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George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections and Archives, Bowdoin College<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This website was produced by the students in GWS 280 in the fall of 2011 as a class project.<\/p>\n

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<\/a>. The class extends its most sincere thanks to Caroline Moseley, Archivist, and Richard Lindemann, Director, for their assistance and support.<\/p>\n

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1\u201cJoshua Chamberlain\u2019s Inaugural Address, 1871,\u201d TMs, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain Collection 1817-. [M 27.4, Box 9, Folder 14], Bowdoin College Archives, Brunswick, Maine.<\/p>\n

2 \u201cSummer School of Science, 1876,\u201d TMs, [6.1.19, v. 4 folio], Bowdoin College Archives, Brunswick, Maine.<\/p>\n

3\u00a0 “Bowdoin Co-eds.”\u00a0The Bugle\u00a0<\/em>1890.<\/p>\n

4 \u00a0\u201cConstitution of the Society of Bowdoin Women, 1922,\u201d TMs, Society of Bowdoin Women Records 1934-n.d. [M187.1], Bowdoin College Archives, Brunswick, Maine.<\/p>\n

5 \u00a0\u201cKate Douglas Wiggin Room, 1968,\u201d Society of Bowdoin Women Records 1934-n.d. [M 187.1], Bowdoin College Archives, Brunswick, Maine.<\/p>\n

\u201cKate Douglas Wiggin Room, 2011,\u201d Property of Samantha Copland.<\/p>\n

6 \u00a0\u201cBowdoin Wives Association Newsletter: \u2018Chit-Chat\u2019, 1947,\u201d Director of the Moulton Union records 1940-1968, [1.19.3, Box 1, Folder 2, V. 1, Issue I], Bowdoin College Archives, Brunswick, Maine.<\/p>\n

7 \u00a0Evelyn Banning, \u201cLetter from Evelyn Banning to Bowdoin Dean of Admissions Richard Moll, October 28, 1968\u201d TMs, Roger Howell Administrative Records, 1952-1993, n.d. [1.2.10.1, Box 16, Twelve-College Exchange], Bowdoin College Archives, Brunswick, Maine.<\/p>\n

8 \u00a0John W. Ambrose, Jr. et al, \u201cThe Annual Report of the Student Life Committee, 1968, an excerpt\u201d 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.<\/p>\n

9 \u201cExchange Students at Bowdoin For Fall Semester, 1970\u201d TMs, The Twelve College Exchange [\u00a04.1.14 Folder 2 Box 1], Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine.<\/p>\n

10 \u00a0William C. Pierce et al, \u201cReport To the President and Trustees and to the Overseers of Bowdoin College [The Pierce Report],\u201d (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.<\/p>\n

11 \u201cPierce and Progress,\u201d\u00a0The Bowdoin Orient<\/em>, October, 3, 1969, 99.<\/p>\n

12\u00a0 “Coeducation Plan is Proposed.”\u00a0The Bowdoin Orient<\/em>, 2 13, 1970.<\/p>\n

13 \u00a0Mark Ashford, \u201cGeary Says We Could Do It,\u201d\u00a0The Bowdoin Orient<\/em>, April 24,1970, Bowdoin College Archives, Brunswick, Maine.<\/p>\n

14\u00a0 deFuria, Joe. “Exchange isn’t Coeducation.”\u00a0The Bowdoin Orient<\/em>, 5 1970.<\/p>\n

15.1 \u00a0\u201cStudent Questionnaire Evaluation, Twelve College Exchange\u201d, TMs, Roger Howell Administrative Records, 1952-1993, n.d. [1.2.10.1, Box 16, Twelve-College Exchange 1970 Folder \u00bd], Bowdoin College Archives, Brunswick, Maine.<\/p>\n

15.2 \u201cQuestionnaire Evaluation [Summary of all 12-College Exchange Evaluations]\u201d TMs, Roger Howell Administrative Records, 1952-1993, n.d. [1.2.10.1, Box 16, Twelve-College Exchange 1970 Folder \u00bd], Bowdoin College Archives, Brunswick, Maine.<\/p>\n

16 “Tale of Another Gender.”\u00a0The Bowdoin Orient<\/em>, 10 9, 1970.<\/p>\n

17 Richard Moll, \u201cLetter from Richard Moll to Elissa Berry,\u201d October 12, 1970. Provided with permission of Elissa Berry.<\/p>\n

18\u00a0 In Father\u2019s Footstep,<\/em>\u00a0unprocessed photo.\u00a0 Bowdoin College Archives, Brunswick, Maine.<\/p>\n

19 \u201cLetter from J.H. Turner, March 19, 1968\u201d 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.<\/p>\n

