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General Elliot Thorpe Collection
Formal title:
General Elliot Thorpe Collection
Extent:
1 box(es)
Date range:
1928-1999
Abstract:
Gen. Elliott Thorpe's U.S. Army career (1916-1949) encompassed two world wars, the reconstruction of Japan and a tour of duty in post-war Thailand. A native of Westerly, R.I. Gen. Thorpe attended Rhode Island State College, now the University of Rhode Island, and was instrumental in raising funds for the construction of a War Memorial Student Union on campus. Gen. Thorpe's war time memoir, East Wind, Rain, was published in 1969. This collection contains copies of clippings (1928-1969), a copy of a video tape of a BBC production on Pearl Harbor in which Gen. Thorpe was interviewed (1989), facsimiles of photographs of Thorpe and Gen. Douglas MacArthur (1945), a signed copy of East Wind, Rain, and a ceremonial sword surrendered to Thorpe upon the occasion of the Japanese surrender aboard the USS Missouri in 1945.
Repository:
University Archives and Special Collections
Collection call no:
Mss. Gr. 154
General Highway Maps of Rhode Island
Formal title:
General Highway Maps of Rhode Island
Extent:
0.42 cubic feet
Date range:
1963-1966
Abstract:
Maps of the general highway system of the different counties of Rhode Island.
Repository:
Special Collections, James P. Adams Library
Collection call no:
MSS-0112
General Machinery Corporation Collection
Formal title:
General Machinery Corporation Collection
Extent:
1.15 cubic feet
Date range:
1920-1961 (bulk 1920-1949)
Abstract:
Publications, ledgers, manuals, and photo albums from Baldwin-Hamilton records related to General Machinery Corporation and Hooven-Owens-Rentschler.
Repository:
Steamship Historical Society of America
Collection call no:
1976.01
Getman (Geoffrey C.) (Class of 1965) oral history and papers relating to the Vietnam War
Formal title:
Geoffrey C. Getman (Class of 1965) oral history and papers relating to the Vietnam War
Extent:
0.25 linear foot
Date range:
1967-2010
Abstract:
This collections contains materials about the life of Geoffrey Charles Getman (Class of 1965) and his service in the Army during the Vietnam War. The materials were collected as part of the Vietnam Veterans Archive project by Professor Beth Taylor. Getman trained as an Infantry Captain, but after receiving serious wounds in January 1968, recovering, and receiving a purple heart, was assigned to desk jobs thereafter. His last position in Vietnam was as XO of LRRP company E/20 LRRP (Long Range Recon Patrols) / 75th Infantry (Rangers) Regiment where he handled army administration and logistics. He extended his tour to become an R&R Liaison Officer, spending the last 100 days of 1969 as the MACV liaison officer at the R&R Center in Honolulu. He was discharged as a Captain in March 1970. This collection contains a brief biography of Geoffrey Getman written posthumously by his sister, Susan Getman Abernathy, and her recollections of her brother’s feelings and her role in anti-war efforts, during the Vietnam War era. There is also a communication describing his military and civilian life that Geoffrey Getman sent in 2003 to his OCS classmates via email as they were reuniting in the virtual world, state-side. There are two photographs of Getman in his dress uniform circa 1967.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
AMS.1U.G9
Giddings (J. Louis) Collection
Formal title:
J. Louis Giddings Collection
Extent:
19 linear feet
Date range:
1937-1967 (bulk 1956-1964)
Abstract:
The collection encompasses the years 1937-1967 and consists primarily of a single series of ten boxes of subject files. Additional material includes numerous newspaper clippings, correspondence, printed material, press releases, photographs, slides, glass plate negatives and films.
Repository:
Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology
Collection call no:
JLG
Giddings (Paula) papers
Formal title:
Paula Giddings papers
Extent:
38 linear feet
Date range:
1918–2023
Abstract:
This collection contains the personal and professional papers of Paula J. Giddings, notable American writer, editor, and chronicler of African American women's history. She is the Elizabeth A. Woodson 1922 Professor Emerita of Africana Studies at Smith College and the author of four critically acclaimed books:
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
MS.2023.008
Gilman Land Company records
Formal title:
Gilman Land Company records
Extent:
4.2 linear feet
Date range:
1905-1942
Abstract:
The records of Gilman Land Company, 1905-1942, document the official incorporation, financial transactions, and activities of the company throughout its history as presented at corporate meetings, official accounting records and correspondence between officers and their agents. The material is arranged by format and includes correspondence, meeting records, architectural maps and drawings, legal documents and financial records.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms. 2007.032
Gizzi (Michael) Papers
Formal title:
Michael Gizzi papers
Extent:
22.5 linear feet
Date range:
circa 1940-2010
Abstract:
The Michael Gizzi papers are comprised predominately of correspondence and writings by Gizzi and by others. There are also printed, graphic, and audio materials. Most of the material dates from 1985 - 1999 and the collection is representative of a broad community of poets and artists.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms.2011.025
Glass (Jodi L.) papers
Formal title:
Jodi L. Glass papers
Extent:
3 Linear Feet
Date range:
1978-2002
Abstract:
The Jodi L. Glass papers provide rich documentation of the inner workings of feminist organizations and movements in Rhode Island and beyond. Included in the collection are the correspondence, essays, news clippings, legislation, agendas, and minutes of a number of groups and movements, including the Rhode Island Feminist Chorus, Feminist Resources Unlimited and the anti-pornography movement.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms.2008.022
Gleeson (Alice Collins) papers
Formal title:
Alice Collins Gleeson papers
Extent:
0.5 Linear feet
Date range:
1935-1937
Abstract:
The Alice Collins Gleason papers consist of scripts and preparation sheets for radio plays about early Rhode Island history written for elementary and junior high schools in Rhode Island. The plays date from 1935-1937.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
MS.1U.G4

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