Guide to the James N. Arnold Collection, circa 1860-1935
Providence Public Library Special Collections, Rhode Island Collection
150 Empire Street
Providence, RI 02903
Tel: 401-455-8021
Fax: 401-455-8065
email: ricoll@provlib.org
Published in 2016
Collection Overview
| Title: |
James N. Arnold Collection |
| Date range: |
circa 1860-1935 |
| Creator: |
Arnold, James N. (James Newell), 1844-1927 |
| Extent: |
24.8 linear feet; 29 boxes, 1 oversized folder and 2 card catalogs
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| Abstract: |
This collection consists of material compiled and written by James N. Arnold, between 1860-1927 and of typescripts by volunteers continuing his work until 1935. This collection contains numerous research topics and writings related to the history of Rhode Island. |
| Language of materials: |
English |
| Repository: |
Providence Public Library Special Collections, Rhode Island Collection
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| Collection number: |
MSS033 |
Scope & content
This collection consists of material compiled and written by James N. Arnold, between 1860-1927 and of typescripts by volunteers continuing his work until 1935. This collection contains numerous research topics and writings related to the history of Rhode Island.
It includes personal records of James N. Arnold such as Arnold family genealogy records and correspondence, James Arnold’s personal writings, weather journals and photographs. Business records include material related to printing and sales of his publications. Research materials include transcriptions of cemetery records, vital records, and probates from Rhode Island towns and cities, topics related to the history of Rhode Island during the colonial period, Revolutionary War, and Civil War. Specific topics include the Narragansett Indians, numerous family genealogies and histories, town histories, deeds and probate records, military records, numerous essays on various subjects. The collection also includes cemetery and vital records from parts of Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut and New York. There are also two card indexes that relate to numerous material throughout Arnold’s collection.
Upon his death in 1927, Arnold bequeathed his library and research materials to the Elmwood Public Library in Providence, Rhode Island (now the Knight Memorial Library). The original bequest included 1500 genealogical works, 2500 bound volumes and over 10,000 pamphlets in addition to his research and manuscript materials and glass plate negatives. The library of published items (genealogical works, bound volumes and pamphlets) was not maintained as a discrete collection. The glass plate negatives were transferred to the Providence Public Library sometime in the 2000s and are organized into VM 014, James N. Arnold Glass Plate Negative Collection.
During processing of this collection, a handwritten transcript copy of “Land Evidence Book, 1648-1696” was discarded due to poor condition since the original work is available in many published copies.
Access Points
Subject Topics
Subject Topics
Document Types
Arrangement
This collection is arranged into the following series:
- Series 1. Personal Records and Research
- 1.1 Arnold family genealogy
- 1.2 Personal papers
- Series 2. Business Records
- Series 3. Tombstone records
- Series 4. Genealogical research
- 4.1 Binders
- 4.2 Notebooks
- 4.3 Compiled materials and charts
- 4.4 Vital records
- Series 5. Research materials
- Series 6. Compositions
- 6.1 Fiction
- 6.2 Poetry
- 6.3 Monographs
- 6.4 Essays
- 6.5 Articles
- 6.6 Indexes
- Series 7. Card catalog indexes
Biographical note
James Newell Arnold (1844-1927) was a writer, editor, historian and genealogist specializing in Rhode Island history. Arnold was born on August 3, 1844 near the village of Knightsville in Cranston, Rhode Island to Captain James Lincoln Arnold, a farmer, and Amey Underwood. Arnold was a descendent of Thomas Arnold who joined Roger Williams in Providence in 1636, and of Benedict Arnold, Rhode Island colony’s first governor. Sometime in his childhood, Arnold contracted an ailment that led him to the use of crutches for mobility throughout his life. In 1868, James Arnold moved the family to a farm in North Kingstown, Rhode Island. Following this move, Arnold began his project to inventory historic burial grounds and to document the history of old Narragansett families.
Arnold’s professional work as a historian and writer began in earnest in the 1880s. Arnold traveled throughout Rhode Island collecting and transcribing local church records, pension rolls, burial records and town papers. He edited and published The Narragansett Historical Register, an 8 volume set on the history of southern Rhode Island, from 1882-1891. During that time, he moved to Providence in 1884 and worked as the assistant to historian Edward B. Hitchcock. From 1891-1912, he compiled and published his seminal work, Vital Records of Rhode Island, the first comprehensive set of vital records for the state covering 1636-1850 in 21 volumes.
In addition to his work on Rhode Island history, Arnold researched his Arnold family genealogy extensively, located and transcribed Revolutionary War newspapers, researched the Narragansett Indian tribe, and wrote numerous newspaper articles. Arnold died at Dexter Asylum on September 27, 1927 and was buried in a family plot in South Kingstown. After his death in 1927, a group of volunteers continued transcribing his records and continuing his cemetery inventory project until 1935.
Access & Use
| Access to the collection: |
There are no restrictions on access. This collection is open under the rules and regulations of the Providence Public Library Special Collections, Rhode Island Collection department. |
| Use of the materials: |
Copyright has been assigned to Providence Public Library. Researchers are requested to cite the collection name and the Providence Public Library in all bibliographic references. |
| Preferred citation: |
[item number], [item title], MSS 033, James N. Arnold Collection, Rhode Island Collection, Providence Public Library.
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| Contact information: |
Providence Public Library Special Collections, Rhode Island Collection
150 Empire Street
Providence, RI 02903
Tel: 401-455-8021
Fax: 401-455-8065
email: ricoll@provlib.org
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Administrative Information
| ABOUT THE COLLECTION |
| Acquisition: |
The Arnold collection was transferred from Knight Memorial Library in November 2015.
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| Custodial history: |
James N. Arnold bequeathed his library and archival collection to the Elmwood Public Library Association, later named Knight Memorial Library, upon his death in 1927. During the years when Knight Memorial Library was a branch library of the Providence Public Library, the Arnold library of published materials was broken up and distributed amongst the library system. In 2015, the Knight Memorial Library gifted his archival materials to the Providence Public Library. |
| Accruals: |
No accruals are expected or accruals are expected. |
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| ABOUT THE FINDING AID |
| Author: |
Finding aid prepared by Britni C. Gorman and Kate Wells, 2016 June-November. |
| Encoding: |
Finding aid encoded by Stacie M. Parillo,
2016 November 16. |
| Descriptive rules: |
Finding aid based on Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS) |
Additional Information
| Related material: |
See also VM 014 - James N. Arnold Glass Plate Negative Collection |
Inventory
Series 1. Personal Records and Research
Materials are organized into two sub-series including research materials related to James N. Arnold’s interest in Arnold family genealogy as well as personal correspondence, photographs and records.
Subseries 1.1. Arnold family genealogy research
Materials contain James Newell Arnold’s personal research into the history of the Arnold family. Included are transcriptions of probate, vital records, newspaper clippings, military records, short family histories, and correspondence regarding the Arnold family. No original order was established for Arnold genealogy records so materials have been organized by type and content. Correspondence is in chronological order by year.
