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Bates College (Lewiston, Me.)

 Organization

Found in 96 Collections and/or Records:

Office of the President, Oren Burbank Cheney records

 Collection
Identifier: CA02.03
Abstract

This collection contains records from during and after the tenure of Oren B. Cheney as the first President of Bates College (1855-1894). The records include correspondence, donor certificates, and printed and handwritten documents regarding the early work and activities of Bates College, especially relating to the college's relationship to the Free Will Baptists. Notable correspondents include Maine governor Edwin C. Burleigh, and Cheney's successor at Bates, George C. Chase.

Dates: 1853 - 1902; 1949

Office of the President, Thomas Hedley Reynolds records

 Collection
Identifier: CA02.07
Abstract

This collection contains records pertaining to the administration of Thomas Hedley Reynolds, President of Bates College from 1967 to 1989.

Dates: 1966 - 1992

Patricia Parsons Kay correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: MC109
Abstract

The collection contains 44 letters written by former Bates student, Patricia Parsons Kay, to her parents during her 1962-63 junior year abroad in Aix-en-Provence, France, as well as a handful of photographs of Wilson House dorm mates.

Dates: 1960 - 1963

President's Office, Dean of the College records

 Collection
Identifier: CA02.94
Abstract

This collection contains the administrative records of the office of Dean of the College, and were created by Dean James Carignan. Collection includes correspondence, meeting minutes and agendas, memoranda, reports, financial documents, and publications.

Dates: 1969 - 2003; Majority of material found within 1990 - 2003

President's Office, L/A Excels records

 Collection
Identifier: CA02.95
Abstract

This collection details the function and activities of the L/A Excels office at Bates College. The files contain correspondence and memoranda, reports, mailings, publications, and meeting minutes and agendas. The records came from the office of L/A Excels administrator Beckie Conrad.

Dates: 1994 - 2001

Richard Calvin Stanley diary

 Collection
Identifier: MC095
Abstract

An 1864 diary kept by Richard Calvin Stanley, Bates College professor of Chemistry and Geology, during his trip to New York City and Washington D.C. as a delegate of the Sanitary Commission, a private organization that provided comfort to Union soldiers during the Civil War.

Dates: 1864

Robert Berkelman papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC013
Abstract

Comprised of the unpublished writings of Robert Berkelman (1900-1975), Bates Professor of English. It includes travel journals kept while in Europe, Mexico, Russia and other locations, as well as his critical analysis of Shakespeare.

Dates: 1974, undated

Robert Chute papers/Small Pond records

 Collection
Identifier: MC014
Abstract

The collection is composed of typescript drafts of the literary magazine The Small Pond, published by Cider Press, a small press operated by Bates Professor of Biology Robert Chute and his wife Virginia. Also includes copies of his newsletter and some photo collages.

Dates: 1964 - 1997; Majority of material found within 1964 - 1969

Sociology, Dept. of

 Collection
Identifier: CA09.19
Abstract

This collection contains records of the Bates College Department of Sociology. This collection is currently unprocessed and is closed to researchers.

Dates: 1997

Student Organizations

 Collection
Identifier: CA12.02
Abstract

Contains records pertaining to the activities of various student organizations at Bates College. These organizations include clubs for social activities, politics, athletics, religion, student governance, and curricular activities. Prominent groups represented in this collection include the Athletic Association, the Campus Association, the Robinson Players, and the Student Government.

Dates: 1857-[ongoing]

Additional filters:

Subject
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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