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Collection Overview

Creator:
Gates, Caleb Frank, 1857-1946
Title:
Caleb Frank Gates Papers
Repository:
Manuscripts Division
Permanent URL:
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/r781wg064
Dates:
1919-1932
Size:
1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Storage Note:
  • Firestone Library (scamss): Box 1
Language:
English

Abstract

Consists of papers of Caleb Frank Gates dating from part of his tenure as president of Robert College, Istanbul, including the years on leave (1922-1923) that he served as adviser to the United States high commissioner at the peace conference on Near Eastern affairs in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Collection Description & Creator Information

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of Gates's works, correspondence, and printed matter dating from part of his tenure as president of Robert College, Istanbul, including the years on leave (1922-1923) that he served as adviser to the United States high commissioner at the peace conference on Near Eastern affairs in Lausanne, Switzerland. The collection contains typescripts of articles, lectures, addresses, and reports relating to Turkish politics and government, history, economics, and education, as well as a typescript of a history of Robert College. There are also reports and copies of letters regarding the Lausanne conference.

Collection Creator Biography:

Gates, Caleb Frank, 1857-1946

Caleb Frank Gates was an 1877 graduate of Beloit College and an 1881 graduate of the Chicago Theological School. In 1883, Gates began serving in Turkey with the American Board of Foreign Missions. In 1894, Gates was elected president of Euphrates College, a position that he held until 1903 when he assumed the presidency of Robert College. Gates took a leave from the Robert College presidency (1922-1923) to serve as adviser to the United States high commissioner at the peace conference on Near Eastern affairs in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Collection History

Acquisition:

AM22038.

Appraisal

No appraisal information is available.

Processing Information

Folder Inventory added by Hilde Creager (2015) in 2012.

Access & Use

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

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Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

For preservation reasons, original analog and digital media may not be read or played back in the reading room. Users may visually inspect physical media but may not remove it from its enclosure. All analog audiovisual media must be digitized to preservation-quality standards prior to use. Audiovisual digitization requests are processed by an approved third-party vendor. Please note, the transfer time required can be as little as several weeks to as long as several months and there may be financial costs associated with the process. Requests should be directed through the Ask Us Form.

Credit this material:

Caleb Frank Gates Papers; Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library

Permanent URL:
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/r781wg064
Location:
Firestone Library
One Washington Road
Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
(609) 258-3184
Storage Note:
  • Firestone Library (scamss): Box 1