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Board of Trustees : Votes
and Records, 1788- , n.d.
49.25 linear feet.
Catalog Number: 1.1
Series List:
- Charters, Laws, Regulations and By-laws,
1788-, 1 linear foot.
- General Historical Records and Correspondence,
1788-1858, n.d.,
0.50 linear feet.
- Records of the Board of Overseers,
1794-1996,
4 linear feet.
- Records of the Board of Trustees,
1794-, 4 linear feet.
- Votes of the Board of Overseers,
1794-1996, and the Board of Trustees, 1794-, 11.25 linear
feet.
- Committee Reports, General, 1816-, 2.0 linear feet.
- Reports of the Visiting Committee,
1826-1966, 5.5 linear feet.
- Committee on Investments [Finance
Committee] Minutes, 1898-1990, 2.25 linear feet.
- Executive Committee Minutes, 1921-, 1.25 linear feet.
- Committee on Policy, 1966-1981, 2 linear feet.
- Study Committee on the Underclass
Campus Environment [Pierce Committee], 1967-1970,
0.75 linear feet.
- Court cases, 1833-1911,
2.5 linear feet.
- Committee on the Arctic Museum, 1966-1967, 0.5 linear feet.
- Biographical Files, 1794-,
6.0 linear feet.
- Directories, 1960-, .25 linear
feet.
- Committee on Governance, 1980-1996,
1 linear
foot.
- Presidential Search Committees, 1977, 1981, 1989, .25 linear
feet.
- Commission on Residential Life, 1987-1997, n.d., 4 linear
feet.
- Realia, 1943, 1969, n.d., .25 linear feet.
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Agency History /
Biographical Note:
The Governing Boards originally consisted of the Board of Trustees
and the Board of Overseers. This bicameral system was created by
the Charter of Bowdoin College in 1794. Most votes of the Trustees
needed approval by the Overseers, who also approved the Chair of
the Board of Trustees. In 1996, the charter was amended to abolish
the Board of Overseers and establish a single governing unit, the
Board of Trustees. Currently, the Board must meet three times each
year, with one of the meetings held during Commencement week. Student
charges are fixed by the Board, as is the College budget. The Board also
has the power to appoint the President, Deans, and faculty, and grant or
deny tenure to the faculty. The Board receives reports each year from its
own committees and from the President of the College and the Treasurer of
the College, among others.
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 printed directories of members. Also included are committee
records and reports from both temporary and long-standing Board
committees. See the series list for available committee records. Additional
Governing Boards material can be found in the collections of the Office
of the President: Administrative Records.
Cite as: Board of Trustees: Votes and Records. George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives. Bowdoin College Library.
Access Restrictions: Some material restricted. Consult finding
aid for specific information.
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