| Box 1, Folder 1 |
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Essays about Arnold family history
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undated |
| Box 1, Folder 2 |
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Genealogical charts
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undated |
| Box 1, Folder 3-4 |
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Wills and probate transcriptions
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1667-1836 |
| Box 1, Folder 5-16 |
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Arnold family groups, research notes
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undated |
| Box 2, Folder 17 |
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Arnolds in Connecticut towns
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undated |
| Box 2, Folder 18 |
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Arnolds in NH, VT, MA and RI towns
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undated |
| Box 2, Folder 19 |
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Arnolds in military service, 1663-1849
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undated |
| Box 2, Folder 19 |
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Arnolds in military service, 1663-1849
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undated |
| Box 2, Folder 20 |
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Arnolds in military service, French and Indian War, and Revolution
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undated |
| Box 2, Folder 21 |
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Arnolds in military service, Civil War
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undated |
| Box 2, Folder 22-30 |
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Research notes
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undated |
| Box 2, Folder 31 |
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Miscellaneous records, copies
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1874-1901 |
| Box 2, Folder 32 |
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Miscellaneous records, transcriptions
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undated |
| Box 2, Folder 33 |
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Clippings
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1901-1922 |
| Box 3, Folder 34 |
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"The Arnolds of Rhode Island - from records of Welcome Arnold Greene of Providence", transcription
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1890 |
| Box 3, Folder 35 |
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"The Arnolds of Rhode Island - from records of Welcome Arnold Greene of Providence", typescript
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1890 |
| Box 3, Folder 36 |
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Transcription of Pearce Arnold's Bible Record
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undated |
| Box 3, Folder 37 |
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R.I. Biographical Encyclopedia, transcriptions of Arnold entries
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undated |
| Box 3, Folder 38 |
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"Descendants of Thomas Arnold", compiled by Elisha Stephen Arnold, assisted by James N. Arnold. - typescript copy
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undated |
| Box 3, Folder 39 |
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"Early records of the Arnold Family" by Edwin Hubbard, transcription and typescript
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undated |
| Box 3, Folder 40-41 |
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Compiled research, typescript
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undated |
| Box 3, Folder 41a |
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Compiled research, typescript
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undated |
| Box 3, Folder 42 |
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Correspondence
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1883-1889 |
| Box 3, Folder 43 |
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Correspondence
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1890-1892 |
| Box 3, Folder 44 |
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Correspondence
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1893-1895 |
| Box 3, Folder 45 |
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Correspondence
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1896-1899 |
| Box 3, Folder 46 |
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Correspondence
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1900-1904 |
| Box 3, Folder 47 |
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Correspondence
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1905-1909 |
| Box 3, Folder 48 |
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Correspondence
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1910-1926 |
| Box 3, Folder 49 |
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Correspondence
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undated |
| Box 4, Folder 49a |
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Correspondence of Joseph C. W. Cole regarding descendants of William Colwell and Lucia Arnold
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undated |
| Box 3, Folder 50 |
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Welsh history and pedigree research materials
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undated |
| Box 3, Volume |
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“A History of Wales” by Jane Williams, heavily annotated by James Oliver Arnold and James Newell Arnold
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after 1869 |
Subseries 1.2. James Newell Arnold personal papers
Materials include personal records and correspondence of Arnold related to his family and the Arnold family farm as well as his personal and political concerns unrelated to his historical research.
| Folder 51-52 |
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folders not used
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| Box 3, Folder 53 |
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North Kingstown Justice of the Peace records
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1879-1885 |
| Box 3, Folder 54 |
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Estate planning, Probate and Death records
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1925-1927 |
| Box 3, Folder 55 |
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Personal correspondence
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1869-1927 |
| Box 3, Folder 56 |
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Political correspondence
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1897 and 1919 |
| Box 3, Folder 57 |
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Miscellaneous personal records
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1833-1920 |
| Box 3, Folder 58 |
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Photographs, Nantucket, Massachusetts
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1893 |
| Box 3, Folder 59 |
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Photographs, James N. Arnold
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1860-1927 |
| Box 3, Folder 60 |
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Photographs, miscellaneous portraits
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undated |
| Box 3, Folder 61 |
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Photographs, miscellaneous locations
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undated |
| Box 3, Folder 62 |
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Ephemera
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1882-1886 and undated |
| Box 5, Folder 63 |
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Photographs, oversized misc. portraits
Contents Note: *Note one photograph of John Arnold (b.1815) family in oversized folder 526, map drawer 40
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undated |
| Box 5, Volume |
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Clippings album
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undated |
| Box 4, Volume |
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Weather journals (22 volumes)
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1859-1929 |
| Box 4, Volume |
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Arnold Farm diary
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1870 |
| Box 4, Volume |
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Arnold Farm account ledge
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1870-1874 |
| Box 5, Volume |
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Clippings and account ledger
Contents Note: Clippings titled "Scraps Scientific and" are affixed to pages of an older business ledger. Legible content of ledger are dated 1849-1853 and reflect the business of a painter and paper hanger.
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1849-1853 |
Series 2. Business Records
Business records related to his historical publications including cash ledgers, lists of subscribers to publications, correspondence and type blocks used for publications.
| Box 6, Folder 64 |
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Advertisements
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1885-1901 |
| Box 6, Folder 65 |
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Letters of recommendation
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1889-1925 |
| Box 6, Folder 66 |
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Copyrights
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1882-1908 |
| Box 6, Folder 67 |
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Subscriptions
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1890-1918 |
| Box 6, Folder 68 |
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Subscriptions to "Visitation to the Burial Ground…"
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1926 |
| Box 6, Folder 69 |
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Miscellaneous records
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1903-1926 |
| Box 6, Volume |
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Cash account ledger
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[1882]-1891 |
| Box 6, Volume |
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Cash Account volume III
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1896-1908 |
| Box 6, Volume |
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Subscribers to volume 1
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undated |
| Box 6, Volume |
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Subscribers to volumes 3-6
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undated |
| Box 7, Volume |
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Publication type blocks
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undated |
Series 3. Tombstone Records
Includes notes regarding an inventory, done by Arnold in manuscript and later by volunteers in typescript, of tombstones and inscriptions across burial grounds and cemeteries across Rhode Island. Various New England cemeteries in Connecticut, New Hampshire, Maine and Massachusetts are included. The tombstone records are organized alphabetically by location according to their original order.
| Box 8, Folder 70 |
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Barrington, typescript
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1932,1937 |
| Box 8, Folder 71 |
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Block Island, typescript
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1929 |
| Box 8, Folder 72 |
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Bristol, typescript
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1900, 1929 |
| Box 8, Folder 73 |
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Burrillville, typescript
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undated |
| Box 8, Folder 74 |
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Burrillville, manuscript
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1891 |
| Box 8, Folder 75 |
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Charleston, typescript
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1882 |
| Box 8, Folder 76 |
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Connecticut, town unknown, typescript
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undated |
| Box 8, Folder 77 |
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Coventry, typescript pgs. 1-199
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undated |
| Box 8, Folder 78 |
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Coventry, typescript pgs. 200-462
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undated |
| Box 8, Folder 79 |
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Coventry, typescript pgs. 463-656
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undated |
| Box 8, Folder 80 |
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Coventry, typescript pgs. 657-886
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undated |
| Box 8, Folder 81 |
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Coventry, typescript pgs. 877-1035
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undated |
| Box 8, Folder 82 |
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Coventry, typescript pgs. 1036-1243
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undated |
| Box 8, Folder 83 |
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Coventry, typescript pgs. 1244-1452
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undated |
| Box 8, Folder 84 |
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Coventry, manuscript
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1893-1894 |
| Box 8, Folder 85 |
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Coventry, manuscript
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undated |
| Box 8, Folder 86 |
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Coventry, manuscript
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undated |
| Box 8, Folder 87 |
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Coventry, manuscript
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undated |
| Box 8, Folder 88 |
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Coventry, manuscript
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undated |
| Box 8, Folder 89 |
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Cranston, typescript (includes photograph)
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undated |
| Box 8, Folder 90 |
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Cranston, manuscript
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1910 |
| Box 26, Folder 90a |
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Cranston, miscellaneous cemeteries, mss
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undated |
| Box 8, Folder 91 |
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Cumberland, typescript
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1932 |
| Box 9, Folder 92 |
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East Greenwich, typescript
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undated |
| Box 9, Folder 93 |
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East Greenwich, manuscript
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1892 |
| Box 9, Folder 94 |
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East Greenwich, manuscript
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1892-1893 |
| Box 9, Folder 95 |
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East Providence/Little Neck Cemetery, typescript pgs. 1-150
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undated |
| Box 9, Folder 96 |
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East Providence/Little Neck Cemetery, typescript pgs. 151-300
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undated |
| Box 9, Folder 97 |
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East Providence/Little Neck Cemetery, typescript pgs. 301-450
