Stories about "1940s"
In Central Europe, Phillips Fellow Baumann ’14 sought missing pieces of a family puzzle

Friday, January 31, 2014 12:45 pm

Rachel Baumann's interest in her grandparents gained new intensity when, supported by a Phillips Fellowship, she spent summer 2013 researching their story of courage, audacity and survival as Jews in Nazi-controlled Europe.

Boone ’52, former Montford Point Marine, joins Congressional Gold Medalists

Thursday, July 26, 2012 11:00 am

Nate Boone is one of 20,000 Marines who went through segregated basic training in the '40s.

Scene Again: Classroom in the Sky

Friday, February 11, 2011 3:02 pm

In 1940, the Civilian Pilot Training Program put Bates students in the…

Bates presents musical tribute to World War II spirit

Tuesday, February 17, 2004 4:16 pm

In the annual spring production by the Bates College theater department, Professor of Theater Paul Kuritz directs the World War II-era musical "Swingtime Canteen" in performances at 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, March 11-13, and 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, March 13 and 14.

Social historian to speak at Bates

Wednesday, September 17, 1997 8:32 am

Allan Berube, a social historian of minority movements and author of "The History of Gay Men and Women in World War Two," will deliver a lecture titled "Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Don't Look: Undressing the Military's Anti-Gay Policy" as part of the Creative Approach to Public Policy lecture series at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 1, in the Edmund S. Muskie Archives. The public is invited and admission is free.