This website was produced by the students in GWS 280 in the fall of 2011 as a class project.
The following citations reveal the sources of our documents. With few exceptions, the documents come from the George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections and Archives, Bowdoin College. The class extends its most sincere thanks to Caroline Moseley, Archivist, and Richard Lindemann, Director, for their assistance and support.
1“Joshua Chamberlain’s Inaugural Address, 1871,” TMs, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain Collection 1817-. [M 27.4, Box 9, Folder 14], Bowdoin College Archives, Brunswick, Maine.
2 “Summer School of Science, 1876,” TMs, [6.1.19, v. 4 folio], Bowdoin College Archives, Brunswick, Maine.
3 “Bowdoin Co-eds.” The Bugle 1890.
4 “Constitution of the Society of Bowdoin Women, 1922,” TMs, Society of Bowdoin Women Records 1934-n.d. [M187.1], Bowdoin College Archives, Brunswick, Maine.
5 “Kate Douglas Wiggin Room, 1968,” Society of Bowdoin Women Records 1934-n.d. [M 187.1], Bowdoin College Archives, Brunswick, Maine.
“Kate Douglas Wiggin Room, 2011,” Property of Samantha Copland.
6 “Bowdoin Wives Association Newsletter: ‘Chit-Chat’, 1947,” Director of the Moulton Union records 1940-1968, [1.19.3, Box 1, Folder 2, V. 1, Issue I], Bowdoin College Archives, Brunswick, Maine.
7 Evelyn Banning, “Letter from Evelyn Banning to Bowdoin Dean of Admissions Richard Moll, October 28, 1968” TMs, Roger Howell Administrative Records, 1952-1993, n.d. [1.2.10.1, Box 16, Twelve-College Exchange], Bowdoin College Archives, Brunswick, Maine.
8 John W. Ambrose, Jr. et al, “The Annual Report of the Student Life Committee, 1968, an excerpt” TMs, Office of the Dean of Student Affairs Records and Publications, 1941-[4.1.4, Box 17, Student Life Committee 1966-1968], Bowdoin College Archives, Brunswick, Maine.
9 “Exchange Students at Bowdoin For Fall Semester, 1970” TMs, The Twelve College Exchange [ 4.1.14 Folder 2 Box 1], Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine.
10 William C. Pierce et al, “Report To the President and Trustees and to the Overseers of Bowdoin College [The Pierce Report],” (report presented to the President and Trustees of Bowdoin College by the Study Committee on Underclass Campus Environment, Brunswick, Maine, May, 1969), Bowdoin College Archives, Brunswick, Maine.
11 “Pierce and Progress,” The Bowdoin Orient, October, 3, 1969, 99.
12 “Coeducation Plan is Proposed.” The Bowdoin Orient, 2 13, 1970.
13 Mark Ashford, “Geary Says We Could Do It,” The Bowdoin Orient, April 24,1970, Bowdoin College Archives, Brunswick, Maine.
14 deFuria, Joe. “Exchange isn’t Coeducation.” The Bowdoin Orient, 5 1970.
15.1 “Student Questionnaire Evaluation, Twelve College Exchange”, TMs, Roger Howell Administrative Records, 1952-1993, n.d. [1.2.10.1, Box 16, Twelve-College Exchange 1970 Folder ½], Bowdoin College Archives, Brunswick, Maine.
15.2 “Questionnaire Evaluation [Summary of all 12-College Exchange Evaluations]” TMs, Roger Howell Administrative Records, 1952-1993, n.d. [1.2.10.1, Box 16, Twelve-College Exchange 1970 Folder ½], Bowdoin College Archives, Brunswick, Maine.
16 “Tale of Another Gender.” The Bowdoin Orient, 10 9, 1970.
17 Richard Moll, “Letter from Richard Moll to Elissa Berry,” October 12, 1970. Provided with permission of Elissa Berry.
18 In Father’s Footstep, unprocessed photo. Bowdoin College Archives, Brunswick, Maine.
19 “Letter from J.H. Turner, March 19, 1968” TMs, Roger Howell Faculty Committees, 1953-1981 [1.2.10.3, Box 1, Coeducation, Ad Hoc Committee on, 1968-1972], Bowdoin College Archives, Brunswick, Maine.
20.1 “Moll, Richard Wood (faculty),” Photo 8274, 1970, Bowdoin College Archives, Brunswick, Maine.
20.2 “Belinda Bothwick, First Female Proctor,” Photo 10301, 1971, Bowdoin College Archives, Brunswick, Maine.
