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Formal title:: Richard Brown Baker Family Papers
Extent:: 8 linear feet
Date range:: 1866-2002 (bulk 1900-1990)
Abstract:: Richard Brown Baker was born in Providence, R.I. on November 5, 1912 to Harvey Almy Baker and Marion North Brown. His grandfather was Henry Martin Brown, President of the Industrial Trust Co. of Rhode Island (later Fleet National Bank). He became a prodigious collector owning over 1,600 works of art before he died. He focused on the artists that were new and on the edge deciding in the 1950s to focus on young and unestablished artists. Richard Baker was one of the first to buy works by artists such as Jackson Pollock and Roy Lichtenstein.
Repository:: Rhode Island Historical Society
Collection call no:: MSS 1117

Formal title:: Schoolchildren photograph collection
Extent:: 0.5 linear feet
Date range:: 1880-1979
Abstract:: The collection contains school and/or class photographs from various locations throughout the United States between the 1880s and the 1970s.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.2018.001

Formal title:: Charles Albert Selden papers
Extent:: 98 items
Date range:: 1943-1948
Abstract:: Correspondence from Selden, Charles Albert to Marguerite (Gibson) Freeman
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms. Selden

Formal title:: Seven Hills Garden Club records
Extent:: 1.75 linear ft. (2 legal size clamshell boxes)
Date range:: 1937-1981
Abstract:: The Seven Hills Garden Club of Providence, Rhode Island, was founded in 1937 to "stimulate an interest in horticulture for purposes of civic betterment, and to enable each member to enjoy her own garden more intelligently." These records were kept in two notebooks by the Seven Hills Garden Club librarian and include by-laws, programs, clippings, photographs, some minutes, membership lists, memorial tributes to past members, and reports. In addition to documenting a women's club and the horticultural activities of a number of Providence women over several decades of the twentieth century, this collection provides some information about individual members and about the Rhode Island Federation of Garden Clubs.
Repository:: Brown University Library
Collection call no:: Ms. 91.17

Formal title:: John Austin Stevens, Jr. family papers
Extent:: 1.668 linear feet (4 boxes)
Date range:: approximately 1777-1941 (bulk 1863-1907)
Abstract:: The personal papers of the John Austin Stevens Jr. family of New York and Newport, including correspondence, historical research, published articles and poetry and other papers by various family members. This collection notably contains a hand-drawn map of Valley Forge possibly created by Louis Lebègue Duportail, dated approximately 1777.
Repository:: Newport Historical Society
Collection call no:: MS.43.2.1

Formal title:: Wilfred E. Stone Collection
Extent:: 21 photograph(s)
Date range:: 1907-1923 (bulk 1920-1921)
Abstract:: This collection contains 21 photographic prints by photographer Wilfred E. Stone. These images document life in early 20th century Rhode Island, particularly 1920-1921.
Repository:: Providence Public Library Special Collections, Rhode Island Collection
Collection call no:: VM020

Formal title:: Roderick Terry journal with Ituna's log
Extent:: 0.1 linear foot (1 volume)
Date range:: 1913-1920
Abstract:: Journal kept by Rev. Roderick Terry (1849-1933), Presbyterian minister and Newport philanthropist, while onboard the steam yacht,
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.Bound.0003

Formal title:: Roderick Terry, Jr. autograph collection
Extent:: 1.3 linear feet (1 document case, 1 flat box)
Date range:: 1672-1940 (bulk 1750-1915)
Abstract:: Correspondence, financial accounts, poems, legal documents, notes, lists, and other documents primarily from individuals prominent in colonial and early United States history as well as notable literary figures.
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.024

The Elms Collection

Formal title:: The Elms Collection
Extent:: 6 Hollinger Boxes; 4 Other Media Boxes; 3 Oversized Boxes
Date range:: circa 1807-1990
Abstract:: The Elms Collection is comprised of materials relating to the Berwind Family and their property, from 1807 until 1990. It includes images of the interior and exterior of the home from various points in its existence, as well as images showing various generations of the family. Also included is correspondence and printed materials related to both the running of the estate, and the sale of its contents in 1962.
Repository:: The Preservation Society of Newport County
Collection call no:: PSNCA.H.004

Formal title:: James H. and Candace Van Alen papers
Extent:: 102 linear feet (32 records boxes, 4 document cases, 4 half document cases, 12 small flat boxes, 49 oversize flat boxes, 2 textile boxes)
Date range:: 1746-2002 and undated (bulk 1949-1991)
Abstract:: James H. Van Alen (1902-1991) and Candace Van Alen (1912-2002), were a well-known high society couple who were instrumental in establishing the International Tennis Hall of Fame at the Newport Casino in Newport, Rhode Island. This collection consists of personal records, correspondence, published and unpublished writings, clippings, photographs, scrapbooks, audiovisual materials, artifacts, and textiles which document the lives, interests, and residences of James H. Van Alen and Candace Van Alen both separately and as a couple.
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.003

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