Guide to College Buildings Subject Files, Plans, and Realia, 1798-
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General information on buildings at Bowdoin College was accumulated from a variety of sources. Subject files include building specifications, correspondence with architects and construction companies, estimates, dedication programs and memorabilia. Some correspondence between the College and those who have funded building projects is also included. The second series contains architectural plans for a number of College buildings. Clippings, slides and photographs are contained as well. Buildings and facilities represented include: Farley Field House, Dayton Ice Arena, Curtis swimming pool, the Cleaveland meteorological cabinet and the Hawthorne-Longfellow Library.
This collection contains correspondence, documents, reports, architectural plans, campus views, photographs, printed materials, clippings, realia, and ephemera. The collection includes general information on buildings at Bowdoin College accumulated from a variety of sources. Subject files include building specifications, correspondence with architects and construction companies, estimates, dedication programs, clippings and ephemera. Also included are Patricia McGraw Anderson's research files for her 1988 book on Bowdoin College architecture.
Files include building specifications, correspondence with architects and construction companies, estimates, dedication programs, printed ephemera, clippings, slides and photographs.
Arranged alphabetically.
Fliers and brochures regarding building dedications can also be found in: Office of Events and Summer Programs Records: Academic Year Programs.
No restrictions.
Photo album of campus buildings
Photo album of campus buildings belonging to Charles S. Christie (Bowdoin 1895)
52 Harpswell Road (formerly the Stevens Home), 2001, 2014-
Adams Hall (Seth Adams)
Appleton Hall
Appleton Hall: Articles of Agreement- Melcher and Bowdoin College (1843, Samuel Melcher, III) [1842 and 1897]
Appleton Hall: Spec book - contract documents and agreement for remodeling the ends of Appleton Hall, 1965, 1966
Athletic Facilities
Athletic Facilities: Clippings
Banister Hall - Joseph P. McKeen Center for the Common Good, 2008-
Baxter House
Baxter House - see furnishings inventory in Sigma Nu records
Benjamin Greene House (see Delta Sigma House)
Boody-Johnson House
Brunswick Academy: "The Chateau" (Early Building Housing the Members of Alpha Delta Phi)
Buck Center (Peter Buck Center for Health and Fitness), 2008-
Burton-Little House, 2001-
Chamberlain Hall, 1999-
Chapel
Chapel: Antonette Chambers, "The Chapel Services at Bowdoin College" (See BA1172, BA1173, and BA1174 for audio cassettes of interviews referenced in the bibliography of Chambers' paper, "The Chapel Services at Bowdoin College")
Chapel: Carillon - twenty-six handwritten scores for chapel bells
Chapel: Clippings
Chapel: Clippings; murals
Chapel: Curtis organ, 1927
Chapel: Correspondence, 1907-1938, n.d., transferred from Art Museum files
Chapel: Documents - chiefly bell and carillon material, 1958-1981, n.d.
Chapel: Ephemera
Chapel: "The History, Art, and Architecture of the Bowdoin College Chapel," [2011]
Chapel: Howe Memorial Window, 1912-1913
Chapel: Payson Memorial Chimes 1914-1922
Chapel: Payson Memorial Chimes 1923-?
Chapel: Plaques (photographs) from the Chapel time capsule - cleaning, 2003
Chapel: William H. Pierson's "Richard Upjohn, Leonard Woods, and the Bowdoin College Chapel Conspiracy." Gift of the author.
Cleaveland Hall (Cleaveland, Parker)
Cleaveland Hall building contracts, 1951-1953
Cleaveland Hall: walk-through video by Rene Bernier, 1996 Feb 7, before start of renovation completed in 1997
Cleaveland House: appraisal to comply with IRS requirements, 1994
Cleaveland House: bills and receipts, 1824-1840 (photocopies), 1993-1998, n.d.
