MSS 126

Bates, Robert L., 1930-1996
Papers of Robert L. Bates, 1943-1996

 

 

Gallaudet University Archives.

 

 

Descriptive Summary

Repository: Gallaudet University Archives
Call No.: MSS 126
Creator:
Title: Papers of Robert L. Bates, 1943-1996

Quantity: 7 Linear Feet (14 document boxes)
Abstract:
Note: This document last updated 2007 September 25.

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information: The Robert L. Bates collection was given to the Gallaudet University Archives on February 7, 1989 by Robert L. Bates.  A large batch of papers was given to the Archives on May 1, 1998 by his wife, Joan M. Bates.
 Processed by: Michael J. Olson. 2003 March.
Processing Note:
Conditions on Use and Access: This collection is open to the public with no restrictions. Photocopies may be made for scholarly research.

 

 

Related Material in the Archives:

 

Photographs

·         Robert L. Bates [picture]. Gallaudet University Archives, Call Number: Portraits

 

Vertical Files

·         Robert L. Bates. Gallaudet University Archives, Call Number: Deaf Biographical

 

Manuscripts

  • Papers, 1966-1979.  Gallaudet University Archives, Call Number: MSS 19
  • Papers, 1967-1987.  Gallaudet University Archives, Call Number: MSS 38

 

 

Biographical Sketch

 

Robert L. Bates was born on July 29, 1930 and became deaf at age seven stricken with scarlet fever.  He enrolled at Indiana State School for the Deaf and graduated with academic honors.  In 1955, he graduated from Gallaudet College with a B.A. degree in mathematics.  Bates also did graduate work at American University and Evansville College.

 

He began his career in March 1955 as a mathematician with the Department of Navy in the Bureau of Aeronautics.  Eventually, Bates became Chief of Scientific Programming Section. He was recognized as the project leader for several ADP systems. Bates was active in several organizations such as the Lions’ Club, National Association for the Deaf, Virginia Association for the Deaf, and the American Institute of Parliamentarians. He was one of the recipients of the Outstanding Handicapped Federal Employees of the Year Award given by the U.S. Civil Service Commission in 1973.  He married Joan Macaluso and they had four sons together.  He passed away on March 4, 1996 at 65 in Rixeyville, Virginia.

           


Scope and Content           

 

The Robert Bates Papers consists of approximately 11,900 items. The collection also contains papers from his time in several organizations, Indiana School for the Deaf, Gallaudet University and winning the Outstanding Handicapped Federal Employee of the Year.  He belonged to Association for Computing Machinery and the papers of his involvement are included in this collection. Also, there is information about his involvement with the Disability Services Board and International Catholic Deaf Association along with personal and special interest groups’ documents.

 


Series Descriptions and Folder Lists

No Series.
 

