| File | Box 3 Folder 1 |
Newspaper articles on Rhode Island lace business, sketch of rinse bath and warp truck by Ray, Constitution of the Amalgamated Lace, Operatives of America pamphlet, notes on lace trade, Lace Aristocrat of Textile Fabrics pamphlet, Ciba Review pamphlet, Project Levers Lace document for Governor Chafee, original photograph of Ray and Chafee at Leavers Lace Ceremony, the American Lace Worker Pamphlets, RI magazine of Business Finance Industry article on Concordia manufacturing |
1949-2022 |
| File | Box 32 Folder 11 |
Vagabond 30 - Partial manuscript for issue 30 Scope and Contents note Frozen; There is a paucity ...; what is poetry doing...; So you would know...; Garden Work; Substitute; The day the war ended; The first time I played baseball; Hornets; Heat; This business of growing ...; Our Friend Jane; The Hare Krishna Days; We have Not Yet Sold out to the Metric System; A couple of fatsoes; I have this way; I finally read Saroyan; The hermit across the alley has...; Months; Dancing in the kitchen to Zorba the Greek when the music goes off; The Wheelbarrow Lady; Postage Due; Concentration; Bloopers; New Systems; Knowing About Things |
| Series | Box 1, 2, 3X |
Financial papers and correspondence Scope and Contents note This is by far the largest series in Harold Brown’s papers. Most of it consists of additional material found in a wooden box labeled 1839-40 at the John Nicolas Brown Center. Nine bundles of tightly folder papers labeled “Letters” (now Subseries I. Personal investments), “Bills Paid” (now Subseries J. Miscellaneous bills paid) and “St. Columba’s Chapel" (Subseries C) have been integrated into this series. The bundle labeled “Vouchers for Debts” is now in Series 5. Estate of Harold Brown, Subseries B. While most of this material is related to business affairs, it also includes correspondence concerning various personal matters such as club memberships and charitable contributions |
1884-1899 |
| Subseries | Box 2 |
Subseries B. Vouchers for debts Scope and Contents note This subseries consists of bill receipts and letters numbered 1 through 84. Numbers 18, 25 and 73 are missing. Two are numbered 24 and two are numbered 74. The bills were paid by Harold’s estate after his death on May 10, 1900. The material in this subseries is similar to that in Subseries I and J of Series 3. It contains both personal and business correspondence. One example is the letter Harold wrote to Rev. W.H.P. Faunce, President of Brown University, offering to contribute $25,000 to the endowment fund of 1900. Another letter, dated June 23, 1900, accompanied a bill from the firm of C. Asprey and Sons in London. It expressed “their sincere regret and sympathy with Mr. Harold Brown and his mother on account of the great loss they have sustained by the death of Mr. John Nicholas Brown." This letter arrived well after Harold's death in May of that year |
| File | Box 4 Tray 12 Item 113 |
Burlap bag containing pens, small manila envelope with playing cards, piece of textured Plexiglass, half of a playing card wrapped in thread, "Coffee Press" business cards, "?" pin and magnet, DVD info sans DVDs |
undated |