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Interview with Daniel Levine by Marina Henke
Date: 2019-11-09
Creator: Daniel Levine
Access: Open access
- Daniel Levine shares stories from his time working as the Thomas Brackett Reed Professor of History and Political Science between 1963 and 2006. As the first professor to teach a course directly addressing themes of black Americans, Levine charts his own path towards topics of racial injustice and the civil rights movement, beginning as a Jewish American growing up in New York City. He details Bayard Rustin’s visit to campus in 1964 and how the civil rights activist enthusiastically interacted with members of the black student body. Levine describes the environment of his classrooms, and how both he and students embarked on unchartered territory towards exploring elements of the academic cannon that the College had been reluctant to delve into. Levine shares stories of his other colleagues at the time, including Randy Stakeman, Professor of History and Africana Studies.
Interview with Awa Diaw (Class of 2011) by Aisha Rickford
Date: 2019-11-09
Creator: Awa Diaw
Access: Open access
- Awa Diaw ‘11 talks about the experience of moving from the diverse community of Harlem, New York to snowy Brunswick, ME, and how it was one of her first times being around white students in an academic setting, which she calls a “cultural transition.” Diaw, reflects on learning to use Bowdoin’s resources and how to get support where she needed it, and recalls incidents of racial bias experienced by Bowdoin students during her time at the College. One of these culminated in a moment in Diaw’s junior year when, frustrated with the administration’s response to a particularly disturbing incident, Diaw and a committee of other students created a campaign called I Am Bowdoin, which elevated the voices of students who felt marginalized at Bowdoin.
Catalogue of the Bowdoin College Art Collections: Part 1: The Bowdoin Drawings
Date: 1885-01-01
Creator: Henry Johnson
Access: Open access
- Catalogue from the Bowdoin College Museum of Art.
Catalogue of the Bowdoin Drawings
Date: 1881-01-01
Creator: Frederick Winslow
Access: Open access
- Catalogue from the Bowdoin College Museum of Art.
"COVID-19 Portfolio" by Meg Janes (Class of 2020)
Date: 2020-01-01
Creator: Meg Janes
Access: Open access
- Portfolio entries about exercising, online shopping, advertisements, and social media, during the COVID-19 pandemic. The author is class of 2022. GSWS 2261 / CINE 2261
Interview with DeRay Mckesson (Class of 2007) by Nate DeMoranville
Date: 2019-11-09
Creator: DeRay Mckesson
Access: Open access
- DeRay Mckesson ’08 was a two-time president of Bowdoin Student Government, and instituted many of the programming and policies that are in place today. Mckesson shares how during his tenure he transferred several powers of the presidency onto the Executive Committee. He tasked this body with selecting members for BSG’s General Assembly but also with selecting students for institutional committees. Mckesson reaffirms his belief in the Bowdoin community, which he considers unique for its collection of highly capable individuals who believe in the bigness of the world. He discusses how he strove always to imagine new ways to serve the community and built meaningful relationships with faculty, staff, and students.
Reflections questionnaire response by Anonymous on March 24, 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. Author is class of 2022.
Bowdoin College - Medical School of Maine Catalogue (1878-1879)
Date: 1879-01-01
Access: Open access