Guide to Student Publications, 1826-
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Student Publications, George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine
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The collection contains student publications dating from 1826. Student publications with a small amount of material are listed alphabetically in the series "Various Student Publications" while student publications with substantial material held by the Archives are listed in separate series.
Organized into fourteen series: Various Student Publications, 1843- , n.d.; Bowdoin Bear-Skin, 1921-1927; Bowdoin Forum, 1992-1993, 1997-; Bowdoin Globalist; Bowdoin Patriot, 1983-2003; Bowdoin Port-Folio, 1893; Bowdoin Review, 1984-1987; Bowdoin Sun, 1977-1978, n.d.; Disorient, 2001-2003; Escritoir, 1826-1827; Growler, 1930-1948, 1985-1986, n.d.; Korean American Students Association (KASA) Newsletter, 2002- ; No Cats, No Steeples, 1977- , n.d.; To the Root, 1980-1995, n.d.; Womyn's Words, 1988-1993, n.d.
This series contains short-lived or ephemeral student publications, and student publications with a small number of issues or volumes held by the archives. Student publications published over a number of years, with substantial holdings in the archives are listed in separate series.
Arranged alphabetically.
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Advocate, 1984 Oct, 1985 Spring, 1990 Winter
Avant-Garb, Spring 2018, Fall 2018
Bear Facts: Bowdoin College's 1988-1989 Teachers' Unrequired Reading List
Bittersweet, 2010, 2011 by Peer Health and Body Speak
Blowout, 1917 Dec - 1918 Jun
Blowout, 1917 Dec
Bowdoin Arts Review, Spring 1976
Bowdoin Babble, Fall 2012, Spring 2013, Fall 2013
Bowdoin Bear Mugs: The Facebook of Bowdoin Students Class of 1991, 1992, 1993
Bowdoin Globalist, February 2012, May 2012, Winter 2013
Bowdoin Globalist, November 2013, December 2013, March 2013, May 2014, October 2014, April 2015, May 2015
Bowdoin Knocker, [1909?]
Bowdoin Oracle,2011 Fall
Bowdoin Review, Spring 2019, Spring 2021, Winter 2021-2022
Bowdoin Under Ground, 1996 Spring
Bowdoin Upperclass Facebook, 1994-1995 - classes of 1995, 1996, and 1997
Bowdoinensia, 1874 Dec
Bowdoinensia, 1874 Dec
Bridge, 1987 Apr
Broadside, Sept 1990, n.d. Oct 1990, Sept 1991, Oct 1991, Nov 1991
Chanticleer: Journal of the Bowdoin Political Issues Committee, 1963 Spring
Disorientation, August 2018-
F-Word, Spring 2005, May 2005, Oct 2005, Nov-Dec 2005, Feb 2006, April-May 2006, Sept-Oct 2006, Nov-Dec 2006, Feb-March 2007, Feb 2010, Fall 2010,
Grime, 1932 May 18
Hype, Feb 2006, May 2006,
In & Out, 2006 Fall
The Installation, Feb 2016 (published by Satanable Bowdoin)
Le Babble, 2013 Fall
Naked, 2002 Oct, n.d.
No Reply, [2004 Sep]
Noise, Spring 2010
NOISE, Issue 001 - Fall/Winter 2018-19 -
North, 1988 Winter and 1989 Spring
North - fliers, n.d.
Nucleus, 1843-1844, n.d.
Our Issues, [2002]
"Q", Spring 2008, Fall 2008, Spring 2009,
"Q", Fall 2009, Spring 2010, Fall 2010, Spring 2011
"Q", Spring 2012, Spring 2019
Ritalin [2002-2003 Spring]
Sensationalist, n.d.
South Pork Ranch, 1990
Speak, Spring 2011, 2013, [2016]
Speak: A Political Journal of the Bowdoin College African American Society, 1990 Fall
Talk of the Quad, January 2016
TJOOR, The Journal of Ostensible Reality, 1973-1976, n.d.
Transit, Nov 1981, March 1982
Wavelength, 2004
Posters, 2017-
The inaugural issue of the Bowdoin Bear-Skin was published in February 1921 and was know as the "Sophomore Hop Number." The humorous magazine contains illustrations, poems, and short articles. Published four times a year from 1921 through 1923, the number of issues increased to five per year from 1924-1927, but many of the later issues were not numbered or dated.
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1922-1927, volumes 1-7
1921, Feb-Dec
1922, Feb-Dec
1923, Feb-Jun
1923 Oct - [1924]
[1924-1925]
[1925-1926]
[1926-1927]
The Forum, with the byline "Bringing the World to Bowdoin College," was published in newspaper format from 1992-1993. In 1997, The Bowdoin Forum, also edited by Bowdoin Students and published under the auspices of the College, began as an annual journal of international affairs, accepting submissions from Bowdoin students, faculty, and alumni. After the Spring 2008 issue, the Bowdoin Forum ceased publication.