20.1 \u00a0\u201cMoll, Richard Wood (faculty),\u201d Photo 8274, 1970, Bowdoin College Archives, Brunswick, Maine.<\/p>\n

20.2\u00a0 \u201cBelinda Bothwick, First Female Proctor,\u201d Photo 10301, 1971, Bowdoin College Archives, Brunswick, Maine.<\/p>\n

21 \u201cBowdoin Graduates Its First Woman Student,\u201d\u00a0The Bowdoin Orient<\/em>, June 4, 1971, 1.<\/p>\n

22 Jacobson, Susan. \u201cCommencement Address,\u201d Class Records, Class of 1971 [1.6.166], Bowdoin College Archives, Brunswick, Maine.<\/p>\n

23.1 Caroline Boardman and Miranda Spivack, “‘Men’s College With Women’,”\u00a0The Bowdoin Orient<\/em>, September 17, 1971, 1.<\/p>\n

23.2 Don Westfall, \u201cBowdoin: \u201cThe Gracious Host\u201d,\u201d\u00a0The Bowdoin Orient<\/em>, October 8, 1971, 4.<\/p>\n

23.3 Caroline Boardman, letter to the editor,\u00a0The Bowdoin Orient<\/em>, October 22, 1971.<\/p>\n

24.1 \u201cReport of the Student Life Committee on Coeducational Housing, November 3, 1971\u201d 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.<\/p>\n

24.2 Robert Murphy, \u201cNew Coed Housing Plan: Sexes Remain Separated,\u201d\u00a0The Bowdoin Orient<\/em>, November 15, 1971, 4.<\/p>\n

24.3 \u201cStudent Life Committee Report, March 6, 1973\u201d 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.<\/p>\n

25.1 Richard Patard, \u201cOrient<\/em>\u00a0Poll Reveals Dissatisfaction With Coeducation,\u201d\u00a0The Bowdoin Orient<\/em>, February 4, 1972, 6.<\/p>\n

25.2 Mark Silverstein, \u201cPollsters Bow To Outcry: Positive Comments Printed,\u201d\u00a0The Bowdoin Orient<\/em>, February 11, 1972, 5.<\/p>\n

25.3 Priscilla Paton, letter to the editor,\u00a0The Bowdoin Orient<\/em>, February 11, 1972.<\/p>\n

25.4 Roger Pasinski, letter to the editor,\u00a0The Bowdoin Orient<\/em>, February 11, 1972.<\/p>\n

26.1 – \u201cMemo 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.<\/p>\n

26.2 – The Bowdoin Women\u2019s Group, \u201cBowdoin Women\u2019s Proposal on Gynecological Services, May 1974,\u201d TMs, Dean of Student Affairs Records [4.1.4, Box 2, Bowdoin Women\u2019s Association, 1973-1975, 1981, n.d.], Bowdoin College Archives, Brunswick, Maine.<\/p>\n

26.3 – \u201cLetter from Concerned Black Women, May 1974,\u201d TMs, Dean of Student Affairs Records [4.1.4, Box 2, Bowdoin Women\u2019s Association, 1973-1975, 1981, n.d.], Bowdoin College Archives, Brunswick, Maine.<\/p>\n

26.4 — Jo Dondis, \u201cBirth Control,\u201d\u00a0The Bowdoin Orient<\/em>, December 3, 1971, 3.<\/p>\n

27.1 – \u201cLetter from Paul L. Nyhus, February 24, 1972\u201d 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.<\/p>\n

27.2 – \u201cLetter from Kevin J. Tierney, February 27, 1972,\u201d 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.<\/p>\n

28 – \u201cStudent Life Committee Report, March 1973,\u201d TMs, Dean of Student Affairs Records [4.1.4, Box 17, Student Life Committee, 1963-1985 (1\/2)], Bowdoin College Archives, Brunswick, Maine.<\/p>\n

29 \u201cSeven from \u2019Seventy-Five,\u201d\u00a0Bowdoin Alumnus<\/em>, Spring 1975, 6, 9.<\/p>\n

30 – Mann, Deborah. \u201cCommencement Address,\u201d Class Records Class of 1975 [1.6.170], Bowdoin College Archives, Brunswick, Maine.<\/p>\n

31: \u201cReports of the Curriculum and Education Policy (C.E.P.) Subcommittee on Coeducation, April 6, 1968,\u201d 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.<\/p>\n

32: \u201cMemorandum to President Howell, from the Ad Hoc Committee on Coeducation: Interim Recommendations, August 26, 1970,\u201d 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.<\/p>\n

33.1: Von Der Luft, Eric. “Technical vs. Intellectual: Focus on Fine Arts.”\u00a0The Bowdoin Orient<\/em>, CIII edition, sec. 7, October 26, 1973.<\/p>\n