21 “Bowdoin Graduates Its First Woman Student,” The Bowdoin Orient, June 4, 1971, 1.
22 Jacobson, Susan. “Commencement Address,” Class Records, Class of 1971 [1.6.166], Bowdoin College Archives, Brunswick, Maine.
23.1 Caroline Boardman and Miranda Spivack, “‘Men’s College With Women’,” The Bowdoin Orient, September 17, 1971, 1.
23.2 Don Westfall, “Bowdoin: “The Gracious Host”,” The Bowdoin Orient, October 8, 1971, 4.
23.3 Caroline Boardman, letter to the editor, The Bowdoin Orient, October 22, 1971.
24.1 “Report of the Student Life Committee on Coeducational Housing, November 3, 1971” TMs, Office of the Dean of Student Affairs: Records and Publications, 1941 [4.1.4, Box 17, 29, Student Life Committee, 1970-1975], Bowdoin College Archives, Brunswick, Maine.
24.2 Robert Murphy, “New Coed Housing Plan: Sexes Remain Separated,” The Bowdoin Orient, November 15, 1971, 4.
24.3 “Student Life Committee Report, March 6, 1973” TMs, Office of the Dean of Student Affairs: Records and Publications, 1941 [4.1.4, Box 17, Student Life Committee, 1963-1985 (1/2)], Bowdoin College Archives, Brunswick, Maine.
25.1 Richard Patard, “Orient Poll Reveals Dissatisfaction With Coeducation,” The Bowdoin Orient, February 4, 1972, 6.
25.2 Mark Silverstein, “Pollsters Bow To Outcry: Positive Comments Printed,” The Bowdoin Orient, February 11, 1972, 5.
25.3 Priscilla Paton, letter to the editor, The Bowdoin Orient, February 11, 1972.
25.4 Roger Pasinski, letter to the editor, The Bowdoin Orient, February 11, 1972.
26.1 – “Memo from William D. Shipman, April 13, 1972,” TMs, Dean of Student Affairs Records [4.1.4, Box 3, Coeducation Committee 1970-1973], Bowdoin College Archives, Brunswick, Maine.
26.2 – The Bowdoin Women’s Group, “Bowdoin Women’s Proposal on Gynecological Services, May 1974,” TMs, Dean of Student Affairs Records [4.1.4, Box 2, Bowdoin Women’s Association, 1973-1975, 1981, n.d.], Bowdoin College Archives, Brunswick, Maine.
26.3 – “Letter from Concerned Black Women, May 1974,” TMs, Dean of Student Affairs Records [4.1.4, Box 2, Bowdoin Women’s Association, 1973-1975, 1981, n.d.], Bowdoin College Archives, Brunswick, Maine.
26.4 — Jo Dondis, “Birth Control,” The Bowdoin Orient, December 3, 1971, 3.
27.1 – “Letter from Paul L. Nyhus, February 24, 1972” TMs, Dean of Student Affairs Records, [4.1.4, Box 17, Coeducation, Dean of Student Affairs: Subject Files: Student Council, 1970-1974], Bowdoin College Archives, Brunswick, Maine.
27.2 – “Letter from Kevin J. Tierney, February 27, 1972,” TMs, Dean of Student Affairs Records, [4.1.4, Box 17, Coeducation, Dean of Student Affairs: Subject Files: Student Council, 1970-1974], Bowdoin College Archives, Brunswick, Maine.
28 – “Student Life Committee Report, March 1973,” TMs, Dean of Student Affairs Records [4.1.4, Box 17, Student Life Committee, 1963-1985 (1/2)], Bowdoin College Archives, Brunswick, Maine.
29 “Seven from ’Seventy-Five,” Bowdoin Alumnus, Spring 1975, 6, 9.
30 – Mann, Deborah. “Commencement Address,” Class Records Class of 1975 [1.6.170], Bowdoin College Archives, Brunswick, Maine.
31: “Reports of the Curriculum and Education Policy (C.E.P.) Subcommittee on Coeducation, April 6, 1968,” TMs, Roger Howell Administrative Records 1953-1993 [1.2.10.3, Box 1, Roger Howell: Faculty Committees: Coeducation, Ad Hoc Committee on, 1968-1972.] Bowdoin College Archives, Brunswick, Maine.
32: “Memorandum to President Howell, from the Ad Hoc Committee on Coeducation: Interim Recommendations, August 26, 1970,” TMs, Roger Howell Administrative Records 1953-1993 [1.2.10.3, Box 1, Roger Howell: Faculty Committees: Coeducation, Ad Hoc Committee on, 1968-1972.] Bowdoin College Archives, Brunswick, Maine.
