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A01. Governance and Administration

 Record Group
Identifier: A01

Found in 31 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

Board of Trustees: votes and records

 Record Group
Identifier: A01.01
Scope and Content The records of the Board of Trustees are the official records of Bowdoin College. Included in the records are the official minutes of the meetings of the Board of Trustees and the Board of Overseers (until 1996), and records of their votes, policies and decisions. There is a collection of printed by-laws and rules dating from 1817 to the present that document the changes in the nature and scope of the Boards' interests and power. There is biographical information on Board members, and...
Dates: 1788-2022
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

Office of the Treasurer: records

 Record Group
Identifier: A01.08
Scope and Content Records include important historical documents and a variety of significant materials: early financial reports, pledge subscriptions, salary records, deeds, tuition records, cash disbursement records, and many other records of financial activity. Many of the records have been bound into volumes. Others are arranged by date. Financial records created after 1951 are found in the Vice President for Finance...
Dates: 1788 - 1959
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