Guide to the James Stacy Coles Papers, 1903-1996, undated
James Stacy Coles Papers, George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine.
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James Stacy Coles was president of Bowdoin College from 1952 to 1967. He was born in Mansfield, Pennsylvania, on June 3, 1913, to Edwin Stacy Coles, publisher of the local newspaper, and Emavieve Rose Coles. Coles earned degrees from Mansfield State Teachers College (1934) and Columbia University (1936; with advanced degrees in 1939 and 1941). After earning his Ph.D. from Columbia, Coles became Instructor of Chemistry at College of the City of New York (1936-1941); Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Middlebury College (1941-1943); and Research Supervisor at Underwater Explosives Laboratory, Oceanographic Institute, in Woods Hole, Massachusetts (1943-1946). In 1946 he took a position as Assistant, then Associate Professor of Chemistry, and Acting Dean at Brown University. He held this post until 1952, when he became the president of Bowdoin College.
Under Coles's leadership, the College's science department modernized, programs for gifted students and low-income students were implemented, and an independent studies program began. Coles's presidency also witnessed a major building program, which included construction of Coles Tower, Wentworth Hall and Chamberlain Hall (1964).
Coles was chairman of the Maine Higher Education Advisory Committee (1965-1967), which helped establish the University of Maine System. He also co-authored Physical Principles of Chemistry (1964) with R.H. Cole. In 1967, Coles resigned the presidency of Bowdoin to become president of The Research Corporation in New York City. He retired from The Research Corporation in 1982, but remained as chairman of its executive committee until 1984.
Coles was married in 1938 to Martha Reed and they had three children; Ann Stacy Coles, James Reed Coles, and Christopher Coles. After that marriage ended in 1980, Coles was married in 1981 to Cecily Cannan Selby. James Stacy Coles died in Falmouth, Massachusetts, on June 13, 1996.
Personal, business, and Brown University and Bowdoin College correspondence of James Stacy Coles, as well as speeches given by Coles, chiefly while president of Bowdoin College. Lecture notes, mainly for Bowdoin classes, research materials, and writings, both manuscript and published, are included. The bulk of the Writings series concerns Physical Principles of Chemistry. There are meeting minutes, reports, and other materials pertaining to Coles' affiliation with the Research Corporation and professional organizations. Biographical information for Coles and his family, and photographs of Coles and his family are included. For related materials, see the James Stacy Coles Administrative Records.
Letters to and from James Stacy Coles at Brown University and Bowdoin College, as well as personal correspondence.
Alphabetically and chronologically. Note that Brown University correspondence is organized alphabetically, while other correspondence is organized chronologically.
No restrictions.
American Chemical Society
A correspondence
B correspondence
C correspondence
D correspondence
DuPont correspondence
E correspondence
F correspondence
G correspondence
H correspondence
K correspondence
L correspondence
M correspondence
Mc correspondence
McGraw Hill Book Company
N correspondence
New England Association of Chemistry Teachers (NEACT) correspondence
O correspondence
Picatinny Arsenal
New York Academy of Sciences
P correspondence
American Physical Society
R correspondence
S correspondence
T correspondence
U correspondence
V correspondence
W correspondence
Y correspondence
Z correspondence
Miscellaneous Brown University correspondence
1937, 1943
1945-1948
1952-1955
1956-1958
1959-1962
1963-1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1975-1982 re: Woods Hole, Falmouth, Tioga County
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987-1992
1993
1994-1996
Undated
The bulk of the speeches in this series were made by James Stacy Coles as president of Bowdoin College. Bowdoin speeches include his introduction of Martin Luther King, Jr. on May 6, 1964, weekly Chapel Talks, addresses at College events such as convocation, and addresses to alumni clubs. Speeches from Coles' tenure as president of the The Research Corporation include talks in India, Argentina, and Sweden.
Arranged chronologically.
No restrictions.
