The Department of Theater and Rhetoric offers majors in both
primary fields, as well as a secondary concentration in dance. The
department puts on numerous plays and performances throughout the
year, in three theaters on campus.
Prior to 1979, the department was named the Theater and Speech
Department.
The Department of Theater and Rhetoric records contains
correspondence, reports, meeting minutes and agenda, brochures, and
other files pertaining to the academic and administrative
activities of the department. In addition, many of the plays and
performances put on by a variety of theater groups and classes are
represented within this collection. See individual series notes for
more detailed information about each series. Finally, the record
group CA 12 contains some related material, notably collections of
the Robinson Players and the Modern Dance Company.
The collection is organized into three series: I. Plays and
Performances; II. General Administrative; and III. Subject Files.
Within each series, the records are arranged alphabetically by
folder title.
Administrative files are closed to
researchers for 20 years from date of creation. Consult Archives
staff for more information.
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.
CA 12.02, Student Organization records, Edmund S. Muskie
Archives & Special Collections Library, Bates College,
http://abacus.bates.edu/muskie-archives/EADFindingAids/CA1202.html
CA 12.06, Modern Dance Company records, Edmund S. Muskie
Archives & Special Collections Library, Bates College,
http://abacus.bates.edu/muskie-archives/EADFindingAids/CA1206.html
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.
Accession No.: 2006.045, N/A.
Theater and Rhetoric, Dept. of, Edmund
S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library, Bates
College.
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CA0920/01: Plays
and Performances, 1894-[ongoing]
2 manuscript boxes |
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Contains clippings and other publicity material,
play programs and playbills, posters, and drawings, all relating to
plays and other performances put on by drama groups at Bates
College. Most of the plays were performed by the Robinson Players,
but a number of playbills can be found for other student and class
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Clippings, 1950-1965, 1979-1981
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Plays and Performances -- "Fashion,
or, Life in New York", March 1939
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Plays and Performances -- 75 Year
Pageant (for Bates College), May 1939
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1 |
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Plays and Performances -- "Taming of
the Shrew", May 1941
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Plays and Performances -- "Flight to
the West", December 1941
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1 |
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Plays and Performances -- "Abe Lincoln
in Illinois", April 1942
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Plays and Performances -- "Heaven Can
Wait", May 1945
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Plays and Performances -- "Soldier's
Wife", December 1945
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Plays and Performances -- "As You Like
It", February 1946
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Plays and Performances -- "Disraeli",
May 1946
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Plays and Performances -- "Twelfth
Night", May 1947
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Plays and Performances -- "Importance
of Being Earnest", November 1948
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Plays and Performances -- "Seven
Chances", February 1949
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Plays and Performances -- "The Barrets
of Wimpole Street", November 1952
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Plays and Performances -- "Merchant of
Venice", May 1953
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Plays and Performances -- "Dial M for
Murder", November 1953
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Plays and Performances -- "On Borrowed
Time", March 1954
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Plays and Performances -- "Stalag 17",
November 1954
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Plays and Performances -- "Saint
Joan", March 1955
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Plays and Performances -- "Sabrina
Fair", November 1955
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Plays and Performances -- "Top of the
Ladder", April 1956
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Plays and Performances -- "The Lute
Song", December 1956
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Plays and Performances -- "Don Juan in
Hell", March 1957
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Plays and Performances -- "Romeo and
Juliet", April 1958
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Plays and Performances -- "Winterset",
November 1959
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Plays and Performances -- "Importance
of Being Earnest", December 1959
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Plays and Performances -- "Murder in
the Cathedral", March 1960
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Plays and Performances -- "Twelfth
Night", May 1960
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Plays and Performances -- "Tartuffe",
December 1960
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Plays and Performances -- "Midsummer
Night's Dream", May 1961
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Plays and Performances -- "Inherit the
Wind", December 1961
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Plays and Performances -- "John
Brown's Body", April 1962
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Plays and Performances -- "Ring Around
the Moon", November 1962
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Plays and Performances -- "Hamlet",
April 1963
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Plays and Performances -- "Winsome
Winnie", October 1963
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Plays and Performances -- "Right You
Are", February 1964
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Plays and Performances -- "Henry V",
May 1964
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Plays and Performances --
"Rhinoceros", March 1965
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Plays and Performances -- "The Glass
Menagerie", December 1965
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Plays and Performances -- Open house
at the Theater, September 1965
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Plays and Performances -- "The Lady's
Not For Burning", April 1966
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Plays and Performances -- "Servant of
