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Formal title:: Sarah Helen Whitman papers
Extent:: 4.5 linear ft. (5 legal size clamshell boxes)
Date range:: 1816-1878
Abstract:: Sarah Helen (Power) Whitman (1803-1878) was a Rhode Island poet and essayist best known for her brief engagement to Edgar Allan Poe in 1848. Whitman hosted a salon in Providence that attracted many (including George William Curtis, John Neal, and John Hay) and corresponded with a number of literary luminaries. While living in Boston, Whitman became interested in Transcendentalism and other movements of the period, including woman's rights, spiritualism, mesmerism, Fourierism, and the progressive educational methods of Bronson Alcott. The papers include correspondence, poetry, genealogical information, and legal documents.
Repository:: Brown University Library
Collection call no:: Ms. 79.11

Formal title:: Theodore Francis Green papers
Extent:: 88.5 Linear feet
Date range:: 1821-1961 (bulk 1900-1961)
Abstract:: The Theodore Francis Green papers is a significant collection of correspondence, reports, speeches, financial and legal records, notes and newspaper clippings that relate to the life and career of the Rhode Island governor and United States Senator, as well as to his father, lawyer Arnold Green. The material dates from 1821 through 1961, with the bulk from 1900 through 1961.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: MS.2012.026

Held (Virginia) papers

Formal title:: Virginia Held papers
Extent:: 10.25 Linear Feet
Date range:: 1950-2020
Abstract:: This collection consists of the personal and professional papers of Virginia Held, scholar of the ethics of care and Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the City University of New York Graduate School. The collection dates from 1950 to 2020 and includes correspondence, meeting materials, conference materials, draft writings, and handwritten notes documenting Held's academic career and research interests of social and political philosophy, ethics, feminist philosophy, group responsibility, and terrorism.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.2015.012

Formal title:: Community Organizer Genealogy Project oral history interviews
Extent:: 1 linear_foot
Date range:: 2007-2011
Abstract:: The Community Organizer Genealogy Project was a special project of Center for Community Change to document the development of community organizing, the development of individual organizers and the connections among organizers, organizations and networks. They conducted oral history interviews with 100 individuals and collected biographical data on community organizers throughout the United States from 2008-2010.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: MS.2015.016

Bal (Mieke) papers

Formal title:: Mieke Bal papers
Extent:: 16.25 Linear feet
Date range:: 1957-2011
Abstract:: Papers of the cultural theorist, critic, and video artist, Mieke Bal. Items include correspondence, conference material, teaching material, artworks and related material, published writings, research, and electronic records.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.2016.014

Nichols (Charles) Files

Formal title:: Charles H. Nichols Files
Extent:: 12 linear feet
Date range:: 1951-2000 (bulk 1965-1988)
Abstract:: The Charles H. Nichols Files includes general files, class notes from Brown and Berlin, author's notes, documents regarding the African-American Studies program, manuscripts, and corresponce from 1951 to 2000, with most dated from 1965 to 1988.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Of-1UF-N1

Moore (Robin) papers

Formal title:: Robin Moore papers
Extent:: 23 Linear Feet
Date range:: 1916-2009 (1960-2009)
Abstract:: These are the personal papers and manuscripts of American writer Robert Lowell "Robin" Moore, Jr. best known for his books
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: MS.2011.046

Formal title:: Brown University World War I correspondence
Extent:: 1.2 Linear feet
Date range:: 1917-1919
Abstract:: Letters from Brown University alumni and students in the armed services, written to persons at the University including President William H. P. Faunce, Assistant to the President, Thomas B. Appleget, Professor James Quayle Dealey, and Dean Otis E. Randall.
Repository:: University Archives
Collection call no:: MS.1E.3

Formal title:: American Association of People with Disabilities records
Extent:: 7 Linear Feet
Date range:: (bulk 2002-2010) 1993-2014 (2002-2010)
Abstract:: This collection, ranging from 1993 to 2014, consists of an array of materials, including correspondence, scattered administrative materials, legal documentation, audio-visual cassettes, computer files, ephemera, and a few artifacts, all of which were issued by or are associated with the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD), the largest cross-disability membership organization in the United States. AAPD was founded in 1995 by five leaders from the diasability community, Justin Sylvia Walker, Paul Hearne, John D. Kemp, and I. King Jordan, all of whom were instrumental in advocating, drafting and passing the landmark civil rights law, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990. The bulk of the materials gathered here represent AAPD's continuing advocacy for the equal rights of the disability community, and are mainly associated with James C. Dickson, a prominent leader in the disability community, who was Vice President for Governmental Affairs of the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD), and a Brown University graduate (class of 1968).
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: MS.2014.020

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