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1992 Sep 18, Forum
1992 Nov 3, Forum
1992 Dec 14, Forum
1993 Mar 19, Forum
1993 Apr 30, Forum
1993 Dec 6, Forum
1997 Fall, The Bowdoin Forum
1998 Fall, The Bowdoin Forum
1999 Fall, The Bowdoin Forum
2000 Fall, The Bowdoin Forum
2001 Fall, The Bowdoin Forum
2002 Fall, The Bowdoin Forum
2003 [Bowdoin Forum was not published]
2004 Spring, The Bowdoin Forum
2005 Spring, The Bowdoin Forum
2006 Spring, The Bowdoin Forum
2007 Spring, The Bowdoin Forum
2008 Spring, The Bowdoin Forum
As competition to the Bowdoin Orient, the Patriot was "designed to present alternative points of view to the Bowdoin community, and to serve as a forum for lively political debate." (cf. first issue) It began publication in October 1983, continued with lapses until the late 1990's, then was reestablished in the spring of 2001, continuing until 2003. Founded as a conservative journal of opinion and analysis, the Patriot has maintained this representation throughout its tenure.
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1983 Oct - 1984 May 25
1984 Oct - 1985 Dec
1987 Oct, 1988 Nov, 1987 Feb [i.e. 1989], 1990 May
1991 Sep - Nov, 1992 Feb, 1993 Apr
1993 Oct - 1994 Nov
1995 Oct - 1996 Apr
1996 Nov - 1997 Dec
2001 Mar - 2002 Apr
2002 Sep - 2003 Feb
As noted in the prospectus dated May 1, 1839, the Bowdoin Port-Folio was a student literary periodical with each number containing one or more contributions from alumni and an "Editor's Table" with news relevant to alumni. The July 1839 number includes "Leaves from Hyperion", an unpublished romance by Professor Henry W. Longfellow. Both bound volumes include all numbers, April 1839-December 1839 (no May 1839 was issued), as well as an 1838 Peucinian Society catalogue and the 1837 Laws of Bowdoin College. In addition, volume 1 includes an annotated index of signatures and an 1840 Catalogus Bowdoinensis, whereas volume 2 includes Bowdoin College forms belonging to Benjamin Franklin Parsons (Bowdoin 1841) and an oration by Caleb Cushing.
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1839 Apr-1839 Dec, with annotated index of signatures
1839 Apr-1839 Dec, with Bowdoin College forms belonging to Benjamin Franklin Parsons (Bowdoin 1841)
1839 Apr-1839 Aug
1839 May 1, Bowdoin Port-Folio-Extra (prospectus)
1839 Sep-1839 Dec
The Bowdoin Review or TBR was established by Bowdoin students and faculty in 1984 as an essay magazine for non-fictional subjects. Contributions were solicited from Bowdoin students, faculty and persons no affiliated with the College.
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1984, introductory letter and flier
1985, poster
1984 Spring
1985 Spring
1986 Spring
1987 Spring
Most issues of the Bowdoin Sun, or Sun, have the byline "The Free-Access Journal of Bowdoin College." According to the editorial in the inaugural October 19, 1977 issue, the Sun aimed to provide an outlet for creativity and imagination in journalistic writing, as well as a means for people to freely express their feelings and ideas. Fliers solicited photographers, writers, and artists.
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1977-1978, n.d. - fliers
1977 Oct, 1978 Nov
n.d.
The Disorient was a broadside described in various issues as biweekly, bimonthly, or fortnightly, with the byline "skepticism, vigilance, and occasional sarcasm." Articles chiefly concerned international affairs, foreign policy, politics, and social issues.
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2001 Fall - 2003 Spring
The Escritoir was a biweekly publication of sixteen octavo pages including essays, articles, and poems with widely varying subjects. Contributions were unsigned or signed with only an initial.
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1826 Oct - 1827 May
1826 Oct - Dec
1827 Feb - May
Growler was a humor magazine including verse, prose, short stories, jokes, and drawings. First published in 1930, the publication continued until 1948, with a break from 1942 through Spring, 1946. In 1985 Bowdoin students starting a humor magazine learned of the Growler from an alumnus, and brought back the name with their publication.
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1930 Dec - 1941 Dec
1933 Nov - 1936 Ivy Number
1946 Oct - 1948 May
1985 Spring - 1986 Spring, n.d.
The Korean American Students Association (KASA) was established in 1997 to spread an awareness of the growing Korean community on the Bowdoin campus. The KASA newsletter contains articles from KASA officers, members, graduates, and friends on political, cultural, and social issues and events relating to Korean and Korean Americans at Bowdoin.
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2002 Spring, annual newsletter
2002-2003, annual newsletter
2003-2004, annual newsletter
No Cats, No Steeples is an annual publication of black and white photographs initiated and produced by students at Bowdoin.
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1977
[1979 Spring]
1989, n.d. - fliers
1989 Spring
1990 Spring
1991 Spring
1993 Spring
1994 Spring
1997 Spring
1999 Spring
The first issue, February 6, 1980, described To the Root as a political newsletter sponsored collectively by the Afro-American Society, the Bowdoin Energy Research Group, the Bowdoin Women's Association, and Struggle and Change. From late 1983 through 1995, the format of the publication changed several times and the publication was attributed to Struggle and Change, a student organization committed to increasing political awareness in the Bowdoin College community.
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1980-1983
1983-1989, n.d.
1991, 1995, n.d.
Fliers, n.d.
Womyn's Words was a literary magazine by, for, and about women that received funding from the Bowdoin Women's Association. Drawings, essays, photographs, and poems were included.
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1988 Spring
1990 May
1992 May
[1993 May]
n.d., Womyn's Words mock-ups