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Zenas Kevorkian papers (MSS-0042)

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Rhode Island College
600 Mount Pleasant Ave
Providence, RI, 02908
Tel: 401-456-8380
email:digitalcommons@ric.edu

Inventory

Series 1. Photographs, 1926-1960 (1930-1950)
0.75 cubic feet.

This series includes Kevorkian’s personal photographs. Subjects include landmarks, parks, monuments, and vistas predominantly in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Maine, New Jersey, as well as friends and family members.

Container Description Date
Box 1, Folder 1 New Hampshire: Mt. Washington, Mt. Chocorua, Lake Winnipesaukee 
1932 
Box 1, Folder 2 People: Frank Lutz; Murray Hines; Mary Emma Dull, Pembroke College May Queen 1937; K.L. [possibly Kung-Lee] Wang; Helen Anne Weston 
1933-1952 
Box 1, Folder 3 Roger Williams Junior High School: Includes group photos of students, commencement photos, and photos of building exterior 
circa 1935-1942 
Box 1, Folder 4 Providence: County Courthouse, “The Scout” statue, Carrie Tower, RI State Supreme Court Building, RI State Capitol 
undated, 1936-1937 
Box 1, Folder 5 Camp Brett, Lebanon, New Jersey 
undated, 1937 
Box 1, Folder 6 First Baptist Church, Providence 
1937 
Box 1, Folder 7 Quebec, Maine, and New Hampshire 
1937 
Box 1, Folder 8 Roger Williams Park 
1937 
Box 1, Folder 9 Hurricane of 1938 
1938 
Box 1, Folder 10 Puerto Rico – San Juan and U.S. Agricultural Experiment Station Grounds, Mayagüez (possibly Arthur Kevorkian photos) 
1939 August 
Box 1, Folder 11 Washington, D.C. 
circa 1940 
Box 1, Folder 12 Theater productions: “The Servant in the House,” “The Dover Road,” “Death Takes a Holiday,” “Mr. & Mrs. North”  
1941-1942 
Box 1, Folder 13 Roger Williams Junior High School National Defense Drive “largest donater” [sic] 
circa 1942 
Box 1, Folder 14 Wedding of Louise Alma Barry and William Carleton Hogg, Jr. 
1943 November 21 
Box 1, Folder 15 Zenas Kevorkian in Naval Uniform: Zenas Kevorkian, Arthur Kevorkian, Helen Kevorkian (née Anthony) 
1944 
Box 1, Folder 16 Friends in Europe: Jean Doneux and family, Belgium; “Jenny” Guusje, The Netherlands 
1944, 1952 
Box 1, Folder 17 German Club initiation of new members 
1949 February 16 
Box 1, Folder 18 Cranston teachers 
1953 
Box 1, Folder 19 Jamestown Camp Seaside 
1953 
Box 1, Folder 20 Class reunions, 1954-1989: Pembroke Class of 1939; Brown University Class of 1934; Providence Technical High School 1928 
1954-1989
Box 1, Folder 21 Cranston Adult Education Program: Zenas Kevorkian, Marvin Rife, Haig Varadian 
1960 April 13 
Box 1, Folder 22 Arthur Kevorkian photo of Morro Castle, Havana, Cuba 
undated 
Box 1, Folder 23 House, mostly interiors 
undated 
Box 1, Folder 24 Landscapes by Stephen Willard 
undated 
Box 1, Folder 25 “Memorial Day Picnic with the gang” 
undated 
Box 1, Folder 26 “My radio class” 
undated 
Box 1, Folder 27 National Bank, Panama City 
undated 
Box 2, Folder 1 Theatrical performance in a field 
undated 
Box 2, Folder 2 Travel by ship and scenes with palm trees: Includes photos of the S.S. Ponce, which sailed Staten Island to Puerto Rico; photos on land (possibly Puerto Rico) 
undated 
Box 2, Folder 3 People at desks 
undated 
Box 2, Folder 4 Zenas Kevorkian portraits 
undated 
Box 2, Folder 5 Zenas and friends dancing 
undated 
Box 2, Folder 6 Groups of young people playing games and doing other activities: Includes photos of people in blackface/minstrel show. Also includes photos of boating, swimming, baseball, and Gillette Castle 
undated 
Box 2, Folder 7 Unidentified people: Includes photos of theatrical performances, WJAR, photo signed by “Alice,” photos of men in military uniforms 
undated 
Box 2, Folder 8 Unidentified places: Includes photo of “Massasoit” statue in Plymouth, MA; Plymouth Memorial Park; Carrie Tower; “The Falconer,” Roger Williams Park 
undated 
Box 2, Folder 9 Negatives 
undated 
Oversize Folder 1, Photographs 1-2 Photographs – Technical High School group shots 
1921, 1928 
Oversize Folder 1, Photograph 3 Photographs – International Conference of Religious Education Conference, Geneva Point Camp, Winnipesaukee, New Hampshire 
1932 August 
Oversize Folder 1, Photograph 4 American Wringer Co. Inc. Employee outing at North Smithfield Fly Fishing Club 
1947 August 23 

Series 2. Other materials, 1930-1988 (1930-1943)
0.1 cubic feet.

This series includes Kevorkian’s resume, news clippings about him, and some correspondence related to his military training.

Container Description Date
Box 2, Folder 10 Zenas Kevorkian resume and news clippings 
circa 1944-1974 
Box 2, Folder 11 Postcards 
circa 1930-1959 
Box 2, Folder 12 Roger Williams Junior High School newsletter, “What Cheer, Netop” stationery 
1940-1942 
Box 2, Folder 13 Correspondence from Zenas Kevorkian to students and colleagues at Roger Williams Junior High School during naval training 
1942 September-1943 January 
Box 2, Folder 14 Revised history and constitution of the Barnard Club 
1988