Books about Bowdoin

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The History of Bowdoin College: With Biographical Sketches of Its Graduates from 1806 to 1879, Inclusive

Date: 1882-01-01

Creator: Nehemiah Cleaveland, Alpheus S. Packard

Access: Open access

The History of Bowdoin College: With Biographical Sketches of Its Graduates from 1806 to 1879, Inclusive (1882), by Nehemiah Cleaveland and Alpheus S. Packard, provides encyclopedic biographical sketches of Bowdoin presidents and graduates for most of the nineteenth century, along with engraved portraits for many of them.



A Small College in Maine

Date: 1993-01-01

Creator: Charles C Calhoun

Access: Open access

A Small College in Maine (1993), by Charles Calhoun and published in conjunction with Bowdoin’s bicentenary, provides a readable, illustrated history of the College. Calhoun cites numerous primary resources that are helpful for further historical inquiry.


General Catalogue of Bowdoin College and the Medical School of Maine: A Biographical Record of Alumni and Officers, 1794-1950

Date: 1950-01-01

Access: Open access

General Catalogue of Bowdoin College and the Medical School of Maine: A Biographical Record of Alumni and Officers, 1794-1950 (1950) provides a complete and comprehensive biographical record of all of Bowdoin’s students, faculty, and administrative officers from the founding of the College in 1794 through 1950.


The Architecture of Bowdoin College

Date: 1988-01-01

Creator: Patricia McGraw Anderson

Access: Open access

The Architecture of Bowdoin College (1988), by Patricia McGraw Anderson, is the best single resource for the architectural history of Bowdoin’s campus buildings, gates, and memorials.


The History of Bowdoin College

Date: 1927-01-01

Creator: Louis Clinton Hatch

Access: Open access

The History of Bowdoin College (1927), by Louis Clinton Hatch, is the most detailed history of the College for the period from the College’s founding in 1794 until 1927. It is especially useful in documenting College traditions and curricular developments, and tangentially in recording social life in Brunswick.


Religion at Bowdoin College: A History

Date: 1981-01-01

Creator: Ernst Christian Helmreich

Access: Open access

Religion at Bowdoin College: A History (1981), by Ernst Christian Helmreich, considers how people at Bowdoin have perceived religion, how they have felt religion should or should not be realized at the College, and how those views changed over the years.


Named Professorships at Bowdoin College

Date: 1976-01-01

Access: Open access

Named Professorships at Bowdoin College (1976) is a study of the named professorial chairs and other endowed funds designated directly for faculty support.