Image View Description: View of the audience of the Commencement ceremonies of 1990 seated in front of the Walker Art Building.
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Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 9 x 13
Bowdoin College Class of 1957 at their 25th Reunion
Image View Description: Members of the Class of 1957, along with family members, pose for a photo during reunion festivities.
College Persons and Groups: Class of 1957
Medium of Original: Silver gelatin photoprint
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 21 x 26
Three students standing on rocks along the coast
Image View Description: Left: George Richard Adams (Bowdoin 1942), Center: Robert Paine (Bowdoin 1943), Back right: John Banks (Bowdoin 1942) standing on rocks along the coast
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 11 x 8
Image View Description: Quad with bare trees and left to right: Walker Art Building, Searles Science, Memorial Hall, Winthrop Hall, Maine Hall, the Chapel, and Appleton Hall. In two formats: postcard and framed black and white photograph.
College Buildings and Views: Quad Walker Art Building
Notes: Click here for related historical and descriptive narrative from Patricia McGraw Anderson's The Architecture of Bowdoin College (Brunswick, Maine: Bowdoin College Museum of Art, 1988).
Location of Original: Display Oversize Box 1
Medium of Original: Silver gelatin photoprint Postcard
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 10 x 53
Image View Description: Left to right: George Richard Adams (Bowdoin 1942), Ralph Cushing Hayward, Jr. (Bowdoin 1943), unidentified student, John Banks (Bowdoin 1942) having a picnic on rocks along the coast
Image View Description: Portrait of Tricia Lin, member of the Bowdoin class of 1987 with Richard Dordorian.
College Persons and Groups: Class of 1987
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 13 x 18
Image View Description: Etching of Hubbard Hall by Arthur Bell. One of a series of etchings and drawings of College buildings by this artist.
College Buildings and Views: Hubbard Hall
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 18 X 22
Image View Description: Sepia postcard image of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity house, northwest view. "The Sepia Albertype Card."
College Buildings and Views: 4 College Street Delta Kappa Epsilon House
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 15 x 20
Frank Nathaniel Whittier (Class of 1885)
Image View Description: Adult portrait view of Frank Nathaniel Whittier (Class of 1885); Professor of Hygiene and Physical Training, 1908-1924; and College Physician, 1910-1924
College Persons and Groups: Class of 1885
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 18 x 13
Image View Description: Portrait view of Frank Weeks Blair (Class of 1895)
College Persons and Groups: Class of 1895
Provenance: Boothbay Region Historical Society
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 14 x 7
Image View Description: View of a portrait gallery in the art museum.
College Buildings and Views: Walker Art Building
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 20 X 23
Image View Description: Members of the class of 1977, along with family members and dogs, pose outside of the Delta Kappa Epsilon / Kappa Delta Theta House during their 20th reunion festivities.
College Persons and Groups: Class of 1977
College Buildings and Views: Kappa Delta Theta 4 College Street Delta Kappa Epsilon House Burton-Little House
Image View Description: Members of the class of 1972, along with family members, pose during their 25th Reunion festivities.
College Persons and Groups: Class of 1972
Image View Description: Unidentified student, possibly from the Bowdoin Medical School of Maine class of 1891 or 1892.
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 14 x 10
Image View Description: View from the East of Walker Art Building exterior.
Image View Description: Portrait of Jennifer Campbell, member of the Bowdoin class of 1977. She is sitting in front of a collection of books and she is reading one of them.
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 11 x 9
Image View Description: Etching of Massachusetts Hall by Arthur Bell. One of a series of etchings and drawings of College buildings by this artist.
College Buildings and Views: Massachusetts Hall
Image View Description: Formal group portrait with 11 students.
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 12 X 30
Image View Description: Three medical school students around a wooden dissecting table on which lies a cadaver. Two of the students have wrapped the arms of the cadaver around their necks. The dissecting room was located in the top of Adams Hall.
College Persons and Groups: Students, candids
Provenance: Knowlton, Wilson (Bowdoin 1922)
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 6 X 11
Image View Description: Members of the class of 1992 pose on the grass on the quad during the celebration of their 5th Reunion.
College Persons and Groups: Class of 1992
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 21 x 25
Image View Description: Three medical school students around a wooden dissecting table on which lies a cadaver, also looking towards the camera. The dissecting room was located in the top of Adams Hall.
