Guide to the Newport ephemera collection, 1776-2003

(bulk 1941-2003)


Redwood Library and Athenaeum
50 Bellevue Avenue
Newport, RI 02840
Tel: (401) 847-0292
Fax: (401) 841-5680
email: redwood@redwoodlibrary.org

Published in 2014

Collection Overview

Title: Newport ephemera collection
Date range: 1776-2003, (bulk 1941-2003)
Creator: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Extent: 6.26 linear feet (15 document cases)
Abstract: The Newport ephemera collection, created and maintained by the Redwood Library and Athenaeum for reference purposes, consists of printed ephemera such as annual reports, brochures, bylaws, pamphlets, postcards, and programs documenting the people, society, historic homes and buildings, maritime activities, civic organizations, public celebrations, sporting events, commerce, art, and history of Newport, R.I.
Language of materials: English
Repository: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection number: RLC.Ms.028

Scope & content

The Newport ephemera collection, created and maintained by the Redwood Library and Athenaeum for reference purposes, consists of materials that were created by or about the people, events and organizations in Newport for specific, limited purposes and were often meant to be discarded unless kept as a souvenir. Some ephemera provides detailed written information, others none, but each has evidential value. Material in the ephemera collection includes flyers, handouts, programs, menus, invitations, promotional literature, post cards, pamphlets, brochures, guides, calendars, newsletters, official reports, commemorative envelopes, cards, maps, directories, catalogues, and posters. This collection has been organized into eleven series, which emphasize various aspects of Newport’s history, society, and culture. General topics concerning Rhode Island history and historic buildings are also included and are found within Series 5.

Access Points

Subject Names Subject Organizations Subject Topics Geographical Names Subject Topics Document Types

Arrangement

This collection is arranged into the following series:

  • Series 1: Newport artists, artisans, authors and people of note
  • Series 2: Newport social life
  • Series 3: Newport historic homes
  • Series 4: Newport buildings, monuments, sites
  • Series 5: Rhode Island buildings, homes, sites, history
  • Series 6: Maritime resources
  • Series 7: Civic organizations, music festivals, public celebrations, sports tournaments
  • Series 8: Newport commerce, industries
  • Series 9: Art, decorative arts
  • Series 10: Military history
  • Series 11: Newport history


Access & Use

Access to the collection: Access is open to members and researchers at the Redwood Library and Athenaeum.
Use of the materials: This collection is owned by the Redwood Library and Athenaeum. Permission to publish materials must be obtained in writing from the Special Collections Librarian of the Redwood Library and Athenaeum.
Preferred citation: Newport ephemera collection, RLC.Ms.028, Redwood Library and Athenaeum.
Contact information: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
50 Bellevue Avenue
Newport, RI 02840
Tel: (401) 847-0292
Fax: (401) 841-5680
email: redwood@redwoodlibrary.org

Administrative Information

ABOUT THE COLLECTION  
Acquisition: Most of the items in this collection were originally found within the Newport vertical file collection, RLC.Ms.035, which had been gathered by the Redwood Library over a period of many years making their provenance unknown.
Accruals: Accruals are expected.
Processing information: This collection was processed by volunteer Rob Ostrander in 2013, who separated all ephemera from the Newport vertical file collection, RLC.Ms.035 to form this new collection. Series arrangement and box numbers used here are the similar to the Newport vertical file to facilitate browsing by patrons. Each box in this collection has its own record in the Library’s online catalog and the barcodes for such can sometimes be found on the inside cover of the box.
ABOUT THE FINDING AID  
Author: Finding aid prepared by Rob Ostrander.
Encoding: Finding aid encoded by Elizabeth Delmage 2014 March 17
Descriptive rules: Finding aid based on Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)

Additional Information

Related material: Newport vertical file, RLC.Ms.035, Redwood Library and Athenaeum

