Newport ephemera collection

Series 1. Newport artists, artisans, authors and people of note

Container	Description	Date
Box 1	Bellows, George
Box 1	Berkeley, George (Bishop)
Box 1	Boguslav, Raphael
Box 1	Brenton family
Box 1	Carpenter, Ralph
Box 1	Cheek, Richard
Box 1	Corné, M. Felice
Box 1	Ebbitt family
Box 1	Elliott, Maud Howe
Box 1	Flagg, Ebenezer
Box 1	Fleischer, Nathan [politician]
Box 1	Grosvenor, Richard
Box 1	Harrison, Peter [architect]
Box 1	Hazard, Rowland
Box 1	Howe, Julia Ward
Box 1	Kennedy, John F.
Box 1	Lewis, Ida
Box 1	Martino, Carolyn
Box 1	Moore, Clement Clarke
Box 1	Harrison, S. Morris [artist]
Box 1	Pell, Claiborne
Box 1	Pickens, Jane
Box 1	Price, Edith Ballinger
Box 1	Sims (Rear Admiral)
Box 1	Stevens, Isaac Ingalls
Box 1	William Trost Richards, painter
Box 1	Wilson, Andrew Chalmers

Series 2. Newport social life

Container	Description	Date
Box 2	Brown, John Carter
Box 2	Camoys, Lady Mildred
Box 2	Connecticut Visitors Summer, 19th century
Box 2	Dick, Charles Mathews
Box 2	Diman, John Byron
Box 2	Maxim Karolik - Martha Codman
Box 2	Slocum, Eileen
Box 2	Van Alen, Candace

Series 3. Newport historic homes

Container	Description	Date
Box 3	Astor's Beechwood
Box 3	Belcourt Castle
Box 3	Breakers
Box 3	Chinese Tea House
Box 3	The Elms
Box 3	Fairholme
Box 3	Hammersmith Farm
Box 3	Hunter House
Box 3	La Verriere
Box 3	Malbone
Box 3	Marble House
Box 3	Maudsley House aka Watson Homestead, Gardner House, Pittman House
Box 3	Clement C. Moore House
Box 3	Neighborhoods of Newport house tour
Box 3	Ochre Court
Box 3	The Orchard
Box 3	Preservation organizations
Box 3	"Random Notes on Some Newport Streets and Estates," 1947
Box 3	Richardson House
Box 3	Ridgemere Carriage House
Box 3	Sulthorne
Box 3	Vernon House
Box 3	Wanton-Lyman-Hazard House
Box 3	Whitehall (residence of Bishop Berkeley)
Box 3	Wildacre

Series 4. Newport buildings, monuments, sites

Container	Description	Date
Box 4	Bellevue Avenue
Box 4	Breton State Park
Box 4	Brick Market
Box 4	Channing Memorial Church
Box 4	Christie's Restaurant
Box 4	Churches - Newport County
Box 4	Colonial buildings of historic interest
Box 4	Colony House
Box 4	Easton Beach
Box 4	Emmanuel Church - Spring Street
Box 4	Fire Stations
Box 4	First Baptist John Clarke Memorial Church
Box 4	Fort Adams State Park
Box 4	Garden Tour / Newport Estates
Box 4	Goat Island
Box 4	Great Friends Meeting House (Quaker Meeting House)
Box 4	Island Cemetery
Box 4	Jane Pickens Theatre
Box 4	King House
Box 4	Lover's Walk (RI Ave)
Box 4	Miscellaneous images - Historic buildings in a series
Box 4	Mt. Hope Bridge
Box 4	Newport Casino Theatre
Box 4	Newport Country Club aka Newport Golf Club
Box 4	Newport National Bank
Box 4	Newport Views
Box 4	Newport Guides/Maps
Box 4	The Newport Store
Box 4A	Old Stone Mill
Box 4A	Preservation Society of Newport
Box 4A	The Reading Room
Box 4A	Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Box 4A	Rogers High School
Box 4A	Rose Island Lighthouse
Box 4A	Salve Regina University
Box 4A	Savings Bank of Newport
Box 4A	St. George's School
Box 4A	St. Joseph/"Barney Street" Cemetery
Box 4A	St. Michael's Country Day School
Box 4A	St. Paul's
Box 4A	Seamen's Church Institute
Box 4A	Spouting Rock Beach Association
Box 4A	Stewart's Dry Goods - 260 Thames St.
Box 4A	Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Zion Church
Box 4A	Touro Park
Box 4A	Touro Synagogue
Box 4A	Trinity Church
Box 4A	United Baptist Church
Box 4A	Vanderbilt Hall (former YMCA)
Box 4A	Waites Wharf
Box 4A	White Horse Tavern
Box 4A	YMCA - USO of Newport - African American Servicemen

