Guide to the The Quill , 1897-
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The Quill, George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine
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The Quill is a literary magazine produced by students of Bowdoin College and dedicated to the expression of creativity. "The aim of The Quill is to furnish a medium of expression for the literary life of the college, and its columns are open to undergraduates, alumni, and members of the faculty" (The Bowdoin Quill, vol.I, No.2, 1897). It is a compilation of student writings and drawings. The first issue of the Quill was published in 1897.
The collection includes a nearly complete bound run of the Quill, unbound issues, and an additional copy of some issues. Originally, it was published on the fifteenth of each month. In 1929, it was published four times a year; in 1932, three times a year; and in 1956, two times each year. Since 1993 the Quill has been published once a year.
1897
1898
1899
1900
1901
1902
1903
1904
1905
1906
1907
1908
1909
1910
1911
1912
1913
1914
1915
1915-16
1916
1917
1918-19
1920
1921-22
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928-29
1929-30
1930-31
1932-33
1933-35
1936-37
1937-39
1939-41
1941-46
1946-52
1952-60
1960-62
1963-66
1966-68
1969-72
1972-76
1976-81
1981-85
1985
1987
1987
1988
1988-89
Spring 1990
Autumn 1990
obloquy [1991]
Geography [1992]
My Journal, Spring 1992
big little and all [1993]
Curiouser and curiouser [1994]
flywheel [1995]
duckling, 1996
ex libris, 1996-1997
Whistles, Pennants and Smoke, 1998
that reckless Zephr fling [Spring 1999]
Like the Waters [Spring 2000]
About Opening a Window [Spring 2001]
the silence of separate fidelities, spring 2002
Flags on a Map, 2003 [Spring]
As Infants at a Sudden Light, 2004 [Spring]
Here Where the World is Quiet, 2005 [Spring]
the dream of distant storms, 2006 [Spring]
could unborn ages slowly sail, 2007 [Spring]
in the hopes of not (repeating myself), 2008 [Spring]
capable of again burning brightly, 2009 [Spring]
no pockets today, 2010 [Spring]
sing upon the rocks, 2010 fall
wove her through his songs of bliss, 2011 spring
Impersonating Paris, 2011 fall
without roots, 2012 spring
Le Changement C'est Maintenant, 2012 fall
of forts and sword fighting, 2013 spring
time to wander, 2013 fall
In an empty house, 2014 spring
winter heat, 2014 fall
broke pioneers, 2015 spring
keep us on a VCR, 2015 fall
a vending machine at the end of the world, 2016 spring
steel spines, 2016-2017
Volume 1- Volume 25 (1897-1921)
Volume 26- Volume 51 (1922-1947)
Volume 52- Volume 108 (1948-1988)
Volume 109- (1988- )
Miscellaneous unbound publications, [2004 Feb] -
posters