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Newport vertical file
Formal title:
Newport vertical file
Extent:
10.9 linear feet
Date range:
1854-2010 (bulk 1911-2010)
Abstract:
The Newport vertical file, created and maintained by the Redwood Library and Athenaeum for reference purposes, consists of articles, clippings, newspapers, photocopies, and reprints regarding the people, society, historic homes and buildings, maritime activities, civic organizations, music festivals, public celebrations, sporting events, commerce and industry, art, and history of Newport, Rhode Island.
Repository:
Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:
RLC.Ms.035
Newspaper and newsletters collection
Formal title:
Newspaper and newsletters collection
Extent:
0.2 cubic feet
Date range:
1835-1864
Abstract:
Collection of nineteenth century newspapers and newsletters.
Repository:
Special Collections, James P. Adams Library
Collection call no:
MSS-0053
Normal Student (The)
Formal title:
The Normal Student
Extent:
0.20 cubic feet
Date range:
1896-1898
Abstract:
Newsletter created by students at the Rhode Island Normal School who were interested in publishing updates on events and providing information to students in their academic careers.
Repository:
Special Collections, James P. Adams Library
Collection call no:
CA-0005
Norris (Curtis B.) papers
Formal title:
Curtis B. Norris papers
Extent:
138 linear feet
Date range:
1885-2002
Abstract:
Curtis Bird Norris and his father Lowell Ames Norris were both prolific producers of detective stories. His mother Helen Curtis Norris was a a children's author. The collection contains correspondence, original drafts, typescripts, diaries, scrapbooks, crime case files, photographs, clippings, memorabilia, and cassettes relating to their writing. Also included is material relating to the public affairs work of Curtis B. Norris at Brown and Stonehill colleges, his Ledger column, and background on the "Phantom P-40" story.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms.2010.034
Office of the Treasurer records
Formal title:
Rhode Island School of Design. Office of the Treasurer records
Extent:
4.1 linear feet
Date range:
1877-1991
Abstract:
Records of the Treasurer document the financial history of Rhode Island School of Design, 1877-1991.
Repository:
Rhode Island School of Design Archives
Collection call no:
5.0
Olney (Stephen T.) correspondence
Formal title:
Stephen T. Olney correspondence
Extent:
0.5 linear feet
Date range:
1817-1875 1845-1875
Abstract:
This collection contains correspndence written to and from Stephen T. Olney during 1817 and 1845-1875 with 46 other botanists regarding the study and collection of a wide variety of plants. The bulk of his correspondence is with: Michael Schuck Bebb, John Carey, Chester Dewey, and Earl Flint.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms.2017.024
Olneyville Free Library Association Records
Formal title:
Olneyville Free Library Association Records
Extent:
2 boxes (1.4 linear feet)
Date range:
1888-1968
Abstract:
The Olneyville Free Library Association Records include correspondence, financial ledgers, membership and board meeting minutes, mortgage bonds, receipts, wills and legal papers.
Repository:
Providence Public Library Special Collections, Rhode Island Collection
Collection call no:
MSS032
Packard (Alpheus Spring) Papers
Formal title:
Alpheus Spring Packard papers
Extent:
1.0 linear foot
Date range:
1864-1902
Abstract:
The papers of Alpheus Spring Packard include various papers and articles written by Professor Spring and family correspondence.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
MS.1UF.P1
Palmer (Alison) papers
Formal title:
Alison Palmer Papers
Extent:
6.5 Linear feet
Date range:
1853-1991 (bulk 1971-1991)
Abstract:
Alison Palmer (Brown University Class of 1953) served in the United States Foreign Service (1959-1981) in Belgian Congo, Ethiopia, and Vietnam. Palmer successfully pursued two sex discrimination lawsuits against the State Department, winning in 1974 and 1987. After her retirement from the State Department in 1981, Palmer became the thirteenth woman Episcopal priest ordained in the United States. The Alison Palmer papers are chiefly related to her two lawsuits but also contain materials that document her foreign service career, and family papers.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms.90.6
Parsons (Usher) papers
Formal title:
Usher Parsons papers
Extent:
34 items
Date range:
1812-1873 (bulk 1831-1873)
Abstract:
Usher Parsons (1788-1868) was a professor of anatomy and surgery in Brown University's early medical school. Parson's medical experience is legendary in the annals of military surgery as he was the only surgeon at the Battle of Lake Erie on September 10, 1813. The collection contains diaries (1831-1866), surgical notes, travel journals, and account books.
Repository:
Brown University Library
Collection call no:
Ms. 90.1

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