Collection Overview
Title: | Joseph W. Blaine Family Papers |
Date range: | 1868-1986 |
Creator: | Joseph W. Blaine Family |
Extent: | 10.5 linear feet |
Abstract: | This collection consists of the papers of three generations of the Blaine and MacLellan families, who resided in Newport from 1882 to 1986. Alexander MacLellan (1856-1939) emigrated from Scotland in 1882, and served as a head gardener at several large estates. His daughter Rowena (1886-1965) married jeweler Joseph W. Blaine (1875-1953). Their son Joseph W. Blaine Jr. (1920-1986) was an electrical engineer who retired young to devote himself to the study of history. |
Language of materials: | English. |
Repository: | Rhode Island Historical Society |
Collection number: | MSS 1079 |