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Poem by Mac Brower (Class of 2018)

Date: 2020-01-01

Creator: Mac Brower

Access: Open access

This is a poem I composed while stay-at-home orders were being issued nationwide. I wrote it shortly after leaving my home in Washington, DC to live with my parents in North Carolina. The author is an alumnus from the class of 2018.


Reflections questionnaire response by Anonymous on March 23, 2021

Date: 2021-01-01

Creator: Anonymous

Access: Open access

This is a response to the Documenting Bowdoin & COVID-19 Reflections Questionnaire. The questionnaire was created in March 2021 by staff of Bowdoin's George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives. The author is a member of Bowdoin's faculty.


Interview with Alvin Hall (Class of 1974) by Marcus Williams

Date: 2019-11-10

Creator: Alvin Hall

Access: Open access

Alvin Hall ’74 begins with a brief anecdote on how he helped bring together Geoffrey Canada and Stanley Druckenmiller to collaborate on the Harlem’s Children Zone. Druckenmiller was a friend of Hall’s roommate at Bowdoin, and Canada a member of the Afro-American Society. A couple years after graduation, Hall ran into Canada on the streets of New York and shared that Druckenmiller had recently come into good fortune. The rest is history. Hall remembers fondly how close the Bowdoin community was when he was a student. He spent many nights in the John B. Russwurm Center, where black students could come together for community. Hall recounts his involvement with the Society during his four years as a student. He took part in several protests, including a silent strike, where black students advocated for more people of color in the faculty and student body.


Interview with Saira Toppin (Class of 2009) by Nate DeMoranville

Date: 2019-11-09

Creator: Saira Toppin

Access: Open access

Saira Toppin ’09 discusses her upbringing in Brooklyn, New York, and how that made for a challenging transition to Brunswick, Maine. She shares how a few juniors mentored her during her first year, which helped Toppin adjust to Bowdoin. She credits this mentorship with encouraging her to carve out space for herself on campus as an Afro-Latina and also to look out for others once she became an upperclassman. She shares stories from her time on the boards of both the African American Society and the Latin American Students Organization (LASO). As co-president of LASO during her junior and senior year, Toppin helped the organization have an impact on campus by organizing Latin American Heritage Month event Fall. She made sure to mentor underclassman so that they could run the club in her absence and considers LASO to be her legacy.


Statement gathered at Old Town, Maine, January 12, 2015

Date: 2015-01-12

Creator: Debora McLaughlin

Barbara Kates

Lynn Nye

Richard Nye

Reba Parsons

Stephanie Spencer

Bette Hoxie

Holly Shafer

Access: Open access



Statement gathered in Bangor, Maine, July 30, 2014

Date: 2014-07-30

Creator: Francis Joseph

Jr.

Juanita Grant

Terri Elder

Tonisha Bassett

Allan Sockabasin

Access: Open access



Statement gathered at Sipayik-Pleasant Point, Maine, June 18, 2014

Date: 2014-06-18

Creator: Brian Altvater

Sr.

Dale Mitchell

Stephanie Bailey

Ed Basset

Access: Open access



Interview with Susan Graham by Caroline Moseley.

Date: 2020-01-01

Creator: Susan Graham

Access: Open access

Susan Graham, a Bowdoin College housekeeper for 14 years, shares her experiences cleaning for the Environmental Services team of Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick, Maine during the Covid19 crisis. Susan was hired by the hospital after she offered assistance during her hiatus from Bowdoin, when the campus was closed to all but essential personnel in the weeks following March 18th, 2020. Susan also reflects on the impact of the crisis on her home life and her work at Bowdoin. Interviewed by Bowdoin Archivist, Caroline Moseley.


Statement by Anonymous (Paula) collected by Erika Bjorum on October 5, 2018 [part 1]

Date: 2018-10-05

Creator: Anonymous (Paula)

Access: Open access

Transcription of statement includes parts 1 and 2, recorded on October 5 and October 9, 2018. This statement was given privately.


Statement by Sarah Mary (Anne) McCarron collected by Rachel George on May 1, 2014

Date: 2014-05-01

Creator: Sarah Mary McCarron

Access: Open access