1952 Sep 2, Bowdoin College 150th anniversary address
1952 Oct 13, Inaugural address
1953 Jul 26, "The Humility of Scholarship"
1953 Nov 20, "A Grey and Melancholy Waste?"
1954 Jan 30, "Ethical Values in Today's College"
1956 May 6, "Do You Use Your Talent?"
1956 Sep 19, "Who Reads and Reads"
1956 Oct. 8, "The Crucial Shortage is Not Science!"
1956 Oct 23, "The Bowdoin Egghead"
1956 Nov 26, Chapel Talk
1957 Jan 3, "The Student's Responsibility"
1957 Jan 6, "Christian Courage"
1957 Mar 5, "The Student Bowdoin Seeks"
1957 Apr 12, "Bowdoin College, the Government and the Future"
1957 Spring, Chapel Talk
1958 Jan 5, "College Students and our National Mores"
1958 Jan 14, "College Finances"
1958 Feb 24, "Levels of Responsibility"
1958 Mar 11, "Orientation Program"
1958 Mar 13-14, Speech to Washington and Pittsburgh alumni (incomplete)
1958 May 12, "Intelligence Sabotaged by Secrecy"
1958 Jun 9, "Empty Joys or Full?"
1958 Aug 16, Remarks for closing conference luncheon
1959 Feb 18, "The George Lincoln Skolfield Jr. Professorship"
1959 Mar 5, "The Economy of Higher Education"
1959 Mar 26, "The Economy of Higher Education"
1959 May 20, "Senior's Last Chapel"
1959 Aug 5, "Education in an Advancing Complexity"
1959 Nov 24, "Moral Fiber or Loose Shreds?"
1960 Jan 22, "Empty Joys or Full?"
1960 Jan 22, Address before the Bowdoin Club of New York City and vicinity
1960 Jan/Feb, "Plant"
1960 Mar 5, "Undergraduate Education in the Sciences in Liberal Arts Institutions"
1960 Apr 8, Address for the Development luncheon
1960 May 23, "Bowdoin College and the Maine Public Schools"
1960 Jun 5, "Uncommon Men in Lonely Paths"
1960 Jun 21, "ALA Standards for College Libraries"
1960 Sep 16, "Greetings to the Men of 1964"
1960 Sep 21, "Your Year at Bowdoin"
1960 Oct 15, Parent's Day address
1960 Nov 15, Chapel service and Rhodes Scholar candidates
1960 Dec 8, "Responsibilities with Honor"
1961 Jan 15, Chapel Talk
1961 Jan 20, "The Role of the Liberal Arts College During the Next Decade"
1961 Mar 6, "Peace Corps-Foreign and Domestic"
1961 Apr 4, Luncheon remarks
1961 Apr 17, "Should We Be Gaza-ized?"
1961 May 17, Address to seniors
1961 Jun 4, "Involutions of Involvement" and "The Role of Liberal-Arts College"
1961 Sep 21, "Greetings to the Men of 1965"
1961 Sep 27, Opening convocation
1961 Oct 30, "Bowdoin and Brunswick"
1961 Nov 15, "Living from the Neck Up"
1962 Jan 19, Address to Bowdoin Club of New York City
1962 Feb 21, "The Feat and Mind of Man"
1962 Feb 22, "Day of the Chair of Saint Peter at Antioch"
1962 Mar 16, "Advancing Horizons in Educational Techniques"
1962 Mar 18, "Bringing Meaning to Skills"
1962 Mar 21, President's speech
1962 Mar 21, "Regeneration of Knowledge"
1962 Apr 17, "The Liberal Arts College- It's Special Problems and It's Future"
1962 May 24, "Seniors' Last Chapel"
1962 Jun 10, "The Ever Ascending Climax"
1962 Sep 16, "Your Program for College"
1962 Sep 21, President's remarks for freshman convocation
1962 Sep 26, "Wisdom out of Leisure"
1962 Sep 26, "Wisdom out of Leisure"
1962, "Bowdoin's Educational Objectives and the Capital Campaign"
