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Guide to the Office of the President, Charles Franklin Phillips records, 1944-1967

Scope and Content Note

Organization and Arrangement

Restrictions

Index Terms

Related Material

Administrative Information

Inventory

Collection Summary
Title Office of the President, Charles Franklin Phillips records
Creator Bates College (Lewiston, Me.). Office of the President
Dates 1944-1967
Extent 1.5 linear feet
Collection ID CA02.06
Abstract These records contain material pertaining to the administration of Charles Franklin Phillips, President of Bates College from 1944 to 1966.
Repository Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library, Bates College

Scope and Content Note

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 also three folders--mostly correspondence--on the purchase and reorganization of public television station WCBB in Augusta by Bates College.

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Organization and Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by folder title.

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Restrictions

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.

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Related Material

CA 02.01, Office of the President, General records, Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collection Library, Bates College, http://abacus.bates.edu/muskie-archives/EADFindingAids/CA0201.html

CA 02.02, Assistant to the President records, Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collection Library, Bates College, http://abacus.bates.edu/muskie-archives/EADFindingAids/CA0202.html

MC-071, Harry W. Rowe Collection, Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collection Library, Bates College, http://abacus.bates.edu/muskie-archives/EADFindingAids/MC071.html

MC-087, Charles Franklin Phillips Papers, Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collection Library, Bates College, http://abacus.bates.edu/muskie-archives/EADFindingAids/MC087.html

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Index Terms

These records are indexed under the following headings in the Bates College Library catalog. Researchers wishing to find related materials should search the catalog under these index terms.



Personal Names:

Phillips, Charles Franklin

Corporate Names:

Bates College (Lewiston, Me.) -- History

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Administrative Information

Acquisition and Custody Information

Accession No.: N/A.

Preferred Citation

Office of the President, Charles Franklin Phillips records, Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library, Bates College.

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Inventory

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1 "Bates College" in Maine: Enduring Strength and Scholarship, 1952
1 Building Expenditures and Capital Improvements during Phillips administration, ca. 1967
1 Class of 1947 Resolution, 1966
1 Correspondence, 1945-1966
1 Inauguration, 1944
1 Inauguration -- administrative files, 1944
1 Inauguration -- correspondence, 1944
1 Letters from Honorary Degree recipients (with index), 1946-1957
1 Letter from the President's Office [to Parents], 1948-1966
1 Letters to Alumni Leaders, nos. 1-47, 1944-1946
1 Letters to Alumni Leaders, nos. 48-81, 1947-1948
1 Letters to Alumni Leaders, nos. 82-130, 1949-1951
1 Letters to Alumni Leaders, nos. 131-188, 1952-1955
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2 Letters to Alumni Leaders, nos. 189-249, 1956-1960
2 Letters to Alumni Leaders, nos. 250-317, 1961-1966
2 Letters to Classes, 1956-1961
2 Letters to the Trustees, nos. 1-52, 1944-1946
2 Letters to the Trustees, nos. 54-94, 1947-1948
2 Letters to the Trustees, nos. 95-138, 1949-1950
2 Letters to the Trustees, nos. 139-184, 1951-1952
2 Letters to the Trustees, nos. 185-245, 1953-1955
2 Letters to the Trustees, nos. 246-277, 1956-1957
2 Letters to the Trustees, nos. 278-321, 1958-1960
2 Letters to the Trustees, nos. 323-362, 1961-1963
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3 Letters to the Trustees, nos. 363-401, 1964-1966
3 Memoranda to Faculty, 1952-1953, 1963
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2 Speeches -- Convocations, 1945-1965
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3 WCBB -- Organizational material, July-September 1960
3 WCBB -- Organizational material, October-December 1960
3 WCBB -- Organizational material, 1961
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Page author: Jim Hart
Date: 12/09/2007

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