 
Box Folder Title of Folder Date
1 1 Biographical Information 1968 - 1970
1 2 Certificates / Awards 1956 - 1995
1 3 Correspondence 1954 - 1989
1 4 Employment 1954
1 5 Ephemera - Correspondence 1951 - 1991
1 6 Gallaudet - Correspondence 1972 - 1995
1 7 Gallaudet College Writing 1950 - 1953
1 8 Gallaudet College Writing 1953 - 1954
1 9 Indiana School for the Deaf 1943 - 1994
2 1 Insurance 1958 - 1966
2 2 Miscellaneous - Personal 1966 - 1975
2 3 Newspaper Clippings 1972 - 1994
2 4 Parliamentary Procedures 1969 - 1985
2 5 Parliamentary Procedures n.d.
2 6 Parliamentary Procedures 1978
2 7 Passport 1975 - 1979
2 8 Receipts 1976 - 1990
2 9 Receipts Miscellaneous 1988 - 1995
2 10 Philatelic - General 1990 - 1996
2 11 TDD 1985 - 1993
2 12 Workshops / Meetings 1975
3 1 Desktop Reference (Mathematical) 1954 - 1961
3 2 Handicapped Advisory Committee 1978 - 1985
3 3 Handicapped Advisory Committee 1981 - 1985
3 4 Office Humor n.d.
3 5 Outstanding Handicapped Federal Employee of the Year 1973 - 1974
3 6 Outstanding Handicapped Federal Employee of the Year Articles 1973 - 1975
3 7 Outstanding Handicapped Federal Employee of the Year Articles 1973 - 1975
4 1 Performance Evaluations 1974 - 1986
4 2 Personnel File 1954 - 1984
4 3 Personnel File 1954 - 1984
4 4 Personnel File 1955 - 1979
4 5 Personnel File 1968 - 1983
4 6 President's Committee on the Employment of the Handicapped 1972 - 1977
4 7 Project Folder 1961 - 1982
5 1 Retirement Speech 1986
5 2 Training 1968 - 1985
5 3 Alexandria - Potomac Lions Club - Constitution / By-Laws 1966 - 1986
5 4 Alexandria - Potomac Lions Club - Newsletters, Publications 1967 - 1984
5 5 Association for Computing Machinery 1969 - 1972
5 6 ACM - Data Processing Jobs for the Deaf n.d.
5 7 ACM - Deaf Computer - Articles 1968 - 1969
5 8 ACM - Publications 1966 - 1985
5 9 ACM / SIG By-Laws 1967 - 1971
5 10 Constitution & By-Laws - Alpha Sigma Pi Fraternity 1967
5 11 Constitution & By-Laws - American Association of the Deaf-Blind 1987
5 12 Constitution & By-Laws - ADARA 1985
5 13 Constitution & By-Laws - The Chemical Society of Washington 1967
6 1 Constitution & By-Laws - Deaf Telecommunicators of Greater Washington n.d.
6 2 Constitution & By-Laws - Maryland Association of the Deaf 1966 - 1989
6 3 Constitution & By-Laws - Minnesota Association of the Deaf, Inc. 1969
6 4 Constitution & By-Laws - National Association of the Deaf 1970 - 1990
6 5 Constitution & By-Laws - National Fraternal Society of the Deaf 1971
6 6 Constitution & By-Laws - Pennsylvania Society of the Advancement of the Deaf 1970
6 7 Constitution & By-Laws - South Carolina Association of the Deaf, Inc. 1981
6 8 Constitution & By-Laws - Telecommunications for the Deaf, Inc. 1983
6 9 Council of Organizations Serving the Deaf 1969 - 1980
6 10 District of Columbia Association of Deaf Citizens 1989 - 1991
6 11 Disability Services Board - Development of Board Part 1 1993
6 12 Disability Services Board - Development of Board Part 2 1993
6 13 Disability Services Board - Meeting Agendas 1993 - 1995
6 14 Disability Services Board - Meeting Agendas Part 1 1994 - 1995
7 1 Disability Services Board - Meeting Agendas Part 2 1994 - 1995
7 2 Disability Services Board - Member Handbook 1992
7 3 Disability Services Board - Membership 1992 - 1995
7 4 Disability Services Board - Northern Virginia Resource Directory for Hearing Impaired Persons 1989
7 5 Disability Services Board - Six Year Plan 1993
7 6 Handbook - Community for the Hearing Impaired 1972
7 7 International Catholic Deaf Association - Board Agendas 1973 - 1974
7 8 I.C.D.A. - Board Meetings 1989 - 1995
7 9 I.C.D.A. - Board of Directors 1969
7 10 I.C.D.A. - Brochures n.d.
7 11 I.C.D.A. - Certificates n.d.
7 12 I.C.D.A. - Constitution & By-Laws 1962 - 1985
7 13 I.C.D.A. - Convention 1991
7 14 I.C.D.A. - Convention Planning 1988 - 1991
8 1 I.C.D.A. - Convention Program Books 1969 - 1972
8 2 I.C.D.A. - Convention Program Books 1973 - 1983
8 3 I.C.D.A. - Convention Program Books 1984 - 1996
8 4 I.C.D.A. - Correspondence 1968 - 1971
8 5 I.C.D.A. - Correspondence 1969 - 1971
8 6 I.C.D.A. - Correspondence 1970 - 1973