Two Masters", March 1967
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Plays and Performances -- "Barefoot in
the Park", November 1968
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Plays and Performances -- "What Am I
Doing Here", February 1969
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Plays and Performances -- "The
Persecution and Mortification of Charlie Brown...", February
1969
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Plays and Performances -- "Scenes from
Great Plays", February-October 1969
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Plays and Performances -- "The
Boyfriend", April 1969
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Plays and Performances -- "Now is the
Time for All Good Men", June 1969
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Plays and Performances -- "A Theater
Potpourri", July 1969
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Plays and Performances -- "The
Crucible", July 1969
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Plays and Performances --
"Morat/Sade", November 1969
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Plays and Performances -- "Mame",
November 1969
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Plays and Performances -- "You Know I
Can't Hear You When the Water's Running", December 1969
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Plays and Performances -- "Medea",
February 1970
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Plays and Performances -- "Madwoman of
Chaillot", July 1970
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Plays and Performances -- "Importance
of Being Earnest", November 1970
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Plays and Performances -- "A Man in
Dogsbody Floats", December 1970
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Plays and Performances -- "An Evening
of One Act Plays", 1971
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Plays and Performances -- "A Midsummer
Night's Dream", July 1971
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Plays and Performances -- "Once Upon a
Mattress", November 1971
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Plays and Performances -- "Who's
Afraid of Virginia Woolf?", 1971-1972
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Plays and Performances -- "Romeo and
Juliet", 1971-1972
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Plays and Performances -- "Eve's
Garden", February 1972
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Plays and Performances -- "Black
Comedy/The Private Ear", March 1972
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Plays and Performances -- "Two in the
Studio", March 1972
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Plays and Performances --
Interscholastic Drama Festival, March 1972
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Plays and Performances -- "A Theater
Potpourri", July 1972
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Plays and Performances -- "The
Boyfriend", July 1972
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Plays and Performances -- "Twelfth
Night", October 1972
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Plays and Performances -- "The
Devils", November 1972
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Plays and Performances -- "Carousel of
Life", April 1973
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Plays and Performances -- "Broadway in
Tandem", May 1973
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Plays and Performances -- "Company",
June 1973
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Plays and Performances -- "Two for the
Show", July 1973
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Plays and Performances -- "The Rimers
of Eldritch", July 1973
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Plays and Performances -- "Caucasian
Chalk Circle", October 1973
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Plays and Performances -- "Three",
November 1973
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Plays and Performances --
"Communities", June 1974
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Plays and Performances -- "The Trojan
Women", October 1974
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Plays and Performances -- "Dracula",
March 1976
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Plays and Performances -- "Comedy of
Errors", October 1976
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Plays and Performances -- "The New
Sorrows of Young W.", April 1977
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Plays and Performances -- "Jimmy
Shire", December 1977
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Plays and Performances -- "A Double
Bill", January 1978
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Plays and Performances -- "Magical
Mystery Tour", April 1978
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Playbills and Programs,
1964-1979
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Playbills and Programs,
1981-1989
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Playbills and Programs,
1990-1999
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Playbills and Programs,
2000-[ongoing]
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Playbills and Programs, undated
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Student and Class Plays,
1894-1959
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CA0920/02:
General Administrative, 1922-2005
2 manuscript boxes |
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Scope and Content Note |
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Contains programs, brochures and pamphlets,
papers, reports, correspondence, and syllabi. Of note are the
"Director's Copies" folders, containing plays used and marked up by
Lavinia Schaeffer during her tenure as director of Theater at
Bates. |
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Dance programs, 1985-1993,
undated
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Paper -- theatrical costumes,
undated
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Paper -- theatrical make-up,
1946-1955
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Plays -- War Bonds and National
Tuberculosis Association, 1936, 1943
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Plays -- director's copies, folder 1
of 3, undated
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Plays -- director's copies, folder 2
of 3, undated
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Plays -- director's copies, folder 3
of 3, undated
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Publicity, 1980
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Speech department reports,
1938-1943
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Summer at Bates, 2005
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Summer Theater, 1922-1941
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Summer Theater, 1969-1986
