Guide to the Bowdoin College Institutes Records, 1923-1986
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Bowdoin College Institutes: Records, George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine
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Bowdoin College institutes examine selected topics through a series of lectures and discussions. The Institute of Modern History held in April 1923 was the first institute conducted at the College. It was so successful that it was followed every two years by other institutes in various subject areas. In addition to these Biennial Institutes, the National Science Foundation (NSF) sponsored institutes at Bowdoin, the bulk held during the summer for secondary school teachers. Periodically other institutes, such as the 1961 Franco-American Institute and the 1983 James Bowdoin Institute, have been held on campus.
Announcements, programs, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and reports concerning Bowdoin Institutes.
The first institute to be conducted at Bowdoin College was the Institute of Modern History, April 16-28, 1923, which consisted of a series of lectures and conferences by authorities in the field of international relations. The lectures were open to the public, and were followed by conferences the day after the lecture that were open only to undergraduates. No attendance was taken at the conference, and faculty were not present. The first institute was so successful that every two years it was followed by other institutes on subjects of broad, general interest. The Biennial Institutes continued through 1968, but at times after 1941, more than two years passed between institutes. This series includes invitations, programs, correspondence, abstracts and text of some addresses, and newspaper clippings.
Arranged chronologically.
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1923 Apr 16-28, Institute of Modern History, 1923
1925 May 4-15, Institute of Modern Literature, 1925, 1978, 1986
1927 May 2-13, Institute of Art, 1927
1929 Apr 29-May 10, Institute of Social Sciences, 1929
1929 Apr 29-May 10, Institute of Social Sciences, as reported by the Portland Evening News, newspaper clippings
1931 Apr 7-16, Institute of Natural Sciences, 1931
1933 Apr 4-13, Institute of Modern Literature, 1933
1935 Apr 9-20, Institute of Politics, 1935
1937 Apr 6-16, Institute of Philosophy, 1937
1939 Apr 10-22, Institute of Music, 1939
1941 Apr 14-25, Institute of Human Geography, 1941
1944, Nov 14-25, Institute of Liberal Education, 1944, 1945
1947 Spring and Fall, Institute on World Politics and Organization, 1947
1950 Apr 4-14, Institute of Modern Literature, 1950
1952 Apr 17-26. Highlights of New England Culture During Bowdoin's History, 1802-1952: An Institute to Commemorate the Sesquicentennial of the Opening of the College, 1952
1956 Apr 4-6, Challenge of Crime and Delinquency, 1956
1958 Apr 10-17, Mind of the South, 1958
1960 Apr 11-14, Institute of Modern Literature: The Contemporary American Novel, 1960
1962 Apr, Soviet Russia, 1962
1964 Apr 7-20, Hawthorne and the American Novel, 1964
1966 Jan 22-23, A Carl Ruggles Festival, 1966
1968 Mar-Apr, Black Africa: A New Beginning, 1968
In the summer of 1959 Bowdoin received four grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to conduct Summer Institutes for secondary school teachers in Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, and Physics. The four institutes ran concurrently from June 29 to August 8, and each offered credit towards a master's degree. In subsequent years, the number of grants as well as the specific focus of the institutes varied, but all provided additional training in the sciences to high school or college teachers. There were Advanced Science Seminars in Algebra for graduate and postdoctoral students of mathematics as well as NSF sponsored Academic Year Institutes for secondary school teachers of mathematics pursuing graduate study. In addition, there were summer programs for Undergraduate Research Participation in mathematics. Due to decreased funding from Congress, the NSF institutes at Bowdoin were discontinued after the summer of 1974. This series contains announcements and brochures for the institutes as well as director's reports for the mathematics institutes.
Arranged alphabetically by subject, then chronologically.