1962 Nov 6, Address for Portland Executives Club
1962 Nov 17, "A Supermarket for Ethics?"
1963 Jan 18/19, "The State of the College"
1963 Feb 3, "A Supermarket for Ethics"
1963 Mar 19, "The Senior Seminar Program at Bowdoin College"
1963 Mar 23, "The Senior Seminars at Bowdoin College"
1963 Apr 7, "Forces Against Destruction"
1963 Apr 23, "The Senior Seminars at Bowdoin College"
1963 May 10, Chapel Talk
1963 May, "Seniors' Last Chapel"
1963 Jun, "Empty Joys or Full?"
1963 Sep 24, "Purpose in College"
1963 Nov 12, "Living from the Neck Up"
1963 Nov 20, "Greetings for Centennial Convocation"
1964 Feb 5, Chapel Talk
1964 Feb 11, "Teaching the Four Freedoms"
1964 Mar 5, "On Charity"
1964 Apr 26, "Humane Courage"
1964 May 6, Introduction of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
1964 May 21, "Seniors' Last Chapel"
1964 Jun 7, "To Don the Armor of Light"
1964 Sep 23, "Danger-Within or Without" 1964 Oct 19, Presentation of symbolic key
1964 Oct 19, Introduction of the Honorable Paul H. Nitze
1964 Oct 19, "Introductory"
1964 Nov 10, Memorial service for Judge Harold H. Burton
1964 Nov 24, "Higher Education-A Modern Hercules for Maine"
1965 Feb 3, "Man is for History"
1965 Feb 25, "Remarks for Centennial Convocation," University of Maine
1965 May 22, "Maine's Finest Hour"
1965 Jun 6, "The Organic Whole"
1965 Sep 21, "Prospects" (convocation address)
1965 Nov 15, "The Lobster: The Republican of the Sea"
1965 Dec 8, "Accruals to Bowdoin College from Graduate Doctorate Programs in Arts and Sciences"
1966 Jan 7, "The Modern Arctic"
1966 Jan 17, "National Service"
1966 Apr 12, "The Organization of a New England Men's College"
1966 Apr 12, "Scholars in the Marketplace"
1966 Apr 12, "Scholars in the Marketplace"
1966 Apr 27, Talk at the East Cupcake Bowdoin Club
1966 May 5, "The Ennobling Power of Education"
1966 May 19-20, "New England's Obligations and Opportunities in Education"
1966 Sep 20, Convocation address
1966 Oct 8, "Size and Students"
1966 Oct 18, "Size and Students"
1966 Oct 28, "Address before AFB Management Club and Bowdoin Club of Aroostock County
1966 Nov 18, Remarks at the inauguration of Dr. Scarlett, Farmington State College
1966 Nov 21, "Who Runs Bowdoin College?"
1967 Apr 12, Address to Bowdoin Club of Washington, D.C.
1967 Apr 21-22, Introduction to symposium on the Development of Doctoral Programs by the Small Liberal Arts Colleges
1967 Apr 29, Bowdoin Teachers Club, award presentation
1967 Apr 30, "The Changing World of Today"
1967 May 10, "The Higher Educational Study and Excellence in Education"
1967 May 19, Address for last Chapel
1967 Jun 4, Baccalaureate address
1967 May 19, "A Long Past, A Brilliant Future"
1968, "The Colleges Viewed from Another Perspective"
1968, "Graduate Study in the Liberal Arts College"
1968, Acceptance address
1969, Biennial Conference on Charitable Foundations
1969, "Are We Degenerating?"
India speech
1970, "Science in the Seventies at the Liberal Arts College"
1971, "Expectations and Responsibilities"
1971 Dec 15, Award dinner for Paul C. Cross
1972 Sep 23, Talk at the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics
1974 Jul 15, Remarks at conference of Departmental Chair
1975, "Observations on Research at the Undergraduate College"
1978, "Foundations and Basic Research in the Sciences"
Argentina speech
1981 Nov 9-13, "The Challenges of the '80's: Science and Technology in the Universe"
1982, Stockholm speech notes
1982, Stockholm speech (backup)
1984 Oct 18, "Meharry Medical College"
1986 Apr 26, Memorial service for Samuel E. Kamerling
James Stacy Coles' chemistry lecture notes, chiefly for classes taught at Bowdoin. Also included are undated lecture typescripts, and Brown University lecture material.
