Guide to the Board of Trustees Votes and Records, 1788-2022
Some material restricted. Consult series descriptions for specific restrictions.
Accruals of minutes and votes received annually.
Board of Trustees: Votes and Records, George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine
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The Governing Boards originally consisted of the Board of Trustees and the Board of Overseers. This bicameral system was created by the Charter of Bowdoin College in 1794. Most votes of the Trustees needed approval by the Overseers, who also approved the Chair of the Board of Trustees. In 1996, the charter was amended to abolish the Board of Overseers and establish a single governing unit, the Board of Trustees. Currently, the Board must meet three times each year, with one of the meetings held during Commencement week. Student charges are fixed by the Board, as is the College budget. The Board also has the power to appoint the President, Deans, and faculty, and grant or deny tenure to the faculty. The Board receives reports each year from its own committees and from the President of the College and the Treasurer of the College, among others.
The records of the Board of Trustees are the official records of Bowdoin College. Included in the records are the official minutes of the meetings of the Board of Trustees and the Board of Overseers (until 1996), and records of their votes, policies and decisions. There is a collection of printed by-laws and rules dating from 1817 to the present that document the changes in the nature and scope of the Boards' interests and power. There is biographical information on Board members, and printed directories of members. Also included are committee records and reports from both temporary and long-standing Board committees. See the series list for available committee records. Additional Governing Boards material can be found in the collections of the Office of the President: Administrative Records.
This series contains charter, by-laws, rules and regulations and subsequent revisions. These are copies of documents in the minutes of the Board of Trustees and the Board of Overseers prior to 1996 and the Board of Trustees thereafter. The bulk of this series is pamphlets printed by the college. Also included are statements of rules of student conduct produced by the college from 1817 and early documents related to the establishment of the college in 1794. The earliest bound volume is an 1808 manuscript by John Abbott, Overseer and Trustee and College Librarian from 1802 to 1824.
Arranged chronologically.
No restrictions.
MA House and Senate Journals relating to the chartering of the College, 1788 Nov 22 - 1794 Jun 24 (ms. extracts, ca. 1887)
Extracts from the Journal of the Senate, 1788 Nov 22 - 1794 Jun 24
Acts and Laws Passed by the General Court of MA including the "Act to Establish a College in the Town of Brunswick," 24 Jun 1794 (1 ms. copy, certified 4 Dec 1794; 2 published copies, Boston: Adams and Larkin, 1794)
Facsimile of Bowdoin College Charter 1794;`Negative' of Facsimile of Charter 1794; Copy of the Offer of the College; List of Bowdoin presidents - poster form
Act of Incorporation: Laws, Rules, etc. of Bowdoin College, [Mss. John Abbott], 1808
Laws of Bowdoin College [1817-1876]
Laws of Bowdoin College, Printed by E. Goodale, 1817. [c.2]
Incorporation Act of Bowdoin College, 1818. [c.4]
Draft of the Laws of Bowdoin College with revisions, 1824 Aug 30
Laws of Bowdoin College in the State of Maine, Printed by J. Griffin, 1824. [c.2]
Laws of Bowdoin College, Printed by J. Griffin, 1825. [c.2]
Acts Relative to Bowdoin College and the Standing Rules and Orders of the Overseers of the College, 1826. [c.2]
State of Maine reports referencing Bowdoin College, 1828-1829, 1831, 1833
Laws of Bowdoin College in the State of Maine, Published by J. Griffin, Bowdoin Press, 1830.
Papers Relating to the Powers of the Corporations of Bowdoin College, Printed by J. Griffin, 1831. [c.2]
Laws of Bowdoin College, Printed by J. Griffin, 1832.
Laws of Bowdoin College in the State of Maine, Press of J. Griffin, 1837. [c.2]
Laws of Bowdoin College in the State of Maine, Press of J. Griffin, 1844. [c.2]
Charter of Bowdoin College, Press of J. Griffin, 1850. [c.3]
Laws of Bowdoin College in the State of Maine, Press of J. Griffin, 1855. [c.2]
Rules and Regulations Relating to Several Laws of Bowdoin College, 1858. [c.2]
Laws of Bowdoin College in the State of Maine, Press of J. Griffin, 1863. [c.2]
Laws of Bowdoin College, Press of J. Griffin, 1868. [c.2]
Laws of Bowdoin College, Press of J. Griffin, 1873. [c.2]
Notices and amendments, 1874-1966, n.d.
Regulations of Bowdoin College, Telegraph Printing Office, 1875.
Charter of Bowdoin College, Printed by A.G. Tenney, 1876.
Articles of Agreement Between the Faculty and Students of Bowdoin College, for the Administration of Justice in the College, 1883
Bowdoin College Regulations, 1883
Bowdoin College Regulations, 1884.
Bowdoin College Regulations, 1887.
Report of a Committee of the Overseers of Bowdoin College on a Proposition to Amend the Charter of the College, 1888.
Bowdoin College Regulations, 1890. [c.2]
Bowdoin College Regulations, 1895.
Charters, Laws, and Regulations of Bowdoin College and the Medical School of Maine Together With Standing Rules and Orders of the Board of Overseers and Plan for Nominating Overseers by the Alumni, Printed By Order of the Boards, 1898. [c.2]
Bowdoin College Regulations, 1899.
Regulations of Bowdoin College, 1905.
Charters, Laws, and Regulations of Bowdoin College and of the Bowdoin Medical School Together With Standing Rules and Orders of the Board of Overseers and Plan for Nominating Overseers by the Alumni, Printed by Order of the Boards, 1919. [c.2]
Charters and By-Laws of Bowdoin College, Printed by order of the President and Trustees with the approval of the Overseers, 1924. [c.3]
Charters and By-Laws of Bowdoin College, Printed by order of the President and Trustees with the approval of the Overseers, 1933. [c.2]
Rules of the Overseers of Bowdoin College As Adopted 14 June 1940.
Charters and By-Laws of Bowdoin College, 1941.
Charter for Sesquicentenial, 1944
Rules of the Overseers of Bowdoin College As Adopted 14 June 1940, with amendments, 1947, 1953.
Charter, By-Laws, and Retirement Plans of Bowdoin College, Corrected to 1948. [c.2]
Charter and By-Laws, 30 June 1960.
Charter and By-Laws, 30 June 1963.
Charter and By-Laws, 1 July 1966.
Rules of the Overseers of Bowdoin College, 8 June 1967.
Rules of the Overseers, 4 June 1971
Charter, 1 July 1971.
By-Laws, 1 July 1971.
By-Laws, 1 June 1972.