Image View Description: Exterior view of Hyde Athletic Building, Sargent Gymnasium, southeast view. "Sepia Albertype Card."
College Buildings and Views: Sargent Gymnasium Hyde Athletic Building
Whittier Athletic Field and Hubbard Grandstand
Image View Description: Exterior view, the Hubbard Grandstand at Whittier Athletic Field.
College Buildings and Views: Hubbard Grandstand Whittier Field
Image View Description: Etching of the Moulton Union by Arthur Bell. One of a series of etchings and drawings of College buildings by this artist.
College Buildings and Views: Moulton Union
Image View Description: A fish-eye view of the Walker Art Building, stone lion in foreground
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 24 x 16
Image View Description: Senior Members of Miscellania and Meddiebempsters sing "Star-Spangled Banner".
Medium of Original: Kodachrome color print
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 13 X 18
Image View Description: Nefertiti C. Burton, Assistant Professor in Theater.
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 12 x 8
Image View Description: Portrait view of Alain Bussery, Teaching Fellow in French.
Image View Description: Portrait view of Christine A. Blaine, Visiting Instructor, Chemistry Department.
Image View Description: Team photo of the 1988-89 Women's Basketball team. Players and coach are identified on the mounting.
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 17 x 26
Image View Description: Susan A. Burggraf, Visiting Instructor, Psychology.
Image View Description: Portrait view of Augustus A. Adair, Visiting Professor of Political Science, Government Department.
Image View Description: Team picture of the 1987-88 Women's Basketball Team. Players and co-captains are identified on the mounting.
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 16 x 26
Image View Description: Portrait view of Gerald F.Bigelow, Curator/Registrar, Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum.
Freshman Basketball Team Photo 1969-1970
Image View Description: Team photo of the members on the 1969-70 Freshman basketball team. Players are identified on the mounting.
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 18 x 26
Image View Description: Team photo of the 1986-87 Women's Basketball Team. Players and co-captains are identified on the mounting.
Condition of Original: 3 (two long scrathes mar the middle of the picture)
Image View Description: Right: Professor Robert K. Beckwith on the occasion of being elected honorary member of the alumni association.
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 10 x 16
Alumni Relations reception honoring retirees and spouses
Image View Description: Left to right: Marion Becker, Andy Becker, Leo Paquin, Agnes Paquin, Marie Mallon, Tom Mallon (in back), Howard "Bud" Whalin, President Robert Edwards (in back), Beverly Decker, Walter Lonsdale (in back), Johnny Tolbert, Jimmie Tolbert (in back), Carol Lancaster, Dick Lancaster, Doris DeWitt, and John DeWitt. A list of retirees and spouses is attached to the photograph, with retirees in bold type.
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 19 x 24
Image View Description: Portrait view of Sarah J. Bernard, Bowdoin College Registrar.
A. LeRoy Greason, Shirley Herbert, Jane L. Jervis, and Norman C. Nicholson, Jr.
Image View Description: Left to right: President A. LeRoy Greason, Mrs. Shirley Herbert (mother of Pamela Herbert, class of 1990), Jane L. Jervis, Dean of the College, and Norman C. Nicholson, Jr. (1956), President of the Overseers. Presentation of Pamela Herbert's diploma posthumously at the 1990 commencement.
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 12 x 17
Image View Description: Sanford B. Cousins in his later years, seated at an alumni reunion function.
College Persons and Groups: Class of 1920
Medium of Original: Negative, B&W, 35 mm
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 7 x 6
Alison P. Behr, Cameron W. Wobus, and Mara E. Savacool
Image View Description: Left to right: Alison P. Behr (Class of 1995), Cameron W. Wobus (Class of 1995), and Mara E. Savacool (Class of 1995) at the polar bear statue. These students won the 1991-1992 Abraxas Award for their high school, Mount Greylock Regional High School.
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 25 x 19
Image View Description: Ian F. M. Buchan, Physician's Assistant, Coe Health Center.
Image View Description: President A. LeRoy Greason and Christine M. Craig (Class of 1986), recipient of the Annie L.E. Dane trophy.
