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Formal title:
Joseph Peace Hazard papers
Extent:
3.62 cubic feet
Date range:
circa 2039-200 BCE, 1822-1892 (bulk 1839-1890)
Abstract:
Papers of a textile manufacturer, traveler, and spiritualist from Rhode Island.
Repository:
Special Collections, James P. Adams Library
Collection call no:
MSS-0090
Formal title:
Rush Hawkins collection
Extent:
71 linear feet
Date range:
1750-1951 (1830-1917)
Abstract:
The Rush Hawkins collection (1750-1951(bulk 1830-1917)) contains personal, family, financial, and military correspondence and documents; photographs; and a variety of museum objects ranging from dinnerware and household items to clothing and personal accessories belonging to the Hawkins and Brown families. Most of the collection reflects the life and interests of Hawkins himself, with some items related to his wife Annmary Brown Hawkins and her family. Included in the papers are two significant sub-collections of correspondence: a collection of antebellum historical letters and documents from earlier generations of the Brown family, as well as individual letters from Thomas Jefferson, Nathaniel Greene, Edgar Allan Poe, and Napoleon I; and a collection of Civil War-related correspondence and documents that contains records of Hawkins' Zouaves and much Confederate material, including a subseries of Jefferson Davis's communications to the Senate of the Confederate States.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms.2006.05
Formal title:
Newport Ship Yard, Inc. collection
Extent:
.83 linear feet
Date range:
1880-1989 1947-1973
Abstract:
This collection includes a variety of records salvaged from the former Newport Shipyard, including correspondence, clippings, meeting minutes, promotional material, and administrative records, as well as images of boats affiliated with the shipyard and depicting work at the shipyard's three sites.
Repository:
Salve Regina University Special Collections
Collection call no:
SP.10
Formal title:
Charles Value Chapin Correspondence
Extent:
3.75 Linear feet
Date range:
1900-1939
Abstract:
Correspondence chiefly with workers in public health in America, Europe, and Australia about Dr.Chapin's work in communicable diseases.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms.Chapin
Formal title:
Theodore Francis Green speeches and personal papers
Extent:
2.0 Linear feet
Date range:
1883-1960
Abstract:
Speeches, addresses, correspondence, and personal papers related to Green's professional and political career, his education, and association with Brown University.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
MS-1U-G5
Formal title:
James N. Arnold Collection
Extent:
24.8 linear feet; 29 boxes, 1 oversized folder and 2 card catalogs
Date range:
circa 1860-1935
Abstract:
This collection consists of material compiled and written by James N. Arnold, between 1860-1927 and of typescripts by volunteers continuing his work until 1935. This collection contains numerous research topics and writings related to the history of Rhode Island.
Repository:
Providence Public Library Special Collections, Rhode Island Collection
Collection call no:
MSS033
Formal title:
Theodore Francis Green papers
Extent:
88.5 Linear feet
Date range:
1821-1961 (bulk 1900-1961)
Abstract:
The Theodore Francis Green papers is a significant collection of correspondence, reports, speeches, financial and legal records, notes and newspaper clippings that relate to the life and career of the Rhode Island governor and United States Senator, as well as to his father, lawyer Arnold Green. The material dates from 1821 through 1961, with the bulk from 1900 through 1961.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
MS.2012.026
Formal title:
Theodore R. Sizer papers
Extent:
70.5 Linear feet
Date range:
1939-2009 (bulk 1980-2001)
Abstract:
The collection consists of correspondence, research materials and reports, manuscripts, and subject files which document the work of Theodor R. Sizer and his involvement with the Coalition of Essential Schools (CES).
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
OF.1UF.S7
Formal title:
Vartan Gregorian papers
Extent:
98.5 Linear feet
Date range:
circa 1975-1998
Abstract:
The papers contain presidential files, material relating to outside organizations, speech files, correspondence about speeches, articles, and personal correspondence.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
OF.1C.16
Formal title:
Mel B. Yoken collection
Extent:
84 Linear Feet
Date range:
1683-2012 (1900-2012)
Abstract:
This collection was assembled over a period of fifty years by Mel B. Yoken. The primary focus is 20th century pieces of correspondence and documents by and related to French, Québécois, British, and American authors, artists, politicians, and public figures. Numerous letters written by significant figures of the 18th and 19th century enhance the historical, literary and political interest of the collection. Notes, typescripts, photographs and personal papers complement the archive.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms.2011.038

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