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Arlo Bates papers

 Collection
Identifier: M009

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Scope and Content

Collection includes Arlo Bates' literary drafts, short stories, plays, essays and poems; photographs of Bates and members of his family; correspondence (1829-1977, bulk 1870-1911); lecture notes and class material from M.I.T.; newsclippings and reviews; financial records, primarily concerning his publications; and other records.

Dates

  • Creation: 1827 - 1977
  • Creation: Majority of material found within 1870 - 1911

Creator

Access Restrictions

No restrictions.

Biographical/Historical Note

Arlo Bates (1850-1918), a member of Bowdoin College's Class of 1876, was an author, editor, and university professor. He edited the newsletter of the Young Men's Republican Committee of Massachusetts (1878-80) and the Boston Sunday Courier (1880-1893), then became professor of English at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, teaching there until his death in 1918.

Professor Bates was a prolific writer, publishing poems, essays and books throughout his career, among them The Torch Bearers, written for the 1894 centennial of Bowdoin College.

His 1882 marriage to Harriet L. Vose lasted until her death in 1886; they had one son, Oric.

Extent

10.5 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

This collection includes Arlo Bates' literary drafts, short stories, plays, essays and poems; photographs of Bates and members of his family; correspondence (1829-1977, bulk 1870-1911); lecture notes; and other materials.

Related Materials:

Arlo Bates' scrapbooks from his days as a Bowdoin College student (Class of 1876) are preserved in the College Archives, Student Journals, Letters, and Scrapbooks (1.3.3 Volume-Folio 182-183).

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Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Guide to the Arlo Bates Papers
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine 04011 Repository

http://library.bowdoin.edu/arch/index.shtml
Contact:
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Brunswick Maine 04011 USA
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