A. LeRoy Greason, Shirley Herbert, and Jane L. Jervis
Image View Description: Left to right: President A. LeRoy Greason, Mrs. Shirley Herbert (mother of Pamela Herbert, class of 1990), and Jane L. Jervis, Dean of the College. Presentation of Pamela Herbert's diploma posthumously at the 1990 commencement.
Christine M. Craig, A. LeRoy Greason, and Jill H. Bermingham
Image View Description: Left to right: Christine M. Craig (Class of 1986) with the Annie L.E. Dane trophy, President A. LeRoy Greason, and Jill H. Bermingham (Class of 1986) with the Lucy L. Shulman trophy.
Image View Description: Kaoru Umino (Class of 1984) speaking at commencement 1984 from the steps of Walker Art Building.
College Persons and Groups: Class of 1984
Image View Description: Team photo of the 1988-89 Men's Basketball team. Players, coaches, and captains are identified on the mounting.
A. LeRoy Greason, Vincent P. Jacks, Jr., Shirley Herbert, Jane L. Jervis, and Norman C. Nicholson, Jr.
Image View Description: Left to right: President A. LeRoy Greason, Vincent P. Jacks, Jr. (Class of 1991), Mrs. Shirley Herbert (mother of Pamela Herbert, class of 1990), Jane L. Jervis, Dean of the College, and Norman C. Nicholson, Jr. (1956), President of the Overseers. Presentation of Pamela Herbert's diploma posthumously at the 1990 commencement.
Image View Description: Yaakov Levy, Israeli Consul General for New England, speaking on campus.
Image View Description: Group photo of Library staff on the occasion of the Library rededication.
College Buildings and Views: Hawthorne-Longfellow Library
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 12 x 18
Image View Description: Team picture of the 1952 Basketball Team. Players shown are: (back row, left to right) Coombs, Hebert, Fraser, Weiner, Emery (front row, left to right) George Mitchell, Handy, Jordan, Bartlett, and Brown.
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 28 x 35
Justice Harold Hitz Burton (Class of 1909; Overseer 1936-1964) at Bowdoin reception
Image View Description: Justice Harold Hitz Burton (center) at a Bowdoin reception in June 1962. President and Mrs. James S. Coles are to the right, in the receiving line.
College Persons and Groups: Class of 1909
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 17 x 12
Image View Description: Postcard showing Coles Tower
College Buildings and Views: Coles Tower
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 14 x 9
Leonard W. Cronkhite, Jr. (Class of 1941; Overseer 1969-1970; Trustee 1970-1994)
Image View Description: Portrait view of Leonard W. Cronkhite, Jr. (Photograph provided by the Public Relations Department, The Children's Hospital Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts).
College Persons and Groups: Class of 1941
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 24 x 19
Image View Description: Postcard of the Polar Bear given to the college by the Class of 1912 on their twenty-fifth reunion.
Ralph Owen Brewster (Class of 1909), Wallace H. White, Jr. (Class of 1899) and Harold Hitz Burton (Class of 1909)
Image View Description: Left to right: Senator Ralph Owen Brewster, Senator Wallace H. White, Jr., and Justice Harold Hitz Burton pose for this photograph during 1941 Commencement activities.
College Persons and Groups: Class of 1899 Class of 1909
Personal Names: Brewster, Ralph Owen White, Wallace H. Burton, Harold H.
Image View Description: Postcard depicting the Walker Art Museum and Visual Art Center in winter.
College Buildings and Views: Visual Arts Center Walker Art Building
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 9 x 14
Malcolm (Mal) E. Morrell (Class of 1924; Director of Athletics)
Image View Description: Portrait view of Malcolm Elmer Morrell, Class of 1924 and Director of Athletics, 1928-1967.
College Persons and Groups: Class of 1924
Image View Description: Early drawing of the Chapel.
Studio: Before & After Photo Restoration
Location of Original: 1.13.2 Ovsz. Box 1
John Lincoln Baxter (Class of 1916; Governing Boards)
Image View Description: Portrait view of John Lincoln Baxter, class of 1916, overseer 1941-1954, and trustee 1954-1972. This image is included with Baxter's obituary in the Winter 1985 Bowdoin alumni magazine.
College Persons and Groups: Class of 1916
Justice Harold Hitz Burton (Class of 1909; Overseer 1936-1964) and President James S. Coles
Image View Description: Right to left: Justice Harold Hitz Burton receiving the Bowdoin Prize from President James S. Coles.
