Stories about "Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library"
A tale of two trees (and one map)
Thursday, January 29, 2026 4:06 pm
For at least 151 years, a hemlock and its close neighbor, a red oak, have grown up together on the Bates campus, close enough to overlap branches, while buildings popped up around them. Their survival is a mystery but thanks to a new interactive historic map of Bates, their shared history can at least be glimpsed.
Recalling when Jimmy Carter visited Bates to honor the ‘greatness of America’s character’
Sunday, December 29, 2024 3:38 pm
We pay tribute to the late, remarkable Jimmy Carter, who died today at age 100, by recalling his historic visit to Bates in 1985 to honor his friend Edmund Muskie '36 and to praise the greatness of another Bates friend, civil rights leader Benjamin E. Mays.
12 Bates ‘CatFacts’ about Jimmy Carter, Jimi Hendrix, Julia Child, and more
Friday, March 31, 2023 12:24 pm
During our annual stint on the Great Day to Be a Bobcat livestream, we shared a few CatFacts with viewers. From there to here!
Beyond ‘founded by abolitionists’: Students and faculty undertake a more inclusive examination of Bates’ founding story
Wednesday, February 26, 2020 2:07 pm
Ongoing research by Bates faculty and students into the college’s early connection to the U.S. slave economy seeks to add long-silenced voices to the college’s founding narrative.
From the Archives: Tree conk, peace pipe, and football paperweight
Friday, May 3, 2019 11:30 am
From a paperweight inspired by a big Bates win to a peace pipe that raises questions, here are a few items from the Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library.
From the Archives: Old hockey puck and horse-drawn mail delivery
Friday, January 25, 2019 10:42 am
Mail delivery by horse-drawn carriage, and the hockey puck from a 1927 game that was “fast and furious and marked by many swinging sticks.”
From the Archives: Chase Hall barbershop and 1939 Wedgwood
Thursday, December 20, 2018 12:54 pm
From Brylcreem to bow ties, here are a few items from the Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library, elsewhere on campus — and beyond.
8 reasons why Edmund Muskie ’36 was an amazing political candidate in 1968
Wednesday, December 5, 2018 3:37 pm
Fifty years ago, Edmund Muskie '36 ran one of the “exemplary national campaigns of modern times.”
From the Archives: Ode to a 30-cent hot dog
Monday, November 26, 2018 12:00 am
A few items from the Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library and elsewhere on campus — and beyond.
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?