Guide to the General Catalogue of Bowdoin College, 1794-1975
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General Catalogue of Bowdoin College, George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine
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The General Catalogue was first produced in 1889 by the college librarian as a biographical record of alumni and officers. The previously published Latin version of the catalogue entitled Catalogus Collegii Bowdoinensis evolved into the Alumni Directory while the General Catalogue became a different type of alumni listing inspired by the History of Bowdoin College written by Nehemiah Cleaveland in 1882. The publication responsibility was transferred to a special committee of the Governing Boards.
The General Catalogue is a listing of faculty, trustees, overseers, alumni, and honorary degree recipients of Bowdoin College and the Medical School of Maine.
1794-1889 (3 copies, 1 in reference area)
1794-1889 (with clippings)
1794-1894 (2 copies)
1794-1894 (annotated)
1794-1902 (2 copies)
1794-1902 (annotated)
1794-1912
1794-1912 (annotated)
Non-graduate General Catalogue of Bowdoin College 1794-1915 (2 copies)
Non-graduate General Catalogue of Bowdoin College 1794-1915 (annotated)
1794-1916
1794-1950
1900-1975