33.2: Letters to the Editor. “The Fine Arts Defended.”\u00a0The Bowdoin Orient<\/em>, CIII edition, sec. 7, November 2, 1973.<\/p>\n

34: Gerard, Sumner. “Greason Attacks: Curriculum Abuse Fault of Faculty.”\u00a0The Bowdoin Orient<\/em>, CIV edition, sec. 6, October 18, 1974.<\/p>\n

35: \u201cSurvey 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,\u201d 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.<\/p>\n

36.1: \u201cNumber 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,\u201d 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.<\/p>\n

36.2: \u201cCourses taken by majors of the Class of 1974 during all four years, p. 28,\u201d 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.<\/p>\n

37.1 Commencement play on the steps of Walker Art Building, 1920 [9769], Bowdoin College Archives, Brunswick, Maine.<\/p>\n

37.2 Masque and Gown, 1924 [7264], Bowdoin College Archives, Brunswick, Maine.<\/p>\n

37.3 Playboy of the Western World -1960, [4.48.6, Box 1, Folder 69], Bowdoin College Archives, Brunswick, Maine.<\/p>\n

37.4 A Slight Ache -1976, [4.48.6, Box 1, Folder 172], Bowdoin College Archives, Brunswick, Maine.<\/p>\n

38 Leonard Lothstien, \u201cRah Rah Black and White,\u201d Bowdoin\u00a0Orient<\/em>, November 17, 1972, 8.<\/p>\n

39 Evelyn Miller, \u201cTrials and Tribs in Tights,\u201d Bowdoin\u00a0Orient<\/em>, October 22, 1971, 11.<\/p>\n

40 \u201cBowdoin Women\u2019s Association Request for Blanket Tax Appropriation April 1975\u201d Student Activities Fees Committees 1973-1975, Bowdoin College Archives, Brunswick, Maine.<\/p>\n

41 \u201cVoluntary Service Programs Newsletter, March 1972\u201d Student Activities Committee Records, Bowdoin College Archives, Brunswick, Maine.<\/p>\n

42.1 \u201cFourth Annual Student Film Awards Night 1977\u201d 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.<\/p>\n

42.2 \u201cBest Film 1977: Pattern Grace,\u201d 1977, [9413], Bowdoin College Archives, Brunswick, Maine.<\/p>\n

42.3 \u201cBest Film 1978: “Les Bien Venus\u201d,” 1978, [9419.1], Bowdoin College Archives, Brunswick, Maine.<\/p>\n

42.4 \u201cBest Film 1980: “Eye Dig Lips”,\u201d 1980, [9416], Bowdoin College Archives, Brunswick, Maine.<\/p>\n

42.5 \u201cAssociate Professor Barbara J. Kaster’s film makers group,\u201d 1974, [6.1.13], Bowdoin College Archives, Brunswick, Maine<\/p>\n

43. \u201cStudent Council Social Rules Committee Questionnaire,\u201d TMs, Office of the Dean of Student Affairs Records & Publications [4.1.4, Box 17, Student Council, 1962-1973.], Bowdoin College Archives, Brunswick, Maine.<\/p>\n

44.1. Peter F. Hayes, \u201cSpeech Delivered to the Alumni Council,\u201d TMs, Office of the Dean of Student Affairs Records & Publications [4.1.4, Box 17, Student Council, 1962-1973.], Bowdoin College Archives, Brunswick, Maine.<\/p>\n

44.2. A. LeRoy Greason, \u201cLetter to Peter Hayes,\u201d TMs, Office of the Dean of Student Affairs Records & Publications [4.1.4, Box 17, Student Council, 1962-1973.], Bowdoin College Archives, Brunswick, Maine.<\/p>\n

45 \u00a0Linda Baldwin, \u201cFraternity Rush Nets Ample \u2018Pledge\u2019 Yield,\u201d\u00a0The Bowdoin Orient<\/em>, September 22, 1972<\/p>\n

46 Leonard Lothstein, \u201cBeta Girls At Home, Brookie Trust Busted,\u201d\u00a0The Bowdoin Orient<\/em>, October 9, 1972<\/p>\n

47. Leonard Lothstein. \u201cAKS Headed for Armageddon.\u201d\u00a0Bowdoin Orient<\/em>, October 13, 1972, p. 5.<\/p>\n

48. D.E. Reeves. \u201cChauvinistic \u2018Oinkings.\u2019 \u201d\u00a0Bowdoin Orient<\/em>, April 27, 1973, p. 8.<\/p>\n

49. Tim Poor. \u201cGolden Age for Bowdoin Greeks.\u201d\u00a0Bowdoin Orient<\/em>, September 28, 1973, pp. 1, 5.<\/p>\n

50 \u201cFraternities at Bowdoin College Fall 1975,\u201d Fraternities General [4.7.1, Box 1, Fraternities at Bowdoin College], Bowdoin College Archives, Brunswick, Maine.<\/p>\n

