RIAMCO

Formal title:: Brown University Million Dollar Endowment Fund records
Extent:: 0.25 linear feet (1 folder)
Date range:: 1911-1921 (bulk 1912)
Abstract:: The Brown University Million Dollar Endowment Fund records contain correspondence (including form letters) and reports detailing efforts to obtain donations from alumni in support of special projects and faculty retention. Correspondents include University President William H.P. Faunce, Treasurer Cornelius S. Sweetland, and members of the Endowment Committee.
Repository:: Brown University Library
Collection call no:: MS-1D-F1

Formal title:: Brown University Sesquicentenniel Celebration records
Extent:: 0.5 linear foot
Date range:: 1914
Abstract:: The Sesquicentennial Celebration papers contain a selection of introductions, addresses and speeches made at Brown University's 150th anniversary celebration on October 11-15, 1914. Several are in the form of revised typescript and include an abstract.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: MS.1MS.S2.

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

Wegelin (Oscar) papers

Formal title:: Oscar Wegelin papers
Extent:: 2.75 Linear feet
Date range:: 1899-1966
Abstract:: Oscar Wegelin, bookseller and author, was one of the leading bibliographers in the field of early American writings. The Oscar Wegelin papers (1899-1966) contain correspondence with important scholars, litterateurs, and bibliographers. In addition, the papers contain poems, plays, and prose written by Wegelin.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.78.13

Results