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Sears (Barnas) papers

Formal title:: Barnas Sears papers
Extent:: 0.5 Linear feet
Date range:: 1833-1880 (bulk 1856-1867)
Abstract:: Barnas Sears graduated from Brown University in 1825 and served as the fifth president of Brown from 1855-1867. This collection primarily consists of correspondence from Sears' service as president of Brown University.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: MS.1C.5

Formal title:: Shakespearian Advertiser printing block collection
Extent:: 1.0 linear foot
Date range:: 1870-1871
Abstract:: Wood engraving printing blocks created by Edward S. Jones to illustrate a booklet titled "The Shakespearian Advertiser" published by Harlen P. Boyce in Providence, RI. The images are comic illustrations of quotes from various plays by William Shakespeare.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.2011.044

Formal title:: Joe and Lil Shapiro collection of laundry ephemera
Extent:: 15.0 linear feet
Date range:: 1805-2010 (bulk 1880-1955)
Abstract:: The Joe and Lil Shapiro collection of laundry ephemera is a collection consisting largely of small format ephemera that depict the history, artifacts and materials used in doing laundry over several centuries. Most of the material was produced by companies involved in the manufacture of laundry products. The collection includes, but is not limited to, advertising premiums, billheads, broadsides, brochures, calendars, greeting cards, labels, matchbooks, pamphlets, photographs, postage stamps, poster stamps, promotional booklets, puzzles, scrapbooks, shirt boards and trade cards. Much of the material in the collection is undated. The dated material is from 1805 to 2010. Most was produced between 1880 and 1955.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: MS.2014.002

Formal title:: Mrs. Edward A. Sherman, Sr., collection of autographs
Extent:: 0.01 linear feet (1 folder)
Date range:: 1870s-1941 (bulk 1918-1941)
Abstract:: This collection consists of autographs and letters from various political, military, business, and other figures from the late nineteenth through early twentieth century collected by Mrs. Edward A. (Hazel Erma Poole) Sherman of Newport, Rhode Island.
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.554

Formal title:: Malcom Chesney Shurtleff Papers
Extent:: 1.0 Linear feet
Date range:: 1827-1928
Abstract:: Handwritten and typed extracts from correspondences between the United States State Department and American diplomats in Peru. Course notes from courses taken at the University of Minnesota and Harvard University on subjects including British imperial history, international law, and Latin American history. Additional notes and sketch of a voyage through the Panama Canal and clippings from newspapers and magazines concerning Latin America.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: MS.81.3

SIDQ newsletters

Formal title:: SIDQ newsletters
Extent:: 0.20 cubic feet.
Date range:: 1895-1896
Abstract:: Newsletters made by students at the Rhode Island Normal School who were interested in writing to aid students in their academic careers.
Repository:: Special Collections, James P. Adams Library
Collection call no:: CA-0004

Formal title:: Rollo G. Silver papers
Extent:: 12 Linear Feet
Date range:: 1815-1986 (1923-1986)
Abstract:: Rollo G. Silver (1909–1989) was an American book collector and historian of American printing, typography, and publishing as created by White people in the European printing tradition. With his wife, Alice, he created a major collection of books and manuscripts relating to Walt Whitman. This collection contains his correspondence, research on publishers and typographers, specimens of type and a miniature toy printing press.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: MS.2013.001

Formal title:: Thomas E. Skidmore papers
Extent:: 28 Linear Feet
Date range:: 1878-2006 (1950-2006)
Abstract:: This collection documents the career of Thomas E. Skidmore who was a professor in the Latin American Studies department at the University of Wisconsin (1967-1987) and then at Brown University (1988-1999). His area of focus was Brazil and he was the pre-eminent expert in the United States on the topic of its history and politics. The collection relates primarily to his professional life as a student, professor and scholar. Materials related to his personal life are interspersed throughout with the highest concentration in Series 5. Correspondence.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: AMS.1UF.S4

Slater (John) papers

Formal title:: John Slater papers
Extent:: 130 items
Date range:: 1804-1846
Abstract:: Correspondence relating to the personal life and manufacturing career of John Slater. Includes letters documenting the establishment, operation, and expansion of his yarn company in Slatersville (originally Smithfield), Rhode Island. Subjects include labor issues (e.g., wages, hiring, etc.) and technical questions (e.g., water looms, aqueduct, etc.)
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.89.1

Formal title:: Augustus William Smith papers
Extent:: 3.5 Linear feet
Date range:: 1816-1918 (bulk 1820-1860)
Abstract:: Augustus William Smith was a school teacher, university professor (astronomy and mathematics), president of Wesleyan University and professor of Natural Philosophy at the United States Naval Academy. Smith's papers contain extensive correspondence with contemporary astronomers, mathematicians and meteorologists, along with several manuscripts. There is also correspondence between Smith and others concerning affairs of the Methodist-Episcopal Church.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.Smith

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