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Martha Waldo Greene and Frederick Sherman Collection of Frederick Douglass papers
Formal title:
Martha Waldo Greene and Frederick Sherman Collection of Frederick Douglass papers
Extent:
.5 Linear Feet
Date range:
1845-1936, undated (bulk 1862-1893)
Abstract:
The Martha Waldo Greene and Frederick Sherman Collection of Frederick Douglass papers contains a total of 26 items by and relating to Frederick Douglass (1818-1895): 19 letters and documents, 5 photographs, and 2 published books. Items span from 1845-1936, with the bulk of materials ranging from 1877-1893. Most letters are of a personal nature to friends or acquaintances; some address business, speaking engagements or publishing. Collection contains a letter from author, lawyer and African American freedom activist James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938). Other significant materials include a mortgage discharge document listing the names of Douglass and Sherman, correspondence about the Holley Graded School in Lottsburg, Virginia, established in 1868 to educate freed African Americans, and a photograph of the San Domingo Commission.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
MS.2016.007
McConoughey (Artha May) papers
Formal title:
Artha May McConoughey Papers
Extent:
1 linear foot
Date range:
1896-1939 (bulk 1908-1929)
Abstract:
The Artha May McConoughey Papers consist of travel diaries, temperance speeches, law school assignments, photographs, and personal artifacts. All of the written material is from McConoughey's own hand; most of it was composed during the first quarter of the 20th century when she came of age and became active in the temperance and women's suffragist movements in the Chicago area.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms.2005.2
Metcalf (Edward De Forest) papers
Formal title:
Edward De Forest Metcalf papers
Extent:
1.75 linear feet (2 oversize boxes)
Date range:
1950-1976
Abstract:
Edward De Forest Metcalf (1924-1968) was a Providence writer of poetry and short stories. Metcalf's papers contain numerous drafts and fragments as well as complete literary works. Included in the papers is a compilation Edward De Forest Metcalf's writings that was published after his death by his father, George T. Metcalf.
Repository:
Brown University Library
Collection call no:
Ms. 78.2
Middlebrook (Diane) papers
Formal title:
Diane Middlebrook papers
Extent:
27.75 Linear feet
Date range:
1946-2008
Abstract:
Papers of Diane Middlebrook, biographer, poet, and Professor Emeritus of English at Stanford University. Collection includes correspondence, subject and research files, interview transcripts, manuscript drafts, photographs, and electronic records, primarily relating to her biographical research on Anne Sexton, Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes, Billy Tipton, and Ovid, between 1958-2008.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms.2010.043
Mikuriya (Mary Jane) papers
Formal title:
Mary Jane Mikuriya papers
Date range:
1952-2017
Abstract:
This collection consists of the personal papers of Mary Jane Mikuriya, Asian-American Pembroke College alumna from the class of 1956. Papers document Mikuriya’s time at Pembroke and include clippings, room assignment correspondence and cards, commencement and Father Daughter Weekend programs, facebooks, scrapbook pages, her diploma, and contemporary reminiscences. The collection spans from 1952 – 2017 and is particularly compelling for users researching the experience of post World War II, Asian-American college students.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms.2017.021
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Providence, Rhode Island Branch collection
Formal title:
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Providence, Rhode Island Branch collection
Extent:
6.0 linear feet
Date range:
1914-1974 (bulk 1969-1974)
Abstract:
The NAACP Providence, RI Branch Collection consists of correspondence, memorandum, documents, newspaper clippings and other material about civil rights issues both in Rhode Island and throughout the nation.
Repository:
Phillips Memorial Library
Collection call no:
US-RPPC_naacp
Ogden (Peggy) papers
Formal title:
Peggy Ogden papers
Extent:
1 linear foot
Date range:
1949-2018
Abstract:
This collection consists of the personal papers of Peggy Ogden, Pembroke College class of 1953, and primarily document the Stephen A. Ogden Jr. '60 Memorial Lecture Series at Brown University named after her brother. Materials include her diplomas, family photos, and correspondence and DVDs related to the lecture series, and date from 1949 – 2018.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms.2019.009
On Our Backs archive
Formal title:
On Our Backs archive
Extent:
16 Linear Feet
Date range:
1983-1995
Abstract:
The magazine "On Our Backs," was the first women-run lesbian erotica magazine in the United States, founded in 1984. The collection includes documentation about the magazine and the Blush Entertainment company which also owned Fatale Video and produced lesbian erotica videos.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms.2005.26
Paige (Marc) papers
Formal title:
Marc Paige papers
Extent:
1.0 linear foot
Date range:
1992-2014
Abstract:
The Marc Paige collection contains newspaper clippings, correspondence, and press materials related to the gay rights and AIDS education activism of Marc Paige from 1992-2014 in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Florida.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
MS.2017.018
Palmer (Alison) papers
Formal title:
Alison Palmer Papers
Extent:
6.5 Linear feet
Date range:
1853-1991 (bulk 1971-1991)
Abstract:
Alison Palmer (Brown University Class of 1953) served in the United States Foreign Service (1959-1981) in Belgian Congo, Ethiopia, and Vietnam. Palmer successfully pursued two sex discrimination lawsuits against the State Department, winning in 1974 and 1987. After her retirement from the State Department in 1981, Palmer became the thirteenth woman Episcopal priest ordained in the United States. The Alison Palmer papers are chiefly related to her two lawsuits but also contain materials that document her foreign service career, and family papers.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms.90.6

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