Guide to the Dorothy Hunt records of the Mayor’s Recreation Advisory Committee, 1944-1954.
Special Collections, James P. Adams Library.
Rhode Island College
600 Mount Pleasant Ave
Providence, RI, 02908
Tel: 401-456-8380
email:digitalcommons@ric.edu
Published in 2022
Collection Overview
| Title: |
Dorothy Hunt records of the Mayor’s Recreation Advisory Committee |
| Date range: |
1944-1954. |
| Creator: |
Hunt, Dorothy (Hazard) (Witherby) (1887-1970). |
| Extent: |
0.75 cubic feet.
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| Abstract: |
Records documenting the City of Providence’s Mayor’s Recreation Advisory Committee. This collection includes correspondence, reports, budgets, newspaper clippings and meeting minutes. |
| Language of materials: |
English |
| Repository: |
Special Collections, James P. Adams Library.
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| Collection number: |
MSS-0086 |
Scope & content
The Dorothy Hunt records of the Mayor’s Recreation Advisory Committee details the creation of year-round recreation programs and buildings for the youth of Providence under Providence Mayor Dennis J. Roberts. There is correspondence between Dorothy Hunt and Providence Journal reporter Dorothy Pratt regarding the implementation of the fulltime recreation program for the City of Providence’s juvenile population as well as correspondence between Hunt and James Cronin, the city’s recreation department director.
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Arrangement
This collection is arranged in the order it was received.
Biographical/Historical Note
Dorothy Hazard Witherby Hunt was born in Solvay, N.Y. on May 21, 1887 to Frederick R. Hazard and Dora G. (Sedgwick) Hazard. Granddaughter of Rowland Hazard II of Peace Dale, R.I. and niece of Caroline Hazard. In 1908, she attended Wellesley College where her aunt Caroline was President. After graduating, in 1912 she married Edwin C. Witherby and lived in Syracuse, N.Y. until his death in 1919. In 1923, she married S. Foster Hunt and moved to Rhode Island.
In 1939, Hunt helped organize the Urban League of Rhode Island which she later served as president of for five years. In 1947, she was appointed to the Mayor’s Recreation Advisory Committee to help create a year-round juvenile recreation program for the City of Providence. After her death in 1970, she left $50,000 to the Urban League for the development of inter-racial relationships.
Access & Use
| Access to the collection: |
The collection is open for research. |
| Use of the materials: |
Researchers are advised to contact Rhode Island College Special Collections for questions regarding permissions to reproduce, distribute, or otherwise publish material from this collection. Although Rhode Island College has physical ownership of the collection, it does not necessarily hold literary rights to all materials in this collection. It is up to the researcher to determine the owners of the literary rights and to obtain any necessary permissions from them. |
| Preferred citation: |
Dorothy Hunt records of the Mayor’s Recreation Advisory Committee, MSS-0086, Special Collections, James P. Adams Library, Rhode Island College. |
| Contact information: |
Special Collections, James P. Adams Library.
Rhode Island College
600 Mount Pleasant Ave
Providence, RI, 02908
Tel: 401-456-8380
email:digitalcommons@ric.edu
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Administrative Information
| ABOUT THE COLLECTION |
| Acquisition: |
The collection was donated in 1977 by James N. Williams and a donation agreement was signed at the time. |
| Processing information: |
The collection was inventoried by Michael Kohl, assistant librarian at Rhode Island College Special Collection, in 1977. The collection was rehoused, described, and finding aid was converted to current archival standards by Erica Florenz, Special Collections Assistant, under the supervision of Veronica Denison, Digital Archivist and Special Collections Librarian, in 2022. |
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| ABOUT THE FINDING AID |
| Author: |
Finding aid prepared by Erica Florenz. |
| Encoding: |
This finding aid was encoded by Veronica L. Denison, 2022. |
| Descriptive rules: |
Finding aid based on Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS) |
Additional Information
| Related material: |
Rhode Island College, Adams Library Special Collections also holds Dorothy Hunt and James Williams Urban League records, MSS-0008. The Rhode Island Historical Society holds records relating to Dorothy Hunt’s family: MSS 483 sg 56, Witherby Family Papers. Phillips Memorial Library, Archives and Special Collections at Providence Collection holds the records of the Urban League: Urban League of Rhode Island collection, as well as the Dennis J. Roberts papers.
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| Separated material: |
Publications were removed from the collection and added to the Adams Library Special Collections book collections. Please ask the Special Collections for further information. |
| Location of originals: |
This collection has not been digitized. For information about obtaining digital copies, please contact Adams Library Special Collections at Rhode Island College. |
| Other information: |
Works used in preparation of inventory: "Mrs. S.F. Hunt Dies; Urban League Leader," Providence Journal, July 4, 1970, p.11. |
Inventory
| Box 1, Folder 1 |
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Recreation budget for the city of Providence
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1949-1952 |
| Box 1, Folder 2 |
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Information regarding recreation center in Syracuse, NY
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1948-1949 |
| Box 1, Folder 3 |
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Recreation newspaper clippings: Providence, RI
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1948 |
| Box 1, Folder 4 |
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Recreation newspaper clippings: Providence, RI
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1949 |
| Box 1, Folder 5 |
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Recreation newspaper clippings: Providence, RI
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1950 |
| Box 1, Folder 6 |
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Recreation letters: Providence USO Campaign, Syracuse Recreation Department, Providence Journal
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1949 |
| Box 1, Folder 7 |
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Minutes for Mayor’s Recreation Advisory Committee
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1950-1951 |
| Box 1, Folder 8 |
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Minutes for Mayor’s Recreation Advisory Committee
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1948-1949 |
| Box 1, Folder 9 |
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Miscellaneous papers regarding recreation: includes pamphlet and transcript from radio broadcast
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1944-1948 |
| Box 1, Folder 10 |
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Dorothy Hunt notes to various committees regarding recreational programs
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1948 |
| Box 1, Folder 11 |
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Minutes of special meetings of Mayor’s Recreation Advisory Committee
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1947-1949 |
| Box 1, Folder 12 |
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Letters regarding recreational programs in Providence
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1945-1948 |
| Box 1, Folder 13 |
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Minutes of meeting of Mayor’s Recreation Advisory Committee
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1946-1949 |
| Box 1, Folder 14 |
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Letters regarding recreational programs in Providence
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1946 |
| Box 2, Folder 1 |
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Recreation material: includes minutes from a meeting of the Mayor’s Recreation Advisory Committee and its report submitted to the Mayor of Providence
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1946 |
| Box 2, Folder 2 |
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Providence Department of Recreation Annual Report
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1953-1954 |
| Box 2, Folder 3 |
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Recreation material: Proposed master plan for playground and playfields, correspondence, budgets, Mayor’s Recreation Advisory Committee meeting minutes and agendas. Department of Recreation Annual Report and the Neighborhood Pattern of Juvenile Delinquency in Providence report
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1952-1953 |
| Box 2, Folder 4 |
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Recreation material: includes minutes and agendas from the Mayor’s Recreation Advisory Committee meetings, as well as financial reports regarding expenditures and balances of Depart of Recreation
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1951-1952 |
| Box 2, Folder 5 |
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Recreation newspaper clippings: Providence, RI
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1951-1953 |
| Box 2, Folder 6 |
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Recreation correspondence: includes letters to Dorothy Pratt and from the National Recreation Association
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1950-1953 |
| Box 2, Folder 7 |
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Recreation material: includes memo regarding playgrounds, map of Providence with hand drawn color coded playground locations
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1951 |
| Box 2, Folder 8 |
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Recreation material: includes a report on playgrounds, newspaper clippings, and memorandums
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1947-1948 |