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Formal title:: Mary Elizabeth Sharpe papers
Extent:: 22 Linear Feet
Date range:: 1914-1985
Abstract:: Mary Elizabeth Sharpe (1884-1985) was a successful businesswoman (owner of a successful tea shop and candy room in New York City) when she married her husband Henry Sharpe in 1920. Mrs. Sharpe was a philanthropist with many interests but was best known for her efforts to beautify Brown University and the city of Providence, RI. A self-taught landscape architect, Sharpe established an annual tree fund and lead the fundraising efforts to create India Point Park, a Providence waterfront recreation area. This collection contains her personal files, blueprints, correspondence, day books, calendars, clippings, recipes, scrapbooks, records relating to landscaping and other community projects, gardening information, blueprints, and photographs.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.2005.34

Howard (Jean E.) papers

Formal title:: Jean E. Howard papers
Extent:: 3 linear feet
Date range:: 1970-2022
Abstract:: This collection contains the professional papers of Jean E. Howard, Columbia University scholar of early modern literature, the history of drama, and former chair of Brown University's Pembroke Center Associates Council. Materials include correspondence, drafts, notes, and research material related to Howard's education, scholarly writings, and publications, as well as her work at the Pembroke Center. This collection dates from 1970-2022.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.2016.010

Formal title:: Louise Lamphere papers
Extent:: 39.25 Linear Feet
Date range:: 1925-2022 (1960-2022)
Abstract:: Papers of the renowned anthropologist and feminist scholar, Louise Lamphere, including biographical information, professional files, correspondence, drafts of publications, teaching and research material, and files related to academic conferences.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.2016.011

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

The Womxn Project

Formal title:: The Womxn Project records
Extent:: 40.25 linear feet
Date range:: 1980-2021 (bulk 2017-2019)
Abstract:: The Womxn Project is a non-profit organization in Rhode Island focused on building a strong, feminist, community-based movement to further human rights of Rhode Islanders by using art and activism to advance education and social change. The Womxn Project stirs social awareness and invites political action to inclusively further womxn's rights through creative advocacy campaigns and collaborative art projects. This collection contains records and items that were created to advocate for the passing of the Reproductive Privacy Act in 2019. Materials include canvassing packets, memorabilia, handmaid's costumes worn at lobbying events at the Rhode Island Statehouse, community petition quilt squares, the community petition quilt, and petition scrolls that predated the quilt. Materials date from 1980-2021, though the bulk of the collection dates from 2017-2019.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.2020.001

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