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Formal title:
Ingraham family papers
Extent:
.75 linear feet (1 archival box)
Date range:
1830-1864, circa 1935-1954
Abstract:
The Ingraham family first immigrated to the United States in the seventeenth century from Great Britain, with many settling in South Carolina where they became a seafaring family with strong connections to both the U.S. Navy and the Navy of the Confederate States. This collection includes ships’ logs and reminiscences maintained by members of the Ingraham family while on board serving in either the U.S. Navy of the Confederate Navy during the American Civil War.
Repository:
Naval War College (U.S.). Naval Historical Collection
Collection call no:
MSC-353
Formal title:
Arthur Crew Inman papers
Extent:
1600 items (approximately)
Date range:
1856-1942 (bulk 1913-1942)
Abstract:
The Arthur Crew Inman papers consist of approximately 1600 items, including correspondence, poems, fiction, drama, essays, galley proofs, and printed notices or reviews of Inman's published work. Correspondents include George P. Baker, Alice H. Bartlett, Gamaliel Bradford, Abbie F. Brown, Edgar Guest, DuBose Heyward, Walter Lippmann, Josephine Peabody, H. L. Mencken, Bliss Perry, and Edward A. Robinson. The collection also contains 20th-century transcripts of mid-19th-century correspondence of Confederate Gen. George Pickett and his wife, LaSalle Corbell Pickett.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms.Inman
Formal title:
Intelligence and Technical archives
Extent:
111 Linear Feet (166 archival boxes, 1 oversize box)
Date range:
1885-1982 (1910-1940)
Abstract:
The Intelligence and Technical archives are comprised of the records of the Naval War College Classified Library, which in the early years of the twentieth century, was called "The Archives." This record group is composed of three series. Series I is military and technical intelligence; series II, World War Attache reports; and series III, ONI translations of German Naval documents from the period 1933-1945. This record group is a research collection of material retained for permanent reference for Naval War College staff and students in the pursuit of their professional studies.
Repository:
Naval War College (U.S.). Naval War Historical
Collection call no:
RG-08
Formal title:
The Isaac Bell House Collection
Extent:
1 hollinger box
Date range:
circa 1879-1980
Abstract:
The Isaac Bell House Collection is comprised of materials relating to the home’s various occupants, spanning the period from 1879 until 1980. The collection includes images of the interior and exterior of the home from various points in its existence, as well as images from the families who lived there.
Repository:
The Preservation Society of Newport County
Collection call no:
PSNCA.H.007
Formal title:
Jamestown and Newport Ferry Company
Extent:
238 box(es)
Date range:
1872-1969
Abstract:
The Jamestown and Newport Ferries provided service between Jamestown and Newport from 1873 to 1969 and between Jamestown and Newport from 1873 to 1869 and between Jamestown and North Kingstown (Saunderstown) from 1888 to 1940.
Repository:
University Archives and Special Collections
Collection call no:
Ms. 48
Formal title:
Thomas A. Jenckes papers
Extent:
0.25 linear feet (116 items in 1 clamshell box)
Date range:
1834-1870
Abstract:
One box, chiefly correspondence to Thomas Allen Jenckes, Congressional Representative from Rhode Island, about legal matters and legislative affairs for the period of 1837 to 1870.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms.Rider.Jenckes
Formal title:
Hubert Jennings papers
Extent:
2.5 Linear Feet
Date range:
1870-2014 (1940-1990)
Abstract:
The Hubert Jennings papers is an extensive collection of materials created or collected by Jennings in the course of his research on the Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa focused particularly on the time Pessoa lived in Durban, South Africa. Jennings published a book called Os Dois Exílios: Fernando Pessoa na Africa do Sul (1984) and an English version called Fernando Pessoa in Durban (1986). The collection includes drafts of manuscripts, translations and transcriptions of Pessoa's poetry, and correspondence with members of the Pessoa family and with other scholars. The collection also includes Jennings's own poetry, stories and essays in draft and published form, and a five-volume handwritten memoir about his life that he called the "Cracked Record."
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms.2016.002
Formal title:
Jesse Metcalf family papers
Extent:
1 linear foot
Date range:
circa 1845-1918 bulk 1845-1894
Abstract:
The collection consists of the Jesse Metcalf family papers including extensive correspondence, circa 1845-1894, and a family genealogy chart prepared circa 1918.
Repository:
Rhode Island School of Design Archives
Collection call no:
SP12.0
Formal title:
John Carter Minkins Papers
Extent:
19 linear feet; 20 oversize boxes
Date range:
1882-1920 (bulk 1889-1918)
Abstract:
This collection contains some of the papers of John Carter Minkins, a notable African-American journalist originally from Norfolk, Virginia. Minkins later moved to Pawtucket, Rhode Island to continue his newspaper work and advocate for greater equality for African-Americans in the United States.
Repository:
University Archives and Special Collections
Collection call no:
Mss. Gr. 226
Formal title:
John Davis and Francesca Braggiotti Lodge Collection
Extent:
12 box(es)
Date range:
1864-1999
Abstract:
These materials were compiled by author Thomas A. DeLong, for his book,
Repository:
University Archives and Special Collections
Collection call no:
Mss. Gr. 210

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