Inventory
InventoryProfessional Papers, 1889-1918
9 box(es)
(3.75 linear feet)
This series contains papers related to John Minkins’ work as a journalist and newspaper owner in the 1890s through the 1910s. It contains correspondence, handwritten and typed article drafts, telegrams, and business and financial records. Highlights include Minkins’ correspondence with three different Rhode Island Governors: R. Livingston Beeckman, Elisha Dyer, and Lucius Garvin.
Arrangement: The folders are arranged alphabetically by sender or category and then chronologically within each folder.
Personal Papers, 1886-1918
7 box(es)
(3.5 linear feet)
This series contains the personal papers of John Minkins including correspondence, insurance documents, bank documents, invitations to attend events, manuscript drafts, copies of speeches, and documents from his time at Norfolk Mission College.
Arrangement: The folders are arranged alphabetically by sender or category and then chronologically within each folder.
Minkins Family Subject File, 1896-1918
1 box(es)
(0.5 linear feet)
This series contains documents relating to members of John Minkins’ immediate and extended family including school report cards, medical logs, and drawings made by the Minkins daughters.
Arrangement: The folders are arranged alphabetically by name and then chronologically within each folder.
Minkins Family Correspondence, 1888-1918
1 box(es)
(0.5 linear feet)
This series contains the correspondence of members of John Minkins’ immediate and extended family including his uncle, Charles E. Minkins, who raised him as a child.
Arrangement: The folders are arranged alphabetically by sender and then chronologically within each folder.
Jessup Family Correspondence and Subject File, 1885-1909
1 box(es)
(0.5 linear feet)
This series contains the correspondence of Rosa [Jessup] Minkins’ parents, Landon and Mary Jessup as well as her step-mother, Maria. It also contains documents relating to Landon Jessup’s work as a shoe merchant in Norfolk, Virginia.
Arrangement: The folders are arranged alphabetically by sender or category and then chronologically within each folder.
John and Rosa Minkins Correspondence, 1893-1916
1 box(es)
(0.5 linear feet)
This series contains correspondence between Landon and Mary Jessup and John and Rosa Minkins as well as correspondence between John and Rosa Minkins before they were married. It also contains documents related to the wedding of John and Rosa Minkins in 1894.
Arrangement: The folders are arranged chronologically by category and then within each folder.
Rosa Minkins Subject File (1886-1900)
1 box(es)
(0.5 linear feet)
This series contains the personal papers of Rosa [Jessup] Minkins including transcriptions of sermons from her time at Norfolk Mission College, handwritten manuscripts, and various books.
Arrangement: The folders are arranged alphabetically and then chronologically within each folder.
Rosa Minkins Correspondence, 1888-1917
2 box(es)
(1 linear feet)
This series contains the correspondence of Rosa Minkins from both friends and extended family members as well as some businesses.
Arrangement: The folders are arranged alphabetically by sender and then chronologically within each folder.
Printed Matter, 1895-1918
8 box(es)
(3.75 linear feet)
This series contains several printed pamphlets, books, magazines, advertisements, and government documents relating either to John Minkins’ work as a journalist or his personal involvement in the African-American equality movement. Highlights include a pamphlet written by John Minkins entitled “Negro Progress Since Emancipation,” published in 1909, and a pamphlet from the National Wholesale Liquor Dealers Association entitled “The Anti-Prohibition Manual” from 1915. There are also two sub-series within this series: City of Providence and State of Rhode Island. Each includes documents from the stated agency.
Arrangement: The folders are arranged alphabetically by title.
City of Providence, 1913-1918
2 box(es)
(0.75 linear feet)
Arrangement: The folders are arranged alphabetically.
State of Rhode Island (1907-1919)
1 box(es)
(0.5 linear feet)
The series contains reports from Rhode Island government entities.
Arrangement: The folders are arranged alphabetically.
Photographs (1891-1918)
5 box(es)
(2.5 linear feet)
This series contains three sub-series: Photographs of a Known Subject, Photographs of an Unknown Subject, and Photographs of the front lines of battle during World War I copyrighted by Underwood and Underwood of New York. The photographs are mostly printed on photographic paper and then mounted on a cardboard backing, but there are some Tin-Type photographs as well.
Arrangement: The folders of sub-series one and two are arranged alphabetically. The folders of sub-series three are arranged chronologically.
Photographs: Known Subject (1891-1914)
1 box(es)
(0.5 linear feet)
Photographs: Unknown Subject, Undated
3 box(es)
(1.5 linear feet)
Photographs: Underwood and Underwood [New York] (1914-1918)
1 box(es)
(0.5 linear feet)
Newspaper Clippings (1901-1905)
1 box(es)
(0.5 linear feet)
This series contains newspaper clippings from various newspapers that John Minkins collected during his career. The folders are organized chronologically. Highlights include articles on the engagement of John D. Rockefeller Jr. and Abbie Aldrich and the migration of multi-millionaires to Newport to avoid paying taxes in New York City.
Arrangement: The folders are arranged chronologically.
Newspapers, 1889-1918
13 oversize box(es)
This series contains several different full-size newspapers including some of the publications John Minkins worked for and others that he read. The highlight of this series is 165 issues of the Rhode Island Examiner newspaper which Minkins owned and ran. A complete listing of newspaper titles and issues that are part of this collection can be viewed by clicking here.
Arrangement: The newspapers are arranged chronologically within each box.
Miscellaneous and Oversize, 1882-1916
7 oversize box(es)
This series contains period clothing that belonged to the Minkins family including Carolyn [Minkins] Stanley’s World War II Army Transportation Corps Uniform. It also contains several oversize documents and art works.
Arrangement: The items are not organized in any particular way.