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Bowdoin College Institutes: records

 Record Group
Identifier: A03.43

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Scope and Content

Announcements, programs, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and reports concerning Bowdoin Institutes.

Dates

  • Creation: 1923 - 1986

Creator

Access Restrictions

No restrictions.

Biographical/Historical Note

Bowdoin College institutes examine selected topics through a series of lectures and discussions. The Institute of Modern History held in April 1923 was the first institute conducted at the College. It was so successful that it was followed every two years by other institutes in various subject areas. In addition to these Biennial Institutes, the National Science Foundation (NSF) sponsored institutes at Bowdoin, the bulk held during the summer for secondary school teachers. Periodically other institutes, such as the 1961 Franco-American Institute and the 1983 James Bowdoin Institute, have been held on campus.

Extent

1 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Guide to the Bowdoin College Institutes Records
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Repository Details

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

http://library.bowdoin.edu/arch/index.shtml
Contact:
3000 College Station
Brunswick Maine 04011 USA
(207) 725-3288

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