Personal Names: Coles, James S. Burton, Harold H.
Image View Description: Portrait view of Larry C. Pinette, Dining Service administration.
Image View Description: View of the west side of Hubbard Hall, taken from between the pillars of Walker Art Building. Side view of a Walker Art Building lion statue in the foreground. Flagpole is visible, with flag at half mast.
College Buildings and Views: Hubbard Hall Memorial Flagpole Walker Art Building
Image View Description: Postcard of the Kappa Sigma House. The postcard is one that was actually sent to a Miss A. B. Thompson of Rockingham Junction, NH.
College Buildings and Views: 38 Harpswell Street Kappa Sigma House Donovan D. Lancaster House Alpha Kappa Sigma House
Image View Description: Portrait view of Noel C. Little, Class of 1917 and Professor of Physics, 1919-1966.
College Persons and Groups: Class of 1917
Image View Description: Portrait view of Nathaniel C. Kendrick, Professor of History, 1926-1966 and Dean of the College, 1946-1966.
Donovan Dean Lancaster (Class of 1927; Director of Moulton Union and Centralized Dining Service)
Image View Description: Portrait view of Donovan D. Lancaster in retirement.
College Persons and Groups: Class of 1927 Staff
Polar Bear Statue and Maine Hall Postcard
Image View Description: Postcard depicting the polar bear memorial in front of Smith Union and showing Maine Hall.
College Buildings and Views: Maine Hall Polar Bear
Image View Description: Side-view of Professor Koelln, seated at President Greason's inauguration.
Image View Description: Group photograph of the faculty on the steps of Walker Art Building. President Robert H. Edwards is in the last row, second from left, wearing a suit and tie.
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 20 x 25
Image View Description: Portrait view of Fritz C.A. Koelln, Professor of German.
Image View Description: Portrait view of Cecil T. Holmes, Professor of Mathematics, 1925-1964.
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 12 x 9
Image View Description: Dwight Andrews in academic regalia, serving as commencement marshal, commencement 1981. The quad, with marching band members, and people milling about, is in the background.
College Persons and Groups: Class of 1931
Published in the Bowdoin Alumnus, Summer 1981, page 8
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 23 x 15
Silhouette of Fredric S. Klees (Class of 1925)
Image View Description: Silhouette of Fredric S. Klees drawn by himself in October 1921, his sophomore year at Bowdoin, and cut out by himself several years later. This paper image was removed from Klees' alumni biographical file.
College Persons and Groups: Class of 1925
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 12 x 7
William Hodding Carter, Jr. (Class of 1927)
Image View Description: William Hodding Carter, Jr. (Class of 1927; Overseer 1961-1972; and 1963 Bowdoin Prize recipient). Carter is seated, with bookshelves in the background.
College Persons and Groups: Class of 1927
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 15 x 12
Image View Description: Portrait view of William Hodding Carter, Jr. (Class of 1927; Overseer 1961-1972; and 1963 Bowdoin Prize recipient).
Image View Description: Left to right: Edward T. Reid, tennis coach; Doug Fisher (Class of 1979); and Samuel A. Ladd, Jr. (Class of 1929). Doug Fisher is receiving the Ladd tennis trophy.
College Persons and Groups: Class of 1929 Faculty
Personal Names: Ladd, Samuel A. Reid, Edward T.
Daniel F. Hanley (Class of 1939; College Physician)
Image View Description: Portrait view of Daniel F. Hanley, class of 1939, Bowdoin College physician 1946-1980, and honorary Doctor of Science recipient, 1980.
College Persons and Groups: Class of 1939
Harold Hitz Burton (Class of 1909; Overseer 1936-1964)
Image View Description: Portrait view of Harold Hitz Burton (Class of 1909; Overseer 1936-1964)
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 23 x 18
Image View Description: Head and shoulders view of Charles A. Cary (Class of 1910; Overseer 1947-1951 and Trustee 1951-1965). Cary is seated at a desk, hands folded.
College Persons and Groups: Class of 1910
Image View Description: Charles A. Cary (Class of 1910; Overseer 1947-1951; and Trustee 1951-1965). Cary is speaking from a podium and is wearing a polar bear badge.