51 \u201cFraternities at Bowdoin College 1982-1983,\u201d Fraternities General [4.7.1, Box 1, Fraternities at Bowdoin College], Bowdoin College Archives, Brunswick, Maine.<\/p>\n

52. \u201cDelta Kappa Epsilon,\u201d 6887.1, Bowdoin College Archives, Brunswick, Maine.<\/p>\n

53. \u201cAlpha Beta Phi,\u201d Fraternities General [4.7.1, Box 1, Bowdoin\u2019s Fraternities], Bowdoin College Archives, Brunswick, Maine.<\/p>\n

54 \u201cMemorandum from Paul Brountas, April 21, 1992,\u201d TMs, Fraternities General [4.7.1, Box 1, Coeducation of Fraternities]<\/p>\n

55. Robertson, Debbie. \u201cBear Broads Bow.\u201d\u00a0The Bowdoin Orient<\/em>, November 5, 1971.<\/p>\n

56. \u201cReport from President Roger Howell, Jr., June 1, 1972,\u201d TMs, Roger Howell Administrative Records [1.2.10.1, Box 3, President\u2019s Commission on Athletics], Bowdoin College Archives, Brunswick, Maine.<\/p>\n

57. Swiss, Debbie. \u201cWomen\u2019s Sports Expand to Seven.\u201d\u00a0The Bowdoin Orient<\/em>, December 7, 1973.<\/p>\n

58. \u201cLetter from Sally LaPointe to President Roger Howell, Jr., May 23, 1977,\u201d TMs, Roger Howell Administrative Records [1.2.10.1, Box 3, Athletics 1974-1979 (1\/2)], Bowdoin College Archives, Brunswick, Maine.<\/p>\n

59.1. \u201cLetter from the Women\u2019s Indoor Track Team to the Athletic Director and Deans of the College, February 9, 1979,\u201d TMs, Office of the Bowdoin Bugle [4.1.12, Box 1, Athletics 1974-1979 (2\/2)], Bowdoin College Archives, Brunswick, Maine.<\/p>\n

59.2. \u201cLetter from Richard Mersereau to Vincent B. Wells, May 4, 1979,\u201d TMs, Office of the Bowdoin Bugle [4.1.12, Box 1, Athletics 1974-1979 (2\/2)], Bowdoin College Archives, Brunswick, Maine.<\/p>\n

60.1-60.36. Bowdoin Bugle. Yearbooks from 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, and 1979. Bowdoin College Archives, Brunswick, Maine.<\/p>\n

61.1 Egasti, Lois. \u201cProposal for a Women\u2019s Resource Center.\u201d February 5, 1980. TMs. Office of the Dean of Student Affairs Records [4.1.4, Box 20: Women\u2019s Resource Center 1980-1981]. Bowdoin College Archives. Brunswick, Maine.<\/p>\n

61.2 The Bowdoin Women\u2019s Association Women\u2019s Resource Center Committee. “Women\u2019s Center.”\u00a0The Bowdoin College Orient<\/em>, Vol. 110, (February 22, 1980).<\/p>\n

62\u00a0To the Root<\/em>. Vol. 1, no. 3. March 10, 1980. Student Publications [4.41.13]. Bowdoin College Archives. Brunswick, Maine.<\/p>\n

63 Bowdoin Women\u2019s Association. \u201cWomen Rising: Ten Years of Women at Bowdoin 1970-1980 the Bowdoin Women\u2019s Association Handbook 1980-81.\u201d 1980. TMs (copy). Women\u2019s Resource Center Records [4.38, Box 1: WRC 1980-1986]. Bowdoin College Archives. Brunswick, Maine.<\/p>\n

64\u201cA Women\u2019s Resource Center.\u201d\u00a0Bowdoin Alumnus.<\/em>\u00a0Vol. 55, no. 2 (Fall 1981). 5-6.<\/p>\n

65 Alvord, Marjorie. “Holly Near to perform on campus.”\u00a0The Bowdoin College Orient<\/em>, Vol. 110, no. 15 (February 6, 1981).<\/p>\n

66 \u201cRethinking Sex: Anonymous accounts of and about sexual harassment at Bowdoin College, 1987. TMs (copy). Women\u2019s Resource Center Records [4.38, Box 1: WRC 1987 -1990]. Bowdoin College Archives. Brunswick, Maine<\/p>\n

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