Ernest Sutherland Bates was a Professor of English at the Univeristy of Arizona from 1908-1914. He earned an AB from the University of Michigan in 1902, MA in 1903, and his Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1908. Collection consist of letters from Ernest Bates to Caroline Singleton, concerning their relationship, her studies in Europe, and his career at the University of Arizona. Also includes two poems, probably by Bates, and his translation of The Pilgrim of Joy, by François Coppée