Mildred Coates Papers
Scope and Contents
This collection contains correspondence, financial records, research notes, and digital records pertaining to the project "This Goodly Land: Alabama's Literary Landscape." Also included are documents, photos, and items related to both the personal and professional life of Mildred "Midge" Coates.
Dates
- 1963 - 2020
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open.
Biographical / Historical
Mildred "Midge" Coates earned her PhD in chemistry and worked for twelve years at Occidental Chemical Cororation Technology Center in New York before attending library school at State University of New York in Buffalo. She graduated in 2003 with her MLS degree before moving to Auburn, Alabama to work at Auburn University. Midge remained employed at AU until her retirement in 2020. During her time at AU, she volunteered with the Encyclopedia of Alabama and managed "This Goodly Land," Alabama's online literary map. Midge also served as AU's Digital Projects Librarian, assisting with The Cornerstone Project and ContentDM.
Extent
11.5 Cubic Feet (Also has 260 MB; 154 MB; and 1.37 GB files on Department Shared Drive. See Archivist.)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection is arranged by accessions.
Processing Information
Accession 19-052 processed by Jennifer Wiggins.
Accession 20-002 processed by Joanna Ashley.
Accession 23-053 processed by Jacob Kachelhofer.- Title
- Guide to the Mildred Coates Papers
- Subtitle
- Record Group 1280
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Joanna Ashley
- Date
- 2022
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Auburn University Special Collections and Archives Repository
Auburn University
Ralph Brown Draughon Library
231 Mell Street
Auburn Alabama 36849
334-844-1732
archives@auburn.edu
