Universities and colleges -- Maine -- Brunswick -- History
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 31 Collections and/or Records:
Director of the Moulton Union: records
Record Group
Identifier: A01.19
Scope and Content
Records contain general files on the daily operation of the Moulton Union Building as well as subject files on special and summer programs. Included is correspondence regarding the organization of events and programs from 1940-1973. The bulk of the material is from the mid 1960's. There are financial reports (1948-1965) of the Moulton Union operations as well as summer program correspondence and schedules.
Dates:
1940-1973
Faculty: records, minutes, and reports
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
Former faculty and staff: records
Record Group
Identifier: A01.12
Scope and Content
This collection includes files on former faculty and staff, with records created by the President's Office, the Dean for Academic Affairs, and Development Services. The files contain correspondence, including letters specifying employment and salary, offprints, and news clippings. The majority of the files are for faculty members, with occasional files on upper-level administrative staff. The oldest records date from the early 1800's, but the bulk of the records date from the 1920's...
Dates:
1816-
Fragments of Bowdoin College history
Collection
Identifier: M194 .H456
Scope and Contents
Typescript draft with holograph corrections (copy) relating miscellaneous historical accounts of Bowdoin College, including prizes and honors, Commencement events, student life, and library endowments
Dates:
1985
Herbert Ross Brown papers
Collection
Identifier: M022
Abstract
The collection includes Herbert Ross Brown's personal correspondence, mostly with his wife, Ruth, and friends and colleagues, especially Wilmot Brookings Mitchell and Kenneth Sills; writings; and chapel talks.
Dates:
1900-1991, undated
James Stacy Coles: administrative records
Record Group
Identifier: A01.02.09
Scope and Content
The collection contains correspondence, subject files, reports, and speeches. In addition to general administrative records, there are records concerning the Senior Center, the Capital Campaign, the Bowdoin Plan, R.O.T.C., and the College's self-study. Also included are files concerning WCBB, the Maine educational television network, A.C.H.E.S., the Advisory Commission for Higher Education Study, the National Science Foundation, and the National Academy of Science. For related James Stacy...
Dates:
1946 - 1979
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
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
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
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