RIAMCO

Rhode Island Archival and Manuscript Collections Online

Limit My Results

    -
  • 1901 - 2000
    ( 22 )
  • 1801 - 1900
    ( 8 )
  • 1701 - 1800
    ( 5 )
  • 1601 - 1700
    ( 2 )
  • 1501 - 1600
    ( 1 )

Subject

38 matches found in 38 collections
Searched for: US-RPB Remove search term US-RPB Subject: Government, Politics and Law Remove filter Government, Politics and Law
« Previous | 31 - 38 of 38 collections | Next »

Results

Russell (Jonathan) papers
Formal title:
Jonathan Russell papers
Extent:
10.0 Linear feet
Date range:
1661-1838 Bulk, 1810-1818
Abstract:
Appointed chargé d’affaires in Paris in 1810 by President Madison, Russell served as one of five U. S. negotiators for the Treaty of Ghent, which ended the War of 1812. He subsequently served as United States minister to Sweden and Norway from 1814 to 1818. Collection consists of correspondence, documents, ledgers, passports, and an account book created or received by Jonathan Russell during his career as merchant and diplomat between 1810 and 1818.
Repository:
Brown University Library
Collection call no:
Ms.Russell
Beckwith (David) papers
Formal title:
David Beckwith papers
Extent:
30.0 Linear feet
Date range:
1946-2011 (bulk 1980-1999)
Abstract:
The David Beckwith papers (1946-2011) is a significant collection of organizational records, correspondence, publications, training and funding materials relating to community development and organizing on both the local and national levels. Most of the material dates from 1980 to 1999 and represents the work of a wide range of community organizations, advocacy-based coalitions, governmental agencies and private organizations devoted to fulfilling social needs such as housing, transportation and education. The Papers also include a small but noteworthy collection of counter-culture newspapers from the mid-1960s and early 1970s.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms.2010.010
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
Robinson (James J.) papers
Formal title:
James J. Robinson papers
Extent:
52.0 Linear feet
Date range:
1930-1977 (bulk 1945-1950)
Abstract:
The James J. Robinson papers consist of legal documents, manuscripts, notes on legal cases, speeches, and research and drafts of a published book. The bulk of the collection pertains to the International Military Tribunal for the Far East (IMTFE).
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms.2006.001
Wheaton (Henry) family papers
Formal title:
Henry Wheaton family papers
Extent:
0.5 Linear feet
Date range:
1786-1926
Abstract:
Collection of 275 letters and manuscripts for the period 1786 to 1926, chiefly correspondence of Henry Wheaton and his family in Europe and America concerning personal, diplomatic, legal, and political affairs, especially during the War of 1812. Also Wheaton's diary during 1827-1835, a diary kept by his daughter, Abby during 1835 and biographical notes about Wheaton and his uncle, Dr. Levi Wheaton, who was Professor of Medicine at Brown University.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms.Wheaton
John Birch Society records
Formal title:
John Birch Society records
Extent:
45.0 Linear feet
Date range:
1928-1990 (bulk 1965-1989)
Abstract:
The John Birch Society records include audio-visual material such as audiocassettes, films, filmstrips, phonograph records, reel-to-reel tapes, slides and videocassettes; business records, correspondence, manuscripts, membership lists, office files, publications and subject files. The records also include a great deal of material regarding the Society's campaign against the ratification of the Panama Canal Treaties during the 1970's. The records are dated from 1928 to 1990. Most of the material is dated from 1965 to 1990.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms.2013.003
Lovell, (Malcolm Read Jr.) papers
Formal title:
Malcolm Read Lovell, Jr. papers
Extent:
15 linear feet
Date range:
1795-1992 (bulk 1958-1992)
Abstract:
The Malcolm Read Lovell, Jr., papers relate mainly to Lovell's public service in Michigan under Governor George Romney, and in Washington, under Presidents Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan. Reed was Undersecretary of Labor during the Reagan Administration, a former president of the National Planning Association, and Director of the Labor Management Institute at the George Washington University School of Business and Public Administration. The papers do include some personal papers related to his family and education (Brown University, Class of 1943).
Repository:
Brown University Library
Collection call no:
Ms. 94.14
Napoleon I, William Henry Hoffman Collection on
Formal title:
William Henry Hoffman Collection on Napoleon I
Extent:
600 items
Date range:
1585-1913 (bulk 1789-1821)
Abstract:
The William Henry Hoffman Collection on Napoleon I contains over 200 manuscripts pertaining to the First French Republic and the Napoleonic era, some of which are signed by the Emperor, and 400 rare books, prints, art objects, and examples of fine bindings.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms.Hoffman

Pagination

Options

For Participating Institutions