∧ less
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