Guide to the Doris Gates Papers 1936-1985

Creator:	Gates, Doris, 1901-
Title:	Doris Gates Papers
Dates:	1936-1985 ( inclusive )
Quantity:	27 linear feet (45 containers)
Collection Number:	Coll. 180
Summary:	Doris Gates (1901-1987), renowned author and editor of literary works for children, was born in Mountain View, California. Gates' deep interests in storytelling and mythology are evident in both her oral and written narratives. This collection includes correspondence, manuscripts, and published materials. Also included are records relating to Ginn and Company, publisher of textbooks.
Repository:	University of Oregon Libraries Special Collections & University Archives 1299 University of Oregon Eugene, OR 97403-1299 URL: http://libweb.uoregon.edu/speccoll/index.html
Languages:	Collection materials are in English.
Sponsor:	Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Biographical Note

Doris Gates, renowned author and editor of literary works for children, was born on November 26, 1901 in Mountain View, California. Raised on her family's prune ranch, Doris had a little gray burro and soon developed a fondness for horses that would later recur as a frequent theme in her children's novels, such as Sarah's Idea and Little Vic.

After receiving a degree in library science from Western Reserve University in 1930, Doris Gates launched her active and celebrated career in the field of children's literature. Her experiences ranged from her work as children's librarian at the Fresno Public Library in California from 1939 to 1940, to her long-standing association with Ginn and Company as editor and contributor for the basic reader and enrichment textbook series, and her own prolific career as an author. Although she had children of her own, Gates maintained contact with young readers through her frequent and popular guest lectures at elementary schools and children's libraries. Her deep interests in storytelling and mythology were evident in her oral and written narratives.

Gates also worked with older students and prospective writers as a lecturer at San Jose State College from 1940 to 1942, and the University of San Francisco from 1944 to 1948, as well as her editorial work for Ginn and Company. Gates spent the latter years of her life writing and raising horses at her "dream-home" overlooking the Pacific coast in Carmel, California, until her death in 1987.

Content Description

The Doris Gates Papers consists largely of correspondence, manuscripts and published materials. Business-related correspondence is arranged chronologically. A separate folder of family correspondence appears at the end of this series.

Manuscripts are arranged by length and nature, alphabetically within each segment. Each title is arranged in the order in which it was written, ranging from outlines and notes to final drafts submitted for publication.

Ginn and Company, a series in itself, is devoted to materials Gates either received or submitted during her more than thirty-year association with the publishing house. Included are promotional material, curriculum policies, sales and conference reports, and manuscripts.

Speaking engagements are arranged alphabetically by state, and, within each state, by city. Also included in the collection are Gates' teaching notes, memorabilia, souvenirs and awards, and a large volume of fan mail, mostly written by children that she promised to save. Several tape recordings, found in box 44, document the writing of several works. The remainder of the collection consists of books written by Gates as well as several textbooks in which her stories were published.

Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Access :

Collection is open to the public.

Collection must be used in Special Collections and University Archives Reading Room.

Restrictions on Use :

Property rights reside with Special Collections and University Archives. Copyright resides with the creators of the documents or their heirs. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to Special Collections and University Archives. The reader must also obtain permission of the copyright holder.

Preferred Citation :

[Identification of item], Doris Gates Papers, Coll. 180, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries, Eugene, Oregon.

Administrative Information

Arrangement :

Collection is organized into the following series:

Series I: Biographical Information

Series II: Correspondence

Series III: Manuscripts

Series IV: Ginn and Company

Series V: Speaking Engagements

Series VI: Teaching notes

Series: Memorabilia, souvenirs, and awards

Series: Fan mail

Series: Audiotapes

Series: Scrapbook

Processing Note :

Collection processed by Robert Koppelman, Manuscripts Processor, October 1988.

Separated Materials :

Photographs in this collection are stored separately under call number PH158.