Arranged alphabetically.
No restrictions.
Brown University, abstracts of chemistry seminars, 1950-1952
Brown University, information regarding chemical nomenclature and pronunciation, 1947
Brown University, miscellaneous material, 1945-1949, 1955, n.d.
Chemistry 6-Semester II, Bowdoin, 1954-1955
Chemistry 32-Semester II, Bowdoin, 1955-1956
Chemistry 31-Semester I, Bowdoin, 1955-1956
Chemistry 31-Semester II, Bowdoin, 1956-1957
Chemistry 32-Semester II, Bowdoin, 1956-1957
Chemistry 32-Semester II, Bowdoin, 1957-1958
Chemistry 32-Problems
Chemistry 24-Organizational material
Chemistry 31-Semester I, Bowdoin, 1957-1958
Chemistry 23-Organizational material
Chemistry 23-Semester I, Bowdoin, 1958-1959
Chemistry 24-Semester II, Bowdoin, 1958-1959
Chemistry 11/12, Bowdoin, 1960-1961
Chemistry manuals, 1943, 1964
Chemistry notes, 1945
Lectures 1-14, typescripts, n.d.
Lectures 15-28, typescripts, n.d.
Lectures 29-40, typescripts, n.d.
Manuscript and published material written by James Stacy Coles including his 1941 Columbia University dissertation various non-scientific writings, and published articles. The typescript of "Physical Principles of Chemistry," by R. H. Cole and J. S. Coles, as well as drafts, figures, notes, problems, and other material used in preparation of this textbook comprise the bulk of the series. In addition, there is correspondence with the publisher for "Physical Principles of Chemistry" which was published in 1964, reviews of the textbook, and a copy with annotations, additions, and corrections by Coles, as well as an accompanying answer book.
Arranged by material type, then chronologically.
No restrictions.
1941, Dissertation - "Ultracentrifugal Studies of Potato Starch, Alpha-Amylo-Dextrin and Their Methyl Derivatives," James Stacy Coles
1955, "Physical Principles of Chemistry," by R.H. Cole and J.S. Coles (typescript)
Book outline, 1955
Table of contents
Chapter 1: Introduction, master copy
Chapter 1: Materials and draft
Chapter 1: Text copy
Chapter 2: Draft
Chapter 2: Notes
Chapter 3: Draft
Chapter 3: Problems
Chapter 4: Draft
Chapter 4: Problems
Chapter 5: Notes
Chapter 5: Draft
Chapter 6: Text copy
Chapter 6: Draft I
Chapter 6: Draft II
Chapter 6: Problems
Chapter 7: Draft
Chapter 7: Text copy
Chapter 7: Problems
Chapter 8: Draft
Chapter 8: Text copy
Chapter 8: Problems
Chapter 9: Draft I
Chapter 9: Draft II
Chapter 9: Problems
Chapter 10: Draft
Chapter 10: Text copy
Chapter 11: Draft I
Chapter 11: Draft II
Chapter 11: Text copy
Chapter 11: Figures and tables
Chapter 11: Problems
Chapter 11: Problems and stencils
Chapter 12: Draft I
Chapter 12: Draft II
Chapter 12: Text copy
Chapter 12: Figures and tables
Chapter 13: Draft I
Chapter 13: Draft II
Chapter 13: Text copy
Chapter 14: Draft I
Chapter 14: Draft II
Chapter 14: Notes
Chapter 14: Text copy
Chapter 15: Draft I
Chapter 15: Draft II
Chapter 15: Text copy
Chapter 15: Figures and tables
Chapter 16: Draft I
Chapter 16: Draft II
Chapter 16: Draft III
Chapter 16: Figures and tables
Chapter 17: Draft I
Chapter 17: Draft II
Chapter 17: Draft III
Chapter 17: Draft IV
Chapter 17: Figures
Chapter 18: Draft I
Chapter 18: Draft II
Chapter 18: Draft III
Chapter 18: Draft IV
Chapter 18: Stencils
Chapter 18: Figures
Chapter 19: Draft
Chapter 19: Manuscript copy
Chapter 19: Text copy
