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Formal title:: Providence School Department records
Extent:: 77.4 cubic feet other
Date range:: 1828-2001 (bulk 1828-1961)
Abstract:: The Providence School Department records consist primarily of meeting minutes of the Providence School Committee (1828-1965), resolutions of the Providence School Board/Committee (1965-2001), reports and manuals (1861-1961) and various images (1907-1923) including lantern slides (1800-1870).
Repository:: Rhode Island State Archives
Collection call no:: 2005-44

Formal title:: Stephen S. Colvin papers
Extent:: 1 linear foot
Date range:: 1880-1934 (bulk 1900-1915)
Abstract:: This collection of papers primarily consists of manuscripts and published articles by Stephen S. Colvin, who was a scholar in the field of educational psychology and intelligence testing. A native Rhode Islander, Colvin graduated from Brown University with a bachelor's degree of philosophy in 1891, and a corresponding master's degree in 1894. He also received a doctorate degree from the University of Strasburg in 1897. He taught at a number of American universities, including Brown University, where he was appointed its first professor of educational psychology in 1912 and subsequently named the director of its School of Education in 1919. This collection also includes a small amount of correspondence, a scattered assortment of other printed materials (not written by Colvin), ephemera, and a few artifacts, including a print of an illustration by Richard Felton Outcault.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: AMS.1UF.2015.009

Formal title:: Schoolchildren photograph collection
Extent:: 0.5 linear feet
Date range:: 1880-1979
Abstract:: The collection contains school and/or class photographs from various locations throughout the United States between the 1880s and the 1970s.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.2018.001

Formal title:: Herbert Eugene Walter papers
Extent:: 12.5 Linear feet
Date range:: 1844-1948 (bulk 1885-1945)
Abstract:: The Herbert E. Walter papers span from 1844-1948 and consist primarily of correspondence, and teaching materials by and relating to Herbert Eugene Walter (1867-1945), Professor of biology at Brown University. The collection includes extensive material on the study of eugenics, then a branch of biology, including correspondence, teaching materials, notes, pamphlets, published materials, and ephemera from eugenics-related professional organizations. Other significant materials include family papers from Walter’s parents, grandparents and extended family who lived primarily in Vermont. There are penmanship instruction books from the 1840s-1850s created by Walter’s father, Augustus Porter Walter (d.1872), who was a penmanship instructor in Vermont. Betsie Ann Brockway Walter described in detail her experience working in a textile mill in Lowell, Massachusetts during 1860-1861 in letters she wrote to her future husband Augustus P. Walter.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: MS.1UF.W1

Formal title:: Brown University historical documents
Extent:: 1.0 linear foot
Date range:: 1800-1910
Abstract:: The collection comprises historical documents related to the development of the University in the nineteenth century. It includes financial records, materials related to the Corporation, documentation of student experience, and various reports
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: MS.1E.4

Formal title:: Lysander Dickerman lectures
Extent:: 1.0 linear foot
Date range:: 1863-1907
Abstract:: The collection consists of manuscript notes written by Lysander Dickerman for lectures about Egypt and Egyptian life. In addition , there are materials relating to Dickerman's lectures which include miscellaneous notes; numerous clippings; notebooks, booklets of notes; correspondences; and other printed materials which include receipts, addressed envelopes, and invitations.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: MS.Dickerman

Formal title:: Malcom Chesney Shurtleff Papers
Extent:: 1.0 Linear feet
Date range:: 1827-1928
Abstract:: Handwritten and typed extracts from correspondences between the United States State Department and American diplomats in Peru. Course notes from courses taken at the University of Minnesota and Harvard University on subjects including British imperial history, international law, and Latin American history. Additional notes and sketch of a voyage through the Panama Canal and clippings from newspapers and magazines concerning Latin America.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: MS.81.3

Buchan (John) papers

Formal title:: John Buchan papers
Extent:: 0.25 Linear feet
Date range:: 1898-1958
Abstract:: The John Buchan Papers contain approximately 150 items covering the years 1898-1958. Most of the collection contains letters written by John Buchan to W.M. Colles and Sir Henry Newbolt. A selection of 5 published works by John Buchan are included as well as photographs.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.Buchan

Formal title:: Eliza G. Radeke records
Extent:: 1.50 linear feet
Date range:: 1860-1942 bulk 1880-1931
Abstract:: The Eliza G. Radeke records include correspondence, notes, speeches, a diary (1886-1887) and RISD records, 1860-1942, bulk 1880-1931. Also included are items documenting the acquisition of the Museum's cast collection and the construction of the Japanese Gallery, as well as documents recording museum acquisitions.
Repository:: Rhode Island School of Design Archives
Collection call no:: 02.01.7

Formal title:: Rhode Island School of Design. Board of Trustees Executive Committee records
Extent:: 5.75 linear feet
Date range:: 1880-2007
Abstract:: The records document the activities of the Board of Management, 1880-1901 and the Executive Committee, 1901-2007.
Repository:: Rhode Island School of Design Archives
Collection call no:: 01.02

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