Image View Description: Portrait view of Charles A. Cary (Class of 1910; Overseer 1947-1951 and Trustee 1951-1965).
William Hodding Carter, Jr. (Class of 1927; Overseer 1961-1972; and 1963 Bowdoin Prize recipient).
Image View Description: An academic procession on campus. Carter is on the left, and President James Stacy Coles is on the right, immediately behind the leader of the procession. The occasion is probably the October 31, 1963 convocation when Carter received the Bowdoin Prize.
Personal Names: Carter, William H. Coles, James S.
Image View Description: Left to right: Samuel A. Ladd, Jr. (Class of 1929); Robert B. Woodman (Class of 1969); and Ray S. Bicknell, tennis coach. Woodman is awarded the first Samuel A. Ladd tennis trophy.
College Persons and Groups: Faculty Class of 1969 Class of 1929
Personal Names: Bicknell, Ray S. Woodman, Robert B. Ladd, Samuel A.
Image View Description: Left to right: Edward T. Reid, tennis coach; James J. Fitzpatrick III (Class of 1976); and Samuel A. Ladd, Jr. (Class of 1929). Fitzpatrick is receiving the Ladd tennis trophy.
College Persons and Groups: Class of 1976 Faculty Class of 1929
Personal Names: Fitzpatrick, James J. Ladd, Samuel A. Reid, Edward T.
Image View Description: Left to right: Edward T. Reid, tennis coach; student [David Garratt, class of 1977?] and Samuel A. Ladd, Jr. (Class of 1929). A student [David Garratt?] is receiving the Ladd tennis trophy.
Personal Names: Reid, Edward T. Ladd, Samuel A.
Image View Description: Left to right: Edward T. Reid, tennis coach; James J. Fitzpatrick III (Class of 1976); and Samuel A. Ladd, Jr. (Class of 1929). Fitzpatrick is receiving the Ladd tennis trophy. Fitzpatrick also received the trophy in 1975.
College Persons and Groups: Faculty Class of 1929 Class of 1976
Personal Names: Ladd, Samuel A. Reid, Edward T. Fitzpatrick, James J.
Image View Description: Portrait view of Norman Leslie Munn (Bowdoin Professor of Psychology, 1946-1963) as a young man.
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 16 x 11
Image View Description: Left to right: Samuel A. Ladd, Jr. (Class of 1929); William Paulson (Class of 1971); and Edward T. Reid, tennis coach. Paulson is receiving the Ladd tennis trophy.
College Persons and Groups: Class of 1929 Class of 1971 Faculty
Personal Names: Reid, Edward T. Paulson, William C. Ladd, Samuel A.
Image View Description: Three members of the Meddiebempsters around the piano, while a fourth person takes their picture.
College Persons and Groups: Meddiebempsters
Image View Description: Head and shoulders view of William Hodding Carter, Jr. (Class of 1927; Overseer 1961-1972; and 1963 Bowdoin Prize recipient). Carter is standing behind a speaker's podium in academic regalia, with the Bowdoin seal in the background. Probably the occasion is his receipt of the Bowdoin Prize.
Samuel A. Ladd, Jr. (Class of 1929, tennis coach, and Director of Career Counseling and Placement)
Image View Description: Looking through a window at Samuel A. Ladd, Jr., Director of Career Counseling and Placement, in his office meeting with a student in a Navy uniform.
College Persons and Groups: Class of 1929
Charles and Horace Hildreth (both class of 1925)
Image View Description: Charles and Horace Hildreth wearing academic regalia and carrying batons; marshals at Commencement 1975. They are on the quad, with a crowd in the background.
Personal Names: Hildreth, Horace A. Hildreth, Charles L.
Published in the Bowdoin Alumnus, Summer 1975, page 7
James Stacy Coles (Bowdoin College president, 1952-1967)
Image View Description: President James Stacy Coles at his desk with a dictation machine.
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 19 x 19
Image View Description: William Hodding Carter, Jr. (Class of 1927; Overseer 1961-1972; and 1963 Bowdoin Prize recipient). Carter is on the left, wearing sunglasses and signing a book for a young man while others visit, as at a reception.
Image View Description: Drawing of the Cram Alumni House (green ink on white background) on a postcard.
College Buildings and Views: 83 Federal Street Cram Alumni House
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 8 x 14