George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives

College Archives

• Audio-Visual Recordings
• Photographs
• Posters
• Memorabilia

For more information on scheduling and disposition of College records, visit the Records Management page

The Bowdoin College Archives collects and maintains those college records possessing enduring legal, fiscal, historical or administrative value. The purpose of collecting such records is to provide documentation of the development and growth of the College, particularly of its functions of teaching and research, its role in the community at large, and the activities of the faculty, student body and alumni.

The active links in the list below connect to finding aids for processed records series; the headings that are not linked indicate unprocessed records series. Contact the College Archives (email: scaref@bowdoin.edu/phone: 207-725-3288) for further information.

Governance

• Board of Trustees and Board of Overseers
• Campus Center Committee
• Committee to Review Fraternities
• Self-Study Reports

Office of the President

• Joseph McKeen (1802-1807)
• Jesse Appleton (1807-1819)
• William Allen (1820-1839)
• Leonard Woods (1839-1866)
• Samuel Harris (1867-1871)
• Joshua Chamberlain (1871-1883)
• William De Witt Hyde (1885-1917)
• Kenneth C.M. Sills (1918-1952)
• James S. Coles (1952-1967)
• Roger Howell, Jr. (1969-1978)
• Willard F. Enteman (1978-1980)
• A. LeRoy Greason (1981-1990)
• Robert Hazard Edwards (1990-2001)
• Barry Mills (2001- )
• Assistant to the President for Multicultural Affairs and Affirmative Action

Admissions

• Office of Admissions
• Financial Aid

Academic Affairs

• Office of the Dean



• Departments


• Biology
• Classics
• Economics
• English
• Engineering
• History
• Mathematics
• Music
• Bowdoin College Music Press
• Philosophy
• R.O.T.C.


• Programs


• Africana Studies Program
• Asian Studies Program
• Gay and Lesbian Studies Program
• Senior Center Program
• Women's Studies Program


• Centers


• Bowdoin Scientific Station (Kent Island)
• Coastal Studies Center
• McKeen Center for the Common Good


• Libraries & Museums


• Library
• Museum of Art
• Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum


• Lectures & Lectureships



• Institutional Research



• Off-Campus Study



• Faculty & Staff


• Former Faculty and Staff
• Records of the Faculty
• Bowdoin Faculty Club


• Student Academic Records


• Office of Student Records/Registrar
• Class Records
• Examinations
• Class Projects and Coursework

Student Affairs

• Administration


• Dean of Student Affairs
• Director of Moulton Union
• Office of Career Services
• Student Handbook



• Athletics


• Athletics - general
• Baseball
• Crew
• Football
• Hockey
• Track and Field Program
• Swimming Program
  


• Student Organizations



• Student Groups


• Athenaean Society
• Glee Club
• Masque and Gown
• Meddiebempsters
• Peucinian Society
• Phi Beta Kappa
• Student Council
• Other Student Groups


• Student Publications


• Bowdoin Orient
• Bugle
• Quill
  
• Other Student Publications


• Fraternities

Finance & Administration

• Office of the Treasurer [historical]
• Office of the V.P. for Finance and Administration and Treasurer
• College Buildings
• Children's Center

Alumni & Development

• Alumni and Development Operations
• Alumni Biographical Files, 1806-
• Diplomas, 1806-1952
• Former Faculty/Staff Records
• Honorary Degree Recipients, 1806-
• Student Journals, Letters and Scrapbooks, 1823-1943
• Deceased Prospect Files, 1920-


• Alumni Relations



• Bowdoin [The Bowdoin College alumni magazine], 1927-



• General Catalogue



• Development
• Capital Campaign (1956)
• Donor Relations publications, 1991-
• Planned Giving publications, 2000-
• Sesquicentennial Fund

Communications & Public Affairs

• Office of Communications
• Bicentennial Office
• Bowdoin College Catalogue
• Bowdoin College Bulletin
• Events Office
• Sarah & James Bowdoin Day