For Participating Institutions
Mary Elizabeth Sharpe papers (Ms.2005.34)
Brown University Library
Box A
Brown University
Providence, RI 02912
Telephone: Manuscripts: 401-863-3723; University Archives: 401-863-2148
Email: Manuscripts: hay@brown.edu; University Archives: archives@brown.edu
Inventory
Series 1. Art, 1914-1985
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Art
Contents Note:
- American Flag Colors 1921-1924
- Art Loans and Purchases 1950-1977
- Articles on Art 1942-1979
- Miscellaneous Art (brochures featuring art owned and donated)
- Modern French Exhibition (RISD 1930)
- Permissions to Print Photos of my Paintings and Drawings 1970-1982
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1914-1985 |
| Box 6 |
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Art
Contents Note: Hand Lettering
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1914-1985 |
| Box 12 |
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Art
Contents Note: Everson Museum (2 folders)
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1914-1985 |
| Box 17 |
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Art
Contents Note:
- Museum of Modern Art
- Florence Koehler, Radcliffe Schlesinger Library 1979
- Florence Koehler, Smithsonian 1981
- University of Pennsylvania Museum of Art
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1914-1985 |
Series 2. Music, 1914-1985
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Music
Contents Note: Bach Festival
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1914-1985 |
| Box 12 |
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Music
Contents Note:
- Boston Symphony
- Community Concerts (1934-1973)
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1914-1985 |
| Box 17 |
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Music
Contents Note: Syracuse Symphony
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1914-1985 |
Series 3. Parties, 1914-1985
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Parties
Contents Note: Address Lists and Party Planning (3 folders)
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1914-1985 |
| Box 6 |
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Parties
Contents Note: Menus, Invitation Lists, Invoices (1939-1950)
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1939-1950 |
Series 4. Personal Correspondence, 1914-1985
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Personal Correspondence
Contents Note: Christmas Cards to 1952
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1914-1985 |
| Box 3 |
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Personal Correspondence
Contents Note:
- Christmas Cards: Blank, Undated, and 1953-1984
- Cards of Greeting: Misc.
- Correspondence: with Special Friends 1922-1984
- Correspondence: Misc. 1964-1985
- Correspondence: Travel
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1914-1985 |
| Box 11 |
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Personal Correspondence
Contents Note: Mostly Cards
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1914-1985 |
| Box 19 |
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Personal Correspondence
Contents Note:
- Mostly Family (to and from) Letters 1918-192
- Richard Chomeley-Jones (1921-1922)
- Engagement to Henry (April-May 1920)
- Engagement (1919-1920)
- Letters from Interesting People (1921-1939
- Letters from Interesting People 2 (1918-1943)
- Mother (1933-1941)
- Mary Stringer (1932-1942)
- Drummond Family: All School Reports (1942-1943)
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1914-1985 |
| Box 20 |
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Personal Correspondence
Contents Note:
- Henry Jr. Letters (1932-1934)
- Henry Jr. and Others (1949-1951)
- Harry (Henry Sr.) (1920-1943)
- Letters from Old Friends (1937-1946)
- Frances Evans (1934-1942)
- Fanny, Marte, Mary (1942-1943)
- Frances and Martha (1950-1951)
- Martha (1936-1942)
- Louisa (1929-1942)
- Chantal (1930-1942)
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1914-1985 |
| Box 21 |
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Personal Correspondence
Contents Note:
- Lotte, Aunt Polly, Julia Boston (1926-1943)
- Jane Howbert, Polly Drummond, Mary (1947-1948)
- Janet Howbert (1949-1951)
- Sharpe Family and Cousin Lily (1934-1942)
- Ellen (1935-1942)
- My God Children and Other Children's Notes (1926-1943)
- Abbe Dimnet (1932-1939)
- Boodles/Mrs. Carr (1923-1942)
- Edna and Jane Lewisholm (1939-1942)
- English Friends (April-May 1943)
- Frances and Cynthia Waterbury (1940-1941)
- Charles E. Brackett (1949-1950)
- Valentine (1949-1950)
- Washburn (1949-1950)
- Diana (1947-1950)
- Louisa Ellen Amey Jr. (1942-1943)
- 90th Birthday (1974)
- 100th Birthday (1984)
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1914-1985 |
| Box 22 |
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Personal Correspondence
Contents Note: Unlabeled, sorted by year
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1914-1985 |
| Box Unknown container 2078 for instance of Personal Correspondence |
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Personal Correspondence
Contents Note: Portrait of MES by Mary Stringer
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1914-1985 |
Series 5. Day Books and Calendars, 1871-1983
Box 4
Day Books (1871-1983 and Date Calendars (1963-1981)
Series 6. Personal Appearance, 1914-1985
Box 5
Dress and Diet
Series 7. Gardening, 1914-1985
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Gardening
Contents Note:
- Garden Clubs and Talks
- Garden Club of America
- Gardens and Clubs (Misc.)