Cleaveland House: clippings; correspondence, 2000-
Cleaveland House: deed of gift, 1994
Cleaveland House: floor plans, 1992, n.d.
Cleaveland House: images [1/3]
Cleaveland House: images [2/3]
Cleaveland House: images [3/3]
Cleaveland House: inventories, 1996, n.d.
Cleaveland House: National Historic Landmark nomination, 2000
Cleaveland House: notes on history of Cleaveland House by William Shipman, 1993 (photocopy)
Cleaveland House: photocopies of images and newspaper clippings from William Shipman's scrapbook on Cleaveland House
Cleaveland House: printed ephemera
Cleaveland House: wallpaper
Coal Shed 1911-1931
Coastal Studies Center (Thalheimer Farm), 2013-
Coleman Hall
Coleman Hall contract, 1957
Coles Tower
Coles Tower Complex
College Buildings
College Grounds
Commons Hall (1828)
Cram Alumni House correspondence, 1982-1986, n.d.
Cram Alumni House - Kate Douglas Wiggin Room and Ladies Lounge, 1965-1967
Cram Alumni House (Marshall Perley Cram)
Curtis Swimming Pool: 1926 (October)
Curtis Swimming Pool: 1926 (November)
Curtis Swimming Pool: 1926 (December)
Curtis Swimming Pool: 1926-1928
Curtis Swimming Pool: Letters of Authorization from McKim, Mead and White to Cummings Construction Co.- 1927-1928
Curtis Swimming Pool: Letters Enclosing Payments to Cummings Construction Co.- 1927-28
Curtis Swimming Pool: 1927 (Jan-Feb)
Curtis Swimming Pool: 1927 (March)
Curtis Swimming Pool: 1927 (April)
Curtis Swimming Pool: 1927 (May)
Curtis Swimming Pool: 1927 (June-July)
Curtis Swimming Pool: 1927 (Aug-Sept)
Curtis Swimming Pool: 1927 (October)
Curtis Swimming Pool: 1927 (November)
Curtis Swimming Pool: 1927 (December)
Curtis Swimming Pool: 1928 (Jan-Feb)
Curtis Swimming Pool: 1928 (March-Sept)
Curtis Swimming Pool - Room Areas, December 19, 1979
Curtis Swimming Pool renovation, 2005-2007 (see Studzinski Recital Hall)
Dayton Arena [1955]
Dayton Arena: Clippings [1955]
Dayton Arena: Printed Material [1955, 2008-2009]
Dayton Arena Refrigeration, 1956
Dayton Arena - Room Areas, December 19, 1979
Dayton Arena: Engineering Report, December 19, 1991
Dayton Arena: Facilities Program, February 6, 1992
Dayton Arena: Phase I Project Manual, February 10, 1992
Dayton Arena: Phase I Project Manual, February 14, 1992
Dayton Arena: Blueprints (copies), 1992
Dayton Arena: Phase II Mechanical As-Builts, 1992
Dayton Arena: Phase II Mechanical As-Builts, 1992-1993
Dayton Arena: Project Meeting Minutes, 1992
Dayton Arena: Project Meeting Minutes, 1992-1993
Dayton Arena: Project Meeting Minutes and Memoranda, 1992
Dayton Arena: Phase II Project Manual, May 20, 1992
Delta Sigma House (also known as the Benjamin Greene House) history, submitted as part of a Historic American Building Survey
Delta Sigma House (also known as the Benjamin Greene House) illustrations, including photocopies of historic photographs, submitted as part of a Historic American Building Survey
Delta Sigma House (also known as the Benjamin Greene House) photographs, submitted as part of a Historic American Building Survey
Dormitories: General
Dormitory: framed watercolor of brick dormitory and sidewalk along the quad, by R. Moore, undated
Druckenmiller Hall and Other Science Building Renovations
Druckenmiller Hall - photograph album, 1997
Dudley Coe Health Center, 1916-
Dudley Coe Health Center: clippings
Dunlap House (John Dunlap)
Edwards Center for Art and Dance, 2013-
Farley Field House: (Misc. Writings from the Athletic Facility Committee)
Farley Field House: Dedication programs October 1987
Farley Field House: Design Concepts and Cost Data (26 Apr '85) #1
Farley Field House: Design Concepts and Cost Data (26 Apr '85) #2
Farley Field House: H.P. Cummings Construction Co. (Qualifications, Experience, Etc.)
