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Palmer (Alison) papers

Formal title:: Alison Palmer Papers
Extent:: 6.5 Linear feet
Date range:: 1853-1991 (bulk 1971-1991)
Abstract:: Alison Palmer (Brown University Class of 1953) served in the United States Foreign Service (1959-1981) in Belgian Congo, Ethiopia, and Vietnam. Palmer successfully pursued two sex discrimination lawsuits against the State Department, winning in 1974 and 1987. After her retirement from the State Department in 1981, Palmer became the thirteenth woman Episcopal priest ordained in the United States. The Alison Palmer papers are chiefly related to her two lawsuits but also contain materials that document her foreign service career, and family papers.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.90.6

Formal title:: Henry Wheaton family papers
Extent:: 0.5 Linear feet
Date range:: 1786-1926
Abstract:: Collection of 275 letters and manuscripts for the period 1786 to 1926, chiefly correspondence of Henry Wheaton and his family in Europe and America concerning personal, diplomatic, legal, and political affairs, especially during the War of 1812. Also Wheaton's diary during 1827-1835, a diary kept by his daughter, Abby during 1835 and biographical notes about Wheaton and his uncle, Dr. Levi Wheaton, who was Professor of Medicine at Brown University.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.Wheaton

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