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undated |
| Box 9, Folder 98 |
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East Providence/Little Neck Cemetery, typescript pgs. 451-615
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undated |
| Box 9, Folder 99 |
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East Providence, typescript pg. 1-103
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undated |
| Box 9, Folder 100 |
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East Providence, typescript pgs. 104-206
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undated |
| Box 9, Folder 101 |
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East Providence, typescript pgs. 207-309
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undated |
| Box 9, Folder 102 |
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East Providence Tombstone Records page 310-411
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undated |
| Box 9, Folder 103 |
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East Providence Tombstone Records page 412-513
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undated |
| Box 9, Folder 104 |
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East Providence Tombstone Records page 514-615
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undated |
| Box 9, Folder 105 |
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East Providence Tombstone Records page 616-674
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undated |
| Box 9, Folder 106 |
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East Providence, Part I, manuscript
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undated |
| Box 9, Folder 107 |
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East Providence, Part II, manuscript
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undated |
| Box 9, Folder 109 |
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East Providence, Part III, manuscript
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undated |
| Box 9, Folder 110 |
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East Providence, Part IV, manuscript
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undated |
| Box 10, Folder 111 |
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Exeter, typescript
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undated |
| Box 10, Folder 112 |
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Exeter, manuscript
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1893 |
| Box 10, Folder 113 |
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Foster, typescript
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undated |
| Box 10, Folder 114 |
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Foster, manuscript
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1891 |
| Box 10, Folder 115 |
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Foster and Scituate, manuscript
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undated |
| Box 10, Folder 116 |
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Glocester, typescript
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1904 |
| Box 10, Folder 117 |
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Glocester, manuscript
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undated |
| Box 10, Folder 118 |
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Hopkinton, typescript
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1930 |
| Box 10, Folder 119 |
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Johnston, typescript
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1910, 1927-1932 |
| Box 10, Folder 120 |
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Johnston, manuscript
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1910 |
| Box 26, Folder 120a |
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Johnston, miscellaneous cemeteries
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undated |
| Box 10, Folder 121 |
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Lincoln, typescript
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1891-1896 |
| Box 10, Folder 122 |
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Lincoln, manuscript
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1891-1896 |
| Box 10, Folder 123 |
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Little Compton, typescript
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1934 |
| Box 10, Folder 124 |
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Little Compton, manuscript
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1892 |
| Box 10, Folder 125 |
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Locust Grove Cemetery, Providence, typescript
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undated |
| Box 10, Folder 126 |
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Massachusetts (various towns), typescript
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undated |
| Box 10, Folder 127 |
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Middletown, typescript
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undated |
| Box 10, Folder 128 |
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Newport, typescript
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undated |
| Box 10, Folder 129 |
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Newport, manuscript
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undated |
| Box 10, Folder 130 |
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New York (various towns), typescript and clippings
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undated |
| Box 10, Folder 131 |
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North Burial Ground, Providence, typescript, A-E
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1880 |
| Box 10, Folder 132 |
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North Burial Ground, Providence, typescript, F-N
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1880 |
| Box 10, Folder 133 |
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North Burial Ground, Providence, typescript, O-Z
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1880 |
| Box 10, Folder 134 |
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North Kingstown, typescript pgs 1-100
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undated |
| Box 10, Folder 135 |
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North Kingstown, typescript pgs 101-207
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undated |
| Box 10, Folder 136 |
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North Kingstown, manuscript
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1881-1882, 1892 |
| Box 10, Folder 137 |
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North Providence, typescript
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1891, 1932 |
| Box 10, Folder 138 |
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North Providence, manuscript
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1891, 1893 |
| Box 26, Folder 138a |
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North Providence, misc. cemeteries
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undated |
| Box 11, Folder 139 |
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North Smithfield, manuscript
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1891 |
| Box 11, Folder 140 |
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Oakland Cemetery, Cranston, manuscript
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1932 |
| Box 11, Folder 141 |
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Oneco, Connecticut, transcript pgs. 1-110
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undated |
| Box 11, Folder 142 |
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Oneco, Connecticut, transcript, pgs. 111-219
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undated |
| Box 11, Folder 143 |
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Oneco, Connecticut, manuscript
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undated |
| Box 11, Folder 144 |
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Oneco, Connecticut, manuscript
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1905 |
| Box 11, Folder 145 |
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Oneco, Connecticut, manuscript
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1905 |
| Box 11, Folder 146 |
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Pawtucket, typescript
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1932 |
| Box 11, Folder 147 |
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Pawtucket, manuscript
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1932 |
| Box 11, Folder 148 |
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Portsmouth, clippings
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undated |
| Box 11, Folder 149 |
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Providence (Swan Point Cemetery), typescript
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1880 |
| Box 11, Folder 150 |
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Providence epitaphs, typescript
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undated |
| Box 11, Folder 151 |
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Providence, manuscript
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1891 |
| Box 26, Folder 151a |
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Providence (Locust Grove Cemetery), mss
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undated |
| Box 26, Folder 151b-f |
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Providence (North Burial Ground), mss
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undated |
| Box 27, Folder 151g |
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Providence (St. John's Church), mss
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undated |
| Box 27, Folder 151h-j |
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Providence (Swan Point Cemetery), mss
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undated |
| Box 27, Folder 151k |
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Providence, misc. cemeteries, mss
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undated |
| Box 11, Folder 152 |
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Rehoboth, Massachusetts, manuscript
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1895 |
| Box 11, Folder 153 |
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Richmond, typescript
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1893 |
| Box 11, Folder 154 |
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Richmond, manuscript
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1893 |
| Box 11, Folder 155 |
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Scituate, typescript pgs. 1-150
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undated |
| Box 11, Folder 156 |
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Scituate, typescript pgs. 151-300
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undated |
| Box 11, Folder 157 |
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Scituate, typescript pgs. 301-450
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undated |
| Box 11, Folder 158 |
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Scituate, typescript pgs. 451-600
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undated |
| Box 11, Folder 159 |
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Scituate, typescript pgs. 601-750
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undated |
| Box 11, Folder 160 |
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Scituate, typescript pgs. 751-931
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undated |
| Box 12, Folder 161 |
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Scituate, manuscript
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1891, 1904 |
| Box 12, Folder 162 |
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Scituate, manuscript
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undated |
| Box 12, Folder 163 |
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Scituate, manuscript
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undated |
| Box 12, Folder 164 |
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Scituate, manuscript
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undated |
| Box 12, Folder 165 |
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Smithfield, typescript pgs. 1-150
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1895, 1932 |
| Box 12, Folder 166 |
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Smithfield, typescript pgs. 151-300
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undated |
| Box 12, Folder 167 |
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Smithfield, typescript pgs. 301-438
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undated |
| Box 12, Folder 168 |
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Smithfield, typescript epitaphs
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undated |
| Box 12, Folder 169 |
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Smithfield, manuscript
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1895, 1919 |
| Box 12, Folder 170 |
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Smithfield, manuscript
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1919 |
| Box 12, Folder 171 |
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Smithfield, manuscript
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1919 |
| Box 12, Folder 172 |
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Smithfield, manuscript
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1919 |
| Box 12, Folder 173 |
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Smithfield, manuscript
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1919 |
| Box 12, Folder 174 |
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Smithfield, manuscript
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1919 |
| Box 12, Folder 175 |
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Smithfield, manuscript
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1919 |
| Box 12, Folder 176 |
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Smithfield, manuscript
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1919 |
| Box 12, Folder 177 |
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Smithfield, manuscript
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1919 |
| Box 12, Folder 178 |
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Smithfield, manuscript
|
|
1919 |
| Box 13, Folder 179 |
|
Smithfield, manuscript
|
|
1919 |
| Box 13, Folder 180 |
|
South Kingstown, typescript
|
|
1931 |
| Box 13, Folder 181 |
|
Tiverton, typescript
|
|
1936 |
| Box 13, Folder 182 |
|
Warren, typescript
|
|
undated |
| Box 13, Folder 183 |
|
Warren, manuscript
|
|
circa 1935 |
| Box 13, Folder 184 |
|
Warren, manuscript
|
|
undated |
| Box 13, Folder 185 |
|
Warren, clippings
|
|
undated |
| Box 13, Folder 186 |
|
Warwick, typescript
|
|
1890 |
| Box 13, Folder 187 |
|
Warwick, manuscript
|
|
1894 |
| Box 13, Folder 188 |
|
Warwick and West Greenwich, manuscript
|
|
undated |
| Box 13, Folder 189 |
|
West Greenwich, typescript
|
|
1892-1893 |
| Box 13, Folder 190 |
|
West Greenwich, manuscript
|
|
1892-1893 |
| Box 13, Folder 191 |
|
Westerly, typescript
|
|
1930 |
| Box 13, Folder 192 |
|
Westerly, manuscript
|
|
1930 |
| Box 13, Folder 193 |
|
Woonsocket, typescript
|
|
1891 |
| Box 13, Folder 194 |
|
Woonsocket, manuscript
|
|
1891 |
| Box 13, Folder 195 |
|
Vermont, typescript
|
|
undated |
| Box 13, Folder 196 |
|
New England states (excluding R.I.), typescript and clippings
|
|
undated |
| Box 13, Folder 197 |
|
"Some Rhode Island Cemeteries," typescript
|
|
undated |
| Box 13, Folder 198 |
|
Miscellaneous research notes
|
|
undated |
| Box 13, Folder 199 |
|
Miscellaneous research notes
|
|
undated |
| Box 13, Folder 200 |
|
Miscellaneous research notes
|
|
undated |
| Box 13, Folder 201 |
|
Miscellaneous research notes
|
|
undated |
| Box 13, Folder 202 |
|
Miscellaneous research notes
|
|
undated |
| Box 13, Folder 202a |
|
Miscellaneous research notes
|
|
undated |
Series 4. Genealogical research
Includes materials related to Arnold’s genealogical research and vital records research. Sub-series are organized according to record types.