By-Laws, 25 January 1974.
Charter, 25 January 1974.
Rules of the Overseers, January 1975.
By-Laws, 25 May 1978.
Rules of the Overseers, 26 May 1978.
Charter, 3 August 1978.
By-Laws, 25 May 1979.
By-Laws, 22 May 1980.
By-Laws, 22 May 1981.
By-Laws, 22 May 1992.
By-Laws, 27 May 1994
By-Laws, 24 May 1996
Charter (new certified copy), August 1996.
Charter (ceremonial copy), August 1996
By-Laws, 21 October 2000.
By-Laws, 19 October 2002
By-Laws, 1 November 2002
This series contains historical College records and correspondence dating from 1788. Box one includes a letter from Joseph McKeen stating his conditions for accepting the presidency of the College, a letter concerning the removal of William Allen from the presidency, and other general historical College records. The material in box two is specific to the founding of the College and includes a list, compiled in 1944, of founding documents held by the Massachusetts Commonwealth Archives.
Arranged chronologically.
No restrictions.
1792 Jun 19, list of papers in the Archives of Massachusetts relating to Bowdoin College
1793 Mar 22 - 1794 Jun 24, list of legislative measures establishing the College
1794 Jun 24, list of Overseers with additions to 1796, and summary of act of establishment
1794 Jun 27, James Bowdoin to the Overseers and response from Overseers, 1794 Dec 27
1795 Jan 16, Sam Deane to James Bowdoin re: Trustees
1795 Jun 11, Alden Bradford to Sam Deane re: College seal
1796-1797, replies of those appointed to Board of Overseers and Trustees
1797 Jun 17, Charles Turner to George Thatcher
1797 Nov 7, John Dunlap to Secretary of Board of Overseers
1798, petition of Board of Overseers to the Senate and House of Massachusetts
1798 Apr 25, John Frothingham's account of the petition of Board of Overseers to Commonwealth of Massachusetts
1798 Nov 14, fragment of Justice Parson's certificate
1799 Sep 2, Oct 26, letters concerning boards
1800 Apr 21-1800 Dec 25, letters concerning boards
1800 Aug 12, College writ of action against borrowers, signed by Sam Freeman
1801 Jun 1, acceptance of Jeremiah Bailey to Board of Overseers
1801 Jun 10, Jon Ellis to Mark Langdon Hill re: Overseers meeting
1802 Mar 31-1802 Jul 10, letters concerning election of Joseph McKeen as president of the College
1802 Apr 20, Joseph McKeen to the Trustees and Overseers re: conditions for his presidency
1802 May 8, Joseph McKeen to James Bowdoin
1802 May 20, John Abbot to Trustees and Overseers re: acceptance of professorship of languages
1804 May 19, John Hyde's excuse for absence from Overseers' meeting
1804 Sep 28, James Bowdoin resigns his presidency on Board of Overseers
1805 Aug 31, Sam Wilde's apology for missing an Overseers' meeting
1809 May 16, report on mineral cabinet given to Overseers
1810 May 15, Parker Cleaveland's report on minerals
1810 Dec 28, Overseers' present list of rules for boarding students
1811 Jan 14, agreement of Overseers and Trustees with Thomas S. Estabrook to house students
1811 Nov 18, vote that John Abbot be in charge of J. Bowdoin's books
1811 Dec 3, John Abbot's acknowledgement of receiving J. Bowdoin's library
1813 May, report on cabinet of minerals from Parker Cleaveland
1813 Aug 31, Samuel Moody's letter of resignation from the Board of Overseers
1813 Sep 1, Samuel Deane's letter of resignation
1814 Dec 12, Benjamin Porter's letter of resignation
1816 May 21, Parker Cleaveland's request to paint the cabinet of minerals
1817, Order of the Day at Commencement
1817 Sep, J. Appleton's certificate of Overseer members who attended examination
1820 Jun 12, resolution on the petition of Trustees and Overseers
ca. 1820, list of old and new members of the Board of Trustees
1822 Mar 11, Trustees' notice of Maine Hall fire, requesting relief
1822 Aug 20, Thaddeus Harris inquires as to the outcome of Dr. E. Dix's memorial sent to the board
1821 May 9, act to alter law establishing Bowdoin and names of those appointed to Boards
1823 Sep 1, committee report on expense of building Winthrop Hall
1823 Sep 1, committee report on expense of rebuilding Maine Hall after fire
1824, Alpheus Packard's acceptance to Board
1825 Sep 5, report of Standing Committee
1826 Sep 5, report of Committee of Trustees
1831 Feb 21, Parker Cleaveland to Charles Davies on the usefulness of the Medical School
1831, request to amend the laws by adding requirement that students give testimony and evidence when required by exec. govt.
1832, letters and documents re: removal of William Allen from the Presidency
1832 Aug 31, P. Cleaveland's report on seniors' tavern supper
1833 Sep 2, College studies report
1833 Sep 3, petition of the Horticultural Society of Bowdoin College
1834 Apr 1, Jul 1, William Garcelon to Reuel Williams (2 letters)
1834 Aug, College studies report for 1834-1835
1835-1836, petitions of students re: grades and teacher-student dialogue
1836 Aug (?), College studies report for 1836-1837
1836 Sep 6, Samuel Newman memorials
1838 Aug (?), College studies report for 1838
1839 Sep (?), College studies report for 1839
1839, Titles of Overseers and year of election
1839 Sep 3, recommendation by Parker Cleaveland to excuse students
1839 Sep 4, student petition for the abolition of rank
1839 Sep 4, Committee report rejecting the student petition to abolish ranks
1839 Sep 4, vote to pay R. H. Gardiner
1839 Sep 4, Isaac Isley's letter of resignation
1840 Sep, College studies report for September 1840
1841 Aug 31, petition of the Peucinian Society for the Phi Alpha reading room; the Committee's response
1841 Sep, College studies report for September 1841
1841 Dec 13, vote to grant the President the power to appoint agents
1842 Aug, College studies report for 1842
1842 Sep 6, report of the Examining Committee
1842 Sep 6, appropriation to build a new chapel
1842 Dec 1, contract for a new College building (Appleton Hall)
1843 Aug, College studies report
1843 Sep, reports to the Governing Boards re: examinations
1844 Aug, College studies report
1844 Sep 3, report on the settlement of the Bowdoin Estate
1845 Aug, College studies report
ca. 1845, alteration of laws
1846, First Parish Church minutes concerning the College rights in the new meeting house
1846 Aug, College studies report
1846 Sep, report of the Examining Committee
1846 Sep, letter from First Parish Church of Brunswick containing proposals concerning the new meeting house
1846 Sep 1, paper concerning College situation and rough draft
1846 Sep 2, manuscript draft of Declaration of Denomination Status, plus 3 manuscript copies of Declaration
ca. 1846 Nov, 3 copies of pamphlet explaining the Declaration of Denominational Status
1846 Nov, Prof. Upham to Mr. Gardiner concerning denominational status
1848 Sep, College studies report
1849 Aug, College studies report
1850 Aug, College studies report
1852 Aug, College studies report
1853 Aug, College studies report
1854 Aug, College studies report
1854 Sep, College studies report, manuscript copy
1855 Jul, College studies report, copy
1856 Jul, College studies report
1857 Jul, College studies report
1858 Jul, College studies report
Miscellaneous undated material
Order of the Day at Commencement, n.d.
