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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

Formal title:: George James Adams papers
Extent:: 15 linear feet
Date range:: 1795-1890
Abstract:: These papers span much of George James Adams’s long career as a textile manufacturer at various mills in Rhode Island and chief agent at the Narragansett Print Works. Included are personal, family, and business correspondence, invoices and receipts, inventories, payroll and supply lists, deeds and contracts, and photographs. A large set of letters are from Thomas P. Richmond, a banker of Bristol, Rhode Island, probably affiliated with the Bank of Bristol. They communicate Richmond’s strong abolitionist feelings and include descriptions of slave uprisings such as the insurrection on the ship La Amistad in 1839, meetings of abolitionist societies, etc. Also discussed are Richmond’s other interests, including phrenology, electricity, epidemiology, mesmerism, animal magnetism, and ships.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.2010.021

Formal title:: Department of Environmental Management Division of Compliance and Inspection records
Extent:: 7.7 cubic feet other
Date range:: 1880-1982
Abstract:: The Department of Environmental Management Division of Compliance and Inspection records include card files/indices of dams (1938), photographs (1940-1941), report files of O. Perry Sarle C.E. (1940-1953), U.S. Geological Survey Maps and Data (1964-1977), Annual Reports (1887-1959), Freshet Rating Charts (1948); WPA Survey of RI dams field notes (1938-1939), and Journals of Commissioner of L.M.E Stone (1882-1891).
Repository:: Rhode Island State Archives
Collection call no:: 2004-56

Formal title:: Office of the General Treasurer Land Evidence records
Extent:: 0.46 cubic feet other
Date range:: 1700-1895
Abstract:: The Office of the General Treasurer Land Evidence records consists of deeds and agreements for land in Rhode Island during the years 1700-1895.
Repository:: Rhode Island State Archives
Collection call no:: 1997-137

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

Formal title:: Charles O. F. Thompson Collection
Extent:: 3 linear feet
Date range:: 1700-2000 (bulk 1885-1963)
Abstract:: The collection includes Thompson's personal papers and related material created by family members.
Repository:: Bristol Historical and Preservation Society
Collection call no:: MSS-1885

Formal title:: Fulton/Howe Family Papers
Extent:: 20 box(es)
Date range:: 1870-1970 (bulk 1900-1950)
Abstract:: Marshall Nairne Fulton collected family photographs and letters, journals, and other writings created by both his Fulton relatives and his wife Mary Howe's relatives. He also collected material related to Ferrycliff Farm and the early history Roger Williams University.
Repository:: Roger Williams University
Collection call no:: UA 2012.02

World War II Posters

Formal title:: Constitutional Convention Constitution of the United States: Papers Relating to Adoption by the State of Rhode Island
Extent:: 0.46 cubic feet other
Date range:: 1785-1790
Abstract:: The Constitutional Convention Constitution of the United States: Papers Relating to Adoption by the State of Rhode Island consist of papers relating to the adoption of the United States Constitution by Rhode Island.
Repository:: Rhode Island State Archives
Collection call no:: C#238

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