Grosvenor May Robinson papers

Collection

Identifier: MC026

Staff Only

Scope and Content Note

The collection includes notebooks kept by Bates theater professor Robinson recording his various trips and theater tours: in particular a 1929 trip to Europe, a 1932 trip to Finland, and the publicized 1940 lecture tour to California taken on a Greyhound (he held a 15-foot bus ticket "believed longest in America.") The collection also includes travel logs and notes of his summer tours taken of the United States, Europe, and Russia from 1924 to 1945 and three scrapbooks (1933-1938) of photographs taken on his many trips abroad, particularly across Europe. These albums also contain family and Bates-related images.

Dates

1924 - 1942

Creator

Robinson, Grosvenor May, 1867-1953 (Person)

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

The collection is the physical property of Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library. Bates College holds literary rights only for material created by College personnel working on official behalf of the College, or for material which was given to the College with such rights specifically assigned. For all other material, literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. Researchers are responsible for obtaining permission from rights holders for publication or other purposes that exceed fair use.

Historical Note

Grosvenor Robinson (1867-1953) came to Bates as instructor of Elocution in 1896. While at Bates he became involved with developing the Little Theater Movement in New England at Bates and assisting with the 4-A theater productions (named after English 4A, the class course number. His studies extended outside Bates during summer vacations through extensive travel. He toured various theaters, attended drama and theater workshops, traveling extensively throughout Europe and Russia. He retired from Bates in 1938. That same year, the Bates theater group "English 4A Players" was renamed as "The Robinson Players" in his honor.

Extent

2.0 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Notebooks, scrapbooks, and travel logs documenting Bates College professor Grosvenor May Robinson's many trips throughout Europe, Russia and the United States to observe and lecture on theater.

Organization and Arrangement

The collection is in alphabetical order by folder title, with oversize items listed last.

Acquisition and Custody Information

No provenance information available. Accession No.: xx-066. Two photo albums transferred from Harry Rowe papers, MC-071.

Related Material

Fred Austin Knapp Papers, Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library, Bates College

Processing Information

Processsed by Caron Pelletier, 2000.

Final arrangement and description by Kurt Kuss, Special Collections Librarian, 2000.

Further processing and finding aid updated by Pat Webber, 2023.