MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS
The Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library actively collects manuscript material related to the history of the Bates College, including the papers of faculty, staff, alumni and others with strong ties to the College. In addition, because of its roots as a Freewill Baptist institution, the library collects pamphlets, papers, letters, diaries, church records and other materials related to Freewill Baptist organizations, mission work, families, ministers, and individuals, with particular emphasis on 19th century Freewill Baptist material with Bates or New England connections. Other strengths of the collection include material related to the life and work of Edmund S. Muskie, for whom the library is named, and environmentalism.
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS
Alfred Williams Anthony Papers
Androscoggin Oral History Collection
Arnold G. Adams Track Memorabilia
Arnold Kenseth Collection
Arthur N. and Robert Peaslee Papers
Bates College Artifact Collection
Charles F. Phillips Papers
Civil War related and other historic newspapers
David Morey Letters
David R. Anderson Collection
Don Lent Papers
Edmund S. Muskie Oral History Collection
Edmund S. Muskie Foundation Records
Esther Rosenthal Zellweger Collection
Eunice Hawkins Collection
Evelyn and Clement Worthley, Old Bits of China
George and Clarence Smith Papers
Gerda Haas Papers
James B. Longley Gubernatorial Papers
James S. Leamon Collection
Karl Braithwaite Papers
Karl Woodcock Photography Collection
Lavinia Schaeffer Papers
Maine Commission on Legal Needs Records
Marsden Hartley Memorial Collection
Meredith F. Burrill Letters
Norman Ross Photography Collection
Robert Chute Papers/The Small Pond Records
Shirley Nelson Collection of Shiloh Material
Sukanya Dance Collection
