Guide to the 175th Anniversary Campaign Program Records, 1971-1982
Donor records restricted for 75 years.
175th Anniversary Campaign Program, George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine
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In celebration of the 175th Anniversary of Bowdoin College's opening in 1802, the 175th Anniversary Campaign Program was announced in 1972 with a goal of $14.5 million within the next three years and $38 million within the next decade. Proclaiming that "the purpose is people," the college sought to increase financial aid for students, raise the salaries for faculty, support educational programs, maintain support for the Hawthorne-Longfellow Library, build the Visual Arts Center, renovate Hyde Hall, the Infirmary, and athletic facilities, and continue campus development. By the end of June 1981, the college had raised $38.7 million, surpassing its goal.
This collection contains two scrapbook volumes, a variety of publicity materials, correspondences, memoranda, reports, transmittal sheets, and various miscellaneous documents.
Campaign records arranged chronologically, alphabetically if undated. Donor cards arranged alphabetically.
This series contains two scrapbook volumes, publicity materials, correspondences, memoranda, reports, transmittal sheets, and miscellaneous materials.
Arranged chronologically; if undated, arranged alphabetically
Campaign Scrapbook
Publicity Materials Scrapbook
"A New Humanism" - Inaugural Address of Pres. Roger Howell, Jr., Oct. 3, 1969
Campaign Announcement, Oct. 1972
Booklets
Brochures
Campaign Stationery
Case Statement Materials (1/2)
Case Statement Materials (2/2)
Draft of Campaign Plan
Enlisted Volunteers
National Campaign Committee Organization
Organization Charts
Rules of the Overseers of Bowdoin College, n.d.-Jan 1972
By-Laws of Bowdoin College, June 1972
Charter of Bowdoin College, 1971-1978
Economic Impact of Bowdoin College on the Town of Brunswick, Nov. 1972
Alumni Division Leadership Conference, Sept. 21-22, 1973
Donor Prospect Review, 1971-1973
Report on 175th Anniversary Campaign, Dec. 1974
Timetables, 1972-1974
Women's Division, 1972-1974
Transmittal Sheets - Alumni Division, Dec 1972-Jun 1974
Transmittal Sheets - Alumni Division, Jun 1974-Jun 1975
Transmittal Sheets - Parents, Women, Faculty/Staff, 1972-1978
Transmittal Sheets - Undergrad, Other, 1972-1978
Transmittal Summaries, 1972-1980
A Campus Plan for the Year 2000, Apr. 1979
Miscellaneous Documents, 1976-1982
This series includes donor cards recording who has given to the 175th Campaign Program.
Arranged alphabetically.
A-G (Aagaard-Guy)
A-G (Abrahams-Gustafson)
H-P (Haines-Putnam)
H-R (Hackwell-Ryder)
Q-Z (Quaker Oats Foundation- Zuckert)
S-Z (S&H Foundation-Zuckert), Cancelled, Deceased