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Formal title:
David Herlihy papers
Date range:
1951-2000 (bulk 1954-1990)
Abstract:
These papers represent the intellectual and professional corpus of medieval historian, and Brown University professor, David Herlihy. Herlihy is considered a pioneer in the use of computers to analyze historical data to extrapolate socioeconomic trends and their impact on life during the middle ages. The collection includes Herlihy's research notebooks, notes, computer code books, pre-published and un-published drafts of articles and monographs, his Ph.D. dissertation, reviews of his publications, lecture notes and teaching materials, professional correspondence, papers documenting professional activities, speeches and addresses, photographs, and miscellaneous personal ephemera and papers.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
OF.1UF.H3
Formal title:
Mayo Dyer Hersey Files
Extent:
2.5 linear feet
Date range:
1900-1978
Abstract:
The Mayo Dyer Hersey files include the office files, research notes, lecture materials, correspondence, and book drafts of Mayo Dyer Hersey from his time as a professor of physics. The collection is mainly from 1900-1978, although the bulk of the material is from 1910 to 1960. This collection mainly consists of materials relating to Hersey's position as a teacher and researcher of physics, including class notes, research data, and drafts of published papers.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
OF.1UF.H2
Formal title:
Julius Hesper Collection
Extent:
2 linear feet
Date range:
1920-1972
Abstract:
Cruise line ephemera collected during Hesper’s career working for various passenger shipping companies.
Repository:
Steamship Historical Society of America
Collection call no:
1993.03
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:
Walter Nickerson Hill Papers
Extent:
4.0 Linear feet
Date range:
1860-1905 (bulk 1870-1884)
Abstract:
American chemist. Letters and manuscripts; letterpress books; scrapbook; notebooks; documents; pamphlets; photographs; and memorabilia. The bulk of the written material (to, from, and about Hill) dates from 1870-1884. It consists of personal letters between Hill and his wife; letters between Hill and leading scientists and ordinance specialists; letters to and from important political, scientific, and military figures regarding Hill's application for appointment of Professor of Mathematics in the Navy; business correspondence; Hill's patents and pamphlets regarding explosives, demagnetization, etc.; newspaper clippings of Hill's death in an explosion.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms.Hill
Formal title:
Hillel Foundation, Rhode Island Chapter
Extent:
8.5 linear feet
Date range:
1971-1999
Abstract:
This collection contains the records of the B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation at the University of Rhode Island. Records pertain to the organization's director, board of trustees, programs, finances, and publications from the infant stages of the organization through 1999.
Repository:
University Archives and Special Collections
Collection call no:
Mss. Gr. 159
Formal title:
Albert Ford Hinrichs letters from the USSR
Extent:
75 items
Date range:
1930-1978
Abstract:
This collection consists primarily of letters describing the USSR in 1930 and 1932 as it appeared to an American economist. Also included is miscellaneous biographical information relating to the author.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms. 82.3
Formal title:
Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Cape Verde, Third Edition, research files
Extent:
1.2 cubic feet
Date range:
circa 1975-1993
Abstract:
Research materials used by Dr. Richard Lobban when writing the Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Cape Verde, Third Edition.
Repository:
Special Collections, James P. Adams Library
Collection call no:
MSS-0142
Formal title:
Historical Properties Survey Files
Extent:
1.5 linear feet
Date range:
1991
Abstract:
The Historical Properties Survey Files contains written documentation and photographs from the Historical Properties Survey conducted in 1991.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
OF-1E-9
Formal title:
Wheaton Holden collection
Extent:
20 linear feet
Date range:
1845-1990
Abstract:
Architectural historian and documentary filmmaker, Wheaton Holden was a specialist on the life and work of Robert Swain Peabody and Julius Adolph Schweinfurth. This collection contains mostly materials relating to Holden’s research on architect Robert Swain Peabody and his Boston-based firm Peabody and Stearns. Included are Peabody's films, diaries, reminiscences, writings, and processed copies of his correspondence. Also included are files on Peabody and Stearns building projects, with drawings, plans, photographs, and clippings. Finally the collection includes two videos created by Holden: The Peabody Touch and Providence Remembered.
Repository:
Brown University Library
Collection call no:
Ms. 2010.033

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