1788 - 1794 and undated, list of documents held by Commonwealth of Massachusetts Archives, list compiled in 1944
1788 Feb 7, Proposed Act for Erecting a College - "Cumberland Gazette" [typescript]
1788 Nov 5, Petition from the Associated Congregational Ministers [photocopy]
1788 Nov 5 - 1794 Jun 2, notes on legislation relating to the founding of Bowdoin College [original]
1788 Nov 22 - 1791 May 25, extracts from the Journal of the House of Representatives [original]
1788 Nov 22, Petition of the Justices of the Peace for Cumberland County [photocopy]
1790 Feb 17, House and Senate Committee Report for a bill to establish a college and grant land [photcopy]
1791 Mar 2, An Act for Establishing a College in the District of Maine [photocopy]
1791 May 25, Petition of the Inhabitants of North Yarmouth to encourage the founding of a a college [photocopy]
1791 May 25, Petition of the Inhabitants of North Yarmouth to encourage the founding of a college [manuscript copy]
1791 Jun 15, An Act for Establishing a College in the District of Maine [photocopy]
1791 Jun 15, An Act for Establishing a College in the District of Maine [manuscript copy]
1792 Jan 20, An Act to Establish a College in the County of Cumberland [photocopy]
1792 Jan 20, An Act to Establish a College in the County of Cumberland, [manuscript copy]
ca. 1792 Feb 16, An Act to Establish a College in the County of Cumberland, as revised by Sewall's Committee [photocopy]
1793 Mar 21, An Act to Establish a College in the County of Cumberland (No. Yarmouth) [photcopy]
1794, Mr. Everett's notices of Trustees, Overseers & Tutors [original]
1794 Feb 10, An Act to Establish a College in the District of Maine [photocopy].
1794 Feb 14, House and Senate Committee Appointed to Establish a College in the District of Maine [photocopy]
1794 Feb 27, House and Senate Committee Report on Establishing a College in the District of Maine [photocopy]
1794 Jun 2, House and Senate Committee Appointed to Establish a College in the District of Maine [photocopy]
1794 Jun 13, House and Senate Committee Report (choosing Brunswick as place for College) [with 5 communications]
1802 May 27, Address of the Trustees of Bowdoin College in the Salem Register [original]
This series contains the official records of the Board of Overseers. It includes bound and indexed volumes of the minutes of Board meetings from 1794 to 1996 when the Overseers were abolished. There is a late nineteenth-century copy, covering the years 1794-1854 (the contents of the first two original books and part of book number 3). In addition there is a one volume list of members of the Boards that begins in 1794 and concludes with the last entries in 1996. These volumes may also contain attached reports of Boards' committees. Between 1912 and 1917 the report of the Visiting Committee is attached to the minutes of the meetings. There are also loose copies of many minutes and votes in Series 1.1.5 (Votes of the Board of Overseers and the Board of Trustees).
Arranged chronologically.
Restricted for 20 years from date of creation.
Signed register of Board of Overseers members, 1794-1996, and "standing rules and orders of the Board" and amendments.
Original Records of the Overseers, (No. 1) [1794-1816]
Original Records of the Overseers, (No. 2) [1817-1825]
Overseers Records, (No. 3) 1826-1859
Overseers Records, Vol. 1, 1794-1854
Overseers Records, Vol. 2, 1860-1889
Overseers Records, Vol. 3, 1890-1903
Overseers Records, Vol. 4, 1903-1911
Overseers Records, Vol. 5, 1912-1919
Overseers Records, Vol. 6, 1920-1929
Overseers Records, Vol. 7, 1929-1938
Overseers Records, Vol. 8, 1929-1943
Overseers Records, Vol. 9, 1944-1952
Overseers Records, Vol. 10, 1952-1959
Overseers Records, Vol. 11, 1960-1965
Overseers Records, Vol. 12, 1966-1968
Overseers Records, Vol. 13, 1969-1971
Overseers Records, 1972-1974
Overseers Records, 1975-1976
Overseers Records, 1977-1978
Overseers Records, 1979-1980
Overseers Records, 1981-1982
Overseers Records, 1983-1984
Overseers Records, 1985
Overseers Records, 1986-1991
Overseers Records, 1992-1996
This series contains minutes of the meetings of the Board of Trustees, including a summary of votes taken, attached reports, and other additions. The records, through 2003, are bound into volumes with indexes. Subsequent years are unbound and foldered by academic year. There is a nineteenth-century copy of the first volume (1794-1853) with a separate index. Separate copies of the votes only are kept in Series 1.1.5.
Arranged chronologically.
Also included are microfilm copies of the records of the Board of Trustees, 1794-1906.
Restricted for 20 years from date of creation.
