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 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.