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Formal title:: Community Art Project records
Extent:: 0.5 linear feet
Date range:: 1932-1943
Abstract:: The records document the activities of the Community Art Project, a joint venture of Brown University and RISD.
Repository:: Rhode Island School of Design Archives
Collection call no:: SP 1.0

Formal title:: James C. Dickson papers
Extent:: 18.5 Linear Feet
Date range:: 1988-2002 (1998-2002)
Abstract:: These papers document James C. Dickson's career as an activist and organizer for disabled individuals and the founding and development of the American Association of People with Disabilities. It includes materials Dickson used in his efforts to insure the voting rights of disabled persons and their access to polling places, especially in the VOTE!2000 Campaign. Later materials cover electronic voting issues and the lead in to the 2008 presidential election. The collection also contains documentation of other organizing efforts involving the rights of children, especially children with disabilities, and the medical care of the elderly and people with disabilities. Extensive additions to the collection include material on the development of the American Association of People with Disabilities and the organization's involvement with voting issues, as well as Dickson's attempt to sail across the Atlantic.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.2007.021

Formal title:: Free Mumia Movement collection
Extent:: 7 linear feet
Date range:: 1995-2016
Abstract:: The collection contains materials related to mass efforts to free Mumia Abu-Jamal from incarceration, including posters, brochures, postcards, buttons, reports, and some letters.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.2023.004

Formal title:: Gordon Hall and Grace Hoag Collection of Dissenting and Extremist Printed Propaganda
Extent:: 168,800 items from 5470 organizations (as of 2000)
Date range:: 1926-1996 (bulk 1960-1990)
Abstract:: The Hall-Hoag Collection of Dissenting and Extremist Printed Progpaganda constitutes the country's largest research collection of right and left wing U.S. extremist groups, from 1950 to 1999.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.76

Formal title:: Caroline Hazard papers
Extent:: 1.3 cubic feet
Date range:: 1872-1945
Abstract:: Collected papers of an educator, author, and fifth president of Wellesley College, consisting of correspondence, photographs, poetry, publications, and clippings.
Repository:: Special Collections, James P. Adams Library
Collection call no:: MSS-0092

Formal title:: Julius Hesper Collection
Extent:: 2 linear feet
Date range:: 1920-1972
Abstract:: Cruise line ephemera collected during Hesper’s career working for various passenger shipping companies.
Repository:: Steamship Historical Society of America
Collection call no:: 1993.03

Formal title:: Just Say No Campaign collection
Extent:: 1 linear foot (1 record center box)
Date range:: 1985-1996 (bulk 1985-1992)
Abstract:: This collection contains material, chiefly photographs, related to the "Just Say No" campaign against drug use from 1985 to 1996. It also includes some correspondence to and from the Just Say No Foundation and Just Say No International, slides, negatives, videocassettes and a workbook.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.2008.010

Marks (Elaine) papers

Formal title:: Elaine Marks papers
Extent:: 4 linear feet (4 record center boxes)
Date range:: 1893-2001 (bulk 1949-2001)
Abstract:: The Elaine Marks Papers consist of correspondence, photographs, research and teaching materials, and ephemera from the period 1949-2001. The collection includes manuscripts, course syllabi, promotional materials, and correspondence related to Elaine Marks' professorial work in the fields of French literature and Women's Studies. The collection also includes extensive materials from Marks' work with the Modern Language Association.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.2007.003

Needmor Fund Records

Formal title:: Needmor Fund Records
Extent:: 24.0 Linear feet
Date range:: 1975-2008 (bulk 1979-2008)
Abstract:: The Needmor Fund is a family foundation established in Toledo, Ohio, in 1956 by Duane and Virginia Stranahan with income from the Champion Spark Plug business. It focuses on funding community organizing efforts to create a more equitable and just society. The records document the activities of the Needmor Fund from the the 1970's to the early 21st century and include correspondence, grant applications and rejections, pamphlets, seminar brochures, notes from site visits, speeches, publications and media presentations.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.2007.018

Formal title:: Newport ephemera collection
Extent:: 6.26 linear feet (15 document cases)
Date range:: 1776-2003 (bulk 1941-2003)
Abstract:: The Newport ephemera collection, created and maintained by the Redwood Library and Athenaeum for reference purposes, consists of printed ephemera such as annual reports, brochures, bylaws, pamphlets, postcards, and programs documenting the people, society, historic homes and buildings, maritime activities, civic organizations, public celebrations, sporting events, commerce, art, and history of Newport, R.I.
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.028

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