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Eleanor Morrell met her husband Richard (Dick) Morrell ’50 during a formal dance at Westbrook Junior College, now the University of New England, in 1947. Two years after he graduated from Bowdoin, the couple moved to Brunswick, where Eleanor still …
If you walk into Gibson Hall, you’ll most likely be greeted by the faint sounds of music from above or below you. Cozy and cramped, Gibson is home to Bowdoin’s music department. Throughout its existence, both musicians and music aficionados …
Massachusetts Hall, the oldest building on Bowdoin’s campus, has a long and storied history full of renovations and evolving purposes. The 223-year old building was named after the state of Massachusetts, of which Maine was a part of until it …
Whether looking for books, ghosts or gargoyles, Hubbard Hall has everything. In its almost 122 years on campus, it has seen multiple transformations, from library to offices.
Hubbard Hall is named after General Thomas Hamlin Hubbard, Class of 1857, who …
In May 1986, as Bowdoin prepared for its 180th Commencement, a cardboard and scrap wood structure stood on the Main Quad.
Members of Students for Action Against Apartheid occupied what they called the “shanty” on the quad to push for …
The stories of African Americans in Maine, especially in the 18th century, have not been heavily explored—a fact Special Collections Research Services Librarian Jamey Tanzer is well aware of.
Over the past five years, Tanzer has been exploring the story …
On Tuesday evening in Searles Science Building, Ivan Kurilla, Visiting Tallman Scholar in Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies, delivered a lecture titled, “‘Distant Friends and Intimate Enemies’ What Does the Long History of Russian-American Relations Tell Us About the …
Unbeknownst to many, within the white house with green shutters at 63 Federal Street in Brunswick, one of the most consequential novels in American history was written.
This house is none other than the former residence of the author Harriet …
This week, we’re going to derail a bit from our usual shenanigans of airing various historical figures’ dirty (and bloody) laundry. Instead of exposing the blemishes on someone’s character, we’ll be talking about a leader with a bad rep who …
Coles Tower has become an icon of mid-century modern architecture and a hub for student life on Bowdoin’s campus. At one point, when it was built in 1964, it stood as the tallest building in Maine and the tallest building …