33.1: Von Der Luft, Eric. “Technical vs. Intellectual: Focus on Fine Arts.” The Bowdoin Orient, CIII edition, sec. 7, October 26, 1973.
33.2: Letters to the Editor. “The Fine Arts Defended.” The Bowdoin Orient, CIII edition, sec. 7, November 2, 1973.
34: Gerard, Sumner. “Greason Attacks: Curriculum Abuse Fault of Faculty.” The Bowdoin Orient, CIV edition, sec. 6, October 18, 1974.
35: “Survey of Data on Entering Freshmen, for Fall (1975) conducted jointly by the American Council on Education and the University of California, Los Angeles, p.4 of 12,” TMs, Office of the Dean of Student Affairs: Records and Publications, 1941-., [4.1.3 Box 1, American Council on Education, 1965-1978.] Bowdoin College Archives, Brunswick, Maine.
36.1: “Number of Freshmen taking courses in the various departments before and after the dropping of the requirements: Courses taken by the Class of 1971 in 1967-68; courses taken by the Class of 1977 in 1973-74, p. 23,” TMs, Roger Howell Administrative Records 1953-1993 [1.2.10.3, Box 1, Roger Howell: Faculty Committees: Curriculum, Special Committee on, (Geary Report), 1974-1977.] Bowdoin College Archives, Brunswick, Maine.
36.2: “Courses taken by majors of the Class of 1974 during all four years, p. 28,” TMs, Roger Howell Administrative Records 1953-1993 [1.2.10.3, Box 1, Roger Howell: Faculty Committees: Curriculum, Special Committee on, (Geary Report), 1974-1977.] Bowdoin College Archives, Brunswick, Maine.
37.1 Commencement play on the steps of Walker Art Building, 1920 [9769], Bowdoin College Archives, Brunswick, Maine.
37.2 Masque and Gown, 1924 [7264], Bowdoin College Archives, Brunswick, Maine.
37.3 Playboy of the Western World -1960, [4.48.6, Box 1, Folder 69], Bowdoin College Archives, Brunswick, Maine.
37.4 A Slight Ache -1976, [4.48.6, Box 1, Folder 172], Bowdoin College Archives, Brunswick, Maine.
38 Leonard Lothstien, “Rah Rah Black and White,” Bowdoin Orient, November 17, 1972, 8.
39 Evelyn Miller, “Trials and Tribs in Tights,” Bowdoin Orient, October 22, 1971, 11.
40 “Bowdoin Women’s Association Request for Blanket Tax Appropriation April 1975” Student Activities Fees Committees 1973-1975, Bowdoin College Archives, Brunswick, Maine.
41 “Voluntary Service Programs Newsletter, March 1972” Student Activities Committee Records, Bowdoin College Archives, Brunswick, Maine.
42.1 “Fourth Annual Student Film Awards Night 1977” Poster, [4.8.19, Folio Box 13, Posters, announcing scheduled movies and various student awards nights, 1977-1991, 2009, n.d.], Bowdoin College Archives, Brunswick, Maine.
42.2 “Best Film 1977: Pattern Grace,” 1977, [9413], Bowdoin College Archives, Brunswick, Maine.
42.3 “Best Film 1978: “Les Bien Venus”,” 1978, [9419.1], Bowdoin College Archives, Brunswick, Maine.
42.4 “Best Film 1980: “Eye Dig Lips”,” 1980, [9416], Bowdoin College Archives, Brunswick, Maine.
42.5 “Associate Professor Barbara J. Kaster’s film makers group,” 1974, [6.1.13], Bowdoin College Archives, Brunswick, Maine
43. “Student Council Social Rules Committee Questionnaire,” TMs, Office of the Dean of Student Affairs Records & Publications [4.1.4, Box 17, Student Council, 1962-1973.], Bowdoin College Archives, Brunswick, Maine.
44.1. Peter F. Hayes, “Speech Delivered to the Alumni Council,” TMs, Office of the Dean of Student Affairs Records & Publications [4.1.4, Box 17, Student Council, 1962-1973.], Bowdoin College Archives, Brunswick, Maine.
44.2. A. LeRoy Greason, “Letter to Peter Hayes,” TMs, Office of the Dean of Student Affairs Records & Publications [4.1.4, Box 17, Student Council, 1962-1973.], Bowdoin College Archives, Brunswick, Maine.
