Box OS-1

Scope and Content Note From the Series:

This series contains correspondence and memoranda, inauguration materials, speeches, and other files pertaining to the administration of Bates College. The files of President Reynolds' inauguration include event programs and descriptions, and congratulatory materials from the presidents and administrators of other colleges and universities. Several large-sized inauguration greetings can be found in the box labeled "CA 02 Oversize 1."

Scope and Content Note From the Sub-Series: Ivy Day began in 1878, as a serious event at which the junior class honored the outgoing senior class with the placing of a plaque above an ivy plant on a campus building. The event grew into something of a party as the years went on, leading to its cancellation in the early 1970s after some campus pranks got out of hand. Restarted some years later, Ivy Day continues to the present day, as a senior class activity and part of Commencement activities. This subseries contains programs and...

Scope and Content Note From the Collection: The records of President Gray's administration are mostly correspondence on a wide variety of topics, but also contain a report on the death of Bates student Alonzo Brown, a report on the collections for the George M. Chase Memorial Fund, and a copy of a book containing President Chase's citations about Bates honorary degree recipients. The file "Letter to Bates Graduates" contains Gray's letter to alumni about recent activities on campus, and the final file in the collection pertains to the...

Scope and Content Note From the Series: Contains correspondence, memoranda, brochures, and reports. This series covers a variety of financial and campus matters. Many of the folders contain material on fundraising, scholarships and foundations, and the college's financial assets. Included in this group are the 'General Education Board' folder, which covers that groups financial appropriations to Bates, and the 'Marts and Lundy Report,' a study of the college's financial status and fundraising prospects. The 'Million Dollar Fund'...

Scope and Content Note From the Sub-Series:

The Commencement subseries contains programs , memoranda and correspondence, hand- and typewritten speeches, invitations, dinner menus, concert announcements and programs, and honorary degree citations (from 1945 to the present) for the annual College graduation exercises. Programs include Baccalaureate and Commencement ceremonies.

Scope and Content Note From the Sub-Series:

In 1990, President Harward reinstituted the tradition of campus dances, by kicking off the All-College Gala, a semi-formal event to which students, faculty, and staff are invited. This subseries includes programs for the Gala.

Scope and Content Note From the Sub-Series: Traditional convocations are usually held at the beginning of the school year and feature a program of music and an address by the president or a guest speaker. Related to convocation is Founder's Day, begun by President Gray in 1925 to pay tribute to the memory of the College's founders and to recall its beginnings. Other convocations have been held for special events such as building dedications, anniversaries of the College's founding, the bestowal of honorary degrees and to explore the...

Scope and Content Note From the Sub-Series:

The Commencement subseries contains programs , memoranda and correspondence, hand- and typewritten speeches, invitations, dinner menus, concert announcements and programs, and honorary degree citations (from 1945 to the present) for the annual College graduation exercises. Programs include Baccalaureate and Commencement ceremonies.

Scope and Content Note From the Collection: The bulk of the records of the Phillips administration consists of his regular letters to Bates faculty, alumni, and Trustees, which he wrote during the entirety of his tenure. In these series of correspondence Phillips wrote of academic and financial activities, as well as many campus social activities. The records also contain other items of correspondence, including a few scattered letters and memoranda, most significantly correspondence received from honorary degree recipients. There are...

Scope and Content Note From the Collection: The bulk of the records of the Phillips administration consists of his regular letters to Bates faculty, alumni, and Trustees, which he wrote during the entirety of his tenure. In these series of correspondence Phillips wrote of academic and financial activities, as well as many campus social activities. The records also contain other items of correspondence, including a few scattered letters and memoranda, most significantly correspondence received from honorary degree recipients. There are...