Series 5. Rhode Island buildings, homes, sites, history

Container	Description	Date
Box 5	(Barrington) book collector: Maddock, Phillip
Box 5	(Block Island) Old Rhode Island
Box 5	(Jamestown) The Jamestown Museum
Box 5	(Little Compton) St. Andrew's by the Sea
Box 5	(Middletown) Middletown Historical Society
Box 5	(Middletown) Norman Bird Sanctuary
Box 5	(Middletown) Purgatory Chasm
Box 5	(Middletown) St. George's
Box 5	(Middletown) Stonybrook
Box 5	(Middletown) United Congregational Church
Box 5	(Middletown) Whitehall, Bishop Bekeley
Box 5	(Portsmouth) Butt's Hill Fort
Box 5	(Portsmouth) Green Animals
Box 5	(Portsmouth) Redwood Country Estate
Box 5	(Portsmouth) St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Box 5	(Portsmouth) telephone directory
Box 5	(Portsmouth) Vaucluse Farm
Box 5	(Providence) R.I. State House
Box 5	(Rhode Island) Freemasonry
Box 5	(Rhode Island) Rhode Island Picture Book, 1955
Box 5	(Rhode Island) George Washington's Travels in R.I.
Box 5	(Rhode Island) R.I. Yearbook 1964-1965
Box 5	(Wickford) St. Paul's Church
Box 5	(Wickford) Smith Castle

Series 6. Maritime resources

Container	Description	Date
Box 6	America II (US-42)
Box 6	Armchair Sailor Bookstore
Box 6	Fall River Line
Box 6	J Boats, The Legendary Js
Box 6	Narragansett Bay, maritime history
Box 6	Newport/Bermuda races
Box 6	New York Yacht Club
Box 6	Port Book/Newport/Narragansett Bay
Box 6	Rhode Island Resource Protection Project
Box 6	USS Harry E. Yarnell
Box 6	Vagrant, Harold S. Vanderbilt, world's largest steel motor sailer yacht

Series 7. Civic organizations, music festivals, public celebrations, sports tournaments

