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Box 1

 Container

Contains 66 Results:

Letter from Edwin C. Burleigh to Oren B. Cheney recommending an honorary degree be conferred upon Rev. D.B. Randall, Chaplain of the Maine House of Representatives, June 1, 1891

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 6, item: 1
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...
Dates: June 1, 1891

Letter from Oren B. Cheney to George C. Chase regarding various matters of business at Bates College, February 27, 1892

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 7, item: 1
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...
Dates: February 27, 1892

Letter from Oren B. Chenry to George C. Chase in reply to an invitation to speak at "Bates Day", August 10, 1899

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 7, item: 2
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...
Dates: August 10, 1899

Letter from Oren B. Cheney to George C. Chase asking about returning to his home (Cheney House), December 10, 1897

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 8, item: 1
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...
Dates: December 10, 1897

Letter from George C. Chase to Oren B. Cheney in response to his letter about Cheney House, [December 1897]

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 8, item: 2
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...
Dates: [December 1897]

Letter from Lyman G. Jordan to George C. Chase regarding Dr. Cheney's request to return to his home in Lewiston, December 17, 1897

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 8, item: 3
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...
Dates: December 17, 1897

Letter from Oren B. Cheney to Rev. J.J. Butler and Rev. Jonathan Fullonton, October 11, 1851

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 9, item: 1
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...
Dates: October 11, 1851

Letter from Oren B. Cheney to Rev. Jonathan Fullonton regarding the development of the school, April 6, 1865

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 10, item: 1
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...
Dates: April 6, 1865

Note from Harry W. Rowe describing the significance of the letters, February 1, 1949

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 11, item: 1
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...
Dates: February 1, 1949

Memorandum from Henry W. Oakes to Oren B. Cheney regarding a deed, September 24, 1897

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 11, item: 2
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...
Dates: September 24, 1897