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Washington (Booker T.) letter to Miss E.M. Tappan
Formal title:
Booker T. Washington letter to Miss E.M. Tappan
Extent:
0.01 cubic feet.
Date range:
1905 December 5
Abstract:
The collection contains one letter from Booker T. Washington to Miss E.M. Tappan in 1905 regarding Christmas cards.
Repository:
Special Collections, James P. Adams Library
Collection call no:
MSS-0104
Watson House Committee
Formal title:
Watson House Committee
Extent:
4 box(es)
Date range:
1962-2002 (bulk 1960-1980)
Abstract:
The records in this group comprise documents relating to the activity of the Watson House Restoration Committee, Watson House Committee as well as its predecessor, the Furnishings Sub-Committee of the Watson House Restoration Committee. Included are minutes of the Committee and its subcommittees, budgets, correspondence of the committee chairs, members, and the Watson House caretakers. There are maintenance records, extensive inventories of the furnishings in the house as well as documents relating to the various activities that have taken place over the course of the committee's supervisory function of the Watson House.
Repository:
University Archives and Special Collections
Collection call no:
Rec. Gr. 114
Watson, Jr., (Thomas J.) papers
Formal title:
Thomas J. Watson, Jr., papers
Extent:
24 linear feet (24 record center boxes)
Date range:
1905-1994
Abstract:
Thomas J. Watson, Jr., (Brown University, class of 1937) was the President and C.E.O. of International Business Machines (1952-1971). After his retirement from I.B.M., Watson began a career in government service, serving as chairman of the General Advisor Committee on Arms Control and Disarmament and as Ambassador to the Soviet Union (1978-1981). Watson's papers document the period of his ambassadorship to the Soviet Union and his subsequent work in foreign policy matters from 1981 to his death in 1993.
Repository:
Brown University Library
Collection call no:
MS-1U-W1
Wayland (Francis) family papers
Formal title:
Francis Wayland family papers
Extent:
7.5 linear feet
Date range:
1715-1941 (bulk 1820-1865)
Abstract:
Francis Wayland was the fourth president of Brown University from 1827-1855 and a Baptist clergyman. Papers consist primarily of letterbooks and correspondence, as well as sermons and a diary, of Francis Wayland (1796-1865), his sons Francis Wayland (1826-1904) and H.L. (Heman Lincoln) Wayland (1830-1898), and other members of the Wayland family, dating from 1754 to 1941.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
AMS.1C.4
Weeks family papers
Formal title:
Weeks family papers
Extent:
6.5 linear feet (6 records center boxes and 1 oversize box)
Date range:
1901-2002
Abstract:
Papers of three 20th century New England sisters, Elizabeth Goddard, Genevieve Cass and Norma Geraldine Weeks, the only children of William B. and Mabel Cass Weeks. The collection includes legal documents, baby books, travelogues, diaries, photographs, newspaper clippings, letters and published books.
Repository:
Brown University Library
Collection call no:
Ms. 93.2
Weir (John) J. papers
Formal title:
John J. Weir papers
Extent:
0.25 Linear feet
Date range:
1934-2001 (bulk 1934-1940)
Abstract:
John J. Weir (1922-1977) grew up in the small seaside town of South Amboy, New Jersey. He became an avid reader of science fiction and horror in 1934 to escape the suffocating boredom of small town life. The John Weir papers contain autograph and typed correspondence to and from science fiction fans who were subscribers of or contributors to Weir’s fan magazine Fantasmagoria. Weir also received mail from many famous writers of the day, including H. P. Lovecraft, Clark Ashton Smith, William Lumley, Robert Bloch, Henry Kuttner, Sam Moskowitz, Emil Petaja, John Baltadonis, and Duane Rimel. The collection also includes a photograph, postcards, an issue of the fan magazine Sweetness and Light, and John Weir’s Scripto pencil.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms.2015.023
Wellings (Joseph H.) papers
Formal title:
Joseph H. Wellings papers
Extent:
13.35 linear feet
Date range:
1921-1983
Abstract:
This collection consists of materials regarding Wellings’ assignment as U.S. observer of the British Home Fleet, including his reminiscences of the sinking of the Bismarck in May 1941, as well as correspondence, writings, speeches, subject files, and other documentation relating to his naval career.
Repository:
Naval War College (U.S.). Naval Historical Collection
Collection call no:
MSC-003
Welsh (Charles) papers
Formal title:
Charles Welsh papers
Extent:
3 linear feet
Date range:
1900-1914
Abstract:
This collection contains correspondence, manuscripts, illustrations, and newsclippings accquired by Charles Welsh while he was the managing editor of the ten volume anthology Irish Literature (1904). Welsh saved these materials by loosely inserting them into his personal copy of the anthology.
Repository:
Phillips Memorial Library
Collection call no:
rppc_chaswelsh
West Coast Poetry Review records
Formal title:
West Coast Poetry Review records
Extent:
3 linear feet
Date range:
1969-1984
Abstract:
Founded as a quarterly in 1970 by William Ransom, the West Coast Poetry Review was based in Reno, Nevada, and was a member of the Coordinating Council of Literary Magazines. The magazine was later published and edited by poets William Lyman Fox and Bruce McAllister. This collection includes correspondence, editorial archives (with typescript poems and prose), production archives, material relating to copyright and financial business, and printed items.
Repository:
Brown University Library
Collection call no:
Ms. 2010.030
West-Hardisty, (Leonard) collection of Medieval and Early Modern manuscripts
Formal title:
Dr. Leonard West-Hardisty collection of Medieval and Early Modern manuscripts
Extent:
0.25 cubic feet.
Date range:
circa 1250-1500
Abstract:
Original Medieval and Early Modern manuscript leaves collected by Dr. Leonard West-Hardisty.
Repository:
Special Collections, James P. Adams Library
Collection call no:
MSS-0050

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