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Formal title:
Newton Family Papers
Extent:
.25 linear feet (ca. 50 items)
Date range:
circa 1780-1856
Abstract:
Manuscript copies of 18th and 19th century broadside verse, made by members of the Newton family, chiefly Mrs. Miriam Newton and Miss Nancy Newton, with an occasional original piece; accounts, genealogies, verse and prose; copies of sermons; excerpts from religious books; biographies of famous people; accounts of local weather; newsworthy local events. Compiled mostly in Southboro, Massachusetts, and Marlboro, New Hampshire.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms.Newton
Formal title:
Theodore H. Patterson Druggist Recipe book
Extent:
1 volume
Date range:
1866-1869
Abstract:
The collection comprises a single bound volume used by Theodore H. Patterson to record druggist recipes.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms.2018.003
Formal title:
Pembroke Afternoon Reading Group records
Extent:
0.5 Linear feet
Date range:
1927-1991
Abstract:
The Pembroke Afternoon Reading Group records comprise materials related to the history and administration of the social group. Materials date from 1927 to 1991.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
OF.1S.8zp
Formal title:
Robert Cloutman and Elisabeth Anthony Dexter papers
Extent:
12.0 Linear feet
Date range:
1797-1971 (bulk 1935-1968)
Abstract:
The Dexter Papers are a wide-ranging collection of letters, diaries, reports, manuscripts, research notes and photographs dating from the early 19th to the late 20th century. The material represents Elisabeth and Robert Dexter’s humanitarian work in Europe with the Unitarian Service Committee, their respective historical and sociological research projects, and the life and work of Elisabeth’s father Alfred Williams Anthony, a Baptist minister and educator.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms.2005.029
Formal title:
Nancy Rubin Stuart papers
Extent:
39.5 Linear Feet
Date range:
1979-2011 (1983-1997)
Abstract:
The Nancy Rubin Stuart papers include notes, drafts, audio tapes, video scripts, correspondence, and printed materials, chiefly relating to her professional activities as a writer of non-fiction books, magazine articles, and television programs, along with a smaller quantity of personal papers. The material dates from 1979 to 2011.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms.2005.025
Formal title:
John C. Russell papers
Extent:
2 linear feet (2 records center boxes, 1 letter-sized document case)
Date range:
1975-1999 (bulk 1987-1993)
Abstract:
The John C. Russell papers are a collection of the late playwright’s scripts, notebooks, journals, correspondence, photographs and personal documents, most of them produced during the six years before his death in 1994.
Repository:
Brown University Library
Collection call no:
Ms. 2009.017
Formal title:
Howard Saalman papers
Extent:
1.5 linear feet
Date range:
1958-1993
Abstract:
The collection contains Howard Saalman's research notes, publications, drawings, and photographs on Italian Renaissance architecture.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms.2015.005
Formal title:
Barnas Sears papers
Extent:
0.5 Linear feet
Date range:
1833-1880 (bulk 1856-1867)
Abstract:
Barnas Sears graduated from Brown University in 1825 and served as the fifth president of Brown from 1855-1867. This collection primarily consists of correspondence from Sears' service as president of Brown University.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
MS.1C.5
Formal title:
Charles H. Smiley papers
Extent:
20.0 Linear feet
Date range:
1934-1977
Abstract:
The Smiley papers comprise extensive correspondence; course and research materials; diaries, notebooks, and journals; typescript drafts and scrapbooks of his column, "Planets and Stars"; as well as audio and visual materials.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
OF.1UF.S2
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

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