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Charles M. Gates papers, 1881-1963

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Gates, Charles M. (Charles Marvin), 1904-1963
Title
Charles M. Gates papers
Dates
1881-1963 (inclusive)
Quantity
24.84 cubic feet
Collection Number
0364
Summary
Papers of a University of Washington history professor who specialized in Northwest history.
Repository
University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu
Access Restrictions

Open to all users.

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Languages
English
Sponsor
Funding for encoding this finding aid was partially provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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Biographical Note

Charles Marvin Gates was born in 1904 in New Hampshire. He graduated from Yale College in 1926 and received his M.A. in history from Harvard University in 1928. In 1930 he began his studies for the doctorate at the University of Minnesota. During his career, Gates served as a professor of history at the University of Washington, a charter member of the Society of American Archivists, and a member of various historians' organizations. In the mid-1940s, Gates and Herman J. Deutsch of the State College of Washington developed the Pacific Northwest History Project for collecting and preserving documents concerned with Northwest history.

Gates co-authored Empire of the Columbia: A History of the Northwest with Dorothy Johansen. He also wrote the centennial history of UW, The First Century at the University of Washington , which was published in 1961. For the last twenty years of his life, Gates edited Pacific Northwest Quarterly . He died in 1963.

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Content Description

Student papers, correspondence, consulting and project files, speeches and writings, curriculum records, notes, clippings, interviews, and photographs.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

The creator's literary rights were not transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

Organized into 2 accessions.

  • Accession No. 0364-001, Charles Gates papers, 1881-1970
  • Accession No. 0364-005, Charles Gates papers, 1937-1963

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Detailed Description of the Collection

 

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Subject Terms

  • Archives--Curricula
  • Archives--United States
  • Archivists--Societies, etc
  • Archivists--United States
  • College presidents--Washington (State)--Seattle
  • College teachers--Washington (State)--Seattle--Archives
  • Editors--Washington (State)--Seattle--Archives
  • Editors--Washington (State)--Seattle--Archives
  • Greek letter societies--Washington (State)--Seattle
  • Historians--Washington (State)--Seattle--Archives
  • History teachers--Washington (State)--Seattle--Archives
  • History--Study and teaching--Northwest, Pacific
  • Universities and colleges--Washington (State)--History

Personal Names

  • Cox, Edward Godfrey, 1876-1963
  • Cox, William Edward, 1887-
  • Daniels, Joseph, 1884-1965
  • Eby, Edwin Harold, 1900-
  • Frye, Theodore C. (Theodore Christian), b. 1869
  • Gates, Charles M. (Charles Marvin), 1904-1963--Archives
  • Goodspeed, George Edward, b. 1887
  • Haller, Granville O. (Granville Owen), 1820-1897
  • Harris, Charles William, 1880-
  • Henderson, Joseph E. (Joseph Edmonds)
  • Hill, Matthew W. (Matthew William), 1894-
  • Isaacs, Walter F
  • Johansen, Dorothy O., 1904-
  • Kincaid, Trevor, 1872-1970
  • Kumm, Ward C. (Ward Confarr)
  • Landes, Henry, 1867-1936
  • Lauer, Edward H
  • Loew, Edgar Allan, 1882-
  • McDonnell, Pearl
  • McMahon, Theresa Schmid
  • Meany, Edmond S. (Edmond Stephen), 1862-1935
  • Padelford, Jessie E. (Jessie Elizabeth)
  • Patterson, Ambrose, 1877-1966
  • Patterson, Viola, 1898-1984
  • Roberts, Milnor, 1877-1965
  • Stevens, Edwin B. (Edwin Bicknell), 1891-1947
  • Suzzallo, Henry, 1875-1933
  • Tartar, Herman Vance
  • Van Horn, Robert Bowman, 1893-

Corporate Names

  • University of Washington--Administration
  • University of Washington--History
  • University of Washington--Presidents
  • University of Washington. Applied Physics Laboratory
  • University of Washington. College of Education
  • University of Washington. College of Mines
  • University of Washington. Dept. of History
  • University of Washington. Division of Marine Resources--History
  • University of Washington. Faculty Women’s Club
  • University of Washington. Libraries
  • University of Washington. Oceanographic Laboratories--History
  • University of Washington. Pacific Northwest History Project
  • University of Washington. School of Law
  • Washington State Historical Society

Geographical Names

  • Northwest, Pacific--History
  • United States--History--1783-1815--Study and teaching (Higher)
  • United States--Territorial expansion--Study and teaching (Higher)
  • Washington (State)--Centennial celebrations, etc
  • Washington (State)--History

Form or Genre Terms

  • Interviews
  • Photographs

Titles within the Collection

  • Empire of the Columbia
  • First century at the University of Washington
  • Pacific Northwest quarterly

Other Creators

  • Corporate Names

    • Society of American Archivists
    • University of Washington University Archives

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Subject Terms

  • University Archives/Faculty Papers (University of Washington)


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