Stories about "Muskie Archives"
Charlie Cook: 2018 midterms truly the ‘most important since Moby Dick was a guppy’
Friday, September 14, 2018 9:15 am
Which will be stronger in November: the Democratic wave or the Republican seawall?
Novelist and journalist Ruveni Freeman ’94 reads at Muskie Archives
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:50 am
The Language Arts Live series at Bates College presents Ruveni Freeman in a reading from her work on March 11.
Bound to Art reveals rare books in Bates collections
Monday, January 3, 2011 2:50 pm
Displaying more than 40 rare books from the Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library, Bound to Art is part of an 18-month celebration of the facility's 25th anniversary. The college's book collection ranges from incunabula of printing's infancy to the finely printed works of today's flourishing book arts movement.
Museum explores book art, video dialogues, great U.S. painters
Monday, January 3, 2011 2:42 pm
Stunning examples of the book illustrator's art, including rare Abstract Expressionist silkscreens and life-size bird prints by John James Audubon. A video series exploring the notion of dialogue. Paintings by Will Barnet, Marsden Hartley, John Marin, Marguerite Zorach and other acclaimed artists associated with Maine. These are a few of the temptations the Bates College Museum of Art offers in exhibitions opening with a 6 p.m. reception on Friday, Jan. 14, and ending March 25.
Former Maine governor to address 'green' leadership
Monday, March 23, 2009 1:05 pm
Former Maine Gov. Angus King Jr. visits Bates on March 25 to address the theme "Protecting the Environment: Reflections on the Role of Leadership."
It's all about the paper trail for archives director Kat Stefko
Saturday, November 1, 2008 8:44 am
Asked to describe her job as an archivist, Katherine Stefko's stock reply is, "I'm paid to read other people's mail." The joke is revealing. Director of archives and special collections at Bates, Stefko oversees the delicate work of gathering documentary materials that reveal the details — sometimes very personal — of history.
Muskie Oral History Project receives national award
Monday, October 13, 2008 1:45 pm
The Edmund S. Muskie Oral History Project, a decade-long College effort to preserve memories and impressions of people who knew the late U.S. senator and secretary of state, has received an important award from the national professional organization of oral historians.
Expert on vice presidency visits Bates to discuss Muskie's 1968 run
Friday, March 28, 2008 11:18 am
Joel Goldstein, an expert on the U.S. vice presidency, presents the lecture "Campaigning for America: Edmund S. Muskie's 1968 Vice Presidential Campaign" at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, April 3, in the Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library.
New exhibit includes rare photos of U.S. Sen. Edmund S. Muskie '36
Friday, March 28, 2008 11:04 am
A new photographic exhibit, including seldom-seen family images, depicting the late Maine statesman and environmentalist Edmund S. Muskie is on display at Bates College's Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library.
Archives to receive papers of family prominent in history of Bates, Maine
Thursday, March 27, 2008 10:44 am
Joel Goldstein, an expert on the U.S. vice presidency, presents the lecture "Campaigning for America: Edmund S. Muskie's 1968 Vice Presidential Campaign" at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, April 3, in the Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library.