Farley Field House: Miscellaneous Photos and Clippings (William Farley)
Farley Field House: Misc. Plans and Diagrams (by Sasaki Assoc., Inc.)
Farley Field House: Misc. Photos by Sasaki Assoc., Inc. & Jacoby
Farley Field House: Preschematic Project Data (April 8, 1985) #1
Farley Field House: Preschematic Project Data (April 8, 1985) #2
Farley Field House: Slides
First Parish Church and Bowdoin College
First Parish Church and Bowdoin College - agreement with A. Melcher, 1806 Aug 15
Gateway, Class of 1878
Gateway, Class of 1903
Gateway, Class of 1903
Gateway, Franklin Clement Robinson
Getchell House (see Pols House)
Gibson Hall of Music (Harvey Dow Gibson)
Gibson Hall of Music: Bliss paneling
Gibson Hall of Music: Rededication of the Robert K. Beckwith Library, 1994
Hatch Science Library
Hatch Science Library: Balloon and bookmarks from groundbreaking ceremony, 1989 Jun 3
Hatch Science Library: Groundbreaking ceremony 6/3/89
Hatch Science Library [1991]
Hawthorne- Longfellow Library
Hawthorne-Longfellow Library [1966]
Hawthorne-Longfellow Library: Ad Hoc Committee to Study Library Expansion 1960-61 correspondence
Hawthorne-Longfellow Library: Ad Hoc Committee to Study Library Expansion 1960-61 McKim, Mead and White Floor Plans & Proposals
Hawthorne-Longfellow Library: Ad Hoc Committee to Study Library Expansion 1960-61 Minutes and Ephemera
Hawthorne-Longfellow Library: Architectural plans for administration area 1963
Hawthorne-Longfellow Library: Clippings
Hawthorne-Longfellow Library: Correspondence and ephemera concerning proposed Hubbard Hall extension 1938-1955
Hawthorne-Longfellow Library: Equipment sketches
Hawthorne-Longfellow Library: Floor plans, n.d.
Hawthorne-Longfellow Library: New and proposed construction: The Sesquincentennial Fund
Hawthorne-Longfellow Library: Proposed Construction 1980-
Hawthorne-Longfellow Library: renovations/ rededication speeches, 2002 (including Senator Mitchell's speech)
Heating and Lighting Station, Architect's Report, 1920
Heating Plant
Heating Plant: Specifications 1900
Heating Plant: Turbine Proposal, 1910
Helmreich House, 2013-
Historic District: Federal Street
Howard Hall
Howell House, 2000-
Hubbard Grandstand
Hubbard Hall
Hubbard Hall, 1903-1904, 1960, 1962
Hubbard Hall: Clippings
Hubbard Hall: Correspondence, 1900-1901
Hubbard Hall: Correspondence, 1902-1903
Hubbard Hall: Correspondence, 1903-1914
Hubbard Hall: Researchers' Questions
Hyde Hall
Hyde Hall: Building Specifications, 1917
Hyde Hall: Miscellaneous
Hyde Hall: Remodeling, 1966
Kanbar Hall, 2004-
