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Formal title:: The Green Animals Collection
Extent:: 6 Hollinger Boxes; 2 Oversize Boxes
Date range:: circa 1870-1990
Abstract:: The Green Animals Collection is comprised of materials relating to the Brayton Family, as well as the Estate’s house and gardens, spanning the period from 1870 until 1990. The collection includes images of the interior and exterior of the home from various points in its existence, as well as images showing various generations of the family.
Repository:: The Preservation Society of Newport County
Collection call no:: PSNCA.H.009

Formal title:: C. Fiske Harris Collection on the Civil War and Slavery Manuscripts
Extent:: 5 box(es)
Date range:: 1861-1865
Abstract:: This collection contains original manuscript writings relating to the Civil War. There are 432 letters from Civil War soldiers written to family and friends back home, 11 letters from Charlotte F. Dailey during an inspection of Rhode Island troops in Union convalescent hospitals, 10 letters written to Mrs. Dailey from her husband and from family friend W.E. Gardiner, 4 letters from Samuel Wight’s family to him. This collection also contains the papers of Dr. Henry E. Turner including summons notices and treasury notes, as well as memos and brief notes.
Repository:: Providence Public Library, Special Collections
Collection call no:: MSS004

Formal title:: Edward J. Higgins papers
Extent:: (2.0 linear feet)
Date range:: 1935-1976
Abstract:: The papers of Edward J. Higgins consist of correspondence, baseball memorabilia, Democratic National Convention memorabilia, news clippings, and investigative reports concerning the 1939-1940 wire tapping case involving RI Governor William Henry Vanderbilt and Pawtucket City Mayor Thomas McCoy.
Repository:: Phillips Memorial Library
Collection call no:: rppc_higgins

Formal title:: Anne Sims Hopkins collection of Sims family papers
Extent:: 4 linear feet
Date range:: 1844-1954 (bulk) 1905-1920
Abstract:: This collection consists of letters, photographs, invitations, a wedding gift registry, and other papers relating to the Sims family, particularly Admiral William S. Sims and his wife, Anne Hitchcock Sims. The papers detail the Sims family’s personal life and relationship as well as Admiral Sims’s career in the Navy.
Repository:: Naval War College (U.S.). Naval Historical Collection
Collection call no:: MSC-352

Hunter House Collection

Formal title:: The Hunter House Collection
Extent:: 2 hollinger boxes, 1 oversized box
Date range:: circa 1745-1990
Abstract:: The Hunter House Collection is comprised of materials relating to the home’s various occupants, as well as some of the restoration activities carried out by the PSNC. The documents cover the period from circa 1745 until 1990.
Repository:: The Preservation Society of Newport County
Collection call no:: PSNCA.H.006

Formal title:: The Isaac Bell House Collection
Extent:: 1 hollinger box
Date range:: circa 1879-1980
Abstract:: The Isaac Bell House Collection is comprised of materials relating to the home’s various occupants, spanning the period from 1879 until 1980. The collection includes images of the interior and exterior of the home from various points in its existence, as well as images from the families who lived there.
Repository:: The Preservation Society of Newport County
Collection call no:: PSNCA.H.007

Formal title:: Zenas Kevorkian photographs and other material
Extent:: 2.33 linear feet (3 boxes)
Date range:: 1923-1988 (bulk 1930-1950)
Abstract:: Zenas Kevorkian (1910-1991) was a career educator, a United States Naval Officer during World War II, and a hobbyist photographer in Rhode Island. The bulk of this collection consists of Kevorkian’s personal photographs, which document his life, family, and community mostly in and around Providence and Cranston, Rhode Island from the 1920s through about 1960. The collection also includes correspondence while Kevorkian was in naval training in 1942, as well as publications of Providence Technical High School and Roger Williams Junior High School.
Repository:: Special Collections, James P. Adams Library
Collection call no:: MSS.42

Low (Francis S.) papers

Formal title:: Francis S. Low papers
Extent:: 2.1 Linear Feet (1 archival box, 1 half archival box, 1 oversized box, 1 artifact box)
Date range:: 1915-2000 (bulk 1915-1963)
Abstract:: This collection contains manuscripts, books, articles, personal writings and items, and photographs primarily documenting Francis S. Low's naval career. Low served in the Navy from 1915-1956, retiring at the rank of Admiral. He specialized in submarine warfare, playing an integral role in anti-U-boat tactics during World War II.
Repository:: Naval War College (U.S.). Naval Historical Collection
Collection call no:: MSC-360

Marble House Collection

Formal title:: The Marble House Collection
Extent:: 2 hollinger boxes, 4 oversized boxes
Date range:: circa 1892-1990
Abstract:: The Marble House Collection is comprised of materials relating to the home and its various occupants and employees, spanning the period from 1892 until 1990. The collection includes images of the interior and exterior of the home from various points in its existence, as well as images, documents and correspondence from the families who lived there and the employees who worked for them.
Repository:: The Preservation Society of Newport County
Collection call no:: PSNCA.H.002

Formal title:: McCarthy/Bannon Family Collection
Extent:: .64 cubic feet other
Date range:: 1890-1936 (bulk 1913-1933)
Abstract:: The McCarthy/Bannon Family Collection consists of newspaper clippings, photographs, correspondence and ephemera related to the Bannon family of Mansfield, Massachusetts and the McCarthy family of Providence, Rhode Island. The majority of materials are related to Patrick Joseph McCarthy who served as mayor of Providence, Rhode Island from January 1907 to January 1909.
Repository:: Rhode Island State Archives
Collection call no:: 2010-10

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