Index to Trustee Records [1794-1853]
Trustee Records, 1794-1853
Trustee Records, 1794-1906 [v.3-4 folio], microfilm (35 mm, 1 reel)
Trustee Records, Vol. 1, 1794-1853 (Copy)
Trustee Records, Vol. 2, 1854-1906
Trustee Records, Vol. 3, 1906-1929
Trustee Records, Vol. 4, 1930-1938
Trustee Records, Vol. 5, 1939-1946
Trustee Records, Vol. 6, 1947-1953
Trustee Records, Vol. 7, 1954-1959
Trustee Records, Vol. 8, 1960-1961
Trustee Records, Vol. 9, 1962-1963
Trustee Records, Vol. 10, 1964-1965
Trustee Records, Vol. 11, 1966-1968
Trustee Records, Vol. 12, 1969-1971
Trustee Records, Vol. 13, 1972-1974
Trustee Records, Vol. 14, 1975-1976
Trustee Records, Vol. 15, 1977-1978
Trustee Records, Vol. 16, 1979-1980
Trustee Records, Vol. 17, 1981-1982
Trustee Records, Vol. 18, 1983-1984
Trustee Records, Vol. 19, 1985
Trustee Records, Vol. 20, 1986-1991
Trustee Records, Vol. 21, 1992-1995
Trustee Records, Vol. 22, 1995-2003
Trustee Records, academic year 1995-1996
Trustee Records, academic year 1996-1997
Trustees Records: electronic files of minutes, academic year 1997-1998 to present (incomplete coverage)
Trustee Records, academic year 1997-1998
Trustee Records, academic year 1998-1999
Trustee Records, academic year 1999-2000
Trustee Records, academic year 2000-2001
Trustee Records, academic year 2001-2002
Trustee Records, academic year 2002-2003
Trustee Records, academic year 2003-2004
Trustee Records, academic year 2004-2005
Trustee Records, academic year 2005-2006
Trustee Records, academic year 2006-2007
Trustee Records, academic year 2007-2008
Trustee Records, academic year 2008-2009
Trustee Records, academic year 2009-2010
Trustee Records, academic year 2010-2011
Trustee Records, academic year 2011-2012
Trustee Records, academic year 2012-2013
Trustee Records, academic year 2013-2014
Trustee Records, academic year 2014-2015
Trustee Records, academic year 2015-2016
Trustee Records, academic year 2016-2017
Trustee Records, academic year 2017-2018
Trustee Records, academic year, 2019-2020
Trustee Records, academic year, 2020-2021
Trustee Records, academic year 2021-2022
These records are manuscript copies of the Board of Overseers and the Board of Trustees votes. They are the record copy of votes until the votes are recorded in the official minutes. There may be some general correspondence and committee reports in folders after 1917. There is a chronological, item level, container list (called "Index") for votes through 1896. The collection of votes may not be complete prior to 1917. However, all votes are recorded in the minutes of the Trustees (1.1.4) and the Overseers (1.1.3).
Arranged chronologically.
Restricted for 20 years from date of creation.
Memo of Votes 1833-1856
Copy Book of Votes of the Trustees and Overseers (1912-27)
Index
Votes..., 1794-1816, folders 1/1 - 2/18
Votes..., 1817-1830, folders 2/19 - 4/2
Votes..., 1831-1848, folders 4/3 - 5/9
Votes..., 1849-1863, folders 6/1 - 7/6
Votes..., 1864-1876, folders 8/1 - 9/8
Votes..., 1877-1889, folders 10/1 - 11/6
Votes..., 1890-1896, misc. 1794-1971 folders 12/1 - 14/4 & 4 unnumbered
Votes..., 1917-1937
Votes..., 1938-1950
Votes..., 1951-1960
Votes..., 1961-1969
Votes..., 1969-1975
Votes..., 1976-1982
Votes..., 1983-2000
Votes...: electronic files, 2001-present (incomplete coverage)
Votes..., 2001-2022
This series contains unbound reports of the Board of Overseers and the Board of Trustees committees. These may be standing committees or, more often, ad hoc committees. Reports of other committees are contained within separate series within the Board of Trustees records (i.e., Visiting Committee, 1.1.7; Committee on Investments [Finance Committee], 1.1.8; Executive Committee, 1.1.9; Committee on Policy, 1.1.10; Study Committee on the Underclass Campus Environment [Pierce Committee], 1.1.11; and Committee on the Future, 1.1.19).
Arranged alphabetically by committee.
Restricted for 20 years from date of creation.
Academic Affairs, Committee on, 1985
Academic Program and Appointments, Committee on, 1967-1969
Accounting Practices, Committee to Review, 1979-1986
Acoustic Condition in the Chapel, Committee on, 1953 Jun
Admissions and Financial Aid, Committee on, 1997 Feb 28
Admissions and Preparatory Schools, Committee on, 1971
Admissions, Report of the Commission on Admissions, 1975 Jan 24
Amendments to Rules, Committee on, 1947 Jun
Appointment of an Acting President, Committee on, 1967
Armory Building, Committee to Supervise Construction, 1954
Art Interests, Committee on, 1898-1962
Arts, Committee on the, 1972-1978 ("Committee on The Arts" changed to "Committee on The Museums" by Governing Boards vote, 1979 May 24)
Athletic Committee, 1924-1957, 1970, 1973
Athletics, President's Commission on, 1971, 1972
Audit Committee, 1980
Audit Committee, 1997 Feb 28
Boiler, Committee on the Purchasing, 1950
Breckinridge Center, informal advisory committee, 1973-1983
Calendar, Committee on, 1937, 1957
Campaign Planning, Subcommittee on, 1983, 1993
Capital Gains & Losses, Committee on, 1970
Chemistry Building Committee, 1950
Classroom Building Committee, 1949-1950
Commencement, Committee on Change of, 1937
Commencement Sequence, Committee on the Consideration of 1959-1960
Committee for Massachusetts Grant - proceedings, 1816-1832
Computing Center Committee, 1969 Feb
Conflicts of Interest, Reports on Potential Conflicts of Interest, 1979-1981, 1984, 1987-1988, 1990-1993
Cram House, Committee on the Use of, 1948
Curtis Fund, Committee on the Status of, 1939-1940
Development, Committee on, 1954-1985
Dining, Committee on Bowdoin Centralized Dining Service, 1961
Dormitory, Committee on New Dormitory, 1940
Educational Policy, Committee on, 1939-1962
Educational Program, Committee on, 1972, 1981
Educational Television, Advisory Committee on, 1964-1979
Emergency Committee, 1917
Emergency Committee - Milliken Regiment papers, 1917-1918, n.d.