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Academic year institutes for secondary school teachers of mathematics sponsored by NSF - announcements and brochures, 1963-1971
Academic year institutes for secondary school teachers of mathematics sponsored by NSF - director's reports: 1959-1960, In-service institute in mathematics
Academic year institutes for secondary school teachers of mathematics sponsored by NSF - director's reports: 1960-1961, In-service institute in mathematics
Academic year institutes for secondary school teachers of mathematics sponsored by NSF - director's reports: 1961-1962
Academic year institutes for secondary school teachers of mathematics sponsored by NSF - director's reports: 1963-1964
Academic year institutes for secondary school teachers of mathematics sponsored by NSF - director's reports: 1964-1965
Academic year institutes for secondary school teachers of mathematics sponsored by NSF - director's reports: 1966-1967
Academic year institutes for secondary school teachers of mathematics sponsored by NSF - director's reports: 1967-1968
Academic year institutes for secondary school teachers of mathematics sponsored by NSF - director's reports: 1968-1969
Academic year institutes for secondary school teachers of mathematics sponsored by NSF - director's reports: 1969-1970
Academic year institutes for secondary school teachers of mathematics sponsored by NSF - director's reports: 1972-1973
Advanced science seminars for graduate and postgraduate students of mathematics financed by NSF - announcements, 1965-1971
Advanced science seminars for graduate and postgraduate students of mathematics financed by NSF - director's reports: 1965 Jun-Aug
Advanced science seminars for graduate and postgraduate students of mathematics financed by NSF - director's reports: 1966 Jun-Aug
Advanced science seminars for graduate and postgraduate students of mathematics financed by NSF - director's reports: 1967 Jun-Aug
Advanced science seminars for graduate and postgraduate students of mathematics financed by NSF - director's reports: 1968 Jul-Aug
Advanced science seminars for graduate and postgraduate students of mathematics financed by NSF - director's reports: 1969 Jun-Aug
Advanced science seminars for graduate and postgraduate students of mathematics financed by NSF - director's reports: 1970 Jun-Aug
Summer institutes for secondary school teachers, sponsored by NSF - announcements and brochures, 1959-1970, 1972-1973
Summer institutes for secondary school teachers of mathematics, sponsored by NSF - director's reports: 1959 Summer
Summer institutes for secondary school teachers of mathematics, sponsored by NSF - director's reports: 1960 Summer
Summer institutes for secondary school teachers of mathematics, sponsored by NSF - director's reports: 1961 Summer
Summer institutes for secondary school teachers of mathematics, sponsored by NSF - director's reports: 1963 Summer
Summer institutes for secondary school teachers of mathematics, sponsored by NSF - director's reports: 1964 Summer
Summer institutes for secondary school teachers of mathematics, sponsored by NSF - director's reports: 1965 Summer
Summer institutes for secondary school teachers of mathematics, sponsored by NSF - director's reports: 1966 Summer
Summer institutes for secondary school teachers of mathematics, sponsored by NSF - director's reports: 1967 Summer
Summer institutes for secondary school teachers of mathematics, sponsored by NSF - director's reports: 1968 Summer
Summer institutes for secondary school teachers of mathematics, sponsored by NSF - director's reports: 1969 Summer
Summer institutes for secondary school teachers of mathematics, sponsored by NSF - director's reports: 1972 Summer
Summer institutes for secondary school teachers of mathematics, sponsored by NSF - director's reports: 1973 Summer
Undergraduate Science Education/Undergraduate Research Participation - director's reports: 1963 Jun
Undergraduate Science Education/Undergraduate Research Participation - director's reports: 1964 Jun, Sep
Undergraduate Science Education/Undergraduate Research Participation - director's reports: 1965 Jul
Undergraduate Science Education/Undergraduate Research Participation - director's reports: 1966 Jul
Undergraduate Science Education/Undergraduate Research Participation - director's reports: 1967 Summer
Announcements, correspondence, and reports for miscellaneous institutes conducted at Bowdoin College. The Franco-American Institute and the James Bowdoin Institute are among those included.
Arranged chronologically.
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1960 Franco American Institute Professor Brault Manual
1961, Franco-American Institute (through the National Defense Education Act)
1961 Franco-American Institute Professor Brault Conferences at Bowdoin
1961-1962, Franco-American Institute Summer Program
1962 Franco-American Institute Brault French Teacher's Booklet
1965 Franco-American Institute French Textbook by Brault
1980-1981, 1983-1984, Teaching Institutes
1983, James Bowdoin Institute