Coeducation at Bowdoin
This guide contains links to information about official College records in the Archives that deal with the subject of coeducation. Read the descriptions below to find out more about what records in the Archives deal with coeducation. You may choose to get more detailed information about the specific material by choosing to see the container list or you may get more general information about the office that created these records by choosing to see the collection guide.
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1.1.11 - Board of Trustees : votes and records, 1794- : Study Committee
on the Underclass Campus Environment [Pierce Committee], 1966-1970. 0.75
linear feet.
Arranged chronologically.
Series Description:
More commonly known as the Pierce Committee, after its chair, William
Pierce, this committee's 1969 report examined, among other things, the
issue of co-education at Bowdoin, and set into motion events that led
to the admission of the first women as regularly enrolled students in
the fall of 1971. The records contain the official report as well as
early drafts and some background research.
Access Restrictions: None
Last updated: 1997/01/16
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1.2.10.1 - Roger Howell, administrative records, 1969-1978: Subject
files, 1952-1979. 17 linear feet.
Arranged alphabetically.
Series Description:
Includes general office correspondence regarding College affairs. Noteworthy
are files relating to the Africana
Studies Program, CBB educational television, the 175th Anniversary
Capital Campaign, coeducation, ROTC, the Senior
Center, and the May 1970 Student Strike.
Access Restrictions: Closed for 20 years from date of creation.
Last updated: 1996/05/10
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1.15.2 -Office of the Vice President for Finance and Administration
and Treasurer : records, 1952- : Subject files, 1952-92. 4.5 linear
feet.
Series Description:
Files cover such subjects as budgeting, student housing, insurance,
travel, investments, audits, committees, executive committee, financial
planning, funds, and physical plant. Records document committee activities,
policy decisions, various financial reports, status of funds and gifts,
and future plans, from 1952-92.
Access Restrictions: Closed for 20 years from date of creation.
Last updated: 1996/07/02
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3.3.3 - Dean for Academic Affairs : records and publications, 1966-
: Subject Files, 1966- . 3 linear feet.
Arranged alphabetically then chronologically.
Series Description:
Subject files relate to special programs, events and defunct committees.
Included are memos, reports, guest lists, program plans, budget and
cost files. The series contains all the general correspondence of the
Deans of Faculty. The time frame varies for each file but is contained
in the period 1966-1986.
Access Restrictions: Closed for 20 years from date of creation.
Last updated: 1996/04/22
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4.1.4 - Office of the Dean of Student Affairs: records and publications,
1945- : Subject Files, 1970-1993. 6 linear feet.
Arranged alphabetically.
Series Description:
Contains administrative, program, and committee files from the Office
of the Dean of Student Life. Exchange programs and career counseling
are included; and documentation on work of committees such as Status
of Women, Strategic Planning, Civil Rights Compliance; also, correspondence
on ongoing issues and special events, such as James Bowdoin Day.
Access Restrictions: Closed for 20 years from date of creation.
Last updated: 1996/07/10
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4.1.5 - Office of the Dean of Student Affairs: records and publications,
1945- : Student Affairs Committee, 1979- . 1 linear foot.
Arranged chronologically.
Series Description:
The Student Affairs Committee of the Governing Boards was established
in 1981. The bulk of the material is from 1986 and consists of meeting
minutes and related documents. Materials from the late 1970's on the
protracted discussion on the status of coeducation in the fraternities
are also included.
This committee oversees and discusses issues such as student housing, sexual discrimination, alcohol policy, admissions policies, counseling service, student activities, budgets and financial priorities. Minutes indicate that the committee engaged in numerous discussions on the College policy regarding fraternity membership, with special emphasis on resolutions compelling them to be coeducational without qualification.
Access Restrictions: Closed for 20 years from date of creation.
Last updated: 1997/04/10
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4.1.18 - Office of the Dean of Student Affairs: records and publications,
1945- : Committee on Curriculum and Educational Policy, 1966- .
3.5 linear feet.
Arranged chronologically.
Series Description:
Records on committee operations from 1966-1993. The C.E.P. committee
is responsible for study (through various subcommittees) of developments
and trends in the theory and practice of education; for conferring with
the faculty, president and overseers; issues treated are: development
of the curriculum, methods of instruction, requirements for admission
and degrees; the relationship between the specific courses and the curriculum,
and between the curriculum and the educational mission of the College
as a whole. Records, minutes, and reports of the C.E.P. committee are
also found in records
of the faculty ; and in the records of the Dean
for Academic Affairs.
Access Restrictions: Closed for 20 years from date of creation.
Last updated: 1996/04/23
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4.1.13 - Office of the Dean of Student Affairs: records and publications,
1945- : Fraternities, 1962- . 1.5 linear feet.
Arranged alphabetically.
Series Description:
Series contains records and correspondence regarding fraternities at
Bowdoin from 1962. Records include: College policy statements about
fraternities, inspections and guidelines on standards of houses, financial
and mortgage documents, dining service and housing arrangements with
the College, incident reports, fraternity relations with neighbors,
interfraternity council files, debates about the role that fraternities
have or should have on campus and correspondence among college, fraternity
leadership, alumni and others.
Much of the material relates to the matter of making fraternities fully coeducational. Allan Springer's 1984 paper, "The Status of Women in Fraternities: A Chronology" and Kimberly Hokanson's master's degree thesis entitled, "The Changing Status of Fraternities at Northeastern, Liberal Arts Colleges: Case Studies of Bowdoin and Colby Colleges" provide an historical context for these discussions. Some material also relates to full racial integration in the fraternities in the early 1960's.
Access Restrictions: Closed for 20 years from date of creation.
Last updated: 1997/04/15
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