45 Linda Baldwin, “Fraternity Rush Nets Ample ‘Pledge’ Yield,” The Bowdoin Orient, September 22, 1972
46 Leonard Lothstein, “Beta Girls At Home, Brookie Trust Busted,” The Bowdoin Orient, October 9, 1972
47. Leonard Lothstein. “AKS Headed for Armageddon.” Bowdoin Orient, October 13, 1972, p. 5.
48. D.E. Reeves. “Chauvinistic ‘Oinkings.’ ” Bowdoin Orient, April 27, 1973, p. 8.
49. Tim Poor. “Golden Age for Bowdoin Greeks.” Bowdoin Orient, September 28, 1973, pp. 1, 5.
50 “Fraternities at Bowdoin College Fall 1975,” Fraternities General [4.7.1, Box 1, Fraternities at Bowdoin College], Bowdoin College Archives, Brunswick, Maine.
51 “Fraternities at Bowdoin College 1982-1983,” Fraternities General [4.7.1, Box 1, Fraternities at Bowdoin College], Bowdoin College Archives, Brunswick, Maine.
52. “Delta Kappa Epsilon,” 6887.1, Bowdoin College Archives, Brunswick, Maine.
53. “Alpha Beta Phi,” Fraternities General [4.7.1, Box 1, Bowdoin’s Fraternities], Bowdoin College Archives, Brunswick, Maine.
54 “Memorandum from Paul Brountas, April 21, 1992,” TMs, Fraternities General [4.7.1, Box 1, Coeducation of Fraternities]
55. Robertson, Debbie. “Bear Broads Bow.” The Bowdoin Orient, November 5, 1971.
56. “Report from President Roger Howell, Jr., June 1, 1972,” TMs, Roger Howell Administrative Records [1.2.10.1, Box 3, President’s Commission on Athletics], Bowdoin College Archives, Brunswick, Maine.
57. Swiss, Debbie. “Women’s Sports Expand to Seven.” The Bowdoin Orient, December 7, 1973.
58. “Letter from Sally LaPointe to President Roger Howell, Jr., May 23, 1977,” TMs, Roger Howell Administrative Records [1.2.10.1, Box 3, Athletics 1974-1979 (1/2)], Bowdoin College Archives, Brunswick, Maine.
59.1. “Letter from the Women’s Indoor Track Team to the Athletic Director and Deans of the College, February 9, 1979,” TMs, Office of the Bowdoin Bugle [4.1.12, Box 1, Athletics 1974-1979 (2/2)], Bowdoin College Archives, Brunswick, Maine.
59.2. “Letter from Richard Mersereau to Vincent B. Wells, May 4, 1979,” TMs, Office of the Bowdoin Bugle [4.1.12, Box 1, Athletics 1974-1979 (2/2)], Bowdoin College Archives, Brunswick, Maine.
60.1-60.36. Bowdoin Bugle. Yearbooks from 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, and 1979. Bowdoin College Archives, Brunswick, Maine.
61.1 Egasti, Lois. “Proposal for a Women’s Resource Center.” February 5, 1980. TMs. Office of the Dean of Student Affairs Records [4.1.4, Box 20: Women’s Resource Center 1980-1981]. Bowdoin College Archives. Brunswick, Maine.
61.2 The Bowdoin Women’s Association Women’s Resource Center Committee. “Women’s Center.” The Bowdoin College Orient, Vol. 110, (February 22, 1980).
62 To the Root. Vol. 1, no. 3. March 10, 1980. Student Publications [4.41.13]. Bowdoin College Archives. Brunswick, Maine.
63 Bowdoin Women’s Association. “Women Rising: Ten Years of Women at Bowdoin 1970-1980 the Bowdoin Women’s Association Handbook 1980-81.” 1980. TMs (copy). Women’s Resource Center Records [4.38, Box 1: WRC 1980-1986]. Bowdoin College Archives. Brunswick, Maine.
64“A Women’s Resource Center.” Bowdoin Alumnus. Vol. 55, no. 2 (Fall 1981). 5-6.
65 Alvord, Marjorie. “Holly Near to perform on campus.” The Bowdoin College Orient, Vol. 110, no. 15 (February 6, 1981).
66 “Rethinking Sex: Anonymous accounts of and about sexual harassment at Bowdoin College, 1987. TMs (copy). Women’s Resource Center Records [4.38, Box 1: WRC 1987 -1990]. Bowdoin College Archives. Brunswick, Maine