Examining Committee, 1916-1921, 1923-1940, 1944-1960
Faculty Liaison Committee, 1968
Faculty Salaries, Committee on, 1930, 1949
Financial Aspects of Enrollment, Committee to Survey, 1949-1951
Financial Planning, Committee on, 1983, 1985
Freeman Resolution, Committee on, 1968
General Catalogue, Committee on, 1946-1948
Gibson Hall of Music, Harvey Dow, Committee on, 1953, 1955
Governing Boards, Committee on Membership and Operation, 1972
Grounds and Buildings, Committee on,1896-1909, 1910-1911
Grounds and Buildings, Committee on, 1922-1930
Grounds and Buildings, Committee on, 1931-1937, 1949
Grounds and Buildings, Committee on, 1951-1963
History, Visiting Committee on the Department of, 1968
Honors [Honorary Degrees], Committee on, 1928-1948, 1968, 1974-1979, 1982-1991
Infirmary, Committee on, 1955
Institutions of Higher Education of the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Commission on, 1986-1987
Interfraternity Cooperative Committee,1949
Legal Members of the Board of Overseers, Committee on, 1835
Library, Committee on, 1933-1959, 1971
Library Committee, 1962-1966
Library Construction Committee, 1982-1983
Limitation of Numbers, Committee on, 1924, 1937
Maine Youth Opportunity Committee, 1949
Massachusetts Hall, Committee on the Alterations of Massachusetts Hall, 1873 Jul 7-8
Medical School Committee, 1921
Memorializing Buildings, Committee on, 1970
Museums, Committee on the (formerly the Committee on the Arts), 1979 Feb-1981 May
Needs of the College, Committee on, 1938-1940
Neighborhood Property, Committee on, 1952, 1955, 1959
Nominating Committee, 1967-1972, 1982
Organ, Committee on the New Organ, 1927
Overseers, Committee on the Rules of, 1978 May
Parking, Committee on, 1951
Patent Policy Committee, 1969
Pennsylvania Plan Committee, 1931
Pensions, Committee on, 1913, 1929, 1938, 1979
Physical Plant, Report of Committee on, 1976 Nov
Physical Plant, Committee on, 1985
Pickard Memorial Theatre Committee, 1953
Placement, Committee on, 1936-1937
Planning of Buildings, Committee on, 1952, 1957, 1959-1960
Pooled Life Income Funds Committee, 1979
President, Committee on a Successor to, 1952, 1968
Presidential Evaluation, Committee on,1984
President's House, Committee Appointed to Rehabilitate, 1953
Prize, Committee on the Bowdoin Prize, 1938, 1945
Property, Committee on Bowdoin Property, 1844
Property, Committee on the Study of Certain College Properties, 1939
Prospective Students, Committee on, 1957
Renovation of Hubbard Hall, Committee on, n.d.
Retirement Benefits, Committee on, 1939-1940, 1957, 1960-1961
Revision of the Laws of the College, Committee on, 1919, 1924
Scholarships, Committee on Competitive Scholarships Outside of Maine, 1937-1938
Scientific Station, Committee on Bowdoin Scientific Station, 1939
Sesquicentennial Fund Committee, 1949-1953
Shore Property, Committee on, 1945
Sills Memorial Volume, Committee on, 1956-1957
Size of the College, Committee on, 1957, 1960
Social Responsibility, Subcommittee on, 1985, n.d.
South Africa Advisory Committee/Social Responsibility, Subcommittee on, 1978-1986
Space Utilization Study, final report, 1998 Dec 10
Special Committee on Wages and Salaries, 1951-1952
Standing Committee records, 1846-1855
Standing Committee reports, 1851-1856
Student Affairs Committee, 1981-1982
Student Aid, Committee on, 1968
Student Environment, Committee on,1965-1966, 1971-1972
Student Life, Commission on, 1983
Student Life Committee, 1966-1979
Student Life and Fraternities, Committee on, 1964-1967
Summer School, Committee on the Bowdoin Summer School, 1949
Swimming Pool, Committee on the Bowdoin Swimming Pool, 1924, 1927-1928
Trustee Affairs Committee, 1997 Feb 28
Trustee Affairs Committee, 2000 Feb 25
Tuition, Committee on, 1937
Union, Committee on Bowdoin Union, 1927
Vocational Guidance and Placement, Committee on, 1938
War Memorial, Committee on, 1923, 1926, 1928
War Memorial, Committee on the Bowdoin Memorial: World War II, Korea, Vietnam, 1989-2001
The Visiting Committee, created in 1825, was a joint committee of the Board of Overseers and the Board of Trustees. Committee members visited the college and reported back to each Board their recommendations concerning "policies or improvements." The Visiting Committee was also authorized to "give a hearing to any member of the Faculty who specially requests to be heard." Although this seldom happened, it was a means by which a faculty member might bring a grievance to the attention of the Boards without the President's consent. In effect, the Committee set the agenda for the meetings of the Boards and suggested changes that the Boards generally carried out. Originally, the Visiting Committee oversaw all aspects of the college. The Visiting Committee, together with the Examining Committee, was the primary means of communicating information about the College to the Boards. Reports from other college departments are often attached. The Visiting Committee was discontinued in 1966. It was replaced, in part, by the Committee on Policy (1.1.10).
Arranged chronologically.
No restrictions.
Reports of Visiting Committee, 1826-33
Reports of Visiting Committees, 1834-39
Reports of Visiting Committees, 1840-44
Reports of Visiting Committees, 1845-50
Reports of Visiting Committee, 1851-55
Reports of Visiting Committee, 1856-60
Reports of Visiting Committees, 1861-64
Reports, 1828-1888
Reports, 1889-1940 (note: Visiting Committee reports for 1913-1916 are included with Records of the Board of Overseers, catalog #1.1.3, volume 9 folio)
Reports, 1941-1962
Reports, 1962-66
This committee has direct control over all financial aspects of the College. It is empowered to invest and re-invest the College's financial assets. Records include minutes and some attached correspondence.
Arranged chronologically.
No restrictions.
Finance Committee, [1915-1951]
Records of the Meetings of the Finance Committee of the President and Trustees of Bowdoin College, [1915-1928]
Committee on Investments (Finance Committee), 1898-1915, 1924-1949
Committee on Investments (Finance Committee), 1949-1966
Committee on Investments, 1967-85
Committee on Investments, 1977-87
Committee on Investments, 1988-90
The Executive Committee was created in 1921 to act for the Trustees and Overseers when those groups are not in session. The committee has wide ranging powers, but not the power to elect or remove the President or to alter the by-laws. Originally, the committee members were drawn only from Overseers and Trustees. By 1972, one faculty member and one student were non-voting members. By 1981, one member of the Alumni Council became a non-voting member. Records include minutes of meetings and occasional attached correspondence. No committee meetings were held in 1976.
Arranged chronologically.
Restricted for 20 years from date of creation.
