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Carrington Papers
Formal title:
Carrington Papers
Extent:
122 linear feet
Date range:
1798-1911 (bulk 1802-1860)
Abstract:
Edward Carrington (1775-1843) was born in New Haven, Connecticut. As a young man, he came to Providence, R.I., where he worked as a clerk and supercargo for local merchants Seth Wheaton, Samuel Butler, and Richard Jackson. He resided in Canton, China from 1802 to 1810, serving as American Consul, acting as an agent for other American merchants, and amassing a considerable fortune by trading on his own behalf. The collection documents his mercantile and shipping activities in China, South America and Europe during 1802-1857. It also documents his other business enterprises in the textile industry in Rhode Island with the Hamlet Mill and Manufacturing Company, 1834-1860 and the Blackstone Canal Company, 1823-1831. The collection also contains the personal papers of Edward Carrington, his son Edward II, and Edward II's wife Candace (Dorr) Carrington.
Repository:
Rhode Island Historical Society
Collection call no:
MSS 333
Inventory:
Item Box 239 Miscellaneous business papers
 1905-1911
Item Box 239 Dorr & Allen family business papers
 1851-1899
 
Gibson (Andrew E.) papers
Formal title:
Andrew E. Gibson papers
Extent:
8 Linear Feet (19 archival boxes)
Date range:
1890-2000 (bulk 1944-2000)
Abstract:
These papers document and focus on Andrew E. Gibson's career as a government official, corporate executive, and professor at the Naval War College. The collection consists of many elements including but not limited to: correspondence, writings, speeches, deck files, books, proposals, critiques, legislation testimony and charts.
Repository:
Naval War College (U.S.). Naval Historical Collection
Collection call no:
MSC-242
Inventory:
File Box 5a Folder 33 Diebold Corporation, Aids for Business Development, undated
 undated
File Box 7 Folder 28 Doing Business with the USSR
 1971
File Box 8 Folder 35 Doing Business with the People's Republic of China
 1973
File Box 8 Folder 36 U.S. China Business Review
 1974
...and 3 other matches
North Kingstown Ambulance Association records
Formal title:
North Kingstown Ambulance Association records
Extent:
2 linear feet
Date range:
1943-1978
Abstract:
This collection is comprised of the organizational records of the North Kingstown Ambulance Association, including meeting minutes, lists and applications of member volunteers, treasurer reports, statistical reports, by-laws, manuals, business records and correspondence.
Repository:
North Kingstown Free Library
Collection call no:
2013.12
Inventory:
File Business records, miscellaneous
 1959-1977
 
Rhode Island Manuscripts Collection
Formal title:
Rhode Island Manuscripts Collection
Extent:
.5 linear feet
Date range:
1723-1939
Abstract:
The Rhode Island Manuscript Collection contains papers having to do with, or related to, the state of Rhode Island. This can include documents related to the governance of the state, and personal manuscripts owned or created by residents, businesses and organizations of Rhode Island.
Repository:
Providence Public Library, Special Collections
Collection call no:
MSS010
Inventory:
File Folder 1 Aldrich, David L
Hope Valley Manufacturing Company of Richmond, Rhode Island. Consists mainly of insurance forms from various insurance companies (including Aetna, Roger Williams Insurance Company and Phoenix Insurance Company) checks, and business-related correspondence. Labeled "Hope Valley Manu, Plainville Mill, material originally found with Mawry letters." 		circa 1867-1877
File Folder 6 Business invoices and checks
Invoices and checks to and from various companies and people (bulk from Rhode Island or to Rhode Islanders). Originally in folder labelled "Misc. Bills" 		circa 1854-1895
File Folder 30 Rhode Island Tool Company
Notes, correspondence, and ephemera including catalogs, business cards and price lists 		circa 1879-1888
 