Ladd House, 2002-
Longfellow Arts Building, 2013-
MacMillan House, 2002-
Maine Hall (First One) (1806-1808, Burned 1836): Samuel Melcher III
Maine Hall: Miscellaneous
Maine Hall: Spec book and contract documents, 1965
Massachusetts Hall (1798-1803, Samuel Melcher III)
Massachusetts Hall
Massachusetts Hall (including Cleaveland Cabinet), 1872-1915, 1956, 1971
Massachusetts Hall - Cleaveland Cabinet, [1873]
Massachusetts Hall - Cleaveland Cabinet (1873, destroyed 1936): A. C. Martin
Massachusetts Hall - Cleaveland Cabinet controversy correspondence, 1913
Massachusetts Hall - Cleaveland Cabinet controversy correspondence, 1914
Massachusetts Hall - Cleaveland Cabinet controversy correspondence, 1915 Jan-Oct
Massachusetts Hall: Alterations (1 of 2), 1936
Massachusetts Hall: Alterations (2 of 2), 1936
Massachusetts Hall: U.S. commemorative postal card, 1993 Oct 14 (in embossed folder and as insert in card)
McLellan Building, 1999-
Memorial Hall/Pickard Theater
Memorial Hall/Pickard Theater: Photo album of Pickard Theater in Memorial Hall (1955)
Memorial Hall: Subscriptions, 1865-1877
Memorial Hall (1868-1882): S.B. Backus
Memorial Hall: Confederate plaque
Miscellaneous (Dormitories, Gateways, etc.)
Miscellaneous: Estimates.
Moore Hall: Building Specifications (1 of 2), 1940
Moore Hall: Building Specifications (2 of 2), 1940
Moore Hall: Miscellaneous, 2006-
Morrell Gymnasium (Malcom E. Morrell)
Morrell Gymnasium: Dedication Speech by Dr. L. Kiphuth 7/20/1965
Moulton Union
Moulton Union: Building Specifications, 1927
Moulton Union (1927-1928; McKim, Mead and White)
Moulton Union: Building contract, 1927-1928
Moulton Union: Financial Reports, 1941-1942
Moulton Union: Clippings
Moulton Union: Committee on expansion, 1963-1964
Moulton Union: Committee report on expansion, 1963 Apr 24
Moulton Union: Committee report on expansion, 1963 May 2
Moulton Union: Contract for additions and alterations, 1964
Moulton Union: Correspondence, 1928-1968
Moulton Union: Correspondence re: additions and alterations, 1962-1966
Moulton: Dedication remarks, 1965 Oct 2
Moulton Union: Interior design and decorating
Moulton Union: Manuscript and notes for 1930 descriptive booklet
Moulton Union: Plans (Steinman, Cain & White), 1964
Moulton Union: Stanley Perkins Chase Memorial Lamps
Observatory/Bowdoin College Observatory)
Observatory (1890-1891, Dunning and Chapman): Specifications and correspondence
Observatory- Pictures of 1932 Eclipse
Osher Hall (Dormitory - formerly East Hall)
Parker Cleaveland House Brochure, n.d.
Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum
Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum: Clippings
Pickard Field House
Pols House (Edward Pols), 2001- , (formerly Getchell House)
President's House: 85 Federal Street
President's House: First President's House (1802, Burned 1839; Samuel Melcher III)
President's House (85 Federal Street): Correspondence Regarding Property Alterations, 1961
Proposed buildings - two framed drawings by McKim, Mead and White: proposed chemistry building, 1948, and classroom building, 1949
Quinby House, 1999-
Reed House - Thomas Brackett Reed House, 7 Boody Street (formerly Chi Psi fraternity)
Rhodes Hall
Roux Center - Dedication, 2018
Roux Center
Roux Center, Congratulatory letters from Maine politicians, Collins, King, and Pingree, 2018
Russwurm Afro-American Center (John Brown Russwurm); Little-Mitchell House
Sargent Gymnasium: Building Specifications (1 of 2), 1911
Sargent Gymnasium: Building Specifications (2 of 2), 1911-1912
Sargent Gymnasium and General Thomas Worcester Hyde Athletic Building (1912, Allen and Collens)
Schwartz Outdoor Leadership Center
Searles Science Building (Mary Frances Searles)
Searles Science Building (1894, Henry Vaughn)
Sills Hall/Smith Auditorium, 1938-1949
Sills Hall/Smith Auditorium, 1950-
Smith Union, 1994-
Smith Union Dedication 1995
Smith Union - Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates' description, 1999
Smith Union opening week poster, [1995]
Solar Panel Array
Stowe Hall
Stowe House (Harriet Beecher Stowe)
Stowe House, Commemorative stamp: 13 June 2007 [first day of issue]
Stowe House: Historic Structure Report, Interim Report, Barba + Wheelock, 2008
Stowe House: Harriet Beecher Stowe House Barn, Investigation and Documentation, Barba + Wheelock, 2010
Stowe House: Harriet Beecher Stowe House, Tea with Harriet guest book, 2016-2018
Stowe House: Historic Structure Report Volume I: Building History Descriptions and Analysis, Barba + Wheelock, 2007-2008
Stowe House: Historic Structure Report Volume II: Recommendations, Barba + Wheelock, 2007-2008
Studzinski Recital Hall, 2005- (formerly Curtis Swimming Pool)
Studzinski Recital Hall, Kanbar Auditorium - poster, 2007
Studzinski Recital Hall: professional photographs of interiors/exterior and of two architecture awards. Photographs provided by William Rawn Associates
Thorne Hall, 2000-
Visual Arts Center
Visual Arts Center: Contracts, 1972-1976
Walker Art Building [1970s]
Walker Art Building (1892-1893, McKim, Mead and White) [1890s]
Walker Art Building: Clippings and programs
Walker Art Building: drawing by Levon W. Coffin, 1896 (graphite on paper, framed)
Walker Art Building: transfer of deed.
War memorial - Bowdoin Memorial (World War II, Korea, Vietnam)
War memorial - Flagstaff (World War I)
War memorial - Flagstaff (World War I), 1920-1930, n.d.
Watson Arena, 2007-
Watson Arena, 2007-
West Hall (Dormitory)
Whittier Field and Grandstand, 1843-1914, 1952, 2017
Winthrop Hall
Winthrop Hall: Renovations, 1926-1927
Winthrop Hall: Miscellaneous, 2006-
Winthrop Hall, a record of the occupants of Room 8 ("Gomorrah"), 1824-1877
This series contains architectural plans for a number of College buildings, including the Chapel, Hubbard Hall, the Hawthorne-Longfellow Library, Massachusetts Hall, and the Senior Center.
Arranged alphabetically by building or category.
Oversize plans (not listed here) are located in the flat file storage area of Special Collections & Archives.
No restrictions.
Boody-Johnson House: Gervase Wheeler block-plan of design for residence, 1848
Bowdoin Chapel
Bowdoin Observatory
Cram House: architectural drawings by Charles A. Alexander, 1858 Aug 25
Delta Sigma House (also known as the Benjamin Greene House) drawings submitted as a Historic American Building Survey
Dormitories: Blueprint for dormitory wardrobes, McKim, Mead & White, 1941 Jan
Dormitories: Maine, Winthrop, Appleton: residence maps/plans
Hawthorne-Longfellow Library: building plans (1961-1964)
Hawthorne-Longfellow Library: building plans (1961-1964)
Hawthorne-Longfellow Library: floor plans, 4 floors
Hawthorne-Longfellow Library
Hawthorne-Longfellow Library: location maps for stacks
Hawthorne-Longfellow Library - specifications for construction, contract set, 1964 May 15
Hubbard Hall: additions and alterations, 1958-1966 (3 folders)
Hubbard Hall: blueprints, Henry Vaughan
Hubbard Hall: folder includes copies of Henry Vaughan's blueprints
Hubbard Hall: (exterior) - presentation drawing by McKim, Mead and White of proposed extension, 1957
Maine Hall
Massachusetts Hall: alterations for museum (Cleaveland Cabinet), A.C. Martin, 1872
Moulton Union: 1954-1982 (3 folders)
Moulton Union: drawings for proposed expansion, Steinmann Cain & White, 1963, 1964
Sargent Gymnasium, first, (subsequently the Heating Plant), 1885
Sargent Gymnasium, first, (subsequently the Heating Plant), hand colored heliotype print, Rotch & Tilden Architects, published in American Architect and Building News, no. 526, 1886 Jan 23
Searles Science Building: blueprints, Henry Vaughan
Searles Science Building: Cambridge Seven Associates, 1997
Searles Science Building: McKim, Mead and White, 1952
Senior Center: 1974 - seminar 8, "the house." [designed by W.M. Severance]
Senior Center (Coles Tower): floor plans
War memorial (flagstaff - World War I), blueprint, McKim, Mead & White, 1923 May 17
This seriesc contains plans, views, and maps of Bowdoin College and its environs. See Gerard Brault's "A Checklist of Portraits of the Campus of Bowdoin College before the Civil War" for more information on the pre-1860 campus views listed.
