Chase, George C. (George Colby), 1844-1919

Scope and Content Note From the Collection: These records contain records from during and after the tenure of O.B. Cheney as the first President of Bates College. Among the materials are certificates signed by Cheney, to be given to donors to a "Sunday School Offering to the Endowment Fund" for Bates, and a brief letter from Maine Governor Edwin C. Burleigh. The "General Information" folder contains, among other items, a hand- and type-written transcript of information recorded by Cheney from Mrs. A. Wakefield of Lewiston, concerning...

Scope and Content Note From the Collection: These records contain records from during and after the tenure of O.B. Cheney as the first President of Bates College. Among the materials are certificates signed by Cheney, to be given to donors to a "Sunday School Offering to the Endowment Fund" for Bates, and a brief letter from Maine Governor Edwin C. Burleigh. The "General Information" folder contains, among other items, a hand- and type-written transcript of information recorded by Cheney from Mrs. A. Wakefield of Lewiston, concerning...

Scope and Content Note From the Collection: These records contain records from during and after the tenure of O.B. Cheney as the first President of Bates College. Among the materials are certificates signed by Cheney, to be given to donors to a "Sunday School Offering to the Endowment Fund" for Bates, and a brief letter from Maine Governor Edwin C. Burleigh. The "General Information" folder contains, among other items, a hand- and type-written transcript of information recorded by Cheney from Mrs. A. Wakefield of Lewiston, concerning...

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Records kept by Norman Ross and Bernie Carpenter on various subjects affecting the college.

Abstract

These records cover a wide variety of topics concerning Bates College, but the majority concern various fundraising efforts and other financial matters. Most of the records are from the Chase and Gray administrations, although there is some material from the Phillips era. Many of the files were likely kept by Harry Rowe, who served as Assistant to the President from 1924 to 1946.

Abstract This collection, which is primarily correspondence, contains both hand and typewritten letters written to and by George C. Chase. The letters concern matters of both a business and personal nature- the Andrew Carnegie subscriptions, the hazing of freshmen, amending the College charter, the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, efforts to obtain a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, Chase's desire to retire and the plans for his successor and letters written by Chase to his son, George...

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.