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Colcleugh (Emma Shaw) Collection
Formal title:
Emma Shaw Colcleugh Collection
Extent:
6.25 Linear Feet
Date range:
1863-1937 (bulk 1884-1902)
Abstract:
The collection encompasses the years of 1863 until 1937 and consists of five scrapbooks of newspaper clippings, two separate inventories of field collections, a bill of sale, two photographs, a postcard and Pas Indian Reservation (Saskatchewan, Canada) documents including a Cree Syllabary Hymn and Psalms book, a treaty form and a ration ticket. Scrapbooks are arranged by Emma Shaw Colcleugh by geography, subject and in varying chronological order.
Repository:
Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology
Collection call no:
msESC
Getman (Geoffrey C.) (Class of 1965) oral history and papers relating to the Vietnam War
Formal title:
Geoffrey C. Getman (Class of 1965) oral history and papers relating to the Vietnam War
Extent:
0.25 linear foot
Date range:
1967-2010
Abstract:
This collections contains materials about the life of Geoffrey Charles Getman (Class of 1965) and his service in the Army during the Vietnam War. The materials were collected as part of the Vietnam Veterans Archive project by Professor Beth Taylor. Getman trained as an Infantry Captain, but after receiving serious wounds in January 1968, recovering, and receiving a purple heart, was assigned to desk jobs thereafter. His last position in Vietnam was as XO of LRRP company E/20 LRRP (Long Range Recon Patrols) / 75th Infantry (Rangers) Regiment where he handled army administration and logistics. He extended his tour to become an R&R Liaison Officer, spending the last 100 days of 1969 as the MACV liaison officer at the R&R Center in Honolulu. He was discharged as a Captain in March 1970. This collection contains a brief biography of Geoffrey Getman written posthumously by his sister, Susan Getman Abernathy, and her recollections of her brother’s feelings and her role in anti-war efforts, during the Vietnam War era. There is also a communication describing his military and civilian life that Geoffrey Getman sent in 2003 to his OCS classmates via email as they were reuniting in the virtual world, state-side. There are two photographs of Getman in his dress uniform circa 1967.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
AMS.1U.G9
Smolski (Chester E.) photographic slides and publications
Formal title:
Chester E. Smolski photographic slides and publications
Extent:
3.83 linear feet (10 slide boxes and 2 document boxes)
Date range:
1956-2008
Abstract:
This collection comprises over 10,000 slides and 370 editorial columns published in Rhode Island newspapers, spanning the 1950s through the 2000s. Materials document the studies and travels of Professor Chester Smolski, who was a Professor of Geography and Director of the Urban Studies Program at Rhode Island College.
Repository:
Special Collections, James P. Adams Library
Collection call no:
MSS.41

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