Guide to the Bowdoin Student Government Records, 1883-
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Bowdoin Student Government Records, George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine.
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Student government advocates for the student body by engaging in issues and policy, and provides services and programming for the students. The process of choosing student government representatives, the groups directly represented, and the number of the representatives has changed throughout the years. The name of the governing body has also changed; Student Council (1908-1975), Student Assembly/Executive Board (1975-1997), Student Assembly with an Executive Committee (1997-2002), and Bowdoin Student Government or BSG (2002- ).
Meeting materials including agendas, meeting packets, and minutes. There are also constitutions, reports, correspondence, and other records.
Meeting materials including agendas, minutes, and meeting packets. Student Council by-laws are bound in the volume with the Student Council minutes for 1908-1918.
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1908-1918, Student Council Undergraduate Council minutes and by-laws
1919-1933, Student Council minutes
1945-1947, Student Council minutes
1947-1949, Student Council minutes
1954-1956, Student Council minutes
1957 Feb - 1961 Apr, Student Council minutes
1963 May - 1970 Apr, Student Council minutes
1972 Apr - 1973 Apr, Student Council minutes
1984 Sep - 1985 Mar, Student Assembly/Executive Board minutes
2006 Sep - 2007 Apr, Bowdoin Student Government (BSG) minutes
2007 Sep - 2011 Apr, Bowdoin Student Government (BSG) agendas, meeting packets, and minutes
2011 Oct - 2012 Apr, Bowdoin Student Government (BSG) minutes
2012 Oct 10-24, Bowdoin Student Government (BSG) agendas, meeting packets, and minutes
2013 Oct - 2014 Apr, Bowdoin Student Government (BSG) agendas, meeting packets, and minutes
2014 Oct - 2015 Apr, Bowdoin Student Government (BSG) minutes
2015 Oct - 2016 Apr, Bowdoin Student Government (BSG) agendas and minutes
Correspondence with other student governments and with college officials from Bowdoin and elsewhere. Committee reports, budget information, election material, announcements, proposals, and resolutions are included, as well as constitutions and information on the honor code.
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1883, 1894, Articles of Agreement Between the Faculty and Students of Bowdoin College for the Administration of Justice in the College
1914, Constitutions and Regulations of Student Organizations, issued by the Bowdoin College Student Council
1930, Note from the White House signed by Secretary to the President
1933, Student Council
1947-1955, Student Council
1955 Mar 25-27, M.I.T. Conference on Discrimination
1955, 1959, 1969, n.d., Student Council constitution
1956-1961, Student Council
1963-1970, Student Council
1970, n.d., Honor code material
1971-1973, Student Council
1974-1975, Student Council
1975-1989, Student Assembly/Executive Board
1983-1984, Student Assembly: student reports for committees of the faculty and governing boards
1985 Feb, Student Assembly: student reports on committees of the faculty and governing boards
1991, Student Assembly: constitution
1992, Student Assembly: honor code revision
2007-2008, Bowdoin Student Government
2010, Bowdoin Student Government: survey samples for student organization leaders
2012, Uncommon Hour
2013-, Bowdoin Student Government
2016 - , Posters
n.d., Student government - miscellaneous