Arranged chronologically.
No restrictions.
[1825?]: S.W. View of Bowdoin College, Brunswick Maine; print reproduction (c.1950) of Pendleton lithograph title "Bowdoin College in 1821"
[183?]: West View of Bowdoin College; rendition of Butler & Stripe wood engraving (electrostatic copy)
[1839?]: West view of Bowdoin College; tinted lithograph by T. Moore of a drawing by Miss E. Butler (see Archives photos 8484.1 Box S6 for color transparency). View cropped for framing.
[1839?]: West view of Bowdoin College; lithograph by T. Moore of a drawing by Miss E. Butler [3 copies]
1846: A Plan of Brunswick Village surveyed and drawn by CJ Noyes, Sept. 1846
[1849]: Bowdoin College, west view of campus; lithograph by Tappan and Bradford, published by J. Griffin, from a daguerreotype by Hendee
1860: Bowdoin College in 1860; hand colored print, reproduction of original lithograph
1877: Map of Brunswick and Topsham
1886: Bowdoin College, Brunswick Maine; colored lithograph, Geo. H. Walker & Co. lithographers, Boston [2 copies]
1896: Manuscript plan of Bowdoin College campus
1898: Map associated with 1898 report: Land Now and Formerly Owned by Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine - see Office of the Treasurer Records: Documents Concerning Lands, 1898
190?: "Views of Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine" [poster incorporating 8 mounted photoprints - Class of 1875 Gateway, Chapel, Hubbard Hall, Massachusetts Hall, Memorial Hall, Searles Science Building, and Walker Art Building exterior and interior]
1901: Photocopy of map of campus environs, Maine Street and McKeen Street south to Mere Brook's crossing of Maine Street. Original in Chase-Johnson Papers: Helen Johnson Chase Materials: Diaries & Journals, v.1
1907: Bowdoin College campus birds-eye view by H.D. Nichols; photogravure by A.W. Elson & Co. Boston [2 copies]
1907: Bowdoin College campus birds-eye view by H.D. Nichols; photogravure by A.W. Elson & Co. Boston; framed
1932, 1947: "Guide to Bowdoin for Benefit of Inexperienced Houseparty Guests," photocopies of campus maps highlighting fraternities contained in the Growler, 1932 and 1947 Dec. Printing plate for the 1932 map is in College Buildings: Realia
1949: "Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine: Restudy of general plan for future development," McKim, Mead & White, Architects, New York; George B. Cabot Associates, Landscape Consultants, Boston, 1949 Jun, revised 1949 Dec
ca. 1949: "Bowdoin College and Area of Outside Interests," map drawn by Stephen R. Hustvedt (Class of 1950)
1950: A Map of the College Property Including Surrounding Areas by McKim, Mead, and White, May 1950
1958: A Plan of Bowdoin College by McKim, Mead and White architects and Vincent C.Cerasi landscape architect and landplanner, November 1958
1959: A Map of the College Property Including Surrounding Areas by McKim, Mead, and White, May 1950, revised October 1959
1960: Reports regarding plans for College expansion
1979: Bowdoin College - A Campus Plan for the Year 2000, by Saratoga Associates
1990s: Campus map; buildings identified on back by number and quadrant
2005: Campus map; buildings identified on back by number and quadrant
2008: Campus map; buildings identified on back by number and quadrant
2012: Campus map; buildings identified on back by number and quadrant
2013: Campus map; buildings identified on back by number and quadrant
This series contains trowels used in groundbreaking ceremonies, construction artifacts, ceramic tiles with images of College buildings, wooden replicas, the Confederate memorial plaque removed from Memorial Hall and placed in the College archives in 2017, and other objects related to College buildings.
