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Bacon (Leonard) letters
Formal title:
Leonard Bacon letters
Extent:
0.01 cubic feet.
Date range:
1940-1951
Abstract:
The collection contains letters and poems written by Leonard Bacon to “John” and Millie Knox in the mid twentieth century.
Repository:
Special Collections, James P. Adams Library
Collection call no:
MSS-0107
Barnard (Henry) letters
Formal title:
Henry Barnard letters
Extent:
0.05 cubic feet
Date range:
1846-1899 (bulk 1846-1853)
Abstract:
The collection includes a dozen original letters written by Henry Barnard in the mid-to-late nineteenth century.
Repository:
Special Collections, James P. Adams Library
Collection call no:
MSS-0096
Cape Verdeans of Fox Point subject file
Formal title:
Cape Verdeans of Fox Point subject file
Extent:
0.01 cubic feet
Date range:
1993-2006
Abstract:
Information regarding the uprooting of Cape Verdean immigrants in Fox Point, Providence, during the early and mid 1900's as well as the Sheldon Street Church.
Repository:
Special Collections, James P. Adams Library
Collection call no:
MSS-0140
Colvin (Stephen S.) papers
Formal title:
Stephen S. Colvin papers
Extent:
1 linear foot
Date range:
1880-1934 (bulk 1900-1915)
Abstract:
This collection of papers primarily consists of manuscripts and published articles by Stephen S. Colvin, who was a scholar in the field of educational psychology and intelligence testing. A native Rhode Islander, Colvin graduated from Brown University with a bachelor's degree of philosophy in 1891, and a corresponding master's degree in 1894. He also received a doctorate degree from the University of Strasburg in 1897. He taught at a number of American universities, including Brown University, where he was appointed its first professor of educational psychology in 1912 and subsequently named the director of its School of Education in 1919. This collection also includes a small amount of correspondence, a scattered assortment of other printed materials (not written by Colvin), ephemera, and a few artifacts, including a print of an illustration by Richard Felton Outcault.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
AMS.1UF.2015.009
da Graça and Soares family papers
Formal title:
da Graça and Soares family papers
Extent:
0.85 cubic feet
Date range:
1901-1994
Abstract:
The collection contains the collected papers of the da Graça and Soares family, which includes photographs that reflect the lives of a Cape Verdean family in Rhode Island in the early to mid-twentieth century.
Repository:
Special Collections, James P. Adams Library
Collection call no:
MSS-0072
Dixon (Nathan Fellows) Family papers
Formal title:
Nathan Fellows Dixon Family papers
Extent:
6.0 Linear feet
Date range:
1721-1938 (bulk 1825-1900)
Abstract:
The Nathan Fellows Dixon Family Papers consist of letters, legal documents, personal and political memorabilia and photographs relating to the Dixon Family of Westerly, Rhode Island. The bulk of the papers date from 1825 to 1900, with some pre-Revolutionary as well as twentieth-century documents included. The majority represent the domestic and political lives of three generations of men named Nathan Fellows Dixon, all of whom served in the United States Congress.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms.2006.04
Elliott (Maud Howe) Papers
Formal title:
Maud Howe Elliott Papers
Extent:
7.5 linear feet
Date range:
1872-1948
Abstract:
Maude Howe Elliott was an American author and wife of English artist John Elliott (1859-1925). Elliott was the daughter of Julia Ward Howe (abolitionist, suffragist, author of "Battle Hymn of the Republic") and Dr. Samuel Gridley Howe (founder of Perkins Institute for the Blind and activist in the struggle for Greek independence). In 1917 Elliott and her sister, Laura E. Richards, were awarded the Pulitzer Prize for the biography of their mother,
Repository:
Brown University Library
Collection call no:
Ms. 89.13
Grolier Club records
Formal title:
Grolier Club records
Extent:
5 linear ft. (5 records center boxes)
Date range:
1891-2009
Abstract:
The Grolier Club records, 1891-2009, includes papers and materials of the Grolier Club of New York, America's oldest and largest society for bibliophiles and literary enthusiasts. The collection includes manuscripts, correspondence and ephemera related to the organization and its members.
Repository:
Brown University Library
Collection call no:
Ms.2009.008
Hazard (Joseph Peace) papers
Formal title:
Joseph Peace Hazard papers
Extent:
3.62 cubic feet
Date range:
circa 2039-200 BCE, 1822-1892 (bulk 1839-1890)
Abstract:
Papers of a textile manufacturer, traveler, and spiritualist from Rhode Island.
Repository:
Special Collections, James P. Adams Library
Collection call no:
MSS-0090
Hazard family letters
Formal title:
Hazard family letters
Extent:
0.2 cubic feet
Date range:
circa 1843-1928
Abstract:
Letters sent to Dora and Frederick Hazard.
Repository:
Special Collections, James P. Adams Library
Collection call no:
MSS-0055

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