Inventory

Series 1. Newport artists, artisans, authors and people of note

Container Description Date
Box 1 Bellows, George
Box 1 Berkeley, George (Bishop)
Box 1 Boguslav, Raphael
Box 1 Brenton family
Box 1 Carpenter, Ralph
Box 1 Cheek, Richard
Box 1 Corné, M. Felice
Box 1 Ebbitt family
Box 1 Elliott, Maud Howe
Box 1 Flagg, Ebenezer
Box 1 Fleischer, Nathan [politician]
Box 1 Grosvenor, Richard
Box 1 Harrison, Peter [architect]
Box 1 Hazard, Rowland
Box 1 Howe, Julia Ward
Box 1 Kennedy, John F.
Box 1 Lewis, Ida
Box 1 Martino, Carolyn
Box 1 Moore, Clement Clarke
Box 1 Harrison, S. Morris [artist]
Box 1 Pell, Claiborne
Box 1 Pickens, Jane
Box 1 Price, Edith Ballinger
Box 1 Sims (Rear Admiral)
Box 1 Stevens, Isaac Ingalls
Box 1 William Trost Richards, painter
Box 1 Wilson, Andrew Chalmers

Series 2. Newport social life

Container Description Date
Box 2 Brown, John Carter
Box 2 Camoys, Lady Mildred
Box 2 Connecticut Visitors Summer, 19th century
Box 2 Dick, Charles Mathews
Box 2 Diman, John Byron
Box 2 Maxim Karolik - Martha Codman
Box 2 Slocum, Eileen
Box 2 Van Alen, Candace

Series 3. Newport historic homes

Container Description Date
Box 3 Astor's Beechwood
Box 3 Belcourt Castle
Box 3 Breakers
Box 3 Chinese Tea House
Box 3 The Elms
Box 3 Fairholme
Box 3 Hammersmith Farm
Box 3 Hunter House
Box 3 La Verriere
Box 3 Malbone
Box 3 Marble House
Box 3 Maudsley House aka Watson Homestead, Gardner House, Pittman House
Box 3 Clement C. Moore House
Box 3 Neighborhoods of Newport house tour
Box 3 Ochre Court
Box 3 The Orchard
Box 3 Preservation organizations
Box 3 "Random Notes on Some Newport Streets and Estates," 1947
Box 3 Richardson House
Box 3 Ridgemere Carriage House
Box 3 Sulthorne
Box 3 Vernon House
Box 3 Wanton-Lyman-Hazard House
Box 3 Whitehall (residence of Bishop Berkeley)
Box 3 Wildacre

Series 4. Newport buildings, monuments, sites

Container Description Date
Box 4 Bellevue Avenue
Box 4 Breton State Park
Box 4 Brick Market
Box 4 Channing Memorial Church
Box 4 Christie's Restaurant
Box 4 Churches - Newport County
Box 4 Colonial buildings of historic interest
Box 4 Colony House
Box 4 Easton Beach
Box 4 Emmanuel Church - Spring Street
Box 4 Fire Stations
Box 4 First Baptist John Clarke Memorial Church
Box 4 Fort Adams State Park
Box 4 Garden Tour / Newport Estates
Box 4 Goat Island
Box 4 Great Friends Meeting House (Quaker Meeting House)
Box 4 Island Cemetery
Box 4 Jane Pickens Theatre
Box 4 King House
Box 4 Lover's Walk (RI Ave)
Box 4 Miscellaneous images - Historic buildings in a series
Box 4 Mt. Hope Bridge
Box 4 Newport Casino Theatre
Box 4 Newport Country Club aka Newport Golf Club
Box 4 Newport National Bank
Box 4 Newport Views
Box 4 Newport Guides/Maps
Box 4 The Newport Store
Box 4A Old Stone Mill
Box 4A Preservation Society of Newport
Box 4A The Reading Room
Box 4A Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Box 4A Rogers High School
Box 4A Rose Island Lighthouse
Box 4A Salve Regina University
Box 4A Savings Bank of Newport
Box 4A St. George's School
Box 4A St. Joseph/"Barney Street" Cemetery
Box 4A St. Michael's Country Day School
Box 4A St. Paul's
Box 4A Seamen's Church Institute
Box 4A Spouting Rock Beach Association
Box 4A Stewart's Dry Goods - 260 Thames St.
Box 4A Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Zion Church
Box 4A Touro Park
Box 4A Touro Synagogue
Box 4A Trinity Church
Box 4A United Baptist Church
Box 4A Vanderbilt Hall (former YMCA)
Box 4A Waites Wharf
Box 4A White Horse Tavern
Box 4A YMCA - USO of Newport - African American Servicemen

