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A01. Governance and Administration

 Record Group
Identifier: A01

Found in 31 Collections and/or Records:

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

Samuel Harris: administrative records

 Record Group
Identifier: A01.02.05
Scope and Content This collection contains general correspondence concerning College affairs. Included are letters from the spring of 1867 between Nehemiah Cleaveland, Samuel Backus, and William Smyth concerning Memorial Hall. Most primary source material regarding the early administration of the College is found in the records of the Board of Trustees or in the ...
Dates: 1867 - 1869
Found in: George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine 04011

Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain: administrative records

 Record Group
Identifier: A01.02.06
Scope and Content This collection contains general correspondence concerning College affairs. Most notable are items concerning the "Drill Rebellion" of 1874. Most primary source material concerning the early administration of the College is found in the records of the Board of Trustees and the Records of the Faculty...
Dates: 1871 - 1883
Found in: George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine 04011

William DeWitt Hyde: administrative records

 Record Group
Identifier: A01.02.07
Scope and Content The administrative records of William De Witt Hyde include subject files and his annual "Report of the President of Bowdoin College," from the initial report of 1891-1892 through 1916-1917. The bulk of the subject files contain general correspondence about College affairs and the 1894 centennial celebration. The President's Reports from 1891-1892 through 1903-1904 were published separately and are included in the box with the subject files. President Hyde's reports from 1904-1905...
Dates: 1882 - 1917
Found in: George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine 04011

Willard F. Enteman: administrative records

 Record Group
Identifier: A01.02.11
Scope and Content

This collection contains general office files of Willard Enteman. As material in folders often overlaps presidential administrations, the researcher may wish to consult the records of former and subsequent presidents for relevant information on a particular subject.

Dates: 1956 - 1981
Found in: George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine 04011

A. LeRoy Greason: administrative records

 Record Group
Identifier: A01.02.12
Scope and Content This collection contains general office files of A. LeRoy Greason. Contains files on a number of subjects, including the Campaign for Bowdoin, fraternities, WCBB Channel 10 and the President's Commission on the Status of Women. As material in folders may overlap presidential administrations, the researcher may wish to consult the records of former and subsequent presidents for relevant information on a particular subject. For additional A. LeRoy Greason materials, see the A. LeRoy Greason...
Dates: 1956 - 1990
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

Robert H. Edwards: administrative records

 Record Group
Identifier: A01.02.13
Scope and Content This collection contains general office files of Robert H. Edwards from 1950; most files date from 1978. Records include material on the operation of the College, the Campaign for Bowdoin, and the Board of Trustees, as well as President Edwards' participation in various national, state and private task forces, foundations and corporations. Since material may overlap presidential administrations, the...
Dates: 1950-2002
Found in: George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine 04011

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