About
About Bowdoin
Bowdoin College has been educating leaders for America and the world since the dawn of the American republic. Founded in 1794, Bowdoin is a highly selective college of approximately 1,730 students of distinction from across America and around the world.

The Offer of the College »

In 1906, Bowdoin's president, William DeWitt Hyde, wrote "The Offer of the College" ... Learn more

Campus Maps & Tour »

History and Facts »

Support Bowdoin »

Visit Campus »
Academics
Academics
Bowdoin’s curriculum offers a bold blueprint for liberal education designed to inspire you to become a world citizen and leader with acute sensitivity to the social and natural worlds.

Areas of Study »

Departments & programs, majors & minors, and the curriculum.

The Faculty »

The Arts »

Library »

Centers & Field Stations »
Campus Life
Campus Life
An environment based on mutual respect, active learning, and freedom of inquiry, and engaged with local, national, and international communities.

Values of a Learning Community »

The house system, the campus, and guides to your educational and learning experience.

Health & Wellness »

Life in Maine »

Beyond Bowdoin »

Service Learning »

Admissions

Location: Bowdoin / Africana Studies / Resources

Africana Studies

Resources

College Resources

H&L Library's Special Collections and Archives

Africana Studies Resources in the George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives

Africana Books and Other Printed Materials

Local Resources

Visible Black History: Maine Black History resources.

Maine Memory Network’s African American image gallery.

African Culture in Maine - A 2006 article by Simon Ottenberg on African art and culture in Maine.

An American for the Arts study on Africans in Maine (PDF PDF )

Maine’s African film festival.

Portland’s Museum of African Culture

Regional Resources

A guide to Portsmouth, New Hampshire’s Black Heritage Trail.

A guide to African American cultural and historical sites in Boston.

The New England Historic Genealogical Society’s African American research page.