Guide to the Sesquicentennial Fund of Bowdoin College Records and Publications, 1944-1953
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Sesquicentennial Fund of Bowdoin College, George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine
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In the early 1940s, plans were begun by the Governing Boards to hold a fund raising campaign in celebration of the 150th anniversary of the college's charter. World War II postponed plans for the campaign until 1947. After the war the Boards decided to inaugurate the Sesquicentennial Fund in commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the 1802 opening of the college. Major General Wallace C. Philoon (Bowdoin, 1905) chaired the Sesquicentennial Fund Committee for the first two years. He was succeeded by Charles A. Cary (Bowdoin, 1910) who chaired the committee until 1952.
This collection contains the records of the Sesquicentennial Fund of Bowdoin College.
This series contains reports and brochures of the Sesquicentennial Fund of Bowdoin College. Files contain reports on the progress of the fund, articles on the fund and plans for the collection and application of monies. Also included are solicitation brochures and pamphlets.
Arranged chronologically.
No restrictions.
Exercises of the Sesquicentennial Commemoration of the College Charter
"To the Friends and Patrons of..." n.d.
The Bowdoin Family n.d.
"A Letter to Bowdoin Parents;" "Men Who Set the Hearts of Youth on Flame" n.d.
Outline for New Chemistry Building, 1951, n.d.
"1794-1944" 1944
Convocation 6/24/1944
"How to Raise Money Painlessly" December 1946
Fund-Raising Study and Plan of Campaign February 1947
Plan for Development Fund 10/6/1947
ALUMNUS, November 1947
"Your Savings Under the 1948 Tax Law" 1948
"Houses of Books to Set Us Free" 1948
"Better Goals for Even Better Teaching"- 1948
"This Business of Raising Money" January 1948
Tentative Budget 1/27/1948
Progress Reports 2/16/1948
"The Soul of a Nation" March 1948
"White Pines Rise Up...and Make Men Wise" April 1, 1948
Plan and Schedule 4/15/48
Subscription Report 5/21/1948
Special Fundraising Committee 5/25/1948
Guides for Cultivating Non-Alumni 8/10/1948
Progress Reports 1948-49
"Why Bowdoin?" 4/1/1949
New Classroom Buildings 4/15/1949
Music Department's Needs 5/27/1949
Rockefeller Foundation 5/31/1949
Visiting Committee Annual Report 6/6/1949
Report of Progress 6/21/1949
"Analysis of Subscriptions..." 9/23/1949
What Your Dollars... 10/22/1949
Publicity and Promotion Plan 1/15/1950
Review of Past Results 1/20/50
Report Made to the Committee of the Boards 1/30/1950
"That Their Names May Live On" January 1950
Remembrance Gifts 2/13/1950
Report to Visiting Committee 4/15/1950
"The Most Urgent Need of Bowdoin College" 4/22/1950
"That Their Names May Live On" 5/22/1950 (Memos)
"Here It Stands" December 1950
"Cradles of Science," 1951 Feb
"A Further Report to Bowdoin Alumni..." 6/10/1951
Letter to "Fellow Alumni and Bowdoin Friends" 6/20/1951
"A Letter to All Bowdoin Alumni" 11/5/51
Memo to Bowdoin Fathers Association 11/10/1951
"The Last Mile" 1/15/1952
"Special Opportunities for Gifts" February 1952
"Science-For the Common Good" 4/10/1952
"How Much is Enough?" 5/15/1952
NE Society Loan Fund 7/15/1952
"A Report to Bowdoin Alumni on the Sesquicentennial Fund" 9/2/1952
"The Commemoration of the Opening of the College" 9/1952
"Examination of Financial Growth" 4/4/53
Visiting Committee Annual Report 6/18/53
"Massachusetts: Cornerstone of Bowdoin College," n.d.
Overseer's Reports: 6/1/1950 - 6/3/1953
This series contains records of the Sesquicentennial Fund of Bowdoin College maintained by Harry L. Palmer, Executive Director. Files contain information on all aspects of the Sesquicentennial Fund, including general information, pamphlets, correspondence and reports.
Arranged alphabetically.
No restrictions.
Arctic Museum Committee 9/3/1948-7/19/53
Budgets 2/27/1947-6/5/1948
Budgets 1950
Building Committee 11/2/1948-2/2/1950
Building Committee 6/1/1951-5/10/1952
Building Committee 6/17/1952-5/18/1953
Buildings, Pictures of
Class Agents and Alumni 1946-47
Clippings
Corporate Support 1948
Good Worker Lists
John Price JONES Company Publications
Massachusetts Campaign 10/10/51-2/14/52
Medical School 4/16/1949-4/17/1952
Memorial Pamphlet- "That Their Names May Live on "- con [t]. info. misc.
Million Dollar Club 4/28/1948-10/5/1948
Mitchell, Wilmot Brookings Award 4/3/1952-12/10/1952
Music Department 11/17/1949-2/20/1950
Newcomen Society August-Sept. 1948
Pamphlets
Parents' Letters 12/1/1947-2/10/1950
Public Relations 3/15/1948-11/1/1950
"Remarkable Bowdoin Decade" 4/2/1952- 4/10/1953
Scholarships 1/16/1951-6/15/1953
Clipping 10/22/1949 (President SILLS)
Thank You Mailing October 1951
Prizes and Awards: Their Descriptions and Recipients to 1966
Visiting Committee: Jan, Feb, Mar 1950
Visiting Committee: April, May 1950
Visiting Committee: 1951
Examining Committee: 9/26/1950 - 6/2/1953
Executive Committee: 12/19/1947 - 1/15/1953
Placement Bureau 11/14/1956 - 10/15/1962
Water Supply Information 8/2/1935 - 7/3/1952
English Speaking Union 10/14/1949 - 4/18/1953
Sesquicentennial Fund - Dunlap Papers, 5/31/1951 - 3/1/1953
Sesquicentennial Fund - Fund Records, 2/3/1953 - 7/1/1953
This series contains records of the Sesquicentennial Fund of Bowdoin College maintained by Harry L. Palmer, Executive Director. Files contain correspondence from Sesquicentennial Fund committee members to donors. Letters thank donors for their gifts or remind them of their pledges. Not a complete alphabetical run.
Arranged alphabetically.
Closed for 75 years from date of creation.
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