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Yankee Ingenuity Oral History Project (Mss. Gr. 31)

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Inventory

Inventory

Series 1. Series I Original Tapes and Transcripts, 1976
2 box(es)
(.75 linear feet)

This series contains the original recordings on audio cassette tapes, and the original transcripts of those interviewed for the Yankee Ingenuity project. A copy of the transcript >"Yankee Ingenuity: Can the government it forged survive?" published in 1976 by the The Rhode Island Committee for the Humanities is included. The audio cassette recordings of two Charlestown Town Hall meetings demonstrating local democracy in action provide a unique insight to the inner political workings of a small New England town.

Arrangement: The Series is arranged alphabetically by the interviewee's last name. Each interview resides on one tape unless otherwise noted.

Container Description Date
Box 1, Folder 1 Bitgood, Irving
1976 Mar 22
Box 1, Folder 1 Church, Helen
1976 Apr 21
Box 1, Folder 1 Clarke, Leon (2 tapes)
1976 Apr 21
Box 1, Folder 1 Cottrell, A. M. (2 tapes)
1976 Apr 20
Box 1, Folder 2 Edmonds, Charles - Richmond, RI (2 tapes)
1976 May 7
Box 1, Folder 2 Hawkins, Marian - Richmond, RI
1976 Apr 21
Box 1, Folder 2 Hoxie, Monroe - Richmond, RI
1976 May 4
Box 1, Folder 2 Kenney, Lloyd - Hopkinton, RI (2 tapes)
1976 May 13
Box 1, Folder 3 Kenyon, Lawrence - Hopkinton, RI
1976 Apr 15
Box 1, Folder 3 Kenyon, Russell - Hopkinton, RI
1976 Apr 6
Box 1, Folder 3 Larkin, Margaret - Charlestown, RI
1976 Apr 22
Box 1, Folder 3 Maine, Ernest O. - Hopkinton, RI
1976 May 4
Box 1, Folder 3 Murphy, Ira - Hopkinton, RI
1976 Apr 28
Box 1, Folder 3 Pendleton, Clifford - Charlestown, RI
1976 Mar 31
Box 1, Folder 4 Published transcript. Yankee Ingenuity: Can the government it forged survive? The Rhode Island Committee for the Humanities: Providence, 1976.
1976 Mar-1976 May
Box 2, Folder 5 Searle, Elizabeth - Richmond, RI
1976 Apr 19
Box 2, Folder 5 Smith, Alexander - Hopkinton, RI
1976 May 2
Box 2, Folder 5 Smith, Earle - Richmond, RI
1976 May 11
Box 2, Folder 5 Whitford, Marcus - Richmond, RI (2 tapes)
1976 Apr 22
Box 2, Folder 6 Charlestown Town Hall -- Yankee Ingenuity: Can the Government it forged survived? (2 tapes)
1976 May 24
Box 2, Folder 6 Charlestown Town Hall -- Yankee Ingenuity: Can the Government it forged survived? (2 tapes)
1976 May 17