Guide to the Elizabeth Millet Chase poems, 1953-1956 |
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Historical NoteElizabeth Millet Chase was born in Lewiston, Maine, on April 6, 1908, the second child of Bates professor of Greek and Latin George M. Chase and his wife, Ella May (Miller) Chase. She lived with her parents on Frye Street near the Bates College campus until their deaths, and thereafter rented rooms to young Bates female instructors. Chase suffered from significant physical deformities, caused reportedly by a pituitary gland disorder, as well as mental health issues which eventually forced her to leave her home and sign herself into the Augusta mental health hospital. She died there from pneumonia in 1966 at the age of 58. Chase studied music in Boston and wrote poetry, completing many poems during the mid 1950s which she shared only with a few individuals. Growing up, she also spent time with her grandfather, Bates president George Colby Chase, and his wife, Emma. Return to the Table of Contents Scope and Content NoteTypescripts and a few manuscripts of more than 400 poems written by Elizabeth Millet Chase, daughter of Bates professor George M. Chase, between 1953 and 1956. Also includes biographical information about Chase. Return to the Table of Contents Organization and ArrangementAlphabetical by folder title. Return to the Table of Contents RestrictionsAccess RestrictionsThe collection is open for research. Use RestrictionsThe 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. Return to the Table of Contents Related MaterialReturn to the Table of Contents Index TermsThese 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:Chase, Elizabeth Millet,
1908-1966--Archives
Topical Subjects:American poetry--20th century
Poetry--20th century
Poets, American--20th
century--Archival resources
Return to the Table of Contents Administrative InformationAcquisition and Custody InformationGift of David and Patricia Packard Reed, 2010. Elizabeth Chase gave the poems to Velma Davis, her nurse. Ms. Davis gave them to Margaret LeClair Packard, whose daughter, Patricia Packard Reed, donated the originals to the Muskie Archives. Patricia's husband, David, created the transcriptions, which are also included in the collection. Accession No.: 2010-012, 2010-128. Alternative Formats AvailableDigital copies of all poems and David Reed's essay, "Discovering Elizabeth" are available. Preferred CitationElizabeth Millet Chase poems, Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library, Bates College. Processing InformationProcessed by Kat Stefko, June 2011 Return to the Table of Contents Series Description
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