Detailed Description of the Collection

Biographical Material

Container(s)		Description
Box	Folder
1	1	Biographical material
1	2	Biographical material
1	3	Biographical material
1	4	Biographical material
1	5	Biographical material

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Correspondence

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
1	6	Correspondence	October 1936-September 1938
1	7	Correspondence	October 1938-February 1940
1	8	Correspondence	April 1940-1941
1	9	Correspondence	October 1943-March 1944
1	10	Correspondence	April 1944-October 1944
1	11	Correspondence	November 1944-December 1944
1	12	Correspondence	1945
1	13	Correspondence	1946
1	14	Correspondence	April 1947-May 1948
1	15	Correspondence	June 1948-October 1948
1	16	Correspondence	November 1948
1	17	Correspondence	December 1948
2	1	Correspondence	January 1949
2	2	Correspondence	February 1949
2	3	Correspondence	March 1949
2	4	Correspondence	April 1949
2	5	Correspondence	May 2-13, 1949
2	6	Correspondence	May 16-31, 1949
2	7	Correspondence	June 1949
2	8	Correspondence	July 1949
2	9	Correspondence	August 1949
2	10	Correspondence	September 1949-October 1949
2	11	Correspondence	November 1949-December 1949
2	12	Correspondence	January 1950-February 1950
2	13	Correspondence	March 1950-April 1950
2	14	Correspondence	May 1950-March 1951
2	15	Correspondence	April 1951-July 1951
2	16	Correspondence	August 1951-September 1951
2	17	Correspondence	October 1951-November 1951
2	18	Correspondence
3	1	Correspondence	January 1951
3	2	Correspondence	February 1952
3	3	Correspondence	March 1952-April 1952
3	4	Correspondence	May 1952-July 1952
3	5	Correspondence	August 1952-September 1952
3	6	Correspondence	October 1952
3	7	Correspondence	November 1952
3	8	Correspondence	December 1952
3	9	Correspondence	January 2, 1953-February 9, 1953
3	10	Correspondence	February 13, 1953-March 1953
3	11	Correspondence	April 1953
3	12	Correspondence	May 1953
3	13	Correspondence	June 1953
3	14	Correspondence	July 1953-August 1953
3	15	Correspondence	September 1953
3	16	Correspondence	October 1953
3	17	Correspondence	November 1953
3	18	Correspondence	December 1953
4	1	Correspondence	January 1954-March 1954
4	2	Correspondence	April 1954-May 5, 1954
4	3	Correspondence	May 7, 1954-June 1954
4	4	Correspondence	July 1954-September 1954
4	5	Correspondence	October 1954-December 1954
4	6	Correspondence	January 1955-April 1955
4	7	Correspondence	May 1955-June 1955
4	8	Correspondence	July 1955-August 1955
4	9	Correspondence	September 1955
4	10	Correspondence	October 1955-December 1955
4	11	Correspondence	January 1956-April 1956
4	12	Correspondence	May 1956-December 1956
4	13	Correspondence	January 1957-July 1957
4	14	Correspondence	August 1957
4	15	Correspondence	September 1957-December 1957
4	16	Correspondence	February 1958-August 1958
4	17	Correspondence	September 1958-December 1958
5	1	Correspondence	January 1959-March 1959
5	2	Correspondence	April 1959-June 1959
5	3	Correspondence	July 1959
5	4	Correspondence	August 1959-October 1959
5	5	Correspondence	November 1959-December 1959
5	6	Correspondence	January 1960
5	7	Correspondence	February 1960-March 1960
5	8	Correspondence	April 1960-July 1960
5	9	Correspondence	August 1960-September 1960
5	10	Correspondence	October 1960
5	11	Correspondence	November 1960-February 1961
5	12	Correspondence	March 1961-May 1961
5	13	Correspondence	June 1961-August 1961
5	14	Correspondence	September 1961
5	15	Correspondence	October 1961
5	16	Correspondence	November 1961
5	17	Correspondence	December 1961
6	1	Correspondence	January 1962-February 1962
6	2	Correspondence	March 1962
6	3	Correspondence	April 1962
6	4	Correspondence	May 1962-June 1962
6	5	Correspondence	July 1962
6	6	Correspondence	August 1962
6	7	Correspondence	September 1962
6	8	Correspondence	October 1962-November 6, 1962
