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Donovan (Bruce) Papers

Formal title:: Bruce Donovan Papers
Extent:: .5 linear feet
Date range:: 1974-1988 (bulk 1977-1988)
Abstract:: This collection contains material generated by a committee called "Administrators Concerned with Alcohol and Other Drugs", including meeting minutes (and ancillary material), and correspondence. The meeting minutes and correspondence examine ways in which alcohol and drug abuse and dependency could be controlled on campus, including ways to limit alcohol consumption at student gatherings.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: OF.1CA.D2

Formal title:: Lesley C. Doonan activist files
Extent:: 1 Linear foot
Date range:: 1968-2003
Abstract:: This collection consists of the activist files of Lesley C. Doonan, social justice feminist and founding member of the Women's Liberation Union of Rhode Island. The collection documents Doonan's participation in various feminist organizations including the National Conference on Women, the Rhode Island Abortion Counseling Service and the Women's Liberation Union of Rhode Island. Materials include correspondence, conference material, clippings, legal files, and print materials, dating from 1968-2003. The collection is arranged into 4 series.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.2019.001

Formal title:: Virginia Louise Doris papers
Extent:: Over 200 items item(s)
Date range:: 1970-1983
Abstract:: Contains poetry of V.L.D. and her research materials pertaining to Edgar Allan Poe and Sarah Helen Whitman, etc. Consists, for the most part, of xerox copies in three-ring binders, but also includes original correspondence, mounted photographs, newspaper clippings, tear-sheets, etc.
Repository:: Brown University Library
Collection call no:: Ms. 81.6

Formal title:: Earl Dotter collection of United Mine Workers of America 1972-1973 election campaign literature and photographs
Extent:: 0.2 linear feet
Date range:: 1972-1976
Abstract:: Photojournalist Earl Dotter joined VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America) in 1968 and was assigned to the Cumberland Plateau Region of Tennessee, where he documented the culture and struggles of local families. After his VISTA assignment concluded, he remained in the area to photograph the rank-and-file movement to reform the United Mine Workers Union and the campaign to unseat union president Tony Boyle, called "Miners for Democracy" -- the subject of this collection, which includes photographs, Miller-Trobovich-Patrick campaign literature, the 1973 United Mine Workers Officer’s Report, and the June 15-July 15, 1976 issue of the United Mine Workers Journal.
Repository:: Brown University Library
Collection call no:: Ms. 2010.016

Formal title:: Douglas family photographs
Extent:: 5 items
Date range:: ca. 1925-1942
Abstract:: Photographs of the J. Gordon Douglas family, mostly taken outside at country and golf clubs in Newport, RI or Palm Beach, FL.
Repository:: The Preservation Society of Newport County
Collection call no:: PSNCA.H.038

Formal title:: T. Nelson Downs collection
Extent:: 1.1 linear feet
Date range:: 1905-1938
Abstract:: Thomas Nelson Downs was a self-taught magician, specializing in coin tricks, who over the course of his career, performed in vaudeville acts all over the country, owned a vaudeville house, sold magic supplies, and wrote several books of magic instruction. This collection contains his correspondence with fellow magician Edward "Tex" McGuire, documentation of tricks or "effects", patents, advertisements, news clippings, photographs, and show programs.
Repository:: Brown University Library
Collection call no:: Ms. 2010.013

Formal title:: Edward Paul Doyle, O. P. papers
Extent:: 2 box(es)
Date range:: 1932-2000
Abstract:: The collection centers around Dominican Brother Edward Paul Doyle’s military service as a World War II U.S. Army Chaplain, participation in the 104th Infantry Division liberation of the Nazi concentration camp at Nordhausen, Germany, and attendance at Holocaust remembrance events during the 1980s and 1990s.
Repository:: Phillips Memorial Library
Collection call no:: rppc_doyle

Formal title:: Mother Mary Matthew Doyle Papers
Extent:: .208 linear feet (1 document box) linear feet
Date range:: 1934-1960 (bulk 1947-1948)
Abstract:: This collection contains biographical information and correspondence relating to Mother Mary Matthew Doyle, first President of Salve Regina University, 1947-1948.
Repository:: Salve Regina University Archives
Collection call no:: RG3.1.1

Formal title:: Dr. Anthony Merlino JFK Assassination Conspiracy Theory Collection
Extent:: 6.25 Linear Feet
Date range:: 1962-2005
Abstract:: Dr. Anthony Merlino, a 1951 graduate of Providence College, collected a large personal library of books, recordings, and memorabilia concerning President John F. Kennedy, his family, and their associates over the course of his lifetime. This collection is a small subset of the original collection covering the myriad conspiracy theories that arose and circulated in American society following Kennedy’s assassination in 1963. The collection is primarily comprised of small-run serial publications. It also includes copies of recordings of Kennedy’s meetings and speeches while in office, audio recordings of conspiracy theorists’ radio shows, and reproductions of films and photography which captured the assassination.
Repository:: Providence College
Collection call no:: SC041

Formal title:: Ingamar M. Alven Ducey papers
Extent:: 0.8 cubic feet.
Date range:: 1929-1931
Abstract:: The collection consists of assignments created by Ingamar M. Alven Ducey while studying at the Yale School of Fine Arts in the early twentieth century.
Repository:: Special Collections, James P. Adams Library
Collection call no:: MSS-0019

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