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Notables: Carl Sandburg & KCMS with student

 File — Box: 14, Folder: 3
Identifier: M166.4

Series Description:

From the Series:

Consists of photographs focusing primarily on Kenneth C.M. Sills and his activities at Bowdoin, but also including personal and family images. Present are numerous portraits and candids of Kenneth and Edith Sills from childhood onward, as well as images of graduation processions, reunions, the Sills's vacations to Europe and Hawaii, family, and Bowdoin faculty and alumni. Also included are photographs of the construction of Sills Drive in Brunswick, the removal of timbers from Massachusetts Hall in the 1930s, and the visits to the College of Eleanor Roosevelt, Carl Sandburg and Robert Frost. Unbound photo scrapbooks are foldered in their original order.

Dates

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

Creator

Access Restrictions

No restrictions.

Extent

From the Series: 1.5 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

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