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Arnold family papers

Formal title:: Arnold Family Papers
Extent:: .25 linear feet
Date range:: 1861-1904
Abstract:: The collection consists of the papers of the Arnold family, chiefly letters, but also circulars, invitations and other ephemera, dating from 1861 to 1904.
Repository:: Providence Public Library, Special Collections
Collection call no:: MSS009

Formal title:: Mary Anne Atwood papers
Extent:: 2 linear feet
Date range:: 1882-1910
Abstract:: The Mary Anne Atwood Papers contains letters and manuscripts for the period 1882-1910. Most of the letters in the collection are written from M.A. Atwood to Mme. Isabelle de Steiger. The collection also includes other letters written and received by Atwood, manuscript drafts and notes. According to the admirers of Mary Anne Atwood, "Mrs. Atwood was truly an adept [of the metaphysical tradition]. The last one." "The Atwood material is very important for the study of a vanished Britain, when Neo-Platonism and High Ideas influenced the nation. But, as Mrs. Atwood says, they went in for power and threw their spiritual heritage out the window."
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.Atwood

Formal title:: Isaac C. Bates Scrapbook
Extent:: 1 Album containing 156 letters
Date range:: 1877-1887 bulk 1877-1883
Abstract:: The scrapbook of Isaac Comstock Bates, 1877-1887, contains letters from artists and dealers about the purchase of paintings and engravings.
Repository:: Rhode Island School of Design Archives
Collection call no:: 02.01.06

Formal title:: Eli Whitney Blake (1867-1902) papers
Extent:: 0.5 linear foot (1 letter-size Hollinger document case)
Date range:: 1890-1901
Abstract:: This collection consists primarily of personal correspondence to and from Eli Whitney Blake. The letters were written by Blake, Sophia Atwater and Stephen Atwater. Also included are several drawings and poems by Blake, one photograph of him and an undated letter from a family member to a publisher regarding their interest in publishing an article about Blake's letters.
Repository:: Brown University Library
Collection call no:: Ms. 2008.031

Formal title:: Natalie Bayard Brown papers
Extent:: 53.25 Linear feet
Date range:: 1877-1950 (bulk 1897-1950)
Abstract:: Natalie Bayard Brown (1869-1950) was the wife of John Nicholas Brown (1861-1900) and mother of John Nicholas Brown (1900-1979), members of the prominent Brown family of Providence, Rhode Island. The papers reflect Natalie Bayard Brown's interests in politics and charitable causes through correspondence with family and friends, writings and speeches, scrapbooks, and photographs. The papers contain detailed financial and legal records related to John Nicholas Brown's (1900-1979) large inheritance from his father and uncle, Harold Brown. The papers also hold travel diaries and photographs from Natalie Bayard Brown and John Nicholas Brown's (1900-1979) travels in Europe, Asia, and Middle East.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.2007.011

Formal title:: Ralph E. Carpenter, Jr., papers
Extent:: 29.5 linear feet (15 record boxes, 1 document case, 1 half document case, 3 small flat boxes, 11 oversize flat boxes)
Date range:: 1870-2009 (bulk 1950-2006)
Abstract:: Ralph E. Carpenter, Jr., (1910-2009) was a respected connoisseur and collector of American decorative arts, instrumental in various historical preservation projects throughout Newport, Rhode Island. This collection consists of his correspondence, subject files, personal records, research materials, photographs, and scrapbooks documenting his career, historical preservation pursuits, and other personal interests.
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.002

Formal title:: Elizabeth Buffum Chace and family papers
Extent:: 4.5 linear feet (approximately 80 items)
Date range:: circa 1801-1900
Abstract:: This collection includes correspondence, Elizabeth Buffum Chace’s commonplace book and diary, family albums, scrapbooks, photographs, an album of familial hair locks, needlework (cross stitch samplers), newspaper clippings, and other material relating to the Buffums, the Chaces, the Cheneys, and the Tolmans. The papers also contain letters in response to Chace’s book "Anti-Slavery Reminiscences." Elizabeth Buffum Chace was an activist for prison reform, the rights of orphans, peace, and temperance.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.89.12

Formal title:: Early records of the U.S. Naval War College
Extent:: 2.09 linear feet
Date range:: 1883-1919 1895-1911
Abstract:: Correspondence, memoranda, lists, contracts, inventories, military and naval orders, and plans regarding the early administration and curriculum of the Naval War College, new building construction, and items relating to the establishment of a naval coaling station in Narraganset Bay. Also included are journals and letterpress copybooks kept by past NWC presidents Charles Stockton and French Chadwick.
Repository:: Naval War College (U.S.). Naval Historical Collection
Collection call no:: RG-01

Fales Family letters

Formal title:: Fales Family letters
Extent:: 0.25 linear feet (1 clamshell box)
Date range:: 1806-1840 (bulk 1813-1834)
Abstract:: The Fales family letters number thirty six, most of them sent by Stephen (who often signed himself "Esteban") Smith Fales from his Cuban plantation to his sister Lydia (Fales) French in Bristol, Rhode Island. Although the earliest letter dates from 1806, most of the letters were written between 1813 and 1834 from various locations in Cuba.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms. 2008.006

Formal title:: Susanna Valentine Mitchell Gammell papers
Extent:: 6 linear feet
Date range:: 1896-1976
Abstract:: The Susanna Gammell papers is primarily comprised of manuscript drafts, notes, and typescripts of Gammell's writings. The types of materials include essays, novels, short stories, plays, poems, diaries, journals, speech material, and some correspondence. The collection also includes manuscript plays written by her father, Langdon Mitchell.
Repository:: Brown University Library
Collection call no:: Ms. 89.18

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