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James Stacy Coles, Administrative
Records, 1948-1979, n.d.
60.0 linear feet.
Catalog Number: 1.2.9
Series List:
- Reports of the President, 1952-1967
17 volumes.
- Governing Boards, 1952-1975
7.5 linear feet.
- Faculty Committees, 1952-67
4.75 linear feet.
- Subject Files, 1948-1979, n.d. [A-Mac]
10.5 linear feet.
- Subject Files, 1948-1979, n.d. [Mai-Y]
9 linear feet.
- Correspondence, 1952-67 1.75
linear feet.
- Development Program and Capital
Campaign, 1953-67 1.5 linear feet.
- Senior Center, 1961-67 1.75
linear feet.
- Library, 1961-1966 .75 linear
feet.
- Foreign Students; Bowdoin Plan;
A.S.P.A.U., 1956-1968 2.5 linear feet.
- R.O.T.C., 1950-68 1.5 linear
feet.
- Commencement, 1953-67 1.75
linear feet.
- Speeches, 1952-1967 4 linear
feet.
- Honorary Degrees, 1953-1969
1.5 linear feet.
- A.C.H.E.S.,1965-67 2.75 linear
feet.
- National Science Foundation, National
Academy of Science, 1953-67 2.25 linear feet.
- U.S. Department of Health, Education,
& Welfare Programs, 1954-68 .75 linear feet.
- WCBB, 1960-68 1.5 linear feet.
- Self-Study Reports, 1954-56
.5 linear feet.
- Inauguration Records, 1952-53
.5 linear feet.
- Realia, 1967 .5 linear feet.
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Agency History /
Biographical Note:
James Stacy "Spike" Coles (1913-1996) was Bowdoin's ninth President,
(1952-1967). He earned his Ph.D. in chemistry from Columbia University
in 1941. Before coming to Bowdoin, he taught chemistry at the City
College of New York from 1936-1941, at Middlebury College from
1941-1943, and at Brown University from 1946-1952. During World War
II, he worked with the Underwater Explosives Research Laboratory
at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
He was the author, with Robert Cole of Brown University, of "Physical
Principles of Chemistry," published in 1964. During the administration of President
Coles, the Senior Center Program was inaugurated,
the curriculum was strengthened, and there was significant growth in the size
of the student body, faculty, and campus facilities. Coles resigned his position at Bowdoin
in 1967 to become President of The Research Corporation, based in
New York City, a foundation for the advancement of science. Coles
retired in 1982, and died in 1996 at age 83 in Falmouth, Massachusetts.
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.
Cite as: James Stacy Coles, Administrative Records. George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives. Bowdoin College Library.
Access Restrictions: None.
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