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Formal title:
Dorothy Hunt and James Williams Urban League records
Extent:
1 cubic foot.
Date range:
1940-1975 (bulk 1941-1959)
Abstract:
Papers documenting some of the programs and activities of the Urban League of Rhode Island, Inc. from its inception to 1975. Correspondence and newspaper articles regarding Black nurses and artists in Rhode Island are included. The collection also includes literature regarding the Poll Tax in the United States.
Repository:
Special Collections, James P. Adams Library
Collection call no:
MSS-0008
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

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