Guide to the Bowdoin Administrative Staff (BAS) Records, 1987-2014
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Bowdoin Administrative Staff, George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine
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In 1984 approximately twenty women administrators met for the first time in order to get to know their peers and discuss topics of interest. This group was known as Women Employees Brown Bag (WEBB). Many of the concerns of the Women Employees Brown Bag group however, were not specific to women. In 1986 therefore, the Bowdoin Administrative Staff (BAS) group evolved from the Women Employees Brown Bag group and began to address management issues of general interest to the entire administrative staff.
The collection includes the Bowdoin Administrative Staff bylaws, and some meeting minutes. There is also a brief history, committee information, and miscellaneous printed material.
Arranged alphabetically by subject.
Announcements, 1986-1989, 2014-
Ballot, 1999
Bylaws, 1989, n.d.
Campus committees, 1989, 2001-
Directory with information on College procedures and systems, 1993
Flyer, undated
History, 1992
Meeting minutes, 1986-1989, 2005-
Steering committee, 1987-