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Formal title:: Elinor A. Leonberger collection of Redwood, Ellery, and other related families
Extent:: 0.21 linear feet (1 half document case)
Date range:: 1746-1895 (bulk 1789-1809)
Abstract:: This collection consists of letters, family papers, and newspaper clippings regarding the Redwood, Ellery, and related families such as the Weissenfels and Andersons from the 1746 through 1895. All of the represented families are lineal descendants of Abraham Redwood (1709-1788), the founder of the Redwood Library and Athenaeum.
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.026

Formal title:: Monday Morning Musical Club Records
Extent:: 1.8 linear feet
Date range:: 1909-1957
Abstract:: The Monday Morning Musical Club Records consists of two scrapbooks, organizational records, programs, and newspaper clippings from 1909-1957.
Repository:: Providence Public Library, Rhode Island Collection
Collection call no:: MSS022

Formal title:: Murphy collection of Van Alen papers
Extent:: 11 linear feet linear feet (6 record boxes, 2 document cases, 2 flat boxes)
Date range:: 1859-2001 and undated (bulk 1940-1999)
Abstract:: James H. Van Alen (1902-1991) and Candace Van Alen (1912-2002), were a well-known high society couple who were instrumental in establishing the International Tennis Hall of Fame at the Newport Casino in Newport, Rhode Island. This collection documents their lives, residences and interests as well as their involvement in various activities and organizations through their own personal records, correspondence, financial and legal records, published and unpublished writings, clippings, audiovisual materials, and photographs.
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.036

Formal title:: Newport Horticultural Society records
Extent:: .42 linear feet
Date range:: 1921-1948
Abstract:: The Newport Horticultural Society was founded in 1890 in Newport, Rhode Island, to provide gardeners and other interested individuals an opportunity to display their gardening achievements and to discuss horticulture. The Newport Horticultural Society records consist of judges’ records and printed lists regarding the society’s summer and fall flower exhibitions.
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.023

Noyes (Isaac P.) memoir

Formal title:: Isaac P. Noyes memoir
Extent:: 0.05 linear feet (1 folder)
Date range:: 1877
Abstract:: This collection consists of a handwritten memoir by Isaac P. Noyes (1840-1900) recounting the sailing excursion he and four friend enjoyed in August 1877 along the Narragansett Bay.
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.545

Formal title:: Providence Female Charitable Society Records
Extent:: 1.5 linear feet
Date range:: 1799-1952
Abstract:: The idea for the formation of a charitable society to help "indigent women and children" was first proposed by a group of well-known Providence women in March of 1800. The Providence Female Charitable Society was formed April 2nd the same year. This collection contains correspondence and other records related to the organization.
Repository:: Rhode Island Historical Society
Collection call no:: MSS 642

Formal title:: Frederick W. Rhinelander family papers
Extent:: 0.209 linear feet
Date range:: 1842-1911
Abstract:: This collection contains correspondence, photographs, and other material from the extended family of Frederick William Rhinelander of New York and Newport.
Repository:: Newport Historical Society
Collection call no:: MS.2011.2

Formal title:: Rhode Island Postcard Collection
Extent:: 2.5 linear feet
Date range:: 1898-1999
Abstract:: The Rhode Island Postcard Collection contains postcards and viewbooks with images related to geographic locations, buildings, organizations and people in the State of Rhode Island.
Repository:: Providence Public Library, Rhode Island Collection
Collection call no:: VM001

Formal title:: Rhode Island Stereocard Collection
Extent:: .4 linear feet
Date range:: circa 1860-1900
Abstract:: The Rhode Island Stereocard Collection contains stereograms with images related to geographic locations, buildings and organizations in the State of Rhode Island as well as various miscellaneous images found with the collection.
Repository:: Providence Public Library Special Collections, Rhode Island Collection
Collection call no:: VM012

Formal title:: Richard Brown Baker Family Papers
Extent:: 8 linear feet
Date range:: 1866-2002 (bulk 1900-1990)
Abstract:: Richard Brown Baker was born in Providence, R.I. on November 5, 1912 to Harvey Almy Baker and Marion North Brown. His grandfather was Henry Martin Brown, President of the Industrial Trust Co. of Rhode Island (later Fleet National Bank). He became a prodigious collector owning over 1,600 works of art before he died. He focused on the artists that were new and on the edge deciding in the 1950s to focus on young and unestablished artists. Richard Baker was one of the first to buy works by artists such as Jackson Pollock and Roy Lichtenstein.
Repository:: Rhode Island Historical Society
Collection call no:: MSS 1117

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