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Correspondence

 Series
Identifier: M166.1

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Scope and Content

From the Collection:

Consists of more than 20,000 manuscript items relating to Bowdoin's eighth president and his wife, including correspondence, addresses, citations, and other materials relating to Sills's presidency of the College. Also included are greeting cards and invitations received by Kenneth and Edith Sills, as well as class notes, photographs, awards and degrees, scrapbooks, and newspaper clippings. Of particular note is the Sills tablecloth, signed by various luminaries visiting the College and later embroidered, and numerous pieces of correspondence from every United States president from Wilson to Truman. For related materials, see the Kenneth C.M. Sills Administrative Records.

Dates

  • Creation: 1816-2014, undated
  • Creation: Majority of material found within 1874 - 1978

Creator

Access Restrictions

No restrictions.

Extent

11 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

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

Contact:
3000 College Station
Brunswick Maine 04011 USA
(207) 725-3288