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Commencement Parts: Barrows, William G., 1839

 File — Box: 4
Identifier: A01.06.034

Scope and Content

From the Record Group:

This collection contains records of graduating classes of Bowdoin College. Includes material on both undergraduate and alumni activities of the class such as Ivy Day, Class Day, class suppers, oratory exhibitions and prize declamations, commencement, commencement parts, reunions, and undergraduate and alumni publications. There are also silhouettes, class photograph albums, dance cards, and class badges. A large selection of volumes provides views of student life at Bowdoin through student account books, autograph albums, diaries, letters and scrapbooks. Account books record such expenses as stamps, food, and clothes while autograph albums include entries from most members of the graduating class. Diaries provide personal observations while scrapbooks compiled by or about individual college alumni may contain photographs, memorabilia, and news clippings collected by the creator. Included are the scrapbooks of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain and Robert E. Peary. Most scrapbooks cover undergraduate years, however some include post-Bowdoin activities. See Alumni biographical files for more information on specific alumni.

Material varies from class to class.

Dates

  • Creation: 1839

Access Restrictions

Item-level restrictions apply.

Extent

From the Record Group: 67 Linear Feet (37 boxes; ovsz-box)

From the Record Group: 464 Volumes : Some volume-folio are housed in boxes as they are in fragile state. Boxes are still shelved in volume-folio stacks.

Language of Materials

From the Record Group: English

Physical Storage Information

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine 04011 Repository

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