Series 5. Rhode Island buildings, homes, sites, history

Container Description Date
Box 5 (Barrington) book collector: Maddock, Phillip
Box 5 (Block Island) Old Rhode Island
Box 5 (Jamestown) The Jamestown Museum
Box 5 (Little Compton) St. Andrew's by the Sea
Box 5 (Middletown) Middletown Historical Society
Box 5 (Middletown) Norman Bird Sanctuary
Box 5 (Middletown) Purgatory Chasm
Box 5 (Middletown) St. George's
Box 5 (Middletown) Stonybrook
Box 5 (Middletown) United Congregational Church
Box 5 (Middletown) Whitehall, Bishop Bekeley
Box 5 (Portsmouth) Butt's Hill Fort
Box 5 (Portsmouth) Green Animals
Box 5 (Portsmouth) Redwood Country Estate
Box 5 (Portsmouth) St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Box 5 (Portsmouth) telephone directory
Box 5 (Portsmouth) Vaucluse Farm
Box 5 (Providence) R.I. State House
Box 5 (Rhode Island) Freemasonry
Box 5 (Rhode Island) Rhode Island Picture Book, 1955
Box 5 (Rhode Island) George Washington's Travels in R.I.
Box 5 (Rhode Island) R.I. Yearbook 1964-1965
Box 5 (Wickford) St. Paul's Church
Box 5 (Wickford) Smith Castle

Series 6. Maritime resources

Container Description Date
Box 6 America II (US-42)
Box 6 Armchair Sailor Bookstore
Box 6 Fall River Line
Box 6 J Boats, The Legendary Js
Box 6 Narragansett Bay, maritime history
Box 6 Newport/Bermuda races
Box 6 New York Yacht Club
Box 6 Port Book/Newport/Narragansett Bay
Box 6 Rhode Island Resource Protection Project
Box 6 USS Harry E. Yarnell
Box 6 Vagrant, Harold S. Vanderbilt, world's largest steel motor sailer yacht

Series 7. Civic organizations, music festivals, public celebrations, sports tournaments

