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Bates College (Lewiston, Me.)

 Organization

Found in 96 Collections and/or Records:

Edmund S. Muskie oral history collection

 Collection
Identifier: MOH
Abstract

This collection contains oral history interviews with a broad range of individuals who knew, affected or were affected by Senator Edmund S. Muskie in the course of his life and career. Interviews were conducted and collected by staff of the Edmund S. Muskie Oral History Project (1997-2007), which was funded by the Edmund S. Muskie Foundation and based at the Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library, Bates College (Lewiston, Me.).

Dates: 1985 - 2007; Majority of material found within 1998 - 2003

Edmund S. Muskie papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC105
Abstract The Edmund S. Muskie Papers include his personal papers, office files, audiovisual materials, photographs, artifacts, and memorabilia. The collection documents his youth in Rumford, Maine; his years as a student at Bates College; his personal and family life; his service in the U.S. Navy during World War II; his law practice and other professional, public service and political activities in Waterville, Maine; his terms as a member of the Maine House of Representatives (1947-1951), director...
Dates: 1826 - 2005; Majority of material found within 1928 - 1996

Esther Rosenthal Zellweger papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC067
Abstract

The collection contains memorabilia, travel literature, correspondence, photographs, and other material related to Bates College student Esther Rosenthal Zellweger's 1962-1963 junior year abroad in Geneva, Switzerland. Also includes a scrapbook kept during her freshmen and sophomore years at Bates.

Dates: 1960-1963, undated

Faculty and Staff Organizations

 Collection
Identifier: CA12.01
Abstract

These records contain material pertaining to a number of organizations created by and for Bates College faculty and/or staff. The most detailed records are for the Bates Round Table, founded in 1896 by Professors Alfred W. Anthony and Addison Small, and records for the Bates chapter of Phi Beta Kappa.

Dates: 1879; 1896 - 2010

Fred Austin Knapp papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC034
Abstract

Composed of the elegies and tributes written by Bates professor of Latin Fred Austin Knapp for many of his colleagues, including George M. Chase, Lyman Jordan, Halbert Britan, Grosvenor Robinson, George Ramsdell and Fred Pomeroy.

Dates: 1912-1953, undated

Fred Pomeroy correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: MC073
Abstract

Incoming and outgoing correspondence of Fred Pomeroy, Bates Professor of Physics. The majority of the letters are with Bates students and alumni regarding their further education and careers; letters documenting his work with the Stanton Bird Club and Wavus camp are also included. Pomeroy was particularly interested in documenting the number and nature of Bates graduates working in biology.

Dates: ca. 1900 - ca. 1960

Frederick ("Pat") and Ursula Pettengill papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC114
Abstract

Photographs, correspondence, awards, clippings, biographical information and other materials about Frederick ("Pat") Pettengill, Bates class of 1931, and his wife, Ursula Prater.

Dates: 1927-1987, undated

Freewill Baptist records

 Collection
Identifier: MC091
Abstract The collection is composed primarily of record books, containing meeting minutes and financial information, from several organizations of the northern branch of the Freewill Baptists, including the Free Baptist Education Society, the Bowdoin Quarterly Meeting, the Free Baptist Foreign Mission Society, the Free Baptist Pastors' Correspondence School, and the General Conference of Free Baptists. The collection also contains the annual meeting minutes of the Maine Free Baptist Association and...
Dates: 1797-1970, undated; Majority of material found within 1797 - 1944

George and Clarence Smith papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC052
Abstract This collection consists of the personal and professional papers of two nephews of the Reverend Oren Burbank Cheney, founder and first president of Bates College: the Hon. George Edwin Smith (1848-1919) (Bates, 1873; LL.D., 1918), three-time president of the Massachusetts Senate and attorney for railroad trusts; and of his youngest brother, the Hon. Clarence Cheney Smith (1865-1943) (Bates, 1888), a founding recorder and later a justice for the Massachusetts Land Court. Among the materials...
Dates: 1814 - 1999

Gerda Haas papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC083
Abstract

The collection contains organizational and creative materials of Gerda Haas, a Holocaust survivor and Bates College librarian. These materials show the process that Haas went through in both writing and researching her projects. The majority of the material deals either with research for her book These I Do Remember: Fragments from the Holocaust or administrative details in organizing a state-wide conference about the Holocaust in Maine.

