Arminda Bates paperss

Collection

Identifier: Mss002

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Scrapbooks from her time as a student at the College of the Pines, notes from her education in New York, a diary she kept as the first professional librarian of the College, and photographs of the early College campus and her home. A small number of materials related to the Bandon, OR, Public Library.

Content Warning

Some materials will be harmful to researchers as they contain descriptions of racism and acts of violence perpetrated by white Mississippians and others against Williams and others within the Black community, as well as offensive and racist language commonly used at the time.

Dates

Creation: 1878 - 1963
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Existence: 1970

Creator

Bates, Arminda (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

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Conditions Governing Use

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Extent

2 Linear Feet

12.5 linear_inches ((2 containers) - this came from the extent calculator)

12.5 linear_inches ((2 containers) -- this came from the extent calculator after there was also a deaccession extent)

9000 Folders

Language of Materials

English

Metadata Rights Declarations

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