Chapter 19: Figures
Chapter 20: Draft
Chapter 20: Manuscript copy
Chapter 21: Draft
Chapter 21: Manuscript copy
Chapter 21: Figures and tables
Chapter 21: Stencils
Chapter 21: Outlines and comments
Chapter 21: Notes
Chapter 21: Figures
Chapter 21: Original figures
Chapter 21: Edition C-obsolete
Chapter 21: Corrected stencils
Chapter 21: Stencils
Chapter 22: Draft
Chapter 22: Notes
Chapter 22: Manuscript copy
Chapter 22: Stencils
Chapter 22: Old stencils
Manuscript copy II
Book problems
Draft I, 1952 Jun
Draft "a"-rough draft
Draft "b"-revised, 1954 Aug-1955 May
Publishing company correspondence, 1952-1964, n.d.
Reviews - Physical Principles of Chemistry, 1965-1968, 1973-1976
Suggested references, 1964 Mar
Various non-scientific writings, 1955, 1973, n.d.
1948 Jan 9, Science, reprint of book review of Linus Pauling's chemistry textbook
1949 Jan, Journal of Chemical Education, reprint of "Chemical Education in American Institutions-Brown University"
1956 Jan, Technology Review, "The Place of the Small Liberal Arts College"
1958 May, Association of American Colleges Bulletin, reprint of "Were Sputnik's Scapegoats Superfluous?"
1959 Mar, "Optical Device for Integrating Functions" (patent)
1959 Nov, Conference proceedings, "The Problems in a Liberal Arts College"
1960, Liberal Education, "Is the Question Purely Rhetorical?"
1961, College and Research Libraries, "A College President and the Standards for College Libraries"
1963, Challenge and Change in American Education, "The Role of the Liberal-Arts College"
1964, Physical Principles of Chemistry with annotations, additions and corrections by James S. Coles, and answer book in pocket outside lower cover
1966 Apr 2, School and Society, "The Bowdoin College Senior Program"
1967 May, American School and University, "Bowdoin's New Library with a View on Research"
1967 Jun, Bibliography
1983, Yearbook of Science and the Future, Encyclopaedia Britannica, "Science and the Private Sector"
Research notes and articles for James Stacy Coles' lectures, dissertation, textbook, and other writings.
Arranged alphabetically.
No restrictions.
Concentration measurements, n.d.
Diffusion constant, 1940
Freudenberg and Boppel, 1940, n.d.
Geomorphology, 1931-1934, n.d.
Hydrogen bonds, 1937
Measurements - miscellaneous, 1960-1963
Mercurials, 1949-1955
Notes re: textbooks, 1950-1958
Partial specific volume, n.d.
Providence Journal series on medical education, 1951
Research and Development - universities and business, articles, 1967-1984, n.d.
Research-Cottrell, Inc., 1967-1987, n.d.
Research - miscellaneous, 1946-1948, 1965, 1978, n.d.
Research - miscellaneous, 1947-1957, n.d.
Standard deviation, 1934
"Standard Error of a Forecast from a Curve," by Henry Schultz, 1930
Starch, 1950, n.d.
Starch - osmotic pressure, n.d.
Starch - raw, 1940, n.d.
Structure of water, n.d.
Ultracentrifuge, 1939, 1946, n.d.
U.S. Geological Survey maps, 1941
Materials pertaining to corporations, government, agencies, and professional organizations with which James Stacy Coles was affiliated, including the Research Corporation, Inter-American Scientific Cooperation Committee, and Council on Foreign Relations Discussion Group in Canada. In addition to correspondence, there are meeting minutes, notes, reports, membership lists, articles, and newspaper clippings.
