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| Maine Historical Records Repository Guide |
| Based on the 1997 survey of repositories by the Maine Historical Records Advisory Board and the Maine State Archives |
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| Bowdoin College Library |
| Brunswick, ME 04011- |
| Repository: | Bowdoin College Library Special Collections; Archives |
| PHONE: | (207) 725-3288 | FAX: | (207) 725-3083 | EMAIL: | scaref@bowdoin.edu |
| Internet: | www.bowdoin.edu/dept/library/arch |
| Research Facilities Schedule |
| SUNDAY | MONDAY | TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY | FRIDAY | SATURDAY |
| 8:30-5 | 8:30-5 | 8:30-5 | 8:30-5 | 8:30-5 |
| EXCEPTIONS: | Closed on major holidays. | APPOINTMENTS: | Not needed |
| Collection Characteristics |
| 8. Types of Record Formats | 9. Time Periods Covered | 10. Subject Areas in Collection |
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| MANUSCRIPTS: | Most | PRE-1776: | A few items | MARITIME: | Some |
| PHOTOGRAPHS: | Some | 1776-1820: | Some | BUSINESS/INDUSTRY: | A few items |
| MAPS: | A few items | 1820-1860: | Some | TRANSPORTATION: | A few items |
| CARDSVIEWS:* | A few items | 1860-1900: | Some | AGRICULTURE: | A few items |
| BROADPOST:** | A few items | 1900-1940: | Some | RELIGIOUS: | Some |
| AUDIO TAPES: | A few items | 1940-present | Some | MUNICIPAL RECORDS: | None |
| MOTIONFILMS: | A few items | Paper Records: | 2300 | linear feet | MILITARY: | A few items |
| VIDEO TAPES: | A few items | _____________________________ | PERSONAL PAPERS: | Most |
| Collections Notes: | #10; U. S. Civil War and Reconstruction -- Some. Arctic Exploration -- Some. |
| Content/ | Special Collections: Manuscript material consists primarily of the personal papers of Bowdoin |
| Scope: | alumni and faculty members, including, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, Nathaniel Hawthorne, |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and Donald Baxter Macmillan. Archives: Official records of the |
| college. |
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| * Postcards and/or stereo views | ** Broadsides and/or posters | Last Update: | 9/20/2001 |