Executive Committee [1921-1956]
Executive Committee, 1957-1975
Executive Committee, 1977-1987
Executive Committee, 1988-1991
Executive Committee, 1992-1995
Executive Committee Minutes (Copies), 1980-84
Executive Committee Minutes (Copies), 1985-87
Executive Committee Original Minutes [1951-1955]
Executive Committee Original Minutes and copies, [1927, 1949, 1944, 1946, 1949, 1991]
[Executive Committee Meeting Minutes Jan. 31, 1997]
Executive Committee Minutes, academic year 1995-1996
Executive Committee Minutes, academic year 1996-1997
Executive Committee Minutes: electronic files, academic year 1997-1998 to present (coverage incomplete)
Executive Committee Minutes, academic year 1997-1998
Executive Committee Minutes, academic year 1998-1999
Executive Committee Minutes, academic year 1999-2000
Executive Committee Minutes, academic year 2000-2001
Executive Committee Minutes, academic year 2001-2002
Executive Committee Minutes, academic year 2002-2003
Executive Committee Minutes, academic year 2003-2004
Executive Committee Minutes, academic year 2004-2005
Executive Committee Minutes, academic year 2005-2006
Executive Committee Minutes, academic year 2006-2007
Executive Committee Minutes, academicyear 2007-2008
Executive Committee Minutes, academic year 2008-2009
Unanimous Consent Vote, 2008 Oct
Executive Committee Minutes, academic year 2009-2010
Executive Committee Minutes, academic year 2010-2011
Executive Committee Minutes, academic year 2011-2012
Executive Committee Minutes, academic year 2012-2013
Executive Committee Minutes, academic year 2013-2014
Executive Committee Minutes, academic year 2014-2015
Executive Committee Minutes, academic year 2015-2016
Executive Committee Minutes, academic year 2016-2017
Executive Committee Minutes, academic year, 2018-2019
The Committee on Policy was created to replace some of the functions of the defunct Visiting and Examining Committees. Its charge was to consider all matters of policy with respect to all activities of the college, and to report to the full Boards its recommendations. The Committee on Policy was discontinued in 1980. Its previous functions were distributed among a number of new committees.
Arranged chronologically.
No restrictions.
Committee on Policy, 1966-1977
Committee on Policy, 1977-1981
Committee on Policy: Report of the Academy for Educational Development, "Organization and Financial Management of Bowdoin College," June 15, 1971
More commonly known as the Pierce Committee, after its chair, William Pierce, this committee's 1969 report examined, among other things, the issue of co-education at Bowdoin, and set into motion events that led to the admission of the first women as regularly enrolled students in the fall of 1971. The records contain the final report (view PDF) as well as early drafts and some background research.
Arranged chronologically.
No restrictions.
S.C.U.C.E., 1967-1970
S.C.U.C.E., Drafts/Final Report, 1968-69
This series contains briefs, testimony, opinions and judgments rendered in cases involving Bowdoin College and/or its agents. Cases include: Garcelon-Merritt Fund Litigation (The President and Trustees of Bowdoin College, et al. vs. James P. Merritt, et al. and In the Matter of the Estate of Catharine M. Garcelon, 1892-1897); William Allen vs. Joseph McKeen, Treasurer of Bowdoin College, 1833; Mary F. S. Searles Will Case, 1891; Daviel B. Fayerweather Will and Litigation, 1897; and Batt et al., Executors of Coombs Will vs. Stevens et al., Treasurer of Massachusetts, 1911.
Arranged by case.
No restrictions.
Allen vs. McKeen, 1833
Opinion of Judge Story in the case of William Allen vs. Joseph McKeen, 1833
Searles Case: In the Matter of the Probate of the Last Will and Testament of Mary F.S. Searles, 1892 (2 copies)
Fayerweather Case: Brief of the Respondents, In the Matter of the Probate of the Last Will and Testament of Daniel B. Fayerweather, Deceased, United States Supreme Court, 1902
Fayerweather Case: In the Matter of Proving the Last Will and Testament of Daniel B. Fayerweather, deceased, as a Will of Teal and Personal Property, Surrogate's Court, City and County of New York, 1890
Batt et al., Executors of the last will and testament of John C. Coombs vs. Stevens, Treasurer of Massachusetts, Bowdoin College and Viola V. Coombs, Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, 1911 (2 copies)
Bound booklets containing the U.S. Circuit Court and U.S. Supreme Court briefs and opinions in the case of The President and Trustees of Bowdoin College et al vs. James P. Merritt etal, 1892-1897
This series contains materials relating to the establishment of the Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum. Included in the records are correspondence, reports and memos among the chair of the committee, John L. Baxter, other committee members, Donald and Miriam MacMillan and others involved in the project.
Arranged chronologically.
No restrictions.
Committee records, 1966-1967
This series contains biographical files of former members of the Governing Boards.
Arranged alphabetically.
Restricted for 75 years from date of creation.
A - Cog
Col - Em
F - Ho
Hu - N
O - Ro
Ru - Z
This series contains printed pamphlets listing members of the Board of Trustees, Governing Boards (prior to 1996) and the Board Committees. The pamphlets also list brief biographical information and contact information. The directories are distributed annually to the college community.
Arranged chronologically.
Restricted for 20 years from date of creation.
Directories, 1957 - 2012-2013
Directories, 2013-2014 -
The Committee on Governance was created to determine if Bowdoin College would continue to operate as a bicameral institution. The committee ultimately decided to recharter Bowdoin as a unicameral institution. The Board of Overseers was abolished, leaving the Board of Trustees as the sole governing body. The records contain copies of the final reports of the two convened committees, as well as extensive background correspondence, minutes and notes.
Arranged chronologically.
Restricted for 20 years from date of creation.
Report, 1981
Background, 1980-1981
Background, 1985-1991
Report, 1996
Background, 1994-1996
Governing Boards Handbook
A Presidential Search Committee is convened by the Board of Trustees when the need for identifying and hiring a new college president arises. The committee is responsible for vetting nominees and interviewing candidates, and makes its recommendation to the Board of Trustees. Also included are the records of a special faculty committee formed at the request of the Board of Trustees to advise the Board's committee on the selection of a president in 1968.
Arranged chronologically.
Restricted for 75 years from date of creation.
1952, Notes and correspondence from the file of Earle S. Thompson, Chairman of the Committee on Successor to the President
1952, Report to the Governing Boards by the Committee on Successor to the President
1968, Presidential Search - the files of Professor Paul Hazelton, chairman of the special faculty committee on presidential selection
1977, Presidential Selection Committee
1981, Presidential Search Committee
1981, Presidential Nominating Committee
1989, Presidential Search Committee
1989, Presidential Search Committee, Report
2000, Presidential Search Committee
2000, Presidential Search Committee
The Commission on Residential Life was appointed by the Board of Trustees in July 1996 in order to develop a philosophy for residential life, assess all existing facilities and practices regarding residential life in light of this philosophy, develop a long-range strategy for the design of new housing and dining facilities and redesign the old facilities, and evaluate the effectiveness of residential life staffing and policies. It began such changes as introducing the College House system to campus, as well as the phasing out of fraternities.
Arranged alphabetically.
Boxes 3-5 restricted until 2032.
