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Diane Lambert collection on John Carter Minkins (MSS-0023)

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Rhode Island College
600 Mount Pleasant Ave
Providence, RI, 02908
Tel: 401-456-8380
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Inventory

Series 1. Correspondence, 1994-1996
0.05 cubic feet

The correspondence series includes correspondence between Lambert and various historical societies, libraries, and newspapers, regarding her research. The series is divided into incoming and outgoing correspondence and arranged alphabetically by correspondent.

Container Description Date
Box 1, Folder 1 Incoming correspondence
1994-1996
Box 1, Folder 2 Outgoing correspondence
1994-1995

Series 2. Subject files, circa 1994-1995
0.55 cubic feet

This series contains photocopies of articles and photographs related to Lambert’s research. The dates of the original documents are noted in the folder description, and the dates of the folders and series reflect the dates the photocopies were made. This series is arranged alphabetically by subject (e.g. Minkins, Rosa Jessup).

Container Description Date
Box 1, Folder 3 Aldrich, Nelson (1915, 1920)
circa 1994-1995
Box 1, Folder 4 American Newspaper Directory (1883-1920)
circa 1994-1995
Box 1, Folder 5 Borden Lizzie (1892, 1927, 1995)
circa 1994-1995
Box 1, Folder 6 Brayton, Charles R. (1910)
circa 1994-1995
Box 1, Folder 7 Brown, Daniel Russell (1919, 1920)
circa 1994-1995
Box 1, Folder 8 Colt, Samuel (1896, 1920, 1921)
circa 1994-1995
Box 1, Folder 9 Defense Day (1924, 1995)
circa 1994-1995
Box 1, Folder 10 Elks (circa 1939-1995)
circa 1994-1995
Box 1, Folder 11 Emancipation Day (circa 1946-1995)
circa 1994-1995
Box 1, Folder 12 Flynn, Williams S. (1920, 1968, 1995)
circa 1994-1995
Box 1, Folder 13 Glennan, Michael S. (1899)
circa 1994-1995
Box 1, Folder 14 Goddard, Robert Hale Ives (1906, 1916)
circa 1994-1995
Box 1, Folder 15 Gross, Carl Russel research (circa 1959-1972)
circa 1994-1995
Box 1, Folder 16 King, Lida Shaw (1905-1932, 1962, 1993)
circa 1994-1995
Box 1, Folder 17 Malone, William (1933, 1989)
circa 1994-1995
Box 1, Folder 18 Minkins, John Carter (1880, 1927, 1944-1959)
circa 1994-1995
Box 1, Folder 19 Minkins, Imogene Louise (1897, 1918-1977)
circa 1994-1995
Box 1, Folder 20 Minkins, Rosa Jessup (1919-1991)
circa 1994-1995
Box 1, Folder 21 Minkins Sisters at Brown (1982)
circa 1994-1995
Box 1, Folder 22 Other articles related to the Minkins family (1887-1919, 1959, 1965)
circa 1994-1995
Box 1, Folder 23 O’Hara, Walter (1937)
circa 1994-1995
Box 1, Folder 24 Perry, Marsden (1935)
circa 1994-1995
Box 1, Folder 25 Photographs (1888, 1905-1995)
circa 1994-1995
Box 2, Folder 1 Providence Evening Tribute (1907)
circa 1994-1995
Box 2, Folder 2 Providence News-Democrat (1907)
circa 1994-1995
Box 2, Folder 3 Providence Police Department “shake-up” (undated)
circa 1994-1995
Box 2, Folder 4 Rhode Island Examiner (1913-1914)
circa 1994-1995
Box 2, Folder 5 Rhode Island Free Press (1914-1945)
circa 1994-1995
Box 2, Folder 6 Rhode Island Politics (1914-1995)
circa 1994-1995
Box 2, Folder 7 UN Conference, San Francisco (1945)
circa 1994-1995
Box 2, Folder 8 Villard’s Speech (1945)
circa 1994-1995
Box 2, Folder 9 Vital Statistics (1896-1944)
circa 1994-1995
Box 2, Folder 10 Washington Eagle
circa 1994-1995
Box 2, Folder 11 Wetmore, George Peabody (1908, 1921)
circa 1994-1995
Box 2, Folder 12 Wilson, Woodrow (1912)
circa 1994-1995
Box 2, Folder 13 World War II (circa 1943-1944)
circa 1994-1995

Series 3. Writings, circa 1994-2003
0.2 cubic feet

This series includes annotated drafts of Lambert’s honors thesis, as well as proof of a 2003 New England Quarterly article lambert co-authorized with Rhode Island College Professor J. Stanley Lemons. This series also includes lambert’s original research proposal, outline, and handwritten notes.

Container Description Date
Box 2, Folder 14 John Carter Minkins: First African-American Editor for a White Newspaper, Draft A
circa 1994-1995
Box 2, Folder 15 John Carter Minkins: First African-American Editor for a White Newspaper, Draft B
circa 1996
Box 2, Folder 16 John Carter Minkins: Pioneering African-American Newspaperman, proof
circa 2003
Box 2, Folder 17 Research proposal, outline, sources
1994
Box 2, Folder 18 Research notes
1991-1994