RIAMCO

Rhode Island Archival and Manuscript Collections Online

Limit My Results

Date Range

    -
  • 1801 - 1900 Remove facet 1801 - 1900
    ( 405 )
Date Range: 1801 - 1900 Remove filter 1801 - 1900
« Previous | 261 - 270 of 405 collections | Next »

Results

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
Patent medicine bottle collection
Formal title:
Patent medicine bottle collection
Extent:
7 Linear Feet
Date range:
1850-1920
Abstract:
Consists of 212 patent medicine bottles and 8 objects related to patent medicine dating from the mid-nineteenth century to the early twentieth century and a binder of slides documenting an additional 30 bottles and 3 objects. The collection was assembled by Dr. David S. Greer, Dean of Medicine at Brown University from 1981-1992 and professor emeritus in the Community Health Department in the Division of Biology and Medicine.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms.2008.002
Patterson (Theodore H.) Druggist Recipe book
Formal title:
Theodore H. Patterson Druggist Recipe book
Extent:
1 volume
Date range:
1866-1869
Abstract:
The collection comprises a single bound volume used by Theodore H. Patterson to record druggist recipes.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms.2018.003
Paul (Elizabeth Wheeler) family papers
Formal title:
Elizabeth Wheeler Paul family papers
Extent:
0.21 linear feet
Date range:
1874-1898
Abstract:
This collection contains correspondence, photographs, and a pair of pockets of Elizabeth Wheeler Paul (1817-1906) and her family.
Repository:
Newport Historical Society
Collection call no:
MS.2012.34
Peers (Gordon Franklin) papers
Formal title:
Gordon Franklin Peers papers
Extent:
4.25 linear feet
Date range:
1853-1988 bulk 1927-1988
Abstract:
Correspondence, memorabilia, slides, photographs, calendars, journals, essays, TV scripts and art catalogs document Gordon F. Peers' long career at RISD as an instructor in the Painting Department.
Repository:
Rhode Island School of Design Archives
Collection call no:
10.02.3
Percival (John H.) papers
Formal title:
John H. Percival Papers
Extent:
1 linear foot
Date range:
1898-1973
Abstract:
This collection features the personal papers of magician, John H. Percival, including correspondence and photogrpahs. Also included are personal notebooks, in which Percival has recorded notes on tricks and the patter to accompany them.
Repository:
Providence Public Library, Special Collections
Collection call no:
MSS011

Pagination

Options

For Participating Institutions