Subseries 4.1. Genealogical research, various families - binders
Includes transcriptions of James N. Arnold's notes regarding various family genealogies compiled by volunteers in the 1930's. Materials are organized alphabetically by family name and include newspaper clippings, typescript copies of Arnold's personal notes of family groups, transcriptions of probate, family trees, family bibles, materials in private collections. Materials have been organized into folders according to how they were organized in binders at the Knight Memorial Library.
| Box 14, Folder 203 |
|
Abbott - Ammons
|
|
undated |
| Box 14, Folder 204 |
|
Andrews - Ayrault
|
|
undated |
| Box 14, Folder 205 |
|
Babbit - Beverly
|
|
undated |
| Box 14, Folder 206 |
|
Bicknall - Bowen
|
|
undated |
| Box 14, Folder 207 |
|
Bronson - Browning
|
|
undated |
| Box 14, Folder 208 |
|
Bucklin - Buzzell
|
|
undated |
| Box 14, Folder 209 |
|
Cadman - Caswell
|
|
undated |
| Box 14, Folder 210 |
|
Chadsey - Clothier
|
|
undated |
| Box 14, Folder 211 |
|
Codding - Colvin
|
|
undated |
| Box 14, Folder 212 |
|
Coman - Corey
|
|
undated |
| Box 14, Folder 213 |
|
Cornell - Davis
|
|
undated |
| Box 14, Folder 214 |
|
Dawley - Dyer
|
|
undated |
| Box 14, Folder 215 |
|
Earl - Ellis
|
|
undated |
| Box 14, Folder 216 |
|
Emerson - Furman
|
|
undated |
| Box 14, Folder 217 |
|
Gage - Gray
|
|
undated |
| Box 14, Folder 218 |
|
Green - Hardy
|
|
undated |
| Box 14, Folder 219 |
|
Harker - Hawkins
|
|
undated |
| Box 14, Folder 220 |
|
Hawkins, cont. - Holroyd
|
|
undated |
| Box 15, Folder 221 |
|
Hopkins - Hutchinson
|
|
undated |
| Box 15, Folder 222 |
|
Ingraham - Joslin
|
|
undated |
| Box 15, Folder 223 |
|
Keech - Knight
|
|
undated |
| Box 15, Folder 224 |
|
Knight, Col. Webster
|
|
undated |
| Box 15, Folder 225 |
|
Knight, Col. Webster
|
|
undated |
| Box 15, Folder 226 |
|
Knowles - Levalley
|
|
undated |
| Box 15, Folder 227 |
|
Lewis - Lyon
|
|
undated |
| Box 15, Folder 228 |
|
Macomber - Merrill
|
|
undated |
| Box 15, Folder 229 |
|
Middleton - McGregor
|
|
undated |
| Box 15, Folder 230 |
|
Nash - Owen
|
|
undated |
| Box 15, Folder 231 |
|
Packard - Perry
|
|
undated |
| Box 15, Folder 232 |
|
Pettey / Pettis - Putnam
|
|
undated |
| Box 15, Folder 233 |
|
Quinby - Ritchie
|
|
undated |
| Box 15, Folder 234 |
|
Rhodes
|
|
undated |
| Box 15, Folder 235 |
|
Robbins - Russell
|
|
undated |
| Box 15, Folder 236 |
|
Sabin - Shay
|
|
undated |
| Box 15, Folder 237 |
|
Sheffield - Shute
|
|
undated |
| Box 15, Folder 238 |
|
Simmons - Spooner
|
|
undated |
| Box 15, Folder 239 |
|
Stacy - Swift
|
|
undated |
| Box 15, Folder 240 |
|
Taber - Thurston
|
|
undated |
| Box 15, Folder 241 |
|
Tibbets - Tyler
|
|
undated |
| Box 16, Folder 242 |
|
Uhl - Vose
|
|
undated |
| Box 16, Folder 243 |
|
Wade - West
|
|
undated |
| Box 16, Folder 244 |
|
Westcott - Wilcox
|
|
undated |
| Box 16, Folder 245 |
|
Wilkinson - Young
|
|
undated |
Subseries 4.2. Genealogical research, various families - notebooks
Includes Arnold's individual writing notebooks devoted to individual family histories. Some notebooks include related correspondence.
| Box 16, Folder 246 |
|
Adams, Allen, Armstrong, Allen
|
|
undated |
| Box 16, Folder 247 |
|
Babcock, Barber, Bernon, Bicknell, Briggs, Brown, Brownell, Burlingame
|
|
undated |
| Box 16, Folder 248 |
|
Carpenter, Caswell, Champlain, Choppell, Clarke, Congdon, Douglass, Eldred
|
|
undated |
| Box 16, Folder 249 |
|
Gardiner, Greene, Gould, Hazard, Holland, Holloway, Hoxie, Hull
|
|
undated |
| Box 16, Folder 250 |
|
Kenyon, Knowles, Langford, Larkin, Lawton, Lewis, Nickols, Northup
|
|
undated |
| Box 16, Folder 251 |
|
Peckham, Perry, Phillips, Rathbun, Reynolds, Robinson, Rose
|
|
undated |
| Box 16, Folder 252 |
|
Saunders, Seager, Sheldon, Sherman, Slocum, Smith, Spink, Stanton, Steadman, Sweet
|
|
undated |
| Box 16, Folder 253 |
|
Taylor, Tefft, Thomas, Tourgee, Tucker, Underwood, Watson, Whaley / Whalley, Wilcox, Wills
|
|
undated |
Subseries 4.3. Genealogical research, various families - compiled materials and charts
Includes various research notes, correspondence and family charts related to individual family groups.
| Box 16, Folder 254 |
|
Blackstone, Brown, Clarke, Cole, Comstock, Dyer, Harris, Hazard, Keeher
|
|
1896-1901 and undated |
| Box 16, Folder 255 |
|
Leonard, Medbury, Phillips, Perry, Pray, Rhodes, Sheldon, Spencer, Spink
|
|
undated |
| Box 16, Folder 256 |
|
Kendall - genealogical research and correspondence of Oliver Kendall
|
|
1882-1884 |
| Box 16, Folder 257 |
|
Kendall - genealogical research and correspondence of Oliver Kendall
|
|
1885-1886 |
| Box 16, Folder 258 |
|
Kendall - genealogical research and correspondence of Oliver Kendall
|
|
1887-1888 |
| Box 16, Folder 258a |
|
Langworthy - genealogical publication
|
|
1928-1940 |
| Box 16, Folder 258b |
|
Mason - genealogical research and correspondence of Frank M. Mason
|
|
1898-1901 |
| Box 16, Folder 258c |
|
Salisbury (of Swansea, Mass.) - genealogical research and correspondence of Clarence E. Peirce and Mary J. Eddy
|
|
1924 |
| Box 16, Folder 258d |
|
Peck family charts
|
|
undated |
| Box 16, Folder 259 |
|
Underwood
|
|
1882-1886 |
| Box 27, Folder 260 |
|
Shaw (Frederick Arnold and William Buzzell)
|
|
undated |
| Map Drawer 40, Folder 526 |
|
Family Charts: Wheeler, Harris, Fish-Bryaton-Straight
|
|
undated |
| Map Drawer 40, Folder 526 |
|
Generation charts compiled by Clarence E. Peirce: Warren Downe Kinsman, Frederick Clark Sayles, Belle Simons Chapin, Mahlon Myron Gowdy, Martin Peirce and Kezia Wheeler, Jessie Agnes Smith, Caroline Thomas Rounds, Thomas Francis Peirce
|
|
1899-1917 |
Subseries 4.4. Vital Records
Includes Arnold's manuscript drafts for the published "Vital Records of Rhode Island". Folder represent the original organization of materials.