Arranged alphabetically by building.
No restrictions.
Adams Hall: coffin lid used as subflooring - see Medical School of Maine Realia
Adams Hall: coffin lid fragment with undertaker certificates, used as subflooring - see Medical School of Maine Realia
Campus 1940s: "Guide to Bowdoin for Benefit of Inexperienced Houseparty Guests..." Printing plate of campus map highlighting fraternities (print is included in the Growler, 1932 Dec; a photocopy of the print is with the printing plate
Chapel: artifacts [nails, wooden pieces]
Chapel: ceramic tile
Chapel: metal plaque with inscription about the foundation stone of King Chapel, 1845 Jul 16
Chapel: plaque of King Chapel from the class of 1876 reunion banquet (2 copies)
Chapel: wooden board with names of men, probably workers during a renovation of the Chapel
Chapel: wooden mallet [found within the framing of a pew bench during renovations in 1998]
Chapel: wooden replica
Chemistry building: trowel used by President Sills at the laying of the cornerstone, 1951 Jun 15
Coleman Hall: trowel from groundbreaking, 1957 Nov
Farley Field House: t-shirt, 1987 Oct 10
Hubbard Library: ceramic plate with image of Hubbard Library
Hubbard Library: small plaque [removed from the Bailey Collection, M7]
Massachusetts Hall: ceramic tile
Massachusetts Hall: wooden replica
Memorial Hall: Confederate plaque, "In memory of the Bowdoin men who served with the Confederate forces, 1861-1865." With notes concerning provenance.
Moulton Union: ceramic tile
Moulton Union: Trowel used by President Sills for Moulton Union cornerstone
Pickard Theater: ceramic tile
Polar Bear Statue: ceramic tile
Walker Art Building: ceramic tile
Walker Art Building: scrap of wood lath bearing the carving "R. Newbegin 96," found within supports of Walker Art Building dome during renovations, 2006 - see Alumni Biographical Files
This series contains Patricia McGraw Anderson's research files centering on Bowdoin College architectural history. The research was for her book, "The Architecture of Bowdoin College," published by the Bowdoin College Museum of Art in 1988. Also included are photographs and negatives taken by Richard Cheek for use or possible use in the book. Digital versions of these images are available.
Arranged alphabetically.
No restrictions.
Bibliography
Book reviews, 1988-1990
"Bowdoin" magazine with articles re: campus architecture, 1988 Fall
Brunswick architecture: John Calvin Stevens and Bowdoin
Chapel - general
Document copies
Historical Buildings Committee, 1984, 1985
History of the College, 1984-1985, n.d.
Illustrations - other
Index card file: subjects A-V
Index card file: subjects W, miscellaneous, and bibliography
Miscellaneous
Negatives, A-Z
Old Maine roads
Other campuses and John R. Ward
Photographs, A-Z
Plans, maps, and views
Symposium - "Reading the Campus: The Iconography of Collegiate Architecture, 1988 Jun 3
Walking tour - Bowdoin