Reports: Announcement of Commission and its purpose, 1996
Reports: Bowdoin College News report re: interim report, 1997 Mar 1
Reports: "Building Community at Bowdoin College." Interim report, 1997 Feb 22
Reports: "Building Community at Bowdoin College." Final report, 1997 May 10
Reports: Report to the President from the Committee to Review Fraternities, 1988 Apr
Reports: Residential Life - draft models and costs, 1988, 1990, 1997
Reports: Residential Life surveys, 1996
Reports: Residential Life value statements, 1996
Reports: Residential Life - various reports, 1996
Studies: Amherst College
Studies: Bowdoin College Self-Study, 1996
Studies: Carnegie Mellon University
Studies: Colby College
Studies: Colby College - Commission on Campus Life
Studies: Colgate University
Studies: Grinnell College
Studies: Hamilton College - Report of the Committee on Residential Life, 1995
Studies: Harvard College
Studies: Kenyon College
Studies: Kenyon College - House manager information, 1995-1996
Studies: Kenyon College - Report of the Commission on Student Life, 1989
Studies: Middlebury College
Studies: Oberlin College, 1994
Studies: Trinity College
Studies: Tufts University - Living on Campus, 1995-1996
Studies: Wesleyan University - Residential Life task force report, 1987
Studies: Williams College
Subject Files: Ad Hoc Community Forum, 1997 Apr 23
Subject Files: Ad Hoc Implementation Committee, 1997
Subject Files: Ad Hoc Implementation Committee - Choice Subcommittee, 1997 Apr
Subject Files: Ad Hoc Implementation Committee - Faculty Involvement Subcommittee, 1997
Subject Files: Ad Hoc Implementation Committee - final report, 1997 May 5
Subject Files: Ad Hoc Implementation Committee - Governance and Budget Subcommittee, 1997
Subject Files: Ad Hoc Implementation Committee/House Leadership meeting, 1997 Apr 23
Subject Files: Ad Hoc Implementation Committee meeting, 1997 Apr 2
Subject Files: Ad Hoc Implementation Committee meeting, 1997 Apr 8
Subject Files: Ad Hoc Implementation Committee meeting, 1997 Apr 13
Subject Files: Ad Hoc Implementation Committee meetings - communications, 1997
Subject Files: Ad Hoc Implementation Committee - miscellaneous, 1997 Apr
Subject Files: Ad Hoc Implementation Committee - preliminary report, 1997 Apr 15
Subject Files: Ad Hoc Implementation Committee - Residential Life Staff Subcommittee, 1997
Subject Files: Ad Hoc Implementation Committee - student nominations/volunteers, 1997 Mar
Subject Files: Ad Hoc Implementation Committee - subcommittees, 1997 Apr
Subject Files: Addresses of letters to the Commission on Residential Life
Subject Files: Alumni Corporation house officers, 1996-1997
Subject Files: Alumni forum - Boston, 1996 Nov 21
Subject Files: Alumni forum - Portland, 1996 Nov 14
Subject Files: Alumni forums, 1996
Subject Files: Appointment calendar, 1996-1997
Subject Files: Archives - confidential destruction
Subject Files: Articles - various, 1996, 1997
Subject Files: Background material for the Commission on Residential Life, 1996 Jul 29 (2 copies)
Subject Files: Bowdoin Orient - various issues, 1996 Sep-Nov
Subject Files: "Building Community at Bowdoin College," final report, 1997 May 10
Subject Files: "Building Community at Bowdoin College," interim report, 1997 Feb 22
Subject Files: "Building Community at Bowdoin College," interim report - draft
Subject Files: Burns, William David - essay on fraternities, 1988
Subject Files: Campus map, n.d.
Subject Files: Charge for the Commission on Residential Life, 1996 Jul 8
Subject Files: Clerical support, 1996
Subject Files: Communications Outline and Constituency Outreach Proposal, 1996 Sep 7
Subject Files: Conference call, 1997 Feb 21
Subject Files: Conversations with Don Kurtz, 1996
Subject Files: Convocation address - President Edwards, 1996
Subject Files: Draft reports of working groups - special reaccreditation insert, Bowdoin Orient, 1996
Subject Files: Emails - miscellaneous, 1996-1997, n.d.
Subject Files: Faculty forums, 1996
Subject Files: Faculty meetings, 1996 Oct
Subject Files: Faxes, 1997
Subject Files: Feedback cards to Don Kurtz with response, 1997 Jan-Feb
Subject Files: Filing - miscellaneous
Subject Files: Financial information - account for Commission on Residential Life, 1996-1997
Subject Files: Focus group minutes - BGLAD, 1996 Nov
Subject Files: Focus group minutes - Bowdoin VolunteerGroup meeting, 1996 Nov 15
Subject Files: Focus group minutes - Bowdoin Women's Association meeting, 1996 Oct 29
Subject Files: Focus group minutes - Crew team, 1996 Nov
Subject Files: Focus group minutes - faculty meeting, 1996 Nov 15
Subject Files: Focus group minutes - Latin American Student Organization (LASO) meeting, 1996 Nov 14
Subject Files: Focus group minutes - Open student forum, 1996 Nov 1
Subject Files: Focus group minutes - Parents Executive Committee annual meeting, 1996 Sep 27
Subject Files: Focus group minutes - Student Leadership Council meeting, 1996 Nov 15
Subject Files: Focus group minutes - Students of color meeting, 1996 Oct 31
Subject Files: General, 1996
Subject Files: Guides, reports, reviews, 1988, 1996
Subject Files: "History of Fraternities at Bowdoin," by David L. Simmons '96 and correspondence, 1996
Subject Files: House leadership, 1997-1998
Subject Files: Institutional research, 1996
Subject Files: Interfraternity Council (IFC), 1996
Subject Files: Letter from Don Kurtz to the Commission members, 1997 Oct 3
Subject Files: Letter from Nathaniel Cormier '95, 1996 Aug
Subject Files: Letters - drafts and history, 1996, n.d.
