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Formal title:
Winslow Upton papers
Date range:
circa 1876-1969
Abstract:
The collection comprises diaries, astonomical observation notebooks, scrapbooks, lecture notes, peronal and professional correspondence, as well as photographs, various tributes to Professor Upton, and a memoir written by his daughters.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
MS-1UF-U1
Formal title:
Minerva G. Curtis diaries
Extent:
1 linear foot
Date range:
1900-1941
Abstract:
A collection of 34 leather-bound diaries, ranging from 1900 to 1941, recording the daily activities of Minerva Greenwood Curtis, a grade-school teacher in Providence, Rhode Island. The collection also includes an address book, a notebook, a loose, hand-written recipe and a newspaper clipping.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms.2005.72
Formal title:
K. Brooke Anderson papers
Extent:
1.0 linear foot
Date range:
1918-1957
Abstract:
The K. Brooke Anderson papers contain correspondence, daybooks, ledgers, journals, photographs, notes, speeches primarily related to his years at Brown as executive secretary of the Brown Christian Association.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms.2011.010
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
Formal title:
David Cornel De Jong papers
Extent:
6.25 linear feet
Date range:
1910-1973 (bulk 1940-1969)
Abstract:
Literary manuscripts (novels, short stories, poems), correspondence, diaries, photograph, scrapbooks, and personal papers.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
MS.92.8
Formal title:
William Carey Poland diaries and photographs
Extent:
0.625 Linear feet
Date range:
1860-1910 (bulk 1875-1910)
Abstract:
The William Carey Poland diaires and photographs consist of 9 diaries and 24 photographs dating from about 1860 to 1910. Two of the diaries are in Clara (Harkness) Poland’s hand and one is in William Jr.’s hand. Included in the photograph series are various images of the Poland family and of Prof. Poland at an archaeological site.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms.2008.007
Formal title:
Lysander Dickerman papers and lantern slides collection
Extent:
11.5 Linear feet
Date range:
between 1811 and 1902
Abstract:
The collection consists of numerous manuscripts: diary of a trip to Egypt and Palestine; diary written during a visit to Rome; diary written during the Civil War as a member of the U.S. Christian Commission (written in a book issued for the purpose by the U.S. Christian Commission); Hebrew grammar notebook; list of books on Egypt; list of church members, Weymouth, Massachusetts; literature and learning of ancient Egypt; ministers catalog; notebook on religious matters (includes notes on Prof. Parks lectures on church ordinances, September 1854); sermon on Acts 2.36. In addition, the collection contains correspondence, postcards, and 15 boxes of lantern slides
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
MS.IU.D2
Formal title:
Charles H. Smiley papers
Extent:
20.0 Linear feet
Date range:
1934-1977
Abstract:
The Smiley papers comprise extensive correspondence; course and research materials; diaries, notebooks, and journals; typescript drafts and scrapbooks of his column, "Planets and Stars"; as well as audio and visual materials.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
OF.1UF.S2
Formal title:
Willard P. Gerrish papers
Date range:
1874-1937 (bulk 1896-1920)
Abstract:
The Willard P. Gerrish papers include a travel journal, specifications, blueprints and photographs of various telescopes and mounts, along with related technical writings by Gerrish on specific engineering projects, from 1896 to 1920. Household receipts and correspondence comprise a large portion of the collection. Also included are legal documents and correspondence regarding the estate of his father, William H. Gerrish, and high school copy books belonging to his sisters Isabel and Mary.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms.2005.80
Formal title:
Arthur B. and Sally Bruce Kinsolving papers
Extent:
8 Linear Feet
Date range:
1885-1951 (bulk 1920-1951)
Abstract:
The Arthur B. and Sally Bruce Kinsolving papers are primarily comprised of correspondence, articles and essays, and newsclippings, with dates ranging from 1885 to 1951. Letters from Arthur Kinsolving to his wife, Sally Bruce, and letters to Mrs. Kinsolving make up the majority of the correspondence between 1896 and 1945. The other major portion of correspondence are sympathy cards, letters and telegrams for Sally Kinsolving upon the death of her husband in 1951.
Repository:
Brown University
Collection call no:
Ms. 2009.006

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