Container	Description	Date
Box 7	America's Cup (1937)
Box 7	America's Cup (1958)
Box 7	America's Cup (1962)
Box 7	America's Cup (1964)
Box 7	America's Cup (1967)
Box 7	America's Cup (1970)
Box 7	America's Cup (1974)
Box 7	America's Cup (1977)
Box 7	America's Cup (1980)
Box 7A	America's Cup (1983) [2 folders]
Box 7A	America's Cup (1986)
Box 7A	America's Cup (1986) Louis Vuitton Challenger Races
Box 7A	America's Cup (2001)
Box 7A	America's Cup (2003)
Box 7A	America's Cup, history
Box 7A	America's Cup, Mini-America's Cup
Box 7A	Acquidneck Island Land Trust
Box 7A	Bicentennial
Box 7A	Black Ships Festival
Box 7A	The John Clarke Society
Box 7A	Coaching
Box 7A	Community service awards
Box 7A	Current Topics Club (1907-1908)
Box 7A	Derby Week
Box 7A	Elks
Box 7A	Flickers
Box 7A	Friends of the Waterfront
Box 7B	Gay 90s themed events and organizations
Box 7B	Gambling
Box 7B	Home for Friendless Children of the city of Newport
Box 7B	Independence Day Ball 1976
Box 7B	Knights of Columbus
Box 7B	Kolah Grotto
Box 7B	Maritime Arts Festival
Box 7B	National Police Parade
Box 7B	National Stamp Collecting Month - Newport's observation
Box 7B	National Trust for Historic Preservation
Box 7B	Newport Casino/Tennis Hall of Fame tournaments
Box 7B	Newport Civic Music Association
Box 7B	Newport Cultural Foundation
Box 7B	Newport Folk Festival (1963)
Box 7B	Newport Folk Festival (1967)
Box 7B	Newport Historical Society
Box 7B	Newport International Film Festival
Box 7B	Newport-Jamestown Fishing Contest
Box 7B	Newport Jazz Festival (1954, 1971, 1989, 1999)
Box 7B	Newport Jazz Festival (1961)
Box 7B	Newport Jazz Festival (1979)
Box 7B	Newport Motor Car Festival
Box 7B	The Newport Music Festival
Box 7B	Newport Music Festival Inc., Carnival of Music (1958)
Box 7C	Newport Restoration Foundation (Doris Duke)
Box 7C	Newport Royal Arch Chapter
Box 7C	Newport Sanitary Protection Association
Box 7C	Newport Tercentenary
Box 7C	Newport Tree Society
Box 7C	Newportant Foundation
Box 7C	Old Port Association
Box 7C	Opera Festival
Box 7C	Point Association
Box 7C	Preservation Society of Newport
Box 7C	Preservation Society of Newport County, Tiffany Ball
Box 7C	Rhode Island Marine Archaeology Project
Box 7C	St. John's Lodge
Box 7C	Salvation Army
Box 7C	Sports/Tournament (golf, tennis, jai alai, etc.)
Box 7C	Tall Ships - 1982
Box 7C	Taste of Newport
Box 7C	Tennis Hall of Fame
Box 7C	Theatre
Box 7C	Turtle Frolic of 1752
Box 7C	Washington-Rochambeau celebration, 1955
Box 7C	World War II relief organizations
Box 7C	Yachting

Series 8. Newport commerce, industries

Container	Description	Date
Box 8	Aquidneck Island Planning Commission
Box 8	Galvin's Gardens
Box 8	Newport banks
Box 8	Newport County Chamber of Commerce
Box 8	Newport Creamery
Box 8	Newport Gas Light Company
Box 8	Tourism: historic sites and attractions
Box 8	Tourism: maps, brochures, magazines [2 folders]
Box 8	Washburn's Bindery and Old-Book Shop

Series 9. Art, decorative arts

Container	Description	Date
Box 9	Anne S. K. Brown Collection "Our Militia 1765-1865"
Box 9	Art Association exhibits
Box 9	Art in Newport, general articles
Box 9	Crone's Nest: Wisdom of the Elderwoman
Box 9	Film, movies, television and theatre
Box 9	Harper's 5ive
Box 9	Harrison S. Morris Memorial Exhibition
Box 9	Newport Art Museum
Box 9	Newport Cultural Commission
Box 9	Third and Elm Press
Box 9	Tourist Trap Fanzine
Box 9	Townsend Furniture

Series 10. Military history

Container	Description	Date
Box 10	Civil War casualties, Newport
Box 10	The March of Rochambeau
Box 10	Naval flags
Box 10	Naval War College in Newport
Box 10	Naval War College
Box 10	Naval War College Museum
Box 10	Navy, Perry Centennial Committee
Box 10	Newport Artillery Company
Box 10	Reenactments
Box 10	Rochambeau, Maréchal de
Box 10	United States Atlantic Fleet
Box 10	USS Chafee
Box 10	USS Constitution

Series 11. Newport history

Container	Description	Date
Box 11	African Americans in Newport
Box 11	American Field Service
Box 11	Gilded Age
Box 11	Hurricane of 1938
Box 11	Newport's 350th birthday commemoration calendar
Box 11	Newport Irish history
Box 11	Religious movements
Box 11	Rhode Island Independence Commemorative at Newport
Box 11	Town and Country 1963

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