Hidden Bibliographic Details
Varying Form of Title: | Frederick Taylor Gates, papers
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Notes: | Baptist minister, businessman. Corresponding secretary, American Baptist Education Society, 1888-1902. Philanthropic adviser to John D. Rockefeller; president, General Education Board. Trustee, University of Chicago, 1896-1910.
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Summary: | Correspondence to and from Gates relating to the American Baptist Education Society and founding of the University of Chicago (1888-1892). Major correspondents include Thomas Wakefield Goodspeed, William Rainey Harper, Henry L. Morehouse, and Augustus Hopkins Strong. Carbon copies of letters primarily to Gates from William Rainey Harper (1893-1906) concerning affairs relating to the university.
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Cumulative Index / Finding Aids Note: | Finding aid available in the Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library.
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