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Watson House Committee (Rec. Gr. 114)

University of Rhode Island, University Archives and Special Collections

15 Lippitt Road
Kingston, RI 02881-2011
Tel: 401-874-4632

email: archives@etal.uri.edu

Inventory

Inventory

Series 1. Subject Series
Box 1-4, Folder 1-72
This record group is comprised of documents relating to the activity of the Watson Committee and its predecessor, the Watson House Restoration Committee. The records comprise minutes of the committee and its subcommittees, budgets, correspondence of the committee chairs, members, and the Watson House caretakers. There are extensive inventories of the furnishings of the house as well as documents relating to the various activities that have taken place over the course of the committee's supervisory function of the Watson House. The records were kept in the second floor office of the Watson House and were transferred to Special Collections in November 2002 by the current Chairman, Irving Taylor. The records are in good condition.

Container Description Date
Box 1, Folder 1 Annual Reports
 1972,1977, 1979-1990
Box 1, Folder 2 Archeological Investigation
 1975
Box 1, Folder 3 Budget, Establishment
 1966,1976-1978
Box 1, Folder 4 Budget, Expenditures Book
 1990
Box 1, Folder 5 Budget, Expenses
 1964-1965
Box 1, Folder 6 Budget, Expenses
 1976, 1978-1983, 1985, 1990
Box 1, Folder 7 Budget, Operating
 1980-1987, 1990
Box 1, Folder 8 Classical Agricultural School, Correspondence; Louisa White and Carl Woodward
 1963-1964
Box 1, Folder 9 Committee, Appointment Letters/list
 1964-1990
Box 1, Folder 10 Committee, Establishment of Duties
 1964
Box 1, Folder 11 Committee, Meetings, Minutes, Notes, Notices
 1964-1993, scattered dates
Box 1, Folder 12 Cusack Memorial
 1976
Box 1, Folder 13 Cusack Memorial - Slides of Memorial Dedication
 1976
Box 1, Folder 14 Donors, Watson House Restoration Fund
 1963-1964
Box 1, Folder 15 Furnishings, Acknowledgements
 1963-1966, 1968
Box 1, Folder 16 Furnishings, Caretaker
 1986, 1989
Box 1, Folder 17 Furnishings, Interior Descriptions
 undated
Box 1, Folder 18 Furnishings: Light Fixtures and misc.
 1976, 1986, undated
Box 1, Folder 19 Furnishings, Sub-Committee
 1963-1964
Box 1, Folder 20 Furnishings, Suggestion List
 1964, undated
Box 1, Folder 21 Furnishing: Textiles
 1964, 1975, undated
Box 1, Folder 22 Friends of the Watson House Steering Committee
 undated
Box 1, Folder 23 Guest Book
 1975-1987
Box 1, Folder 24 Guest Book
 1987-2002
Box 2, Folder 25 Historic Preservation Bond Issue
 1992
Box 2, Folder 26 History, Watson House
 undated
Box 2, Folder 27 Insurance
 1964-1979
Box 2, Folder 28 Insurance: Appraisal
 1976-1990
Box 2, Folder 29 Inventory Cards
 1964, 1965, undated
Box 2, Folder 29a Inventory Cards: Textiles
 1965, 1978
Box 2, Folder 30 Inventories
 1989, undated
Box 2, Folder 31 Landscaping Colonial Garden (Joyce J. Wallace?)
 (1986?)
Box 2, Folder 32 Loans
 1965, 1978-1979, undated
Box 2, Folder 33 Maintenance: Chimney
 1974-1975, undated
Box 2, Folder 34 Maintenance: Landscape
 1964,1985-1987, undated
Box 2, Folder 35 Maintenance / Repairs
 1964-1981, 1987, scattered dates
Box 2, Folder 36 Maintenance / Repairs Requests
 1983-1988
Box 2, Folder 37 Management
 1964,1977, 1990
Box 2, Folder 38 Occupant / Caretaker Applicants, Contracts, Correspondence
 1969-1970,1976-1996
Box 2, Folder 39 Occupant / Caretaker Contract Drafts and Blank
 1989, undated
Box 2, Folder 40 Occupant / Caretaker Guide:" Care and Maintenance of Watson House" Susannah Worth
 1984
Box 2, Folder 41 Occupant / Caretaker Notes, Misc.
 1990, undated
Box 2, Folder 42 Occupant / Caretaker Worth, Susannah
 1984-1986
Box 2, Folder 43 Open House, Invitation List, Press Release
 1964 Oct 10-11
Box 3, Folder 44 Peckham Plaque
 1976
Box 3, Folder 45 Photographs: Historic Costume
 undated
Box 3, Folder 46 Photographs: Mary Whitlock; Kate Edgerton
 1974, 1975
Box 3, Folder 47 Photographs: Watson House Exterior, Interior
 undated
Box 3, Folder 47a Plan, Watson House
 1963 Oct
Box 3, Folder 48 Pot Holder
 undated
Box 3, Folder 49 Publications: Audiovisual Programs For Museums - Conservation Office of Museum Programs, Smithsonian
 undated
Box 3, Folder 50 Publications: Historic Topics, Periods
 undated
Box 3, Folder 51 Publications: South Kingston School Department Resource Book
 1990
Box 3, Folder 52 Publication: Re Watson House
 1965-1986 scattered dates
Box 3, Folder 53 Publicity: Advertisement
 1964,1965, 1978, undated
Box 3, Folder 54 Publicity: News clippings
 1963-1992
Box 3, Folder 55 Restoration Committee
 1962 Dec-1964 Jul
Box 3, Folder 56 Rhode Island Historic Preservation Commission
 1990
Box 3, Folder 57 Safety, Security Vandalism, Theft
 1965, 1991, undated
Box 3, Folder 58 Security / Safety
 1964, 1969-1971, 1975, 1984
Box 3, Folder 59 Sewing Pattern, Wrap Around Dress (?)
 undated
Box 3, Folder 60 Sign Bond
 1980-1981
Box 3, Folder 61 Space Allocations Committee
 1964, 1965-1968, 1970
Box 3, Folder 62 Sweet Pillow
 1986
Box 3, Folder 63 Textiles:" Eighteenth Century New England Window and Wall Treatments" Diane L. Erdmann
 1982
Box 3, Folder 64 Textiles and Weaving Pamphlets and Reprints
 1977, undated
Box 3, Folder 65 Tour Guide
 1977
Box 3, Folder 66 Tours / Use, Children's
 1979,1984, undated
Box 3, Folder 67 Tours / Use
 1965, 1969, 1972, 1977-1980, 1983, 1984,1987, 1989
Box 3, Folder 68 Use Committee
 1963-1964
Box 3, Folder 69 Use: A Proposed Program for the Watson House Museum: Summer 1976 Mary Keane
 1976
Box 3, Folder 70 Winterthur Museum: Windsor Chairs
 1984 Nov 14
Box 3, Folder 71 Miscellaneous Correspondence
 1968-1991, scattered dates
Box 3, Folder 72 Miscellaneous notes, flyers
 undated
Box 4, Folder Inventory Cards
 1964