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A01. Governance and Administration

 Record Group
Identifier: A01

Found in 32 Collections and/or Records:

Bowdoin Administrative Staff (BAS): records

 Record Group
Identifier: A01.32
Scope and Content

The collection includes the Bowdoin Administrative Staff bylaws, and some meeting minutes. There is also a brief history, committee information, and miscellaneous printed material.

Dates: 1987 - 2014
Found in: George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine 04011

175th Anniversary Campaign Program: records

 Record Group
Identifier: A01.35
Scope and Content

This collection contains two scrapbook volumes, a variety of publicity materials, correspondences, memoranda, reports, transmittal sheets, and various miscellaneous documents.

Dates: 1971 - 1982
Found in: George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine 04011

Sesquicentennial Fund of Bowdoin College: records and publications

 Record Group
Identifier: A01.10
Scope and Content

This collection contains the records of the Sesquicentennial Fund of Bowdoin College.

Dates: 1944 - 1953
Found in: George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine 04011

Bicentennial Office: records, publications, and memorabilia

 Record Group
Identifier: A01.17
Scope and Content

The collection contains records, publications, photographs, copy negatives, recordings, and memorabilia from the Bicentennial Committee, Bicentennial Office, and the Bicentennial celebration. The records include correspondence, subject files, and texts of some speeches. There are also audio and video recordings of public events.

Dates: 1987-1994
Found in: George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine 04011

Dean for Planning and General Administration: records

 Record Group
Identifier: A01.31
Scope and Content

The collection contains the Dean for Planning and General Administration's subject files.

Dates: 1975-1992; Majority of material found within 1987 - 1992
Found in: George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine 04011

Faculty records

 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
Found in: George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine 04011

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
Found in: George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine 04011

Jesse Appleton: administrative records

 Record Group
Identifier: A01.02.02
Scope and Content This collection contains general correspondence concerning College affairs. Included is a document describing the "order of arrangement" at Appleton's inauguration as President, in 1807. 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: 1807 - 1819
Found in: George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine 04011

William Allen: administrative records

 Record Group
Identifier: A01.02.03
Scope and Content Correspondence and records concerning College affairs during William Allen's administration including Allen's inauguration, College laws, student petitions and degrees, professorships, the Allen vs. McKeen court case (1832-1833), Maine Hall fire (1822), Phi Beta Kappa, and the conferral of an honorary degree on Marquis de Lafayette in 1824. Additional primary source material concerning the early administration of the College is found in the records of the ...
Dates: 1820-1839
Found in: George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine 04011

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
Found in: George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine 04011