Finding Aid for James Leonard Bates Papers, 1937-98 | University of Illinois Archives

Title: James Leonard Bates Papers, 1937-98

ID: 15/13/47

Primary Creator: Bates, James Leonard (1919-1998)

Extent: 9.3 cubic feet

Arrangement: By subject, then alphabetical.

Subjects: Admissions, Conservation, Faculty Papers, Historical Method, Music -- Russia - History and Geography, Progressive Party, Teapot Dome, Watergate Controversy

Formats/Genres: Papers

Languages: English

Papers of James Leonard Bates (1919-98), Professor of History (1954-84), including correspondence, reports, publications, manuscripts, course materials, lecture notes, photographs, research materials relating to American history after the Civil War, former students (1961-97), the Watergate scandal (1973-75), the Teapot Dome scandal (1973-75), department business (1954-97), and military service (1942-43).

Significant correspondents include Dewey Grantham, Fletcher Green, Robert Johannsen, Richard Lowitt, Robert Waller, and former students Dan Bartell, Harold Cahalan, Dominic Candeloro, Frank Allan Coombs, John Dagres, George Cullom Davis, Michael Dockrill, Dimitri Lazo, Leonard Schlup, Louis Christian Smith, Avarh Strickland, and Roy Turnbaugh.

Admissions
Conservation
Faculty Papers
Historical Method
Music -- Russia - History and Geography
Progressive Party
Teapot Dome
Watergate Controversy

Repository: University of Illinois Archives

Accruals: 3/17/99

Other Note: 13 Pages

URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/uasfa/1513047.pdf

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