6	9	Correspondence	November 12-24, 1962
6	10	Correspondence	November 26, 1962-December 1962
6	11	Correspondence	January 1963
6	12	Correspondence	February 1963
6	13	Correspondence	March 1963
6	14	Correspondence	April 1963
6	15	Correspondence	May 1963-June 1963
6	16	Correspondence	July 1963-August 1963
6	17	Correspondence	September 1963
6	18	Correspondence	October 1963
6	19	Correspondence	November 1963-December 1963
7	1	Correspondence	January 1964
7	2	Correspondence	February 1964
7	3	Correspondence	March 1964
7	4	Correspondence	April 1964
7	5	Correspondence	May 1964
7	6	Correspondence	June 1964
7	7	Correspondence	July 1964-August 1964
7	8	Correspondence	September 1964
7	9	Correspondence	October 1964
7	10	Correspondence	November 1964
7	11	Correspondence	December 1964
7	12	Correspondence	January 1965-April 1965
7	13	Correspondence	May 1965-June 1965
7	14	Correspondence	July 1965
7	15	Correspondence	August 1965
8	1	Correspondence	September 1965
8	2	Correspondence	October 1965
8	3	Correspondence	November 1965
8	4	Correspondence	December 1965
8	5	Correspondence	January 1966
8	6	Correspondence	February 1966-March 1966
8	7	Correspondence	May 1966-July 1966
8	8	Correspondence	August 1966-September 1966
8	9	Correspondence	October 1966-December 1966
8	10	Correspondence	January 1967
8	11	Correspondence	February 1967
8	12	Correspondence	March 1967-April 1967
8	13	Correspondence	May 1967
8	14	Correspondence	June 1967-August 1967
8	15	Correspondence	September 1967
8	16	Correspondence	October 1967-November 1967
8	17	Correspondence	December 1967
9	1	Correspondence	January 1968
9	2	Correspondence	February 1968
9	3	Correspondence	March 1968-June 1968
9	4	Correspondence	July 1968-October 1968
9	5	Correspondence	November 1968
9	6	Correspondence	December 1968
9	7	Correspondence	January 1969
9	8	Correspondence	February 1969-March 1969
9	9	Correspondence	April 1969-August 1969
9	10	Correspondence	September 1969-March 1970
9	11	Correspondence	April 1970-September 1970
9	12	Correspondence	October 1970-January 1971
9	13	Correspondence	February 1971-March 1971
9	14	Correspondence	April 1971-September 1971
9	15	Correspondence	October 1971-January 1972
9	16	Correspondence	February 1972-June 1972
9	17	Correspondence	July 1972-October 1972
9	18	Correspondence	November 1972-December 1972
10	1	Correspondence	January 1973-February 1973
10	2	Correspondence	March 1973-May 1973
10	3	Correspondence	June 1973-August 1973
10	4	Correspondence	September 1973-October 1973
10	5	Correspondence	November 1973-February 1974
10	6	Correspondence	March 1974-September 1974
10	7	Correspondence	October 1974-March 1975
10	8	Correspondence	April 1975-August 1975
10	9	Correspondence	September 1975-November 1975
10	10	Correspondence	January 1976-April 1976
10	11	Correspondence	May 1976-August 1976
10	12	Correspondence	October 1976-February 1977
10	13	Correspondence	March 1977-May 1977
10	14	Correspondence	June 1977-May 1978
10	15	Correspondence	June 1978-October 1978
10	16	Correspondence	November 1978-February 1979
10	17	Correspondence	March 1979-June 1979
10	18	Correspondence	July 1979-December 1979
11	1	Correspondence	January 1980, April 1980
11	2	Correspondence	May 1980-August 1980
11	3	Correspondence	September 1980-June 1981
11	4	Correspondence	July 1981-April 1982
11	5	Correspondence	June 1982-August 1982
11	6	Correspondence	September 1982-November 1982
11	7	Correspondence	November 1983-February 1984
11	8	Correspondence	March 1984-May 1984
11	9	Correspondence	June 1984-November 1984
11	10	Correspondence	December 1984-April 1985
11	11	Correspondence	May 1985-September 1985
11	12	Correspondence	October 1985-December 1985
11	13	Correspondence	undated
11	14	Correspondence	undated
11	15	Correspondence	undated
11	16	Correspondence	undated
11	17	Family correspondence