Container Description Date
Box 7 America's Cup (1937)
Box 7 America's Cup (1958)
Box 7 America's Cup (1962)
Box 7 America's Cup (1964)
Box 7 America's Cup (1967)
Box 7 America's Cup (1970)
Box 7 America's Cup (1974)
Box 7 America's Cup (1977)
Box 7 America's Cup (1980)
Box 7A America's Cup (1983) [2 folders]
Box 7A America's Cup (1986)
Box 7A America's Cup (1986) Louis Vuitton Challenger Races
Box 7A America's Cup (2001)
Box 7A America's Cup (2003)
Box 7A America's Cup, history
Box 7A America's Cup, Mini-America's Cup
Box 7A Acquidneck Island Land Trust
Box 7A Bicentennial
Box 7A Black Ships Festival
Box 7A The John Clarke Society
Box 7A Coaching
Box 7A Community service awards
Box 7A Current Topics Club (1907-1908)
Box 7A Derby Week
Box 7A Elks
Box 7A Flickers
Box 7A Friends of the Waterfront
Box 7B Gay 90s themed events and organizations
Box 7B Gambling
Box 7B Home for Friendless Children of the city of Newport
Box 7B Independence Day Ball 1976
Box 7B Knights of Columbus
Box 7B Kolah Grotto
Box 7B Maritime Arts Festival
Box 7B National Police Parade
Box 7B National Stamp Collecting Month - Newport's observation
Box 7B National Trust for Historic Preservation
Box 7B Newport Casino/Tennis Hall of Fame tournaments
Box 7B Newport Civic Music Association
Box 7B Newport Cultural Foundation
Box 7B Newport Folk Festival (1963)
Box 7B Newport Folk Festival (1967)
Box 7B Newport Historical Society
Box 7B Newport International Film Festival
Box 7B Newport-Jamestown Fishing Contest
Box 7B Newport Jazz Festival (1954, 1971, 1989, 1999)
Box 7B Newport Jazz Festival (1961)
Box 7B Newport Jazz Festival (1979)
Box 7B Newport Motor Car Festival
Box 7B The Newport Music Festival
Box 7B Newport Music Festival Inc., Carnival of Music (1958)
Box 7C Newport Restoration Foundation (Doris Duke)
Box 7C Newport Royal Arch Chapter
Box 7C Newport Sanitary Protection Association
Box 7C Newport Tercentenary
Box 7C Newport Tree Society
Box 7C Newportant Foundation
Box 7C Old Port Association
Box 7C Opera Festival
Box 7C Point Association
Box 7C Preservation Society of Newport
Box 7C Preservation Society of Newport County, Tiffany Ball
Box 7C Rhode Island Marine Archaeology Project
Box 7C St. John's Lodge
Box 7C Salvation Army
Box 7C Sports/Tournament (golf, tennis, jai alai, etc.)
Box 7C Tall Ships - 1982
Box 7C Taste of Newport
Box 7C Tennis Hall of Fame
Box 7C Theatre
Box 7C Turtle Frolic of 1752
Box 7C Washington-Rochambeau celebration, 1955
Box 7C World War II relief organizations
Box 7C Yachting

Series 8. Newport commerce, industries

Container Description Date
Box 8 Aquidneck Island Planning Commission
Box 8 Galvin's Gardens
Box 8 Newport banks
Box 8 Newport County Chamber of Commerce
Box 8 Newport Creamery
Box 8 Newport Gas Light Company
Box 8 Tourism: historic sites and attractions
Box 8 Tourism: maps, brochures, magazines [2 folders]
Box 8 Washburn's Bindery and Old-Book Shop

Series 9. Art, decorative arts

Container Description Date
Box 9 Anne S. K. Brown Collection "Our Militia 1765-1865"
Box 9 Art Association exhibits
Box 9 Art in Newport, general articles
Box 9 Crone's Nest: Wisdom of the Elderwoman
Box 9 Film, movies, television and theatre
Box 9 Harper's 5ive
Box 9 Harrison S. Morris Memorial Exhibition
Box 9 Newport Art Museum
Box 9 Newport Cultural Commission
Box 9 Third and Elm Press
Box 9 Tourist Trap Fanzine
Box 9 Townsend Furniture

Series 10. Military history

Container Description Date
Box 10 Civil War casualties, Newport
Box 10 The March of Rochambeau
Box 10 Naval flags
Box 10 Naval War College in Newport
Box 10 Naval War College
Box 10 Naval War College Museum
Box 10 Navy, Perry Centennial Committee
Box 10 Newport Artillery Company
Box 10 Reenactments
Box 10 Rochambeau, Maréchal de
Box 10 United States Atlantic Fleet
Box 10 USS Chafee
Box 10 USS Constitution

Series 11. Newport history

Container Description Date
Box 11 African Americans in Newport
Box 11 American Field Service
Box 11 Gilded Age
Box 11 Hurricane of 1938
Box 11 Newport's 350th birthday commemoration calendar
Box 11 Newport Irish history
Box 11 Religious movements
Box 11 Rhode Island Independence Commemorative at Newport
Box 11 Town and Country 1963