RIAMCO

Rhode Island Archival and Manuscript Collections Online

Limit My Results

Institution

    -
  • 1801 - 1900
    ( 1 )
  • 1701 - 1800
    ( 1 )
  • 1601 - 1700
    ( 1 )
5 matches found in 3 collections
Searched for: Business Remove search term Business Institution: Bristol Historical & Preservation Society Remove filter Bristol Historical & Preservation Society
« Previous | 1 - 3 of 3 collections | Next »

Results

D'Wolf Family Papers
Formal title:
D'Wolf Family papers
Extent:
20 cubic feet
Date range:
1786-1880 (bulk 1790-1840)
Abstract:
The D'Wolf family of Bristol, Rhode Island became Bristol's most prominent family in the period after the Revolutionary war, initially engaging in maritime businesses that include the slave trade, privateering, and whaling. They branched out into many fields that eventually included a rum distillery, banking, an insurance company, a textile factory and sugar and coffee plantations in Cuba. Members of the family assumed positions of political leadership including John, who served in the State Legislature and became a judge, and James, who became a United States Senator.
Repository:
Bristol Historical & Preservation Society
Collection call no:
D'Wolf Family Papers
Ambrose E. Burnside Collection
Formal title:
Ambrose E. Burnside Collection
Extent:
80-90 item(s)
Date range:
1850-1883 (bulk 1862-1881)
Abstract:
The Historical Society holds a number of Burnside artifacts, primarily items related to his service in the Civil War.
Repository:
Bristol Historical and Preservation Society
Collection call no:
MSS 1881
Inventory:
Series Printed Material
Items in this series include published books, pamphlets and programs, letters, etc. book: the Life and Public Services of Ambrose E.Burnside Burnside funeral article, 1881 collection of papers Burnside's coat of arms four business cards sales receipt, 1914 book: The Life of General A.E.Burnside, 1884 pamphlet:Union Forever rogram:Burnside Memorial Reception, 1983 letterbook invitation to clambake with envelope, 1875 letter, 1876 stationery of General Burnside
 
Bristol Historical and Preservation Society Vertical Files
Formal title:
Bristol Historical and Preservation Society Vertical Files
Extent:
400 folder(s)
Date range:
1680-1993
Abstract:
The Vertical Files include newspaper clippings, original documents, research notes, and other paper items relating to the specific topic covered by the subject. The Vertical Files are broken down into Subject Headings and further into Subject Subheadings.
Repository:
Bristol Historical and Preservation Society
Collection call no:
Bristol Historical and Preservation Society Vertical Files
Inventory:
Series Subject Files
Includes approximately 400 individual files arranged under the following topics: African Americans in Bristol - see also Slavery Animals Art Autographs Banks Books, Journals and Memoirs Bridges and Canals Bristol, England Bristol, RI Bristol County Burnside Business, Bristol Cards Celebrations Celebrations - Fourth of July files are housed separately Cemeteries - All cemetery files are housed separately Census Children Churches Coal Mines Crime Custom House Daughters of the American Revolution East Providence, RI Elections Fires and Explosions Flags - New England Flag of 1930 Foodstuffs Franklin, Benjamin, and Bristol connection Fraternal Orders Gardens and Plants - See also Houses Genealogy Files - All files are housed separately, unless noted Gold Rush Guns, Shoulder Arms, Side Arms - See Weaponry Historic Preservation, Historical Societies Hotels Household Goods Houses and Farms Insurance Islands Landmarks Land Transfers Library Lighthouses Manufacturers Maps Medical Mills Military - See War Museums Music Native Americans Newspapers Newport, RI Organizations Painters and Illustrators Paintings Parks Plymouth Colony, Town of, Settlement of Poetry Police Portraits - See Painters, Painting Portsmouth, RI Poverty Presidents and Presidential Campaigns Prohibition and Temperance Providence, RI Radio Restaurants Rhode Island, State of Schools Sermons and Proceedings Ships, Sailing and Seamen Slavery - See also African-Americans in Bristol Stores and Pharmacies in Bristol RI Storms and Weather Swansea, MA Taxes, Local and Federal, Bristol Town Tax Lists Tiverton, RI Tools Transportation Travels Universities Utilities Verrazzano Veterans' Associations Wars Warehouses Warren, R.I. Weaponry Weathervanes Wharves, Harbor and Waterfront - Bristol Williams, Roger Women Yachts YMCA
 

Pagination

Options

For Participating Institutions