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Beckwith (David) papers

Formal title:: David Beckwith papers
Extent:: 30.0 Linear feet
Date range:: 1946-2011 (bulk 1980-1999)
Abstract:: The David Beckwith papers (1946-2011) is a significant collection of organizational records, correspondence, publications, training and funding materials relating to community development and organizing on both the local and national levels. Most of the material dates from 1980 to 1999 and represents the work of a wide range of community organizations, advocacy-based coalitions, governmental agencies and private organizations devoted to fulfilling social needs such as housing, transportation and education. The Papers also include a small but noteworthy collection of counter-culture newspapers from the mid-1960s and early 1970s.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.2010.010

Formal title:: French American Charitable Trust (FACT) records
Extent:: 40 linear feet
Date range:: 1986-2011
Abstract:: The French American Charitable Trust was founded in 1990 by the Feeney family, a family with roots in France and the United States, to address fundamental inequalities and injustices in society. Their mission was to help develop and sustain networks of community-based groups in the United States and France that educate, organize, and empower people to actively participate in developing public policies that directly affect their lives. They spent all of the money in the endowment between 1990 and 2012 and closed the foundation in 2012.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: MS.2012.021

Needmor Fund Records

Formal title:: Needmor Fund Records
Extent:: 24.0 Linear feet
Date range:: 1975-2008 (bulk 1979-2008)
Abstract:: The Needmor Fund is a family foundation established in Toledo, Ohio, in 1956 by Duane and Virginia Stranahan with income from the Champion Spark Plug business. It focuses on funding community organizing efforts to create a more equitable and just society. The records document the activities of the Needmor Fund from the the 1970's to the early 21st century and include correspondence, grant applications and rejections, pamphlets, seminar brochures, notes from site visits, speeches, publications and media presentations.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.2007.018

Formal title:: George Peabody Wetmore papers on Newport Hospital
Extent:: .208 linear feet
Date range:: 1909-1917 1916-1917
Abstract:: Correspondence, clippings, and documents related to George Peabody Wetmore's service as a trustee of Newport Hospital, especially in an intense period of fundraising in summer 1917.
Repository:: The Preservation Society of Newport County
Collection call no:: PSNCA.H.029

Formal title:: Scott Molloy social and political materials collection
Extent:: 6 cubic feet
Date range:: 1947-1991
Abstract:: Political materials collected by Rhode Island College alumnus Scott Molloy. Includes letters, leaflets, newsletters, newspapers, and other printed materials created by various political groups.
Repository:: Special Collections, James P. Adams Library
Collection call no:: MSS-0024

Manning (James) papers

Formal title:: James Manning papers
Extent:: 0.5 Linear Feet
Date range:: 1761-1827 (1765-1791)
Abstract:: The James Manning papers consist primarily of correspondence dating from 1765-1791 with prominent British and American Baptist ministers. Much of the correspondence involves the early history of Brown University or various issues regarding the Baptist religion and the growing tide of religion in Providence, Rhode Island.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: AMS.1C.1

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