Box 2

Scope and Contents This diary of Arlo Bates contains accounts of several trips which included Canada, Cuba, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia as destinations. The Canadian trip lasted from lasted from June through July of 1879; the Cuban trip lasted from February through March of 1882; and the first of two European trips lasted from September to October, 1890. Bates took another European trip from May through September of 1902 as well as a Middle Eastern and Asian trip from October through March of 1916. A...

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This diary contains observations by Bates about his son Oric when the boy was between the ages of five and seventeen. The inside front flyleaf reads "March 24, '88, Oric's Book. III." The book is bound in leather.

Scope and Contents This diary of Arlo Bates contains content relating to his thoughts and experiences on Impressionism, the London Independent Theatre Society, the Bowdoin Centennial, the 1893 Columbian Exposition, sexuality in literature, socialism, the Maine Coast, the Spanish American War, the war in South Africa, and the writings of Josiah Royce, Leo Tolstoy, and Henry James. The diary contains a six page typed index for the years 1891-1909. It also includes typed and handwritten excerpts, notes, and...

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This diary was likely kept while Arlo Bates was travelling in Asia, and includes several newspaper clippings collected by Bates, some of which contain articles written by him. The album is bound in cloth and has marble paper covered boards.