Genealogy
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
Alfred Williams Anthony papers
Collection
Identifier: MC007
Abstract
The collection is composed of correspondence, published and unpublished writings, scrapbooks and other material documenting the career of Alfred Williams Anthony, distinguished scholar, teacher and administrator. Included is material related to Anthony's book, Bates College and Its Background, and the Interdenominational Commission of Maine. Also included is material related to his tenure on the Board of Trustees of Bates College and his interest in and writings on a variety of subjects...
Dates:
1872 - 1996; Majority of material found within 1890 - 1938
Baker, Kirby S. (Class of 1926). Baker Genealogy Chart, 1953
File — Box 1: Series BATES86/A; Series BATES86/B
Identifier: BATES86/B
Scope and Content Note
From the Collection:
The collection is composed of material either about or by Bates faculty, staff, alumni, and other people associated with the Bates College, such as honorary degree recipients. Many of the files contain reprints of articles in magazines and journals by Bates authors, and thus, the collection serves as a "vertical files" complement to the Bates Authors Book collection, which also is housed in the Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library. Other files contain newspaper articles,...
Dates:
1953
Bates, Benjamin E. (College's namesake). Genealogical information on the Bates family and the Gilbert family (Sarah Chapman Gilbert was Benjamin E. Bates' second wife);article about him from Lewiston Sun Journal and another from an unknown and undated publication, 1906, 1927, 1985, undated
File — Box 2: Series BATES86/B
Identifier: BATES86/B
Scope and Content Note
From the Collection:
The collection is composed of material either about or by Bates faculty, staff, alumni, and other people associated with the Bates College, such as honorary degree recipients. Many of the files contain reprints of articles in magazines and journals by Bates authors, and thus, the collection serves as a "vertical files" complement to the Bates Authors Book collection, which also is housed in the Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library. Other files contain newspaper articles,...
Dates:
1906; 1927; 1985, undated
David Crowe collection
Collection
Identifier: MC047
Abstract
The collection is comprised of photocopies of letters, catalogues, and other documents in the personal collection of David Crowe regarding the Freewill Baptists.
Dates:
1660 - 1980; Majority of material found within 1911 - 1934
Frye genealogical collection
Collection
Identifier: MC036
Abstract
Genealogical documents related to the Frye family of Lewiston, Maine, and in particular to John M. Frye, William Robinson Frye, William P. Frye, and Dean Frye.
Dates:
1783 - 1872
George and Clarence Smith papers
Collection
Identifier: MC052
Abstract
This collection consists of the personal and professional papers of two nephews of the Reverend Oren Burbank Cheney, founder and first president of Bates College: the Hon. George Edwin Smith (1848-1919) (Bates, 1873; LL.D., 1918), three-time president of the Massachusetts Senate and attorney for railroad trusts; and of his youngest brother, the Hon. Clarence Cheney Smith (1865-1943) (Bates, 1888), a founding recorder and later a justice for the Massachusetts Land Court. Among the materials...
Dates:
1814 - 1999
Josiah Spooner Swift papers
Collection
Identifier: MC010
Abstract
Josiah Spooner Swift (1813-1883) was a Freewill Baptist minister, farmer, amateur artist, and publisher. The collection contains his journals, sketchbooks, and other documents, including a family biography.
Dates:
1830 - 1989
Thomas Angell papers
Collection
Identifier: MC025
Abstract
Thomas Angell served as language professor at Bates College from 1869-1902. Shortly after arriving at Bates, Angell was granted a leave of absence for one year which he spent in France and Germany, devoting himself to the study of language and literature. The collection contains his diaries from January 1, 1859-July 24, 1870 in which he writes about: life as a student at Brown University; enlisting in the Rhode Island militia as aide de camp for General Tourtellotte during the Civil War; the...
Dates:
ca. 1800 - 1940