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Warren (Austin) papers

Formal title:: Austin Warren papers
Extent:: 19 Linear Feet
Date range:: circa 1915-2003 (1919-1986)
Abstract:: The Austin Warren papers include correspondence, manuscripts, lecture notes, journals, personal papers and photographs belonging to Austin Warren and his wife Antonia J. Warren. Most of the material is correspondence to and from Austin Warren and manuscripts written by both Austin and Antonia Warren. The papers are dated between circa 1915 and 2003.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.95.1

Formal title:: Booker T. Washington letter
Extent:: 1.0 item
Date range:: 1907 November 2
Abstract:: Letter from Booker T. Washington (Tuskegee Institute, AL) to John C. Minkins (Providence, RI) dated November 2, 1907. Washington discusses Minkins distinction as "the only colored man in the country holding the managing editorship of a white daily."
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: MS.2014.021

Formal title:: Booker T. Washington letter to Miss E.M. Tappan
Extent:: 0.01 cubic feet.
Date range:: 1905 December 5
Abstract:: The collection contains one letter from Booker T. Washington to Miss E.M. Tappan in 1905 regarding Christmas cards.
Repository:: Special Collections, James P. Adams Library
Collection call no:: MSS-0104

Watson House Committee

Formal title:: Watson House Committee
Extent:: 4 box(es)
Date range:: 1962-2002 (bulk 1960-1980)
Abstract:: The records in this group comprise documents relating to the activity of the Watson House Restoration Committee, Watson House Committee as well as its predecessor, the Furnishings Sub-Committee of the Watson House Restoration Committee. Included are minutes of the Committee and its subcommittees, budgets, correspondence of the committee chairs, members, and the Watson House caretakers. There are maintenance records, extensive inventories of the furnishings in the house as well as documents relating to the various activities that have taken place over the course of the committee's supervisory function of the Watson House.
Repository:: University Archives and Special Collections
Collection call no:: Rec. Gr. 114

Formal title:: Thomas J. Watson, Jr., papers
Extent:: 24 linear feet (24 record center boxes)
Date range:: 1905-1994
Abstract:: Thomas J. Watson, Jr., (Brown University, class of 1937) was the President and C.E.O. of International Business Machines (1952-1971). After his retirement from I.B.M., Watson began a career in government service, serving as chairman of the General Advisor Committee on Arms Control and Disarmament and as Ambassador to the Soviet Union (1978-1981). Watson's papers document the period of his ambassadorship to the Soviet Union and his subsequent work in foreign policy matters from 1981 to his death in 1993.
Repository:: Brown University Library
Collection call no:: MS-1U-W1

Formal title:: Elizabeth Weed papers
Extent:: 2.0 Linear feet
Date range:: 1977-2003
Abstract:: The Elizabeth Weed papers were donated to the Pembroke Archives by Elizabeth Weed, a professor at Brown University and Director of the Pembroke Center from 2000-2010. The papers include essays, lectures, and articles from various professors and visiting academics, as well as student files and correspondence.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.2016.009

Weeks family papers

Formal title:: Weeks family papers
Extent:: 6.5 linear feet (6 records center boxes and 1 oversize box)
Date range:: 1901-2002
Abstract:: Papers of three 20th century New England sisters, Elizabeth Goddard, Genevieve Cass and Norma Geraldine Weeks, the only children of William B. and Mabel Cass Weeks. The collection includes legal documents, baby books, travelogues, diaries, photographs, newspaper clippings, letters and published books.
Repository:: Brown University Library
Collection call no:: Ms. 93.2

Weir (John) J. papers

Formal title:: John J. Weir papers
Extent:: 0.25 Linear feet
Date range:: 1934-2001 (bulk 1934-1940)
Abstract:: John J. Weir (1922-1977) grew up in the small seaside town of South Amboy, New Jersey. He became an avid reader of science fiction and horror in 1934 to escape the suffocating boredom of small town life. The John Weir papers contain autograph and typed correspondence to and from science fiction fans who were subscribers of or contributors to Weir’s fan magazine Fantasmagoria. Weir also received mail from many famous writers of the day, including H. P. Lovecraft, Clark Ashton Smith, William Lumley, Robert Bloch, Henry Kuttner, Sam Moskowitz, Emil Petaja, John Baltadonis, and Duane Rimel. The collection also includes a photograph, postcards, an issue of the fan magazine Sweetness and Light, and John Weir’s Scripto pencil.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.2015.023

Formal title:: Joseph H. Wellings papers
Extent:: 13.35 linear feet
Date range:: 1921-1983
Abstract:: This collection consists of materials regarding Wellings’ assignment as U.S. observer of the British Home Fleet, including his reminiscences of the sinking of the Bismarck in May 1941, as well as correspondence, writings, speeches, subject files, and other documentation relating to his naval career.
Repository:: Naval War College (U.S.). Naval Historical Collection
Collection call no:: MSC-003

Formal title:: Manly Wade Wellman papers
Extent:: 11 Linear Feet
Date range:: 1908-1997 (1935-1986)
Abstract:: The Manly Wade Wellman papers consist primarily of his fiction and nonfiction manuscripts (originals, carbon copies, and page proofs), personal and professional correspondence, and financial records. Also included are a small collection of manuscripts and correspondence belonging to his wife Frances Wellman.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.2007.029

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