- Garden Visits
- Gardening Culture: Compost
- Gardening Culture: Misc. Hints
- Gardening, Plant Materials: African Violets
- Gardening, Plant Materials: Bamboo
- Gardening, Plant Materials: Chrysanthemum Culture
- Gardening, Plant Materials: Clematis and its Culture
- Gardening, Plant Materials: Elms
- Gardening, Plant Materials: Forsythia
- Gardening, Plant Materials: Grapes
- Gardening, Plant Materials: Grass
- Gardening, Plant Materials: Ground Covers
- Gardening, Plant Materials: Ivy
- Gardening, Plant Materials: Peonies and their Culture
- Gardening, Plant Materials: Plant Materials
- Gardening, Plant Materials: Primulas and their Culture
- Nyatt Gardens
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1914-1985 |
| Box 12 |
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Gardening
Contents Note:
- Garden Clubs: Garden Club of America
- Garden Clubs: Misc.
- Garden Clubs: Perennial Planters
- Garden Clubs: Rhode Island Federation of Garden Clubs
- Garden Clubs: South County Garden Club
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1914-1985 |
| Box 18 |
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Gardening
Contents Note: Garden Information Scrapbook
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1914-1985 |
Series 8. Household, 1914-1985
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Household
Contents Note:
- House Improvements
- House Replacements, Repairs, Estimates
- Household Staff
- Nyatt Expenses
- Nutrition
- Price Lists
- Printing
- Public Utilities
- Recipes
- Somaley (Po: MES's last cook)
- Wines
- Houses and Articles on people
- Modern Houses
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1914-1985 |
| Box 7 |
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Household
Contents Note: Recipes
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1914-1985 |
| Box 11 |
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Household
Contents Note: Appliance Information
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1914-1985 |
Series 9. Memorabilia, 1914-1985
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Memorabilia
Contents Note: Clippings
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1914-1985 |
| Box 4 |
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Memorabilia
Contents Note: Curiosities and Treasures
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1914-1985 |
| Box 5 |
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Memorabilia
Contents Note: Friends and their Doings
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1914-1985 |
| Box 6 |
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Memorabilia
Contents Note: Gifts, 100th Birthday, Family History and Geneology, Recognitions, Clippings, Correspondence, Notes. Literary Scrapbook.
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1914-1985 |
| Box 11 |
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Memorabilia
Contents Note: Scrapbook.
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1914-1985 |
| Box Oversize Roll |
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Memorabilia
Contents Note: Geneology
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1914-1985 |
Series 10. Travel, 1914-1985
| Box 8 |
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Travel
Contents Note:
- Brochures, Maps, Clippings - arranged geographically
- Travel Notes
- Loose Photographs
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1914-1985 |
| Box 9 |
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Travel
Contents Note:
- Photo Albums
- Travel Journals
- Blank Postcards: France, Italy, Spain, and Portugal
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1914-1985 |
| Box 10 |
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Travel
Contents Note: Blank Postcards: USA, Greece, England, Ireland, Scotland, Japan, Thailand, Philippines, South Africa, Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Libya, Iran, Israel, Turkey, Switzerland, Sweden, Norway, Austria, Denmark, Holland, Germany, Russia
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1914-1985 |
Series 11. Unitarianism, 1914-1985
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Unitarianism
Contents Note:
- Church
- Music
- Prudential Committee
- Wayside Pulpit
- Misc. Church Items
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1914-1985 |
| Box 17 |
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Unitarianism
Contents Note: Unitarian Church Chapel
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1914-1985 |
Series 12. Community Issues, 1926-1966
| Box 12 |
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Community Issues
Contents Note: Air Pollution (1929-1950)
Billboards and Signs (1930-1966)
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1926-1966 |
| Box 17 |
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Community Issues
Contents Note:
- Mosquito Control
- Rhode Island Association for the Blind (1952-1956)
- Women for Hoover (1926)
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1926-1966 |
Series 13. Brown University Correspondence, 1914-1985
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Brown University Correspondence
Contents Note:
- Ellen Sharpe House
- Henry Moore Statue
- Misc. (mainly clippings from the Brown Alumni Magazine)
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1914-1985 |
| Box 18 |
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Brown University Correspondence
Contents Note: Pembroke College 75th anniversary Scrapbook
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1914-1985 |
Series 14. Bundles for Britain, 1952-1953
Box 12
Series 15. Landscaping Projects: Brown University, 1944-1985
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Landscaping Projects: Brown University
Contents Note:
- Photos (2 folders)
- Plans
- Plantings (1944-1952)
- Plantings (1953-1962)
- Plantings (1963-1969)
- Plantings (1970s)
- Conference Reports
- Costs, Estimates, Etc. (1947-1961)
- Costs, Estimates, Etc. (1962-1963)
- French House Planting
- Harvard and Yale Landscaping
- Letters to Wriston, Appleget, and Bigelow, etc.
