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Formal title:: Dr. Nathaniel M. Sims collection of Sims and Hitchcock family papers
Extent:: 10.5 linear feet
Date range:: 1797-1993 (bulk 1906-1945)
Abstract:: This collection consists of correspondence, logbooks, photographs, publications, and other papers relating to the Sims and Hitchcock families, particularly Admiral William S. Sims, his wife Anne Hitchcock Sims, and her father Ethan Allen Hitchcock. These papers detail the families’ personal lives and relationships as well as the careers of Adm. Sims and Ethan Allen Hitchcock.
Repository:: Naval War College (U.S.). Naval Historical Collection
Collection call no:: MSC-354

Formal title:: Elizabeth Morris Smith collection
Extent:: 0.92 linear feet (1 flat oversize box)
Date range:: 1855-1934 (bulk 1917-1934)
Abstract:: Autographs, letters, poems, clippings, and other memorabilia from various poets, writers, artists, sports figures, and politicians collected by Elizabeth Morris Smith (1915-1994) of Newport, Rhode Island.
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.041

Formal title:: Leon E. Truesdell papers
Extent:: 6 linear feet
Date range:: 1882-1973 (bulk 1902-1970)
Abstract:: Leon E. Truesdell graduated from Brown University in 1907 with both an A.B. and A. M degree. His papers consist chiefly of his personal and professional writings and correspondence. Most of the correspondence is related to his career as a statistician and demographer at the United States Bureau of the Census from 1919 to 1967. The papers also include biographical material about the Truesdell family.
Repository:: Brown University Library
Collection call no:: Ms. 2011.004

Formal title:: James H. and Candace Van Alen papers
Extent:: 102 linear feet (32 records boxes, 4 document cases, 4 half document cases, 12 small flat boxes, 49 oversize flat boxes, 2 textile boxes)
Date range:: 1746-2002 and undated (bulk 1949-1991)
Abstract:: James H. Van Alen (1902-1991) and Candace Van Alen (1912-2002), were a well-known high society couple who were instrumental in establishing the International Tennis Hall of Fame at the Newport Casino in Newport, Rhode Island. This collection consists of personal records, correspondence, published and unpublished writings, clippings, photographs, scrapbooks, audiovisual materials, artifacts, and textiles which document the lives, interests, and residences of James H. Van Alen and Candace Van Alen both separately and as a couple.
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.003

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:: Don B. Wilmeth research files for the Cambridge Guide to the American Theatre
Extent:: 15.0 Linear feet
Date range:: 1980-2005
Abstract:: This collection of research files consists of newspaper clippings, magazine articles, e-mails, press releases, playbills, postcards, letters, student papers, lecture notes, brochures and conference presentations which form the basis for the research and writing of the second edition of
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.2008.004

Woods (Alva) Papers

Formal title:: Alva Woods papers
Extent:: 3.0 Linear feet
Date range:: 1657-2011 (bulk 1812-1918)
Abstract:: Most of the material in the Alva Woods papers consists of correspondence, documents, publications and writings that belonged to the Alva Woods family and the Brown family of Providence, Rhode Island. Most of the material is dated between 1812 and 1918. The papers also include architectural drawings, ephemera, one map, newspaper clippings, handwritten recipes, and some photographs. The material is housed in two letter-size Hollinger document cases, one legal-size Hollinger document case and one triple oversize box.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: MS.2011.017

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