| Box 16, Folder 261 |
|
Marriages - A-Cra
|
|
undated |
| Box 16, Folder 262 |
|
Marriages - Cra-Saw
|
|
undated |
| Box 16, Folder 263 |
|
Marriages - Sau-We
|
|
undated |
| Box 16, Folder 264 |
|
Marriages - A-Dav
|
|
undated |
| Box 17, Folder 265 |
|
Marriages - Dav-Mar
|
|
undated |
| Box 17, Folder 266 |
|
Marriages - Mar-Thom
|
|
undated |
| Box 17, Folder 267 |
|
Marriages - Thom-Y
|
|
undated |
| Box 17, Folder 268 |
|
Marriages - A-Bac
|
|
undated |
| Box 17, Folder 269 |
|
Marriages - Bat-Bl
|
|
undated |
| Box 17, Folder 270 |
|
Marriages - Bl-Bro
|
|
undated |
| Box 17, Folder 271 |
|
Marriages - Bro-Cha
|
|
undated |
| Box 17, Folder 272 |
|
Marriages - Cha-Cr
|
|
undated |
| Box 17, Folder 273 |
|
Marriages - Cr-Dum
|
|
undated |
| Box 17, Folder 274 |
|
Marriages - Dun-Fas
|
|
undated |
| Box 17, Folder 275 |
|
Marriages - Fas-Fu
|
|
undated |
| Box 17, Folder 276 |
|
Deaths - A-Hol
|
|
undated |
| Box 17, Folder 277 |
|
Deaths - Hol-Spra
|
|
undated |
| Box 18, Folder 278 |
|
Deaths - Spra-Y
|
|
undated |
| Box 18, Folder 279 |
|
Deaths - Part I
|
|
undated |
| Box 18, Folder 280 |
|
Deaths - Part II
|
|
undated |
| Box 18, Folder 281 |
|
Deaths - Part III
|
|
undated |
| Box 18, Folder 282 |
|
Deaths - Part IV
|
|
undated |
| Box 18, Folder 283 |
|
Marriages - The Microcosm
|
|
undated |
| Box 18, Folder 284 |
|
Marriages - The Microcosm Part I
|
|
undated |
| Box 18, Folder 285 |
|
Marriages - The Microcosm Part II
|
|
undated |
| Box 18, Folder 286 |
|
Marriages - The Microcosm
|
|
undated |
| Box 18, Folder 287 |
|
Deaths - The Microcosm
|
|
undated |
| Box 18, Folder 288 |
|
Deaths - The Microcosm Part I
|
|
undated |
| Box 18, Folder 289 |
|
Deaths - The Microcosm Part II
|
|
undated |
| Box 18, Folder 290 |
|
Deaths - The Microcosm
|
|
undated |
| Box 19, Folder 291 |
|
Marriages - Pawtuxet Telescope A-Fos
|
|
undated |
| Box 19, Folder 292 |
|
Marriages - Pawtuxet Telescope Fos-Shar
|
|
undated |
| Box 19, Folder 293 |
|
Marriages - Pawtuxet Telescope Sha-Y
|
|
undated |
| Box 19, Folder 294 |
|
Deaths - Pawtuxet Telescope A-Ly
|
|
undated |
| Box 19, Folder 295 |
|
Deaths - Pawtuxet Telescope Ly-Y
|
|
undated |
| Box 19, Folder 296 |
|
Rhode Island American - T-To
|
|
undated |
| Box 19, Folder 297 |
|
Rhode Island American - To-Wa
|
|
undated |
| Box 19, Folder 298 |
|
Rhode Island American - Wa-Whi
|
|
undated |
| Box 19, Folder 299 |
|
Rhode Island American - Whi-Z
|
|
undated |
| Box 19, Folder 299a |
|
Deaths - Rhode Island American- T-Z
|
|
undated |
| Box 19, Folder 300 |
|
Marriage and Deaths - Warren
|
|
undated |
| Box 19, Folder 301 |
|
Marriage and Deaths - Warren
|
|
undated |
| Box 19, Folder 302 |
|
Marriage and Deaths - Warren
|
|
undated |
| Box 27, Folder 303 |
|
Marriage and Deaths - Warwick
|
|
undated |
| Box 19, Folder 304 |
|
Marriage and Deaths - City Gazette
|
|
undated |
| Box 19, Folder 305 |
|
Marriages - Rouse Helmes'
|
|
undated |
| Box 19, Folder 306 |
|
Birth and deaths of Rhode Island ministers, typescript
|
|
1889 |
| Box 19, Folder 307 |
|
Various records, unpublished
|
|
undated |
| Box 19, Folder 308 |
|
Various records, unpublished
|
|
undated |
| Box 19, Folder 309 |
|
Marriages - The Toilet and Ladies' Cabinet of Literature
|
|
1828-1833 |
Series 5. Research materials
Includes research materials compiled by James N. Arnold. The majority of materials are transcriptions of original materials found in other collections. It is indicated if the transcription is in manuscript (mss) or typescript.