Dates: 1973-1991, undated

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Genealogy 7
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 4
Europe -- Description and travel 3
Universities and colleges -- United States -- Societies, etc. 3
American poetry -- 20th century 2
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American students -- Foreign countries 2
College sports -- United States -- History 2
College students -- Maine -- Societies, etc 2
Community and college -- Maine -- Lewiston 2
Debates and debating -- History 2
France -- Description and travel 2
Maine -- Photographs 2
Maine -- Politics and government 2
Photograph collections -- Maine -- Lewiston 2
Poets, American -- 20th century 2
Russia -- Description and travel 2
Travelers' writings, American 2
United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century 2
Universities and Colleges -- Alumni and alumnae 2
Voyages and travels 2
Agendas (Administrative records) 1
Androscoggin River (N.H. and Me.) 1
Arms control -- United States -- History -- 20th century 1
Art, American -- 20th century 1
Bates student (Lewiston, Me.) 1
Biology -- Vocational guidance 1
Bird watching -- Maine 1
Budgets 1
By-laws 1
Cabinet officers -- United States 1
College personnel management -- Maine -- Lewiston 1
College sports 1
College stores -- Maine -- Lewiston 1
College student newspapers and periodicals -- Maine -- Lewiston 1
College students -- Maine -- Lewiston -- Social life and customs 1
College yearbooks -- Maine -- Lewiston 1
Community and college -- Maine -- Auburn 1
Drama -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Maine -- Lewiston -- History 1
Elections -- United States -- History -- 20th century 1
Elegiac poetry, American 1
Environmental policy -- United States -- History -- 20th century 1
Environmentalism 1
Financial records 1
Foreign ministers -- United States 1
Foreign study 1
Gardening -- Maine -- Lewiston 1
Garnet (Lewiston, Me.) 1
Germany -- Description and travel 1
Governors -- Maine 1
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) 1
India -- Description and travel 1
Industries -- Environmental aspects 1
International relations -- Religious aspects 1
Iran Hostage Crisis, 1979-1981 1
Iran-Contra Affair, 1985-1990 1
Jazz -- 1931-1940 1
Jazz -- 1941-1950 1
Journalism -- United States 1
Legislation 1
Legislation -- United States -- History 1
Legislators -- Maine 1
Maine -- History 1
Mexico -- Description and travel 1
Minutes (Records) 1
Mirror (Lewiston, Me.) 1
Music -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States 1
Naval education -- United States 1
New York (N.Y.) -- Description and travel 1
Olympic Games (10th : 1932 : Los Angeles, Calif.) 1
Oral history 1
Ornithology -- Maine 1
Paper mills -- Maine 1
Peace -- Religious aspects 1
Personal correspondence 1
Personnel management -- Maine -- Lewiston 1
Phrenology -- United States -- 19th century 1
Poetry, Modern -- 20th century 1
Pollution control industry 1
Practice of law -- Maine 1
Presidential candidates -- United States 1
Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1972 1
Publishers and publishing -- United States -- History -- 20th century 1
Resolutions (Law) 1
Roosevelt Campobello International Park (N.B.) 1
Rumford (Me.) 1
Runners (Sports) -- United States 1
Sacco-Vanzetti Trial, Dedham, Mass., 1921 1
School management and organization -- Maine -- Lewiston 1
Slavery -- United States -- History -- 19th century 1
Sociology -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States 1
Speech -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Maine -- Lewiston -- History 1
Student activities -- Maine -- Lewiston 1
Student participation in administration -- Maine -- Lewiston 1
Students' songs -- Maine -- Lewiston 1
Switzerland -- Description and travel 1
Teacher participation in administration -- Maine -- Lewiston 1
Theater -- History -- 20th century 1
Theater -- Stduy and teaching (Higher) -- Maine -- Lewiston -- History 1
Thorncrag Bird Sanctuary (Lewiston, Me.) 1
Travel 1
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