Subject Files: Letters to Commission on Residential Life, 1996
Subject Files: Letters to Donald Kurtz, chairman - negative letters, 1996
Subject Files: Letters to Donald Kurtz, chairman - positive letters, 1996
Subject Files: Letters to Donald Kurtz, chairman - special/outside letters, 1996
Subject Files: Letters to Don Kurtz with responses, 1996 Sep
Subject Files: Letters to Don Kurtz, 1996 Oct
Subject Files: Letters to Don Kurtz with responses, 1996 Oct
Subject Files: Letters to Don Kurtz, 1996 Nov
Subject Files: Letters to Don Kurtz, 1996 Dec
Subject Files: Letters to Don Kurtz with responses, 1996 Dec
Subject Files: Letters to Don Kurtz with responses, 1997 Jan-Feb
Subject Files: List server communication, 1996 Sep-Oct
Subject Files: List server communication, 1997 May
Subject Files: Mailing, 1996 Sep 26
Subject Files: Mailing, 1996 Oct 5
Subject Files: Mailing, 1996 Oct 11
Subject Files: Mailing, 1996 Nov 2
Subject Files: Mailing, 1996 Nov 26
Subject Files: Mailing, 1996 Dec 6
Subject Files: Mailing, 1996 Dec 31
Subject Files: Mailing, 1997 Jan 23
Subject Files: Mailing, 1997 Jan 31
Subject Files: Mailing, 1997 Feb 17
Subject Files: Mailing, 1997 Mar 7
Subject Files: Mailing, 1997 Mar 24
Subject Files: Mailing, 1997 Apr 6
Subject Files: Mailing labels - Board of Trustees report, 1997 Feb 22
Subject Files: Mandate, 1996 Jul 8
Subject Files: Meeting, 1996 Sep 7
Subject Files: Meeting, 1996 Nov 2
Subject Files: Meeting, 1997 Mar 7
Subject Files: Meeting, 1997 Apr 12
Subject Files: Meeting, 1997 May 3
Subject Files: Meeting dates, 1996-1997
Subject Files: Meetings with Craig, n.d.
Subject Files: Member information
Subject Files: Members - list, 1997
Subject Files: Memorandum with attachments to members of the Commission on Residential Life, 1996 Nov 26
Subject Files: Memorandum with attachments to members of the Commission on Residential Life, 1996 Dec 31
Subject Files: Memorandum with attachments to members of the Commission on Residential Life, 1997 Jan 10
Subject Files: Memorandum with attachments to members of the Commission on Residential Life, 1997 Jan 23
Subject Files: Memorandum with attachments to members of the Commission on Residential Life, 1997 Mar 7
Subject Files: Memorandum with attachments to members of the Commission on Residential Life, 1997 Apr 4
Subject Files: Minutes, 1996 Sep 7
Subject Files: Minutes, 1996 Oct 5
Subject Files: Minutes, 1996 Nov 2
Subject Files: Miscellaneous handwritten notes
Subject Files: Miscellaneous material - Del Wilson, 1996
Subject Files: Miscellaneous material for Don Kurtz, 1996
Subject Files: Notes [by Craig Bradley], 1996
Subject Files: Parents forum - minutes, 1996 Sep
Subject Files: Phone calls, n.d.
Subject Files: Post-Commission mail sent to Don Kurtz, 1997
Subject Files: Preliminary Residential Life financing plan, 1996-2001
Subject Files: Preliminary Residential Life studies: Bowdoin/Kenyon
Subject Files: Questions for open forums, 1996
Subject Files: Report on Long-Term and Short-Term Dining Options, 1997 Jan 28
Subject Files: Reports from the Commission on Residential Life, 1996 Sep 7, Oct 5, Nov 2
Subject Files: Residential Life Value Statement - memo from Robert H. Edwards, 1996 Oct 25
Subject Files: Response letters from the community and College, 1996-1997
Subject Files: Responses to the interim report, 1997 Mar
Subject Files: Social Policy Subcommittee, 1996
Subject Files: Student forum, 1996 Nov 1
Subject Files: Student forum, 1996 Dec 5
Subject Files: Subcommittees, 1996
Subject Files: Summary of Residential Life Working Group report, n.d.
Subject Files: Thorne, Frederick G.P. '57 - letter to parents/students/alumni/faculty/staff, 1996 Aug
Subject Files: Torrey, W., Bradley, C., Mersereau, R., Kurtz, D. - notes
Subject Files: Tour - Bowdoin College, 1996 Aug 19
Subject Files: Tours and meeting schedule, 1997 Jan 9-11
Subject Files: Tours of Amherst, Williams, Middlebury, and Dartmouth, 1996 Dec 17-19
Subject Files: Web page, n.d.
The Committee on the Future was created to identify and examine educational trends for the following decade, and determine how the trends would impact Bowdoin, in order to form a basis for planning. Meeting for the first time in the Fall of 1999, the Committee was chaired by trustee, Richard Stowe, and consisted of trustees, faculty members, students, and administrators. In addition to the Committee's December 2000 report and separate appendix, the series contains meeting materials, articles, notes from visits to other institutions, and post-report retreat and planning material.
Arranged alphabetically by material type.
Restricted for 20 years from date of creation.
Appendix 1-10 material, 1998-2000, n.d.
Articles - various, 1994-2001, n.d.
Draft Report, Appendix, 2000 Oct
Draft Report, Appendix, 2000 Dec
IT (Information Technology) Plan and Budget, 2000 Jun
Meeting, 2000 May 11
Miscellaneous printed material, 1999-2001
Notebook of Scott Meiklejohn, Bowdoin administrator and committee member, 1999-2000
Notes from campus visits, 2000
Overheads and notes, n.d.
Post-report planning (the next steps), 2001, n.d.
Publication - "The Knowledge Web," Merrill Lynch, 2000 May
Publications - various, 1998-2000, n.d.
Report of the Committee on the Future, 2000 Dec
Retreat for Trustees - notebook, 2001 Mar
Retreat for Trustees - summary of discussions, 2001 Mar
Retreat to discuss the Committee's report, 2001 Mar
Contains the ceremonial "Keys to the College," consisting of five brass keys on a key ring, a cast pewter medallion on a silver chain with the "Seal of the College" on the front and the inscription "First presented to Roger Howell, Jr., on the occasion of his inauguration as the tenth president of Bowdoin College by the fellow members of his Class of 1958, October 3, 1969" on the reverse; and a gavel used at meetings of the Board of Overseers (also used after 1996 at Board of Trustees meetings), which is inscribed "Bowdoin College/Board of Overseers/Clement F. Robinson/1943 President."
No arrangement.
Restricted. Please consult Archives for details.
Gavel used at meeting of the Board of Overseers. Inscription: "Bowdoin College/ Board of Overseers/Clement F. Robinson/ 1943 President."
5 brass keys on a key ring: the ceremonial "Keys to the College."
1 cast pewter medallion on silver chain:"Seal of the College" on the front, on reverse: "First presented to Roger Howell, Jr., on the occasion of his inaguration as the tenth president of Bowdoin College by the fellow members of his Class of 1958, October 3, 1969.