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Trinity Church, Bristol, RI
Formal title:
Trinity Church, Bristol, RI
Extent:
4 boxes
Date range:
1955-1966
Abstract:
The records of Trinity Church relate to the history of the church in its final years.
Repository:
University of Rhode Island, University Archives and Special Collections
Collection call no:
Mss. Gr. 179
Inventory:
File Box 4 Folder 9 Trinity Church Service Register
 1957-1960
 
St. Michael's Church, Bristol
Formal title:
St. Michael's Church, Bristol
Extent:
146 boxes
Date range:
1718-1999
Abstract:
The records of St. Michael's Church consist of materials from 1718-1999, documenting the history of the church from its founding to the end of the twentieth century. The collection, which is divided into thirteen series, consists of administrative records, personal papers from rectors and church members, parish registers, photographss and multimedia, financial documents, church publications, and realia.
Repository:
University of Rhode Island, University Archives and Special Collections
Collection call no:
Mss. Gr. 185
Inventory:
File Box 2 Folder 40 Parshley, Anthony: Investigation of Conditions at RI State Prison Report
 1946
File Box 3 Folder 41 Parshley, Anthony: Investigation of Conditions at RI State Prison Testimony Vol.I
 1946
File Box 12 Folder 126 Quiet Day:Quiet Day for ECW of Diocese of RI
 1965 Mar 18, 1965 Mar 20
File Box 13 Folder 140 Veterans' Day:Veterans' Day:Talk to RI Veterans' Home
 1982 Nov 11
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Bristol Historical and Preservation Society Vertical Files
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
Inventory:
Series Subject Files
Includes approximately 400 individual files arranged under the following topics: African Americans in Bristol - see also Slavery Animals Art Autographs Banks Books, Journals and Memoirs Bridges and Canals Bristol, England Bristol, RI Bristol County Burnside Business, Bristol Cards Celebrations Celebrations - Fourth of July files are housed separately Cemeteries - All cemetery files are housed separately Census Children Churches Coal Mines Crime Custom House Daughters of the American Revolution East Providence, RI Elections Fires and Explosions Flags - New England Flag of 1930 Foodstuffs Franklin, Benjamin, and Bristol connection Fraternal Orders Gardens and Plants - See also Houses Genealogy Files - All files are housed separately, unless noted Gold Rush Guns, Shoulder Arms, Side Arms - See Weaponry Historic Preservation, Historical Societies Hotels Household Goods Houses and Farms Insurance Islands Landmarks Land Transfers Library Lighthouses Manufacturers Maps Medical Mills Military - See War Museums Music Native Americans Newspapers Newport, RI Organizations Painters and Illustrators Paintings Parks Plymouth Colony, Town of, Settlement of Poetry Police Portraits - See Painters, Painting Portsmouth, RI Poverty Presidents and Presidential Campaigns Prohibition and Temperance Providence, RI Radio Restaurants Rhode Island, State of Schools Sermons and Proceedings Ships, Sailing and Seamen Slavery - See also African-Americans in Bristol Stores and Pharmacies in Bristol RI Storms and Weather Swansea, MA Taxes, Local and Federal, Bristol Town Tax Lists Tiverton, RI Tools Transportation Travels Universities Utilities Verrazzano Veterans' Associations Wars Warehouses Warren, R.I. Weaponry Weathervanes Wharves, Harbor and Waterfront - Bristol Williams, Roger Women Yachts YMCA
 
Colt Family Papers
Formal title:
Colt Family Papers
Extent:
100.25 linear feet
Date range:
1793-1961
Abstract:
This extensive collection focuses on the life of Samuel Pomeroy Colt (1852-1921) who lived most of his life in Bristol, Rhode Island. Colt was an active lawyer, politician, businessman, and philanthropist. Of particular interest in the collection are the personal records of Colt and his family, Colt's financial and business records, and the records of his political life and legal practice. The collection also contains several photographs, maps, and blueprints. The study of this collection reveals much about the political, social, and economic history of late nineteenth and early twentieth century Rhode Island.
Repository:
Distinction Collections and University Archives
Collection call no:
Mss. Gr. 78
Inventory:
File Box 158 Folder 92 Bristol, RI: House
 undated
Subseries Bristol, RI
 
