College Publications

College publications in nearly complete runs, along with the a card catalog providing subject indexing, are located in the Archives reading room. Note, many of the publications, but not the subject index, are also available in Ladd Library.

  • Bates Alumnus (alumni magazine), 1921-present
  • Bates College Bulletin (informational pamphlets and booklets published irregularly by the Office of Communications/News Bureau), 1904-1976
  • The Bates College Catalog, 1863-present
  • The Bates Student (student newspaper), 1873-present
  • The Garnet (literary magazine), 1922-present
  • The Mirror (yearbook), 1899-present
  • Report of the President of Bates College, 1876-2002
  • Report of the Treasurer of Bates College, 1868-2003
  • Student Honors Theses, 1927-present
  • Student photo albums (precursor to The Mirror), 1870, 1872-1889, 1893, 1896-1897
  • Maine State Seminary Photo Album ca. 1866

Missing Publications

We are actively looking for missing publications; please help us by donating your copies.

The Bates College Archives is seeking copies of the following publications and programs to fill out its collections. If you have a copy of any of these items, and would be interested in donating it to the Archives, please phone us at (207) 786-6354, or email at muskie@bates.edu. Thanks!

*Brackets around entire item denote uncertain publication.
*Brackets within item denote presumed information.

  • Bates College Summer Catalog, 1920
  • Bates College Freshman Catalog, 1940-1941 (pub. November 1939)
  • [Class Day program, 1872]
  • [Class Day program, 1882]
  • [Class Day program, 1883]
  • [Class Day program, 1884]
  • [Class Day program, 1894]
  • [Class Day program, 1895]
  • [Class Day program, 1904]
  • [Class Day program, 1917]
  • [Class Day program, 1918]
  • [Class Day program, 1921]
  • [Class Day program, 1927]
  • [Class Day program, 1945]
  • [Convocation program, 1989]
  • [Convocation program, 2002]
  • [Commencement program, 1871]
  • [Commencement program, 1883]
  • [Ivy Day program, 1882]
  • [Ivy Day program, 1883]
  • [Ivy Day program, 1885]
  • [Ivy Day program, 1894]
  • [Ivy Day program, 1903]
  • [Ivy Day program, 1904]
  • [Ivy Day program, 1905]
  • [Ivy Day program, 1906]
  • [Ivy Day program, 1907]
  • [Ivy Day program, 1919]
  • [Ivy Day program, 1934]
  • [Ivy Day program, 1961]
  • [Ivy Day program, 1989]
  • [Ivy Day program, 1990]
  • [Ivy Day program, 1992]
  • [All-College Gala program, 1995]
  • [All-College Gala program, 1998]
  • [All-College Gala program, 1999]
  • [All-College Gala program, 2006]
  • [Regulations for the Administration of Bates College, 1917-1918]
  • [Regulations for the Administration of Bates College, 1918-1919]
  • [Regulations for the Administration of Bates College, 1919-1920]
  • [Regulations for the Administration of Bates College, 1920-1921]
  • [Regulations for the Administration of Bates College, 1926-1927]
  • [Nichols Latin School catalog, 1883-1884]
  • [Nichols Latin School catalog, 1889-1890]
  • [Nichols Latin School catalog, 1890-1891]
  • [Nichols Latin School catalog, 1894-1895]
  • Nichols Echo, vol. 5, 1881
  • Nichols Echo, vol. 9, 1885
  • Nichols Echo (or Latin School Echo), vol. 11, 1887
  • Nichols Echo (or Latin School Echo), vol. 12, 1888
  • Nichols Echo (or Latin School Echo), vol. 13, 1889
  • Nichols Echo (or Latin School Echo), vol. 14, 1890
  • Nichols Echo (or Latin School Echo), vol. 15, 1891
  • Nichols Echo (or Latin School Echo), vol. 16, 1892
  • Nichols Echo (or Latin School Echo), vol. 17, 1893
  • Latin School Echo, vol. 21, 1897
  • Latin School Echo, vol. 22, 1898
  • Bates College Directory, 1941-1942 through 1958-1959
  • Bates College Directory, 1960-1961
  • News Releases, January 1958 through June 1969
  • News Releases, January 1991 through November 1994
  • Bates Newsletter, vol. 2, nos. 1-10, 1970
  • Bates Newsletter, vol. III, nos. 20, 22-23, 1972
  • Bates Newsletter, vol. [II], nos. 3-4, [October] 1973
  • Bates Newsletter, vol. II, no. 22, April 1974
  • Bates Newsletter, vol. III, no. 10, November 1974
  • Bates Newsletter, vol. III, no. 19, February 1974
  • Bates Newsletter, vol. IV, no. 27, April 1976
  • Bates Newsletter, vol. IV, nos. 29-30, May 1976
  • Bates Newsletter, vol. V, no. 1, [September] 1976
  • Bates Newsletter, vol. VIII, no. 22, March 1979
  • Bates Newsletter, vol. IX, no. 6, October 1979
  • Bates Newsletter, vol. 10, nos. 27-29, April 1980
  • Bates Newsletter, vol. 11, no. 1, September 1980
  • Bates Newsletter, vol. 12, nos. 3-4, September 1981
  • Bates Newsletter, vol. 12, nos. 10-12, November 1981
  • Bates Newsletter, vol. 15, nos. 4, 9, 16, 24, 31
  • Bates Newsletter, vol. 16, nos. 1-4, 6, 9-10, 12, 14-16
  • Bates Newsletter, vol. 17, nos. 2, 4, 7-8, 10
  • Bates Newsletter, vol. 18, nos. 1-3, 5-12, 18-19, 22, 24-25
  • Bates Newsletter, vol. 19, nos. 1, 5-7, 25
  • Bates Newsletter, vol. 20, nos. 2, 10, 12
  • Bates Newsletter, vol. 21, nos. 1, 14-15, 23-24, 29-30
  • Bates Newsletter, vol. 22, nos. 1-2, 11-13, 16, 19, 21-22, 27-28
  • Bates Newsletter, vol. 23, nos. 4, 9, 11-14, 18, 30
  • Bates Newsletter, vol. 24, nos. 8, 11, 13-15, 20, 24-25, 28

The following are for duplicate (archival) copies needed to complete our collections:

  • Bates Student, entire year missing: vol.6 (1878), vol. 70 (1942-1943), vol. 71 (1944-1945), vol. 72 (1945-1946), vol. 73 (1946-1947), 1959-1960, 1975-1976 through 1978-1979
  • Bates Student, incomplete runs: 1916, 1918, 1919, 1922 through 1924, 1926, 1929-1930 through 1933-1934, 1937-1938, 1939-1940 through 1941-1942, 1948-1949 through 1952-1953, 1961-1962 through 1985-1986, 1993-1994, 1998-1999
  • Mirror: 1903, 1906, 1908, 1910, 1911, 1914, 1915 1916, 1917, 1920, 1924, 1927, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1944 through 1954, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1964, 1966, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1991, 1996