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Richard Brown Baker Family Papers (MSS 1117)

Rhode Island Historical Society

121 Hope Street
Providence, RI 02906
Tel: 401-273-8107
Fax: 401-751-7930
email: reference@rihs.org

Administrative Information

ABOUT THE COLLECTION  
Acquisition: This collection was bequeathed to the RIHS by Richard Brown Baker. The original diaries and other materials were bequeathed to the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University, New Haven, CT. The obituary for Richard Baker published on January 27, 2002 in the New York Times mentioned that copies of the diaries were coming to the RIHS.
Processing information: Genealogical manuscripts regarding the lineage of the Harvey Almy Baker and Marion North Brown families was transferred to the RIHS Printed Collection.
ABOUT THE FINDING AID  
Author: Finding aid prepared by Karen Eberhart.
Encoding: Finding aid encoded by Mark Chepkwony 2009 August 03
Descriptive rules: Finding aid based on Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)