Title: William W. Bates Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1857-1912

Creator:

• Bates, William W. (William Wallace), 1827-1912

Call Number: Green Bay Mss 85

Quantity: 0.5 c.f. (1 archives box and 1 oversize folder)

Repository:

Housed at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Archives and Area Research Center; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

UW-Green Bay Cofrin Library / Green Bay Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Abstract:

Papers of Bates, a shipbuilder at Manitowoc, Wis., and Chicago, and authority on subjects connected with navigation, consisting of a number of blueprints, drawings, specifications, and plans for vessels; a few bills and receipts; letters to George C. Walker about his yacht; several muster rolls and letters relating to Bates' Civil War service in the 19th Wisconsin Infantry; and the manuscript of his “American Navigation; The Political History of Its Rise and Ruin” published in 1902.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-gb0085

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Acquisition Information

Presented by Mary E. Bates, Denver, Colorado, no date.

Oversize Folder   1	Chart: “ The Performances of Modern Merchant Fleets at Sea. Superiority of American Ships Carrying Grain from California to Europe, A.D. 1881 to 1885, Inclusive” Physical Description: 35" × 25"
Oversize Folder   1	Graph: “ The Rise and Fall of the American merchant marine, 1790 to 1887,” prepared 1888 Physical Description: 24" × 30"
Oversize Folder   1	Miscellaneous Blueprints and Drawings of Schooners, Yachts, etc. Physical Description: Assorted sizes; originals and copies
Box   1 Folder   1	“Synopsis of a System of Marine Inspection,” 1857 Physical Description: 10 pages
Box   1 Folder   1	Various Papers from the Civil War (muster-in rolls, letters, muster-out rolls) Physical Description: 16 pages
Box   1 Folder   1	Legal Letters Concerning the Estate of Brother, Benjamin Bates Physical Description: 18 pages
Box   1 Folder   1	Minutes from Shipbuilders Meetings Physical Description: 14 pages
Box   1 Folder   1	Proposal for Hull of Steam Yacht to George C. Walker Physical Description: 7 pages
Box   1 Folder   1	Various Bills for Materials (mostly for Walker's yacht) Physical Description: 15 pages
Box   1 Folder   1	Letter to George C. Walker Physical Description: 5 pages
Box   1 Folder   1	Miscellaneous Correspondence (mainly employees) Physical Description: 7 pages
Box   1 Folder   2-7	Manuscript for “American Navigation: The Political History of Its Rise and Ruin,” 1902 Physical Description: 634 pages
Box   1 Folder   8	Memorandum Book, Specifications for Different Boats and Notes (one dated December 11, 1852) Physical Description: 66 pages; book size is 4" × 6 1/2"