Office of the Dean of Student Affairs. Records and publications: Fraternities (4.1.13)Series contains records and correspondence regarding fraternities at Bowdoin from 1962. Records include: College policy statements about fraternities, inspections and guidelines on standards of houses, financial and mortgage documents, dining service and housing arrangements with the College, incident reports, fraternity relations with neighbors, interfraternity council files, debates about the role that fraternities have or should have on campus and correspondence among college, fraternity leadership, alumni and others.
Much of the material relates to the matter of making fraternities fully coeducational. Allan Springer's 1984 paper, "The Status of Women in Fraternities: A Chronology" and Kimberly Hokanson's master's degree thesis entitled, "The Changing Status of Fraternities at Northeastern, Liberal Arts Colleges: Case Studies of Bowdoin and Colby Colleges" provide an historical context for these discussions. Some material also relates to full racial integration in the fraternities in the early 1960's. Closed for 75 years from date of creation.