Return to Collection Guide Sesquicentennial Fund records, 1947-1953 1.75 linear feet. Fund records of the Sesquicentennial Fund of Bowdoin College. Includes correspondence among Sesquicentennial Fund committee members and correspondence to those who are donating money or have donated money in the past. Also included are some solicitations and progress reports on the growth of the fund. Correspondence is incoming and outgoing, often filed together.
Filing can be by name of correspondent, by subject discussed, or by name of group involved.
Some correspondence parallels that found in subject files. Arranged chronologically, then alphabetically within each year. Printed ephemera includes pamphlets, programs and other printed material containing information written by or about Kenneth or Edith Sills. Also included is printed material from activities that the Sills attended or organizations of which they were members or officers. Printed ephemera continued to be collected after Sills' death and includes other material from memorial services and other programs honoring him.