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Syllabi -- Speech classes,
1953-1968
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Syllabi and reading lists, 1963,
undated
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Syllabus and notebook -- Speech III,
1951-1952
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Student Handbook -- Theater and Dance
at Bates, 2002-2003
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Student Speakers Bureau,
1936-1937
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Theater [and] Dance at Bates --
brochures, 1996-2009
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CA0920/03:
Subject Files, 1972-2001
3 manuscript boxes |
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Scope and Content Note |
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This series contains correspondence and memoranda,
reports, meeting minutes and agenda, publications, and notes. These
records represent the administrative files of the Theater and
Rhetoric department head, most of them from Martin Andrucki. |
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Academic Standing, 1974-1978
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Affirmative Action, 1990-1991
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Awards, 1973-1977
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Box Office, 1983-1999
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Budget -- Speech, 1972-1974
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Budget -- Theater, 1973-1974
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Budget, 1974-1975
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Budget -- Speech, 1974-1975
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Budget -- Speech, 1975-1976
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Budget -- Theater, 1975-1976
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Budget -- Department, 1976-1977
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Budget -- Theater, 1976-1977
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Budget, 1977-1978
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Budget, 1978-1979
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Budget, 1979-1980
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Budget, 1981-1982
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Budget, 1982-1983
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Budget, 1984-1985
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Budget, 1985-1986
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Building use rules, 1972-1976
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Catalog, 1974, undated
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Community Little Theatre, 1993
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Committee on Curriculum and Calendar,
1975-1978
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Correspondence -- General,
1973-1981
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Curriculum, 1972-1981
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Dance, 1977-1978
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Dean of Faculty -- Correspondence,
1976-2001
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Departmental Meetings, 1974-1989
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Departmental Staff, 1973-1980
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Desk copies (textbooks),
1971-1981
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Development Office, 1986
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Educational Policy Committee reps,
1978
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Enrollments, 1973-1976
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Extracurricular Activities Committee,
1981
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Faculty recruitment, 1975
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Fellowships, 1975
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Film information (for classes),
1975
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Final exams, 1974
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Freshman Orientation, 1981
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General admin files, 1975-1981
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Hepburn Survey, 1973-1974
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Hiring guidelines, 1972-1974
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Honors guidelines, 1975-1981
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Honors committee, 1976-1978
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Inquiries (student, re Theater
Department), 1976-1981
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Interdisciplinary proposals,
1981-1983
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Junior Year Abroad, 1977-1978
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Junior Year Abroad -- correspondence,
1977-1978
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Ladd Library, 1977-1984
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Lighting, 1973-1993
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Minority Week, 1993, undated
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New England Colleges -- Alvin Report,
1985
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News Bureau (Bates College),
1981-1987
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New departmental courses,
1974-1981
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Payroll (student assistants),
1974-1977
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Questionnaires, undated
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Refreshment expenses, 1974-1975
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Registrar class statistics, 1975-1986,
1993
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Registrar class schedules,
1974-1994
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Robinson Players, 1973, undated
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Short Term, 1975-1978, undated
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Speech department, 1977
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Theater-Speech Council,
1974-1975
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Sugarloaf Program, 1976
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Summer theater program,
1978-1980
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Technical and audio-visual reports,
1980-1991
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Thesis, 1974-1978, undated
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University of Maine summer class,
1978
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Visiting artists fund, 1984-1994
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Wilson Fellows, 1977-1978
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Workshop on improvisation, 1977
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