Bates, Esther Willard, 1884-
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1884-
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Edwin Arlington Robinson Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-7-BC
Scope and Content
This collection contains correspondence, publications, articles, and clippings by and about Edwin Arlington Robinson. The material was compiled by two of Robinson's friends, Esther Willard Bates and Winfield Townley Scott. Bates was a playwright who met Robinson at the MacDowell Colony. Possessing the rare ability to read Robinson's handwriting, she became his typist and the first reader of his manuscripts. Scott, a fellow poet who eventually settled in Santa Fe, New Mexico, was also a...
Dates:
1897-1965 (bulk 1930-1965)
Esther Willard Bates Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: PICT-000-007
Abstract
The collection consists mainly of portraits of E. A. Robinson, his friends, homes, and gravesite.
Dates:
1888-1954