Rauner Special Collections Finding Aids

Guide to the Letters of Robert B. Choate, 1933-1956

Contact Information: Rauner Special Collections Library. 6065 Webster Hall Hanover, NH 03755-2519, USA Phone: (603) 646-2037 FAX: (603) 646-0447 Email: Rauner.Reference@dartmouth.edu URL: http://www.dartmouth.edu/~speccoll/

	Creator:	Choate, Robert B., 1898-1963
	Title Remainder:	Letters. 1933-1956
	Dates:	1933-1956
	Identification:	MS-917
	Size of collection:	1 box (.50 linear ft.)

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Biography

Born in 1898, Robert Choate entered Harvard in 1916 before going to France to fight in World War I. After the war, Choate began working as a reporter for the Boston Herald. In 1940 he was named the editor and publisher of the Boston Herald and Traveler. He was active in the state Republican Party and in the creation of the newspaper's television chanel. In 1963 he died in Boston at the age of 65.

Scope and Contents of Collection

The Papers of Robert and Sister Choate consist of personal correspondence between Maine author Kenneth Roberts and both Choate and his wife, known as Sister. Roberts is the author of a number of historical novels and an autobiograph titled "Wanted to Write."

Access to Collection

Unrestricted.

Restrictions on Use

Unrestricted.

Preferred Cititation

Letters of Robert B. Choate; MS-917; Rauner Special Collections Library, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH.

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BOX : 1

1933-1956

Personal correspondence between Robert Choate, his wife, and historical fiction author Kenneth Roberts, 1933-1956.

There is no folder listing for this box.

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