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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:: State Board of Elections transcripts
Extent:: 2.1 cubic feet other
Date range:: 1950-2004
Abstract:: The State Board of Elections transcripts consist of transcripts of hearings held between November 3, 1950-August 20, 2004.
Repository:: Rhode Island State Archives
Collection call no:: 2009-18

Formal title:: Antoinette Louisa Brown Blackwell letter
Extent:: 0.01 linear feet (1 folder)
Date range:: 1869
Abstract:: This collection consists of one letter from Antoinette Louisa Brown Blackwell (1825-1921), the first woman ordained as a minister in the United States, to Thomas Wentworth Higginson, a Unitarian minister, regarding her publication,
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.502

Formal title:: Thomas W. Dorr Collection
Extent:: 0.25 linear feet
Date range:: 1831-1888
Abstract:: Thomas W. Dorr (1805-1854) was best known as the leader of the Dorr Rebellion. This collection contains seven letters written by Dorr to miscellaneous persons, as well as one received from Franklin Pierce, selections from Dorr's personal scrapbook, twelve pages of business accounts, and several items relating to the rebellion.
Repository:: Rhode Island Historical Society
Collection call no:: MSS 391

John Potter Papers

Formal title:: John Potter Papers
Extent:: 0.5 linear feet
Date range:: 1850-1893
Abstract:: This collection contains letters to and from John Potter, pocket diaries written by Julia Johnson Wells, a transcription of the diaries, and a pamphlet entitled Important Correspondence Between Elisha Reynolds Potter and R. G. Hazard, Esq., 1876. Potter was a resident of Connecticut who served in the Connecticut Legislature. His family had close ties to Rhode Island.
Repository:: University Archives and Special Collections
Collection call no:: Mss. Gr. 133

Formal title:: Brown University student essays collection
Extent:: 2.25 Linear feet
Date range:: 1936-2004
Abstract:: The Student Essays collection includes undergraduate student writings covering a broad range of topics. The bulk of the essays derive from course work in the humanities, and many deal with Brown University topics. The materials date from 1936 to 2004.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: MS.1N.2
Inventory:

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Box 3

Lee, N'Tanya. Black women and the suffrage movement: 1900-1920... Their involvement in the context of broader struggle..

1988

Colt Family Papers

Formal title:: Colt Family Papers
Extent:: 100.25 linear feet
Date range:: 1793-1961
Abstract:: This extensive collection focuses on the life of Samuel Pomeroy Colt (1852-1921) who lived most of his life in Bristol, Rhode Island. Colt was an active lawyer, politician, businessman, and philanthropist. Of particular interest in the collection are the personal records of Colt and his family, Colt's financial and business records, and the records of his political life and legal practice. The collection also contains several photographs, maps, and blueprints. The study of this collection reveals much about the political, social, and economic history of late nineteenth and early twentieth century Rhode Island.
Repository:: Distinction Collections and University Archives
Collection call no:: Mss. Gr. 78
Inventory:

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Box 170 Folder 23

Report of a Part of the Joint Special Committee on Woman Suffrage; Providence, E.L. Freeman & Son; 5 pages

1879

Formal title:: Caroline Wells Healey Dall and family correspondence
Extent:: 242 items
Date range:: 1860-1924 (bulk 1879-1907)
Abstract:: The collection consists primarily of letters relating to the personal activities of Caroline Wells Healey Dall (1822-1912), a women's rights reformer, of her daughter, Sarah Keene Healey Dall Munro (1849- ), of her son, William Healey Dall (1845-1927), a naturalist, and of her husband, Rev. Charles Henry Appleton Dall (1816-1886), a Unitarian minister.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.83.4

Sullivan Dorr Papers

Formal title:: Sullivan Dorr Papers
Extent:: 0.75 linear feet
Date range:: 1799-1852
Abstract:: Sullivan Dorr (1778-1858) was born in Boston, Massachusetts to Ebenezer (1739-1809) and Abigail (Cummingham) Dorr (1762-1796).Early in life Sullivan was engaged in the fur trade on the northwest coast of the United States and at the age of twenty, he went to Canton, China to follow mercantile pursuits. Much of his business was for the firm of J.& J. Dorr; based in Boston and owned by his brothers, Jonathan and Joseph. He stayed in Canton for five years (1799-1803) and upon returning to the States he settled in Providence and became a prosperous merchant. He resided in a home he built in 1811 on the northeast corner of Benefit and Bowen Streets.
Repository:: Rhode Island Historical Society
Collection call no:: MSS 390

Formal title:: Elisha Reynolds Potter Papers
Extent:: 2.5 linear feet
Date range:: 1798-1879
Abstract:: This collection contains some of the papers of Elisha Reynolds Potter, a notable nineteenth century public servant from Kingston, Rhode Island. Potter made his mark as a teacher, a lawyer, an elected official, and an educational reformer.
Repository:: University Archives and Special Collections
Collection call no:: Mss. Gr. 12

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