Arranged alphabetically.
No restrictions.
American Assembly, Columbia University, 1979, 1983
Atlantic Foundation Board - J. Seward Johnson Fund, 1973-1987
Brazil survey group, 1960
Brown University, Committee on Lectureships, 1950, 1951
Chemical and Engineering News covers featuring portraits of scientists, 1946-1952
Chemical Fund, 1969-1985
Coast Guard Academy - Advisory Committee, 1968-1973
Columbia University Press, trustee, 1974-1978
Council on Foreign Relations, Discussion Group on Canada: 1977 Nov 10, first meeting
Council on Foreign Relations, Discussion Group on Canada: 1978 Jan 12, second meeting
Council on Foreign Relations, Discussion Group on Canada: 1978 Apr 4, third meeting
Council on Foreign Relations, Discussion Group on Canada: 1978 May 9, fourth meeting
Council on Foreign Relations, Discussion Group on Canada: 1979 Jun 27, fifth meeting
Council on Foreign Relations, Discussion Group on Canada: 1981 meetings
Council on Foreign Relations, Discussion Group on Canada: 1982 meetings
Council on Foreign Relations, Discussion Group on Canada: Articles re: Canada, 1977-1980
Council on Foreign Relations, Discussion Group on Canada: Newspaper clippings re: Canada, 1977-1978, n.d.
Council on Foreign Relations, Discussion Group on Canada: Papers re: Canada, 1976-1979, n.d.
Council on Foreign Relations, Discussion Group on Canada: Periodicals re: Canada, 1977-1979
Dixon Corporation, 1950-1952, 1965-1978
Higher Education Planning Commission, 1967-1970
Inter-American Scientific Cooperation Committee, Brazil: minutes of Committee meetings, 1960
Inter-American Scientific Cooperation Committee, Brazil: notes and research, 1959-1961
Inter-American Scientific Cooperation Committee, Brazil: publications, 1959, 1960
Inter-American Scientific Cooperation Committee, Brazil: reports by Ernesto Luiz de Oliveira Jr., ca. 1960
Inter-American Scientific Cooperation Committee, Brazil: reports - miscellaneous, in Portuguese, 1956-1960, n.d.
National Research and Development Organizations (NRDO), Sixth International Conference, 1982 Jun
Naval Studies Board, National Research Council, conference, 1975
Ouroboros Club, 1945-1982
Pearson, Lester B., Conference on the Canada-U.S. Relationship, 1976
Pearson, Lester B., Conference on the Canada-U.S. Relationship, correspondence, 1976
Pearson, Lester B., Conference on the Canada-U.S. Relationship, newspaper clippings, 1976
Pearson, Lester B., Conference on the Canada-U.S. Relationship, 1981 Oct
Pennwalt Corporation, 1971-1975
Research Corporation, 1966-1967
Research Corporation, 1968-1980
Research Corporation, 1981
Research Corporation, 1982
Research Corporation, 1983
Research Corporation, 1984
Research Corporation, 1985
Research Corporation, 1986-1987
Research Corporation - Jones/Mangelsdorf patent, 1976, 1981, 1986
Research Corporation - Patent Committee, 1985
Research Corporation v. Pfister Associated Growers, Inc. v. Paul C. Mangelsdorf, 1968
Research Corporation - Schaefer, John, 1982-1988
Science Advisory Board, Environmental Protection Agency, 1982 Sep
Skating Club of New York, 1974, n.d.
Skating Club of New York, 1978, 1986, n.d.
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1943-1946
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1977-1985
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution - eulogy for Paul M. Fye, 1988
Certificates, yearbooks, awards, biographical data, and memorials for James Stacy Coles comprise the bulk of the series, though there is biographical information concerning other family members. Autographed letters collected by Coles from such notables as Henry Beston, Dwight Eisenhower, Robert Hale, John Hay, and Lyndon B. Johnson, are also included.