9 1 I.C.D.A. - Correspondence 1970 - 1974
9 2 I.C.D.A. - Correspondence 1972 - 1976
9 3 I.C.D.A. - Correspondence 1974 - 1976
9 4 I.C.D.A. - Correspondence 1974 - 1976
9 5 I.C.D.A. - Correspondence 1974 - 1975
9 6 I.C.D.A. - Correspondence 1974 - 1975
9 7 I.C.D.A. - Correspondence 1974 - 1975
9 8 I.C.D.A. - Correspondence 1974 - 1975
10 1 I.C.D.A. - Correspondence 1974 - 1975
10 2 I.C.D.A. - Correspondence 1974 - 1976
10 3 I.C.D.A. - Correspondence 1976 - 1976
10 4 I.C.D.A. - Correspondence 1976 - 1978
10 5 I.C.D.A. - Correspondence 1984 - 1993
10 6 I.C.D.A. - COSD 1973 - 1974
10 8 I.C.D.A. - Directory 1988 - 1989
11 1 I.C.D.A. - Guardian Angels Club 1990 - 1992
11 2 I.C.D.A. - Home Office 1987 - 1991
11 3 I.C.D.A. - Home Office Financial Documents 1978 - 1990
11 4 I.C.D.A. - Home Office Financial Statements 1989 - 1991
11 5 I.C.D.A. - Home Office - News Releases, Fund Appeals to ICDA 1987 - 1991
11 6 I.C.D.A. - Home Office - Postal 1989 - 1991
11 7 I.C.D.A. - Home Office - Tax Information 1978 - 1991
11 8 I.C.D.A. - Junior I.C.D.A. 1969 - 1970
11 9 I.C.D.A. - Letters Re: Employment 1991
11 10 I.C.D.A. - Long Range Planning Committee 1974
11 11 I.C.D.A. - Mason - Dixon Regional Conference 1964 - 1970
11 12 I.C.D.A. - National Association of the Deaf - Correspondence 1960 - 1993
11 13 I.C.D.A. - National Deaf- Blind League (UK) 1991
12 1 I.C.D.A. - Poster 1970 - 1971
12 2 I.C.D.A. - Program Book - Bowling Tournaments 1969 - 1970
12 3 I.C.D.A. - "Our Common Agenda" Conference 1993
12 4 I.C.D.A. - Pre-Marriage Questionnaire for Deaf Couples 1988
12 5 I.C.D.A. - Publication - "The Journey of the ICDA from 1949 - 1989" 1989
12 6 I.C.D.A. - Publication - The Silent Witness 1973 - 1974
12 7 I.C.D.A. - Publicity 1971
12 8 I.C.D.A. - USA Section 1989 - 1993
12 9 I.C.D.A. - Washington D.C. Chapter 29 1966 - 1971
12 10 I.C.D.A. - Washington D.C. Chapter 29 1967 - 1970
12 11 I.C.D.A. - J. M. Bates - Board Meetings 1982 - 1984
12 12 I.C.D.A. - J. M. Bates - Board Meetings 1992 - 1993
12 14 I.C.D.A. - J. M. Bates - The Lazarus Line 1981 - 1985
13 1 I.C.D.A. - J. M. Bates - Miscellaneous 1981 - 1984
13 2 I.C.D.A. - J. M. Bates - Publications 1977 - 1991
13 3 I.C.D.A. - ADARA Computer 1984
13 4 Special Interest Group - Deaf (SIG DEAF) 1968 - 1970
13 5 Special Interest Group - Deaf (SIG DEAF) 1968 - 1974
13 6 Special Interest Group - Deaf (SIG DEAF) 1969 - 1970
13 7 Special Interest Group - Deaf (SIG DEAF) 1968 - 1975
13 8 Special Interest Group - Deaf (SIG DEAF) 1968 - 1975
14 1 Special Interest Group - Deaf (SIG DEAF) 1969 - 1973
14 2 Special Interest Group - Deaf (SIG DEAF) 1969 - 1973
14 3 SIG DEAF - Publications - Computing Careers for Deaf People 1975
14 4 Special Interest Group - Handicapped (SIG - CAPH) 1969 - 1975
14 5 Special Interest Group - Handicapped (SIG - CAPH) 1972 - 1973
15 1 Virginia Association of the Deaf - Correspondence 1968 - 1975
15 2 Virginia Association of the Deaf - Correspondence 1976 - 1988
15 3 Virginia Association of the Deaf - Correspondence 1989
15 4 Virginia Association of the Deaf - Correspondence 1990
15 5 Virginia Association of the Deaf - Correspondence 1990
15 6 Virginia Association of the Deaf - Correspondence 1990
15 7 Virginia Association of the Deaf - Correspondence 1991 - 1996
15 8 Virginia Association of the Deaf - Golden Hand Award 1995
10 7 I.C.D.A. - Deaf Video Tapes 1988 - 1990
12 13 I.C.D.A. - J. M. Bates - Correspondence 1974 - 1984
16 1 Virginia Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf - Correspondence 1989
16 2 Virginia Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf - Correspondence 1989
16 3 Virginia Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf - Correspondence 1990
16 4 Virginia Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf - Correspondence 1990
16 5 Virginia Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf - Correspondence 1991
16 6 Virginia Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf - Directory of Qualified Interpreters n.d.
16 7 Virginia State Rehabilitation Advisory Council 1995 - 1996
16 8 Virginia State Rehabilitation Advisory Council 1995