| Box 20, Folder 310 |
|
Town notes: Charlestown - Newport, typescript
|
|
undated |
| Box 20, Folder 311 |
|
Town notes: North Kingstown - West Greenwich, typescript
|
|
undated |
| Box 20, Folder 312 |
|
Town records: East Greenwich, mss
|
|
1679 |
| Box 20, Folder 313 |
|
Town records: Exeter, mss
|
|
1743 |
| Box 20, Folder 314 |
|
Town records: Newport and Prudence Island, mss
|
|
1664-1879 |
| Box 20, Folder 315 |
|
Town records: North Kingstown, mss
|
|
1728 |
| Box 20, Folder 316 |
|
Town records: Portsmouth, mss
|
|
1717 |
| Box 20, Folder 317 |
|
Town records: Smithfield probate, mss
|
|
1736-1765 |
| Box 20, Folder 318 |
|
Town records: Warren church records, mss
|
|
1661, 1753 |
| Box 20, Folder 319 |
|
Town records: Westerly, mss
|
|
undated |
| Box 20, Folder 319a |
|
Description of Narragansett Bay from the Written Record of the Voyage of 1524 of Giovanni da Verrazano, mss
|
|
undated |
| Box 20, Folder 320 |
|
Niantic and Narragansett tribes, mss
|
|
undated |
| Box 20, Folder 321 |
|
Niantic and Narragansett tribes, mss
|
|
undated |
| Box 20, Folder 322 |
|
"John Clawson: a contemporary of Roger Williams in Rhode Island" by Welcome Arnold Greene
|
|
1924 |
| Box 20, Folder 323 |
|
Essays about the settlement of Providence by L.M. Baker
|
|
undated |
| Box 20, Folder 324 |
|
"A letter of Thomas Mumford", mss
|
|
1666 |
| Box 20, Folder 325 |
|
Notes regarding purchases of Boston Neck and Quidnesset
|
|
undated |
| Box 20, Folder 326 |
|
Extracts from NJ Colonial Records, mss
|
|
1673-1676 |
| Box 20, Folder 327 |
|
Miscellaneous colonial records, mss
|
|
undated |
| Box 20, Folder 328 |
|
Samuel Tillinghast diary, transcript and mss
|
|
1757-1758 |
| Box 20, Folder 329 |
|
Hopkins v. Ward, mss
|
|
1757 |
| Box 20, Folder 330 |
|
Sherriff Brown papers, mss
|
|
1754-1779 |
| Box 20, Folder 331 |
|
Gaspee records, mss
|
|
1722 |
| Box 20, Folder 332 |
|
Gaspee records, mss
|
|
1722 |
| Box 20, Folder 332a |
|
Gaspee records, mss
|
|
undated |
| Box 20, Folder 333 |
|
George Washington correspondence, mss
|
|
1777-1778 |
| Box 20, Folder 334 |
|
George Washington correspondence, mss
|
|
1777-1778 |
| Box 20, Folder 335 |
|
Benedict Arnold materials
|
|
undated |
| Box 20, Folder 336 |
|
Major Ebenezer Adams field book, mss
|
|
1778 |
| Box 20, Folder 337 |
|
Research notes on Revolutionary War, typescript
|
|
undated |
| Box 21, Folder 338 |
|
Daniel Howland diary, typescript and mss copy
|
|
1739-1758 |
| Box 21, Folder 339 |
|
Smith family diary, typescript and mss copy
|
|
1776-1880 |
| Box 21, Folder 340 |
|
Pension rolls, mss
|
|
undated |
| Box 21, Folder 341 |
|
Revolutionary War, miscellaneous resources, mss
|
|
undated |
| Box 21, Folder 342 |
|
Providence Gazette articles related to war, typescript
|
|
1769-1777 |
| Box 21, Folder 343 |
|
Providence Gazette articles related to war, typescript
|
|
1777-1790 |
| Box 21, Folder 344 |
|
Providence Gazette articles related to war, mss
|
|
1768-1774 |
| Box 21, Folder 345 |
|
Providence Gazette articles related to war, mss
|
|
1775 |
| Box 21, Folder 346 |
|
Providence Gazette articles related to war, mss
|
|
1776 |
| Box 21, Folder 347 |
|
Providence Gazette articles related to war, mss
|
|
1777 |
| Box 21, Folder 348 |
|
Providence Gazette articles related to war, mss
|
|
1778 |
| Box 21, Folder 349 |
|
Providence Gazette articles related to war, mss
|
|
1779 |
| Box 21, Folder 350 |
|
Providence Gazette articles related to war, mss
|
|
1780 |
| Box 21, Folder 351 |
|
Providence Gazette articles related to war, mss
|
|
1781 |
| Box 21, Folder 352 |
|
Providence Gazette articles related to war, mss
|
|
1782-1794 |
| Box 21, Folder 353 |
|
"Burial place and service of R.I. Patriots" by Mrs. Irving K. White
|
|
1938 |
| Box 21, Folder 354 |
|
Name index to Nailer Tom's Diary, typescript
|
|
1778-1840 |
| Box 21, Folder 355 |
|
"Journal of a voyage in brigantine Perseverance of Providence, Rhode Island" by Welcome Arnold Greene, typescript
|
|
1817-1818 |
| Box 21, Folder 355 |
|
"Journal of a voyage in brigantine Perseverance of Providence, Rhode Island" by Welcome Arnold Greene, typescript
|
|
1817-1818 |
| Box 21, Folder 356 |
|
"A list of the deaths of sundry persens" - from a diary in possession of Mrs. Williett H. Arnold, Exeter, RI, typescript
|
|
1822-1855 |
| Box 21, Folder 357 |
|
Henry K. Wing diary of the Civil War, typescript
|
|
1861-1865 |
| Box 21, Folder 358 |
|
U.S. and R.I. Census by towns
|
|
1850, 1865 |
| Box 21, Folder 359 |
|
Graves of the Rhode Island Governors, part 1
|
|
undated |
| Box 21, Folder 360 |
|
Graves of the Rhode Island Governors, part 2
|
|
undated |
| Box 21, Folder 361 |
|
"Sketches of the History of the State" by Henry Bull, typescript
|
|
1832-1839 |
| Box 21, Folder 361a |
|
Correspondence with James Wallace, compiled as part of Bull's Sketches, mss
|
|
1775-1776 |
| Box 22, Folder 361b |
|
Bull's Annals, mss
|
|
undated |
| Box 22, Folder 361c |
|
Bull's Annals, mss
|
|
undated |
| Box 22, Folder 362 |
|
Providence Gazette, mss
|
|
1819 |
| Box 22, Folder 363 |
|
Providence Journal articles related to mills, typescript
|
|
1820-1839 |
| Box 22, Folder 364 |
|
Ezra Spencer bible records, mss
|
|
1716-1892 |
| Box 22, Folder 365 |
|
Thomas Dorr letter, mss
|
|
1842 |
| Box 22, Folder 366 |
|
Histories of University Grammar School and Zerviah Mason's school
|
|
undated |
| Box 22, Folder 367 |
|
"Brief history of neglected old time cemeteries" by John Bonsey
|
|
undated |
| Box 22, Folder 368 |
|
Miscellaneous records, mss
|
|
undated |
| Box 22, Folder 369 |
|
Newspaper clippings
|
|
undated |
| Box 22, Folder 370 |
|
Newspaper clippings
|
|
undated |
| Box 22, Folder 371 |
|
Massachusetts Historical Society Proceedings, misc. mss copies
|
|
undated |
| Box 22, Folder 372 |
|
Massachusetts Historical Society Proceedings, misc. mss copies
|
|
undated |
| Box 22, Folder 373 |
|
Massachusetts Historical Society Proceedings, misc. mss copies
|
|
undated |
| Box 22, Folder 374 |
|
Massachusetts Historical Society Collections, "The War Between Uncas and Miantonomi", mss copies
|
|
undated |
| Box 22, Folder 375 |
|
Massachusetts Historical Society Collections, "The War Between Uncas and Miantonomi", mss copies
|
|
undated |
| Box 22, Folder 376 |
|
"Brief History of the Pequot War" by John Mason, mss copy
|
|
undated |
| Box 28, Volume |
|
History and genealogical notes, vol. 1
|
|
undated |
| Box 28, Volume |
|
History and genealogical notes, vol. 3
|
|
undated |
| Box 28, Volume |
|
History and genealogical notes, vol. 4
|
|
undated |
| Box 28, Volume |
|
"Rhode Island Statistical History", vol. 1 by Samuel H. Allen
|
|
1883 |
| Box 28, Volume |
|
Rhode Island State Judiciary and Congress [Samuel H. Allen]
|
|
1884 |
| Box 28, Volume |
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Rhode Island State Officers and Continental Congress [Samuel H. Allen]
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undated |
| Box 28, Volume |
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Rhode Island statistical history by Samuel H. Allen
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1880 |
| Box 28, Volume |
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Philosophy by Samuel H. Allen, misc. clippings
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1884 |
| Box 28, Volume |
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Notebook, miscellaneous clippings and notes, vol. 1
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undated |
| Box 28, Volume |
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Notebook, miscellaneous clippings and notes, vol. 2
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1885 |
Series 6. Compositions
Includes Arnold’s writings, both published and unpublished. Some of the manuscripts were typed by volunteers after his death. Sub-series are arranged by genre.
