Robert M. Chute Papers
Scope and Contents
The papers of a Bates College professor, a biologist, and a poet. Included are correspondence, manuscripts of writing and poems. Materials concern biology, ecology, poetry, and class work.
Dates
- Creation: 1970s-2012
Creator
Restrictions on Access
Kept at Fogler Library's offsite storage facility. One week's notice required for retrieval.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
Information on literary rights available in the library.
Biographical Note
Robert M. Chute was born February 13, 1926 in Naples, Maine. His father ran a summer hotel in Naples. After graduating from high school, Chute attended the University of Maine at Orono, majoring in Zoology. He later attended the John Hopkin's School of Hygiene and Public Health. He taught in California, Vermont, and Pennsylvania before coming to Bates College, taking the position of head of the Biology department in 1962. He retired in 1992 (from http://abacus.bates.edu/muskie-archives/EADFindingAids/MC014.html; accessed 4/17/2018).
Chute is a co-founder of the Maine State Biologists Association and the Natural Resources Council of Maine. With his wife Virginia, he edited and published "The Small Pond," a small press literary magazine.
Extent
13 boxes
10 folio folders
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Robert Chute in 1977, 1984, 1985, and 1989. Further additions are anticipated.
General Note
See main URSUS catalog for published materials.
Genre / Form
Topical
- Title
- Guide to the Robert M. Chute Papers
- Status
- In Progress
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English.
Repository Details
Part of the Raymond H. Fogler Library Special Collections Repository
5729 Raymond H. Fogler Library
University of Maine
Orono ME 04469-5729 United States
207-581-1686
