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Formal title:: Jason C. Eckhardt drawings
Extent:: 2 linear feet
Date range:: 1979-2017
Abstract:: Contains original artwork by Eckhardt for science fiction books and a Narragansett beer can featuring his illustration for their Lovecraft Innsmouth Olde Ale. Many of the illustrations relate to the science fiction writer Howard P. Lovecraft.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.2019.002

Formal title:: Thomas Jefferson letter
Extent:: 0.02 linear feet (1 oversize folder)
Date range:: 1790
Abstract:: This collection consists of one letter with a commission from Thomas Jefferson (1742-1826) as Secretary of State to William Channing (1751-1793) of Newport, Rhode Island, appointing Channing as the United States attorney for Rhode Island.
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.521

Formal title:: Thomas Jefferson letter
Extent:: 0.01 linear feet (1 folder)
Date range:: 1821
Abstract:: A letter from Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) to Craven Peyton (1775-1837), a merchant, regarding Jefferson’s partial payment on a loan from Peyton.
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.568

Formal title:: Thomas A. Jenckes papers
Extent:: 0.25 linear feet (116 items in 1 clamshell box)
Date range:: 1834-1870
Abstract:: One box, chiefly correspondence to Thomas Allen Jenckes, Congressional Representative from Rhode Island, about legal matters and legislative affairs for the period of 1837 to 1870.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.Rider.Jenckes

Formal title:: Jesse Metcalf family papers
Extent:: 1 linear foot
Date range:: circa 1845-1918 bulk 1845-1894
Abstract:: The collection consists of the Jesse Metcalf family papers including extensive correspondence, circa 1845-1894, and a family genealogy chart prepared circa 1918.
Repository:: Rhode Island School of Design Archives
Collection call no:: SP12.0

John Brown Papers

Formal title:: John Brown Papers
Extent:: 1 linear foot
Date range:: 1743-1829
Abstract:: John Brown (1736-1803) was born in Providence, R.I., the fourth son of merchant James Brown II (1698-1739) and Hope (Power) Brown (1702-1792). He began his working life in partnership with his three brothers (Nicholas, Joseph and Moses) and his uncle as Obadiah Brown & Co., a mercantile firm that traded in rum, slaves, molasses and other goods. The firm was renamed Nicholas Brown & Co. after the death of Obadiah in 1762.
Repository:: Rhode Island Historical Society
Collection call no:: MSS 312

Formal title:: John C. Weldin and Donald B. Webster Oral Histories of Rhode Island State College
Extent:: 2 box(es)
Date range:: 1958/1960
Abstract:: The collection consists of interviews conducted by Dean John C. Weldin and Donald B. Webster with long time faculty and early students of Rhode Island State College, now the University of Rhode Island. The interviews provide an insight as to what campus life was like during the early days of the University.
Repository:: University of Rhode Island, University Archives and Special Collections
Collection call no:: Mss. Gr. 202

Formal title:: John Carter Minkins Papers
Extent:: 19 linear feet; 20 oversize boxes
Date range:: 1882-1920 (bulk 1889-1918)
Abstract:: This collection contains some of the papers of John Carter Minkins, a notable African-American journalist originally from Norfolk, Virginia. Minkins later moved to Pawtucket, Rhode Island to continue his newspaper work and advocate for greater equality for African-Americans in the United States.
Repository:: University Archives and Special Collections
Collection call no:: Mss. Gr. 226

Formal title:: John Davis and Francesca Braggiotti Lodge Collection
Extent:: 12 box(es)
Date range:: 1864-1999
Abstract:: These materials were compiled by author Thomas A. DeLong, for his book,
Repository:: University Archives and Special Collections
Collection call no:: Mss. Gr. 210

Formal title:: John H. Chafee 1972 Senatorial Campaign Papers
Extent:: 26.5 box(es)
Date range:: 1961-1976 (bulk 1971-1972)
Abstract:: The collection contains records that were created during and after Chafee's election campaign against incumbent senator Claiborne Pell in 1972.
Repository:: University Archives and Special Collections
Collection call no:: Ms. 114.3

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