Faunce (William Herbert Perry) papers
Formal title:
William Herbert Perry Faunce papers
Extent:
9.25 Linear feet
Date range:
1845-1968 (bulk 1890-1929)
Abstract:
The William Herbert Perry Faunce papers contain outgoing and incoming correspondence, writings, diaries, and reprints of publications. The writings include poems, sermons, speeches, and essays. The material is dated from 1845 to 1968.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
MS-1C-9
Inventory:
File Box 5 Folder S35 Doing business in great waters
Scope and Contents note East Jaffrey, NH, 1902 August 24; Watch Hill, RI, 1902 September 01; Montclair, NJ, 1902 September 07; Harvard University, 1902 November 16; Wellesley College, 1902 November 23; Princeton University, 1902 December 07; Providence--Central Congregational Church, 1903 February 01; Mount Hermon School, Northfield, MA, 1903 March 01; Phillips Academy, Andover, MA, 1903 May; Yale University, 1903 June 01; Lake Mohonk, NY, 1903 July; Providence--Union Congregational Church, 1904 April; Chautauqua, NY, 1904 July; Providence--Central Baptist Church, 1905 September 21
File Box 6 Folder II.A93 The human factor in business
Scope and Contents note Worcester, MA, 1914; Denver, CO--Chamber of Commerce, 1915 December; Lake Mohonk, NY, 1916 ; U. S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD, 1922 April; Philadelphia Bankers Association, 1926 January 14
File Box 12 Folder III.41 To Charles H. Howland
Scope and Contents note Suggests that his son, Standish, work in business for a few months as an antidote to his dilettantism 		1916 March 01
File Box V.1 The human factor in business
...and 9 other matches
Silver, (Rollo G.) papers
Formal title:
Rollo G. Silver papers
Extent:
12 Linear Feet
Date range:
1815-1986 (1923-1986)
Abstract:
Rollo G. Silver (1909–1989) was an American book collector and historian of American printing, typography, and publishing as created by White people in the European printing tradition. With his wife, Alice, he created a major collection of books and manuscripts relating to Walt Whitman. This collection contains his correspondence, research on publishers and typographers, specimens of type and a miniature toy printing press.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
MS.2013.001
Inventory:
File Box 4 Folder 23 Business Paper Publishing
 1961
 
Stewart-Steinberg (Suzanne) papers
Formal title:
Suzanne Stewart-Steinberg papers
Extent:
4 Linear feet
Date range:
1919-2018
Abstract:
This collection consists of the papers of Suzanne Stewart-Steinberg, Professor of Italian Studies and Comparative Literature at Brown University and Director of the Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women. The collection documents Stewart-Steinberg's professional life, research in poststructuralist Marxism, politics and culture in post-unification Italy, psychoanalytic theory, as well as correspondence, conference material, research journals, and a significant number of her writings. The collection is arranged into 7 series.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms.2012.022
Inventory:
File Box 1 Folder 4 Business cards and postcards
 n.d
 
Spicer (William Arnold, III) papers
Formal title:
William Arnold Spicer, III papers
Extent:
4.0 linear feet
Date range:
1901-2004 (bulk 1960-2004)
Abstract:
This small collection of materials consists of scattered correspondence; travel brochures, maps, and postcards; memorabilia; printed materials; photographs and photographic slides; ephemera; and various artifacts, including an antique stereoscope with accompanying glass slides. The sum total of this collection offers a glimpse into the social and intellectual life of William A. Spicer, III, a Brown University alumnus and administrator, world traveler, and expert in the care and restoration of clocks. The materials date from 1901 to 2004, with the bulk from the 1960s to 2004.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms.2012.023
Inventory:
File Box 1 Folder 1 Business cards and stationary
 n.d.
File Box 1 Folder 4 Correspondence - To William A. Spicer, Responses from Yankee Magazine article
Scope and Contents note Responses from article about Spicer and his clock repair business in Yankee Magazine (December 1980) 		1980-1981
File Box 1 Folder 22 Class of 1942
Scope and Contents note Incudes 1941 issue of Brownbrokers (Brown Univ.), with W.A. Spicer cited as assistant business manager (p. 10) 		1940-1993
 
Katharine Gibbs School records
Formal title:
Katharine Gibbs School records
Extent:
16 Linear Feet
Date range:
1900-2009 (1970-2009)
Abstract:
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms.2011.019
Inventory:
File Box 3 Business Communications : Written and spoken
Scope and Contents note 60 pages. Textbook. Copy 1 		1977
File Box 3 Katharine Gibbs Handbook of Business English
Scope and Contents note 275 pages. Library copy. Gibbs Montclair 		1982
File To Succeed In Business, Forget the Ladder
Scope and Contents note Promotional flyer for continuing education 		2000
File Box 5 Business Value of Culture
Scope and Contents note Framed 1 page article written by Katharine Gibbs 		1933
...and 12 other matches
Adams (George James) papers
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
Inventory:
Subseries Business and family correspondence
Arranged chronologically, then alphabetically
File Box 6 Folder 148 Large pay labor accounts/assorted business accounts
 1848-1852
 

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