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Formal title:
University Librarians' files
Extent:
87.25 Linear feet
Date range:
circa 1920-1987
Abstract:
The Librarians' files contain materials related to the administration of the Office of the University Librarian at Brown University and the relationship between the libraries and other university offices and departments. The materials include files dating from circa 1920, when Henry B. Van Hoesen was the librarian, to 1986, during the tenure of Merrily Taylor.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
OF-1X-1
Formal title:
University Policies Reference Collection
Extent:
1 box (29 folders)
Date range:
1975-2009 (bulk 1980-2007)
Abstract:
The University Policies Reference Collection contains policy statements, manuals, handbooks, and related materials. Policy documents from various accessions/collections were merged together forming one collection.
Repository:
Roger Williams University
Collection call no:
UA 2009.7
Formal title:
Winslow Upton papers
Date range:
circa 1876-1969
Abstract:
The collection comprises diaries, astonomical observation notebooks, scrapbooks, lecture notes, peronal and professional correspondence, as well as photographs, various tributes to Professor Upton, and a memoir written by his daughters.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
MS-1UF-U1
Formal title:
Sohrab S. Vazifdar Correspondence
Date range:
1948-1954
Abstract:
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
MS.2013.013
Formal title:
Maurice and Vera Vendettuoli papers
Extent:
1.25 cubic feet
Date range:
1964-1975 (bulk 1971-1975)
Abstract:
Papers of a couple who opposed desegregated busing and the Providence Desegregation Plan in the 1970s.
Repository:
Special Collections, James P. Adams Library
Collection call no:
MSS-0004
Formal title:
Vernon Court Junior College collection
Extent:
0.42 linear feet
Date range:
1964-1971, undated
Abstract:
Small collection of documents, ephemera, and printed material relating to Vernon Court Junior College.
Repository:
Newport Historical Society
Collection call no:
MS.2013.5
Formal title:
Paula Vogel office files
Extent:
4.5 Linear feet
Date range:
1989-1996
Abstract:
The Paula Vogel office files comprise one series of undergraduate and graduate student plays. The bulk of the plays date from 1989 to 1996.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
OF.1UF.V1
Formal title:
Herbert Eugene Walter papers
Extent:
12.5 Linear feet
Date range:
1844-1948 (bulk 1885-1945)
Abstract:
The Herbert E. Walter papers span from 1844-1948 and consist primarily of correspondence, and teaching materials by and relating to Herbert Eugene Walter (1867-1945), Professor of biology at Brown University. The collection includes extensive material on the study of eugenics, then a branch of biology, including correspondence, teaching materials, notes, pamphlets, published materials, and ephemera from eugenics-related professional organizations. Other significant materials include family papers from Walter’s parents, grandparents and extended family who lived primarily in Vermont. There are penmanship instruction books from the 1840s-1850s created by Walter’s father, Augustus Porter Walter (d.1872), who was a penmanship instructor in Vermont. Betsie Ann Brockway Walter described in detail her experience working in a textile mill in Lowell, Massachusetts during 1860-1861 in letters she wrote to her future husband Augustus P. Walter.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
MS.1UF.W1
Formal title:
Francis Wayland family papers
Extent:
7.5 linear feet
Date range:
1715-1941 (bulk 1820-1865)
Abstract:
Francis Wayland was the fourth president of Brown University from 1827-1855 and a Baptist clergyman. Papers consist primarily of letterbooks and correspondence, as well as sermons and a diary, of Francis Wayland (1796-1865), his sons Francis Wayland (1826-1904) and H.L. (Heman Lincoln) Wayland (1830-1898), and other members of the Wayland family, dating from 1754 to 1941.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
AMS.1C.4
Formal title:
Weeks family papers
Extent:
6.5 linear feet (6 records center boxes and 1 oversize box)
Date range:
1901-2002
Abstract:
Papers of three 20th century New England sisters, Elizabeth Goddard, Genevieve Cass and Norma Geraldine Weeks, the only children of William B. and Mabel Cass Weeks. The collection includes legal documents, baby books, travelogues, diaries, photographs, newspaper clippings, letters and published books.
Repository:
Brown University Library
Collection call no:
Ms. 93.2

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