Subseries 6.1. Fiction
Includes works of fiction by James Arnold. Several works, written by him as a young adult, were written under pseudonyms.
| Box 22, Folder 377 |
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Canonchet: the war eagle of the Narragansetts, typescript
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undated |
| Box 22, Folder 378 |
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Canonchet: the war eagle of the Narragansetts, mss chapters 1-10
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undated |
| Box 22, Folder 379 |
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Canonchet: the war eagle of the Narragansetts, mss, chapters 11-20
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undated |
| Box 22, Folder 380 |
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Canonchet: the war eagle of the Narragansetts, mss, chapters 21-30
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undated |
| Box 23, Folder 381 |
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Canonchet: the war eagle of the Narragansetts, mss, chapters 31-40
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undated |
| Box 23, Folder 382 |
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Canonchet: the war eagle of the Narragansetts, mss, chapters 41-52
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undated |
| Box 23, Folder 383 |
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Drifting to Doom, mss
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[1830] |
| Box 23, Folder 384 |
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The Fatal Feud, mss. Chpts 1-6
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undated |
| Box 23, Folder 385 |
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The Fatal Feud, mss. Chpts 7-12
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undated |
| Box 23, Folder 386 |
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The Fatal Feud, mss. Chpts 13-18
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undated |
| Box 23, Folder 387 |
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The Fatal Feud, mss. Chpts 19-24
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undated |
| Box 23, Folder 388 |
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The Fatal Feud, mss. Chpts 25-32
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undated |
| Box 23, Folder 389 |
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The Hero at Lake Erie, by Henry T. Tuckerman (pseudonym), published in Harper's Magazine (Dec. 1853), mss
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1853 |
| Box 4, Volume |
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Short fiction and poetry (6 volumes written under the pseudonym Herman Mansfield)
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1860-1864 |
| Box 29, Volume |
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Miscellaneous short stories, by Henry Mansfield (pseud.), mss
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Subseries 6.2. Poetry
Includes poetry written and collected by Arnold.
| Box 23, Folder 390 |
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Poetry, typescript
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undated |
| Box 23, Folder 390a |
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Poetry, mss
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undated |
| Box 29, Volume |
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A Meditation Upon Man, mss
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undated |
| Box 29, Volume |
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The Present Age, mss
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undated |
Subseries 6.3. Monographs
Includes works of long form non-fiction written by Arnold. Materials are arranged alphabetically by title.
| Box 23, Folder 391 |
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An Age of Cowardice; or the Perils of the Hour: a political study of today, mss. Pages 1-100
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undated |
| Box 23, Folder 392 |
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An Age of Cowardice; or the Perils of the Hour: a political study of today, mss. Pages 101-200
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undated |
| Box 23, Folder 393 |
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An Age of Cowardice; or the Perils of the Hour: a political study of today, mss. 201-300
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undated |
| Box 23, Folder 394 |
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An Age of Cowardice; or the Perils of the Hour: a political study of today, mss. Pages 301-400
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undated |
| Box 23, Folder 395 |
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An Age of Cowardice; or the Perils of the Hour: a political study of today, mss. Pages 401-500
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undated |
| Box 23, Folder 396 |
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An Age of Cowardice; or the Perils of the Hour: a political study of today, mss. Pages 501-600
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undated |
| Box 23, Folder 397 |
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An Age of Cowardice; or the Perils of the Hour: a political study of today, mss. Pages 601-700
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undated |
| Box 23, Folder 398 |
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An Age of Cowardice; or the Perils of the Hour: a political study of today, mss. Pages 701-821
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undated |
| Box 23, Folder 399 |
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Anecdotes, typescript
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undated |
| Box 23, Folder 400 |
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Anecdotes, mss
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undated |
| Box 23, Folder 401 |
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Anecdotes, mss
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undated |
| Box 23, Folder 402 |
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Roger Williams, typescript
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undated |
| Box 23, Folder 403 |
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History of the Gaspee, typescript, part 1
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undated |
| Box 23, Folder 404 |
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History of the Gaspee, typescript, part 2
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undated |
| Box 23, Folder 405 |
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A Statement of the Case of the Narragansett Indians, mss.
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undated |
Subseries 6.4. Essays
Includes essays written by Arnold. Essays are organized alphabetically by title.
| Box 24, Folder 406 |
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Miscellaneous essays, pages 1-140, typescript
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undated |
| Box 24, Folder 407 |
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Miscellaneous essays, pages 141-333, typescript
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undated |
| Box 24, Folder 408 |
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Albert C. Howard, mss
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undated |
| Box 24, Folder 409 |
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Another Charge Against Warwick, mss
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undated |
| Box 24, Folder 410 |
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Arbor and Memorial Days, mss
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undated |
| Box 24, Folder 411 |
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At the Corner of the Streets; Mary Queen of Scots, mss
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undated |
| Box 24, Folder 412 |
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The Author of the Declaration, address at public celebration of the 130th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, mss
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1906 |
| Box 24, Folder 413 |
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The Base Rock of the Economy - the Farm, typescript
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undated |
| Box 24, Folder 414 |
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Benedict Arnold: a word on his defense, mss
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undated |
| Box 24, Folder 415 |
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A Canvass for the Patent, mss
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undated |
| Box 24, Folder 416 |
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Capt. William Henry Dyer, mss
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undated |
| Box 24, Folder 417 |
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The Coddington Controversy, mss
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undated |
| Box 24, Folder 418 |
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Col. Angell's Burial Ground, mss
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undated |
| Box 24, Folder 419 |
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Commencing the War, mss
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undated |
| Box 24, Folder 420 |
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The Confirmation of the Sachems Deeds, mss
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undated |
| Box 24, Folder 421 |
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Confirmation of the Treaty of July 1675, mss
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undated |
| Box 24, Folder 422 |
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The Country Tavern, mss
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undated |
| Box 24, Folder 423 |
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The Day of Great Expectation, mss
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undated |
| Box 24, Folder 424 |
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The Deed of 1661 Examined, mss
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undated |
| Box 24, Folder 425 |
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Dr. Job Sweet's Great Case, mss and typescript
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undated |
| Box 24, Folder 426 |
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Druids and Triads, mss
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undated |
| Box 24, Folder 427 |
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Elmwood in 1856, mss
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undated |
| Box 24, Folder 428 |
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Expected (address made before American Mechanics), mss
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undated |
| Box 24, Folder 429 |
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The Family Burial Ground, mss
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undated |
| Box 24, Folder 430 |
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The Features of the Indian Trails of the 16th Century, mss
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undated |
| Box 24, Folder 431 |
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The First Commission at Sea from Rhode Island
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undated |
| Box 24, Folder 432 |
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First Congregational Church of Providence, mss and typescript
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undated |
| Box 24, Folder 433 |
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First Grist and Fulling Mills in Narragansett, mss
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undated |
| Box 24, Folder 434 |
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First Huguenot Camp in Narragansett, mss
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undated |
| Box 24, Folder 435 |
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The First Pawtuxet Purchasers, mss
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undated |
| Box 24, Folder 436 |
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Fourth of July as Celebrated Sixty Years Ago, mss
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undated |
| Box 24, Folder 437 |
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Friendship; Rhode Island; Peace and War, mss
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1862 |
| Box 24, Folder 438 |
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The Genesis of Philip's War, mss
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undated |
| Box 24, Folder 439 |
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Geology of Cranston, mss
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undated |
| Box 24, Folder 440 |
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The Graphite Rock, Pettaquamscutt, mss
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undated |
| Box 24, Folder 441 |
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Greece, the birthplace of liberty and her place in civilization, mss
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undated |
| Box 24, Folder 442 |
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The Harris Aftermath, mss
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undated |
| Box 24, Folder 443 |
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Historical Sketches, mss
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undated |
| Box 24, Folder 444 |
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Indian Corn Fields, mss
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undated |
| Box 24, Folder 445 |
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Indian Corn Mills, mss
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undated |
| Box 24, Folder 446 |
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Indian Springs, mss
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undated |
| Box 24, Folder 447 |
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Joseph A. Budlong, mss
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undated |
| Box 24, Folder 448 |
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Joseph J. Cooke: the father of Elmwood, mss
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undated |
| Box 24, Folder 449 |
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A Lesson on Exemplary Life
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undated |
| Box 24, Folder 450 |
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The Life and Times of Benedict Arnold: first governor under the charter, mss
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undated |
| Box 24, Folder 451 |
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Morton's New England Memorial, mss
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undated |
| Box 24, Folder 452 |
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Narragansett Indians and their Division of Land Among Themselves, mss