Arranged alphabetically.
No restrictions.
Articles and press releases, 1952, 1967, 1979-1980, n.d.
Autographed letters (arranged alphabetically), 1903, 1942-1967, n.d.
Biographical Information 1952
Biographical information, 1981, 1984, n.d.
Bowdoin College Alumni Council resolution, 1968 Feb
Certificate of birth (photocopy), 1913 Jun 3
Certificate of confirmation, 1926 Oct 15
Certificate of matrimony, 1938 Jun 18
Certificate presented to James S. Coles by the Department of the Army, 1957 Oct 1
Certificate presented to Mrs. E.S. Coles by the U.S. Food Administration, 1917, 1918
Coast Guard Public Service Award, 1973 Jan 3
Columbia College 1991 Reunion Directory
Columbia University annual commencement program, 1941 Jun 3
Columbia University, Class of 1936 Short Biographies, n.d.
Columbia University, reprints from 1936 Columbian
Eulogy for James Stacy Coles delivered by his son, Chris, 1996 Aug 27
High school yearbook, The Manuscript, 1928, 1929
High school yearbook, The Manuscript, 1930
Honorary degree, Colby College 1959 Jun 8
Log from European trip interviewing German scientists, 1945
Mansfield State College, citation and bulletin, 1977
Memorial for James Stacy Coles at Woods Hole, Massachusetts, 1996 Jun
Memorial for Robert H. Cole, 1990 Nov 30
Military material, 1945, 1946
Military material - photograph of honor guard on the steps of the U.S. Capitol, addressed to Coles as Civilian Aide to the Secretary of the Army for Maine, and signed by the Secretary of the Army, 1956 Aug 11
Miscellaneous, 1910, 1933, 1939, 1950-1988, n.d.
Newspaper and magazine articles, 1949-1989, n.d.
Obituaries, and letters to Cecily Coles re: James Stacy Coles' death, 1996
Personal data sheets - Cecily Selby Coles, 1981
Personal data sheets - James Stacy Coles, 1940, 1946, 1982, 1984, n.d.
Personal re: Christopher Coles - resume, 1982, n.d.
Personal re: James Reed Coles - resume, ca. 1970
Resolution in Memoriam of James Stacy Coles, n.d.
Photographs of James Stacy Coles and his family, as well as pictures of Coles at Bowdoin College events. There is a portrait view of Coles, and photographs of him at professional functions that were not connected to Bowdoin. In addition, there are a number of images of underwater explosions, likely dating from his work at the Underwater Explosives Laboratory at the oceanographic Institute in Woods Hole, Massachusetts.
Arranged by subject, then chronological.
No restrictions.
1952, Inauguration of President James S. Coles - procession leaving the Chapel
1964, Commencement 1964 - Coles giving address
1981, Inauguration of President A. LeRoy Greason - Coles leading the procession
ca. 1951, the Coles family in the living room of their home in Bristol, Rhode Island. Left to right: Christopher, Reed, Mrs. Coles, Dr. James S. Coles, Ann, and their dog, Rusty
ca. 1951, the Coles family in the living room of their home in Bristol, Rhode Island. Left to right: Christopher, Reed, Mrs. Coles, Dr. James S. Coles, Ann, and their dog, Rusty
1962, Mrs. James Stacy (Martha) Coles at commencement
1996, Left to right: Edwin S. Coles, father of James Stacy Coles, and Percy Coles, uncle of James Stacy Coles
Portrait view of James S. Coles:
ca. 1966, James S. Coles, Bowdoin College president. Image is in the 1966 Bugle
Professional, non-Bowdoin events:
1955, Joint Civilian Orientation Conference, group picture, James S. Coles is seated in the front row, fourth from left
1973, Patent Office exhibit, James S. Coles, second from left
1977, ICFA meeting, James S. Coles, third from left
Technical/Scientific images:
Undated, underwater and surface photographs of explosions (six sheets of images)