- Paint Information
- Paint Recommendations
English.
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1944-1985 |
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Landscaping Projects: Brown University
Contents Note:
- Projects Completed
- Sasaki, Walker and Associates
- Sneddon, Jr. Correspondence
- Special Landscaping Projects
- Student Interest
- Wriston Quadrangle Building Committee
English.
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1944-1985 |
| Box 18 |
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Landscaping Projects: Brown University
Contents Note: Paint Samples
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1944-1984 |
| Box 23 |
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Mary Elizabeth Sharpe House, 84 Prospect Street
Contents Note: Correspondence, Deed of Easement, estate list, transcript of lecture, research paper, planting lists, design drawings, sketches, photographs, photographic negatives.
Accession Number: A2019-004
English.
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1924-1999 |
Series 16. Landscaping Projects: Providence, 1914-1985
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Landscaping Projects: Providence
Contents Note:
- Agora Planting
- Bold Point Park
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1914-1985 |
| Box 14 |
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Landscaping Projects: Providence
Contents Note:
- CIC Planting (at Brown and Sharpe's Old Plant)
- Everson Museum Planting
- Precision Park Planting (at Brown and Sharpe's New Plant)
- City Planning
- City Planning under Interface Providence and the White House Conference on Natural Beauty
- Civic Improvement and Park Association
- East Side Renewal
- India Point Park
- India Point Park (files kept by Betty Buxton) 1972 (18 folders)
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1914-1985 |
| Box 15 |
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Landscaping Projects: Providence
Contents Note:
- India Point Park (files kept by Betty Buxton) 1972 cont'd (11 folders
- India Point Park (files kept by MES) (15 folders)
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1914-1985 |
| Box 16 |
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Landscaping Projects: Providence
Contents Note:
- India Point Park (files kept by MES) cont'd (3 folders)
- Interface Riverfront Development (2 folders)
- Jackson Memorial (9 folders)
- Miscellaneous and Other Projects: Prospect Terrace
- Miscellaneous and Other Projects: Roger Williams Memorial
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1914-1984 |
| Box 17 |
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Landscaping Projects: Providence
Contents Note:
- Miscellaneous and Other Projects: Roger Williams Park (6 folders)
- Miscellaneous and Other Projects: Street Tree Programs (8 folders)
- Miscellaneous and Other Projects: Rhode Island Highways (7 folders)
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1914-1984 |
| Box 18 |
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Landscaping Projects: Providence
Contents Note:
- India Point Park Scrapbook
- Roger Williams Park Scrapbook
- City Planting Scrapbook (1958-1974)
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1914-1984 |
| Map Case 3, Drawer 10 |
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India Point: A Waterfront Park
Contents Note:
- Final Plans, 1970
- Phase 1 Development, 1970-1971
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1970/1971 |
Series 17. The Mount (Edith Wharton's House), 1914-1985
Box 17
Series 18. Oversize
| Map Case 3, Drawer 10 |
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Providence City Council Citation presented to Mary E. Sharpe on the occasion of her 100th birthday
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1984 Nov 1 |
| Map Case 3, Drawer 10 |
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Two Sketches by Mary Stringer (separated from Mary Stringer correspondence for preservation reasons)
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undated |
| Map Case 3, Drawer 10 |
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Dorothy A. Hale - Planting for suburban house
English.
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