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undated |
| Box 24, Folder 453 |
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Nehemiah Rice Knight, mss
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undated |
| Box 24, Folder 454 |
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On the Question of Dr. Faunce, Did Roger Williams have any influence in procuration of the R.I. Charter of 1663?, mss
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undated |
| Box 24, Folder 455 |
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The Origin of the Continental Navy, mss
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undated |
| Box 24, Folder 456 |
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Ousamequin's Deed, mss
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undated |
| Box 24, Folder 457 |
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Postscript, mss
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undated |
| Box 24, Folder 458 |
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A Primal Question, mss
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undated |
| Box 24, Folder 459 |
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The Reasons why Rhode Island Declared her Independence of Great Britain, mss
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undated |
| Box 24, Folder 460 |
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Rhode Island: Birthplace of the American Navy, mss
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undated |
| Box 24, Folder 461 |
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Richard Smith at Narragansett, mss
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undated |
| Box 24, Folder 462 |
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Roger Williams, mss
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undated |
| Box 24, Folder 463 |
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Roger Williams at Bay, mss
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undated |
| Box 24, Folder 464 |
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The Secret of Spanish Confidence, mss
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undated |
| Box 24, Folder 465 |
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Seeking a New Field for Trouble, mss
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undated |
| Box 24, Folder 466 |
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Sovereignty, of its [sp] original terms, mss
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undated |
| Box 24, Folder 467 |
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A Summer Home in the Country, mss
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undated |
| Box 24, Folder 468 |
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Surveying the Field, mss
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undated |
| Box 24, Folder 469 |
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Thomas Harris, mss
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undated |
| Box 24, Folder 470 |
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Torture Rock, mss and typescript
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undated |
| Box 24, Folder 471 |
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The Unpublished History of Rhode Island, mss
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undated |
| Box 24, Folder 472 |
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A View of the Harris Treason, mss
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undated |
| Box 24, Folder 473 |
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Watching Harris, mss
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undated |
| Box 24, Folder 474 |
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What if we organize once more under the Patent?, mss
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undated |
| Box 24, Folder 475 |
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Who founded Rhode Island?, mss
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undated |
| Box 24, Folder 476 |
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William Arnold, mss
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undated |
| Box 24, Folder 477 |
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William Harris, mss
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undated |
| Box 24, Folder 478 |
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William Sprague, mss
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undated |
| Box 24, Folder 479 |
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William Vincent Daboll, mss
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undated |
| Box 24, Folder 480 |
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Williams' Charge Against Warwick, mss
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undated |
| Box 24, Folder 481 |
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Williams' Letter to Gov. Prince, mss
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undated |
| Box 24, Folder 482 |
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Williams' Letter to Major Mason, mss
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undated |
| Box 24, Folder 483 |
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Mr. Williams' Narragansett Letters, mss
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undated |
| Box 24, Folder 484 |
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Mr. Williams' Story, mss
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undated |
| Box 24, Folder 485 |
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Williams' Summary of the Commissioners' Sessions, mss
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undated |
| Box 24, Folder 486 |
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Mr. Williams' Testimony in favor of Smith's Title to the Wickford Lands, mss
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undated |
| Box 24, Folder 487 |
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Miscellaneous essays, mss
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|
undated |
Subseries 6.5. Newspaper articles
Includes clippings and manuscript copies of articles written for various newspapers. Materials are arranged alphabetically by publication title.
| Box 24, Folder 488 |
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Elmwood Times: Copies of published articles
Contents Note: *articles have been photocopied and originals thrown away due to fragility and condition issue
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1924 |
| Box 24, Folder 489 |
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Elmwood Times: The First Warwick Deed, mss
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undated |
| Box 24, Folder 490 |
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Elmwood Times: The Sachem's Alarmed, mss
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undated |
| Box 24, Folder 491 |
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Elmwood Times: The Clerical Claim, mss
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undated |
| Box 24, Folder 492 |
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Elmwood Times: Pomham and Soconoco's Deeds, mss
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undated |
| Box 24, Folder 493 |
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Elmwood Times: The Confusion of the Sachems (so called) Deed, mss
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undated |
| Box 24, Folder 494 |
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Elmwood Times: The Story of Pomham, mss
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undated |
| Box 24, Folder 495 |
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Elmwood Times: The State Constitution, mss
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undated |
| Box 24, Folder 496 |
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Elmwood Times: Waiting on Opportunity, mss
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undated |
| Box 24, Folder 497 |
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Elmwood Times: How the Patent was Judged at the time of its Inauguration, mss
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undated |
| Box 24, Folder 498 |
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Elmwood Times: A Study of the Patent, mss
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undated |
| Box 24, Folder 499 |
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Elmwood Times: Planning Another Land Deal, mss
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undated |
| Box 24, Folder 500 |
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Elmwood Times: The First Attempt at Founding a Church at Providence, mss
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undated |
| Box 24, Folder 501 |
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Elmwood Times: The Early So Called Deeds of Providence, mss
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| Box 24, Folder 502 |
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Elmwood Times: The Liberty of Conscience Question, mss
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undated |
| Box 24, Folder 503 |
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Elmwood Times: The Cause of the Separation, mss
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undated |
| Box 24, Folder 504 |
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Elmwood Times: Williams at Narragansett, mss
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undated |
| Box 24, Folder 505 |
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Elmwood Times: Watchful Waiting, mss
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undated |
| Box 24, Folder 506 |
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The Liberator: various anti-Catholic essays and clippings
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1896 |
| Box 24, Folder 507 |
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The Magazine of History: Clippings from the Providence Gazette
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1911-1912 |
| Box 24, Folder 508 |
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The Mercury: clippings of various articles
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1902-1909 |
| Box 25, Folder 509 |
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The Sunday Tribune: Clippings
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1906-1913 |
| Box 25, Folder 510 |
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The Sunday Tribune: Clippings
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1919 |
| Box 25, Folder 511 |
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The Sunday Tribune: Clippings
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1920-1922 |
| Box 25, Folder 512 |
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The Sunday Tribune: Clippings
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undated |
| Box 25, Folder 513 |
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Misc. clippings and Letters to the Editor, various typescript and mss
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|
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Subseries 6.6. Indexes
Includes manuscript copies of indexes to various publications by Arnold.
| Box 25, Folder 514 |
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Index, Vital Records of Rhode Island, Volume 19, mss
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1891 |
| Box 25, Folder 515 |
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Index, Vital Records of Rhode Island, Volume 19, mss
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1891 |
| Box 25, Folder 516 |
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Index, Vital Records of Rhode Island, Volume 19, mss
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1891 |
| Box 25, Folder 517 |
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Index, Vital Records of Rhode Island, Volume 19, mss
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1891 |
| Box 25, Folder 518 |
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Index, Vital Records of Rhode Island, Volume 19, mss
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1891 |
| Box 25, Folder 519 |
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Index, Vital Records of Rhode Island, Volume 20, mss
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1911 |
| Box 25, Folder 520 |
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Index, Vital Records of Rhode Island, Volume 20, mss
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1911 |
| Box 25, Folder 521 |
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Index, Vital Records of Rhode Island, Volume 20, mss
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1911 |
| Box 25, Folder 522 |
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Index, Vital Records of Rhode Island, Volume 20, mss
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1911 |
| Box 25, Folder 523 |
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Index, Vital Records of Rhode Island, Volume 20, mss
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1911 |
| Box 25, Folder 524 |
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Index, unidentified work, mss
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|
undated |
| Box 27, Folder 525 |
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Index, unidentified work, mss
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|
undated |
Series 7. Card catalog indexes
Includes two card catalogs, created by volunteers and librarians at Elmwood Public Library, to index the Arnold Collection.
| Drawers 1-43 |
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Cemetery index
Contents Note: Includes cards for individuals includes in the Arnold cemetery inventories; arranged alphabetically by last name. Cards include individual names, birth and death dates if included on gravestone, and reference to town inventory with page number.
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| Drawers 44-46 |
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Probate index
Contents Note: Includes cards for individuals included in Arnold's probate inventories; arranged alphabetically by last name. Cards include individual names and reference to location of probate record include town, volume and page number.
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| Drawers 47-48 |
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Subject index
Contents Note: Organized alphabetically by subject, cards reference various resources in the Elmwood Public Library including the Arnold Collection as well as various publications, scrapbooks and filing boxes not included in the Arnold Collection.
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| Drawers 49-80 |
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Name index
Contents Note: Includes cards for individuals refersence in various resources in the Elmwood Public Library arranged alphabetically by last name. Resources point mostly to the Arnold Collection, but also include various publications not included in the collection.
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