John H. Chafee Gubernatorial Papers
Formal title:
John H. Chafee Gubernatorial Papers
Extent:
181.5 box(es)
Date range:
1962-1969
Abstract:
The collections contains the papers of John Hubbard Chafee while he was Governor of Rhode Island.
Repository:
University Archives and Special Collections
Collection call no:
Ms. 114.1
Inventory:
File Box 27 Folder 339 Bristol, RI
 1967-68
 
Denison (Frederic) Collection of Baptist Biographies
Formal title:
Frederic Denison Collection of Baptist Biographies
Extent:
1 clamshell box (80 items)
Date range:
1880-1883
Abstract:
The Frederic Denison Collection of Baptist Biographies consist of letters, manuscripts, and printed matter that contain biographical information about individual Baptists in Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms.Denison
Inventory:
Subseries Bristol, RI, First Baptist Church
Item Box 1 Bristol, RI First Baptist Church to Denison, Frederic
Scope and Contents note Biography of Addie F. Crocker 		1881 September 15
 
John H. Chafee Senatorial Papers, Providence Office
Formal title:
John H. Chafee Senatorial Papers, Providence Office
Extent:
155 box(es)
Date range:
1972-2000 (bulk 1976-1999)
Abstract:
The Providence Office papers document the activities of the Chafee Administration during the time he was Senator from Rhode Island, 1976-1999. Subjects include issues regarding the environment, budget, health care, foreign policy, defense, trade, and taxes. Records include memoranda, correspondence, speeches, reports, legislative materials, notes, photographs, electronic and printed matter.
Repository:
University Archives and Special Collections
Collection call no:
Msg 115.1
Inventory:
File Box 7 Folder 71 Mill Pond Restoration Bristol, RI
 1999
 
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
Case family photographs
Formal title:
Case family photographs
Extent:
12 items
Date range:
ca. 1890-1959
Abstract:
Photographs of people and properties from the Case family of Rhode Island and Scotland.
Repository:
The Preservation Society of Newport County
Collection call no:
PSNCA.H.032
Inventory:
Item Photograph of a large colonial house in Bristol, RI
 circa 1890
 
Manuscript Items
Formal title:
Manuscript Items
Extent:
38.5 linear feet (36 archival boxes, 7 half archival boxes, 14 oversize boxes, 6 oversize folders)
Date range:
1783-2013 and undated
Abstract:
This collection consists of single manuscripts items from past NWC presidents, faculty, and staff, as well as other other naval officers and military service members from Rhode Island and the surrounding area. These items include correspondence, journals, reports, certificates, commissions, scrapbooks, and other ephemera that relate to the history of the U.S. Naval War College, the history of navies in the Narragansett Bay region, and the history of naval warfare and strategy.
Repository:
Naval War College (U.S.). Naval Historical Collection
Collection call no:
MSC-364
Inventory:
File Box 16 Folder 24 Rhode Island Naval Battalion, Bristol, RI letter (MSI 296)
Letter copy book of the RINB, 1904-1906 containing information on the conduct of business of the battalion, including assignments, drills, transfers, enlistment, resignations, discharges, medals and drill reports 		1904-1906
File Box 17 Folder 30-31 Torpedo boats, Bristol, RI article (MSI 329)
Typescript copy of "The Torpedo Boats of Bristol, RI.," by Richard V. Simpson, 1993.This article treats the history of the torpedo boats built by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company for the U.S. Navy, ca.1877-1900. Contents include information on boat types, including the steel torpedo boats, the war with Spain and torpedo boats during that war. Appendices include information on torpedo boat practice in Narragansett Bay, speed records of U.S. torpedo boats, Herreshoff's other Navy boats, Rhode Island and the war with Spain 		1993
 

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