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Formal title:
Thomas Banchoff papers on the fourth dimension
Extent:
13 Linear Feet
Date range:
1843-2013 (1970-2007)
Abstract:
The Thomas Banchoff papers on the fourth dimension (1843-2013) contain his research and writing on the mathematical and philosophical theories of the fourth dimension, its visualization, and historical conceptions of it. Included are correspondence, conference proceedings, articles, manuscripts, clippings, CD's, and DVDs. The material covers mathematical, artistic, religious, and philosophical concepts of hyperspace and the higher dimensions from the mid-nineteeth century to the present, along with Banchoff's research on Edwin Abbott Abbott and his nineteenth-century novella,
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
MS.2015.001
Formal title:
Michael V. Bhatia papers
Extent:
10.5 linear feet (10 records center boxes and 1 oversize box)
Date range:
1998-2008 (bulk 1998-2008)
Abstract:
The Michael Bhatia papers contain materials related to his research, humanitarian work, and education. Among the most important materials are the notebooks Bhatia kept while in Afghanistan on a humanitarian mission. It also includes papers written for courses at Brown University, syllabi for classes taught or taken by Bhatia, maps of the Western Sahara region and of Afghanistan, posters from the 2004 democratic election in Afghanistan and many articles and chapters from books used by Bhatia for his research on the causes of war, humanitarian aid, refugees, the military and American culture, and various 20th and 21st century conflicts notably Somalia, Rwanda, Kosovo, Bosnia and Afghanistan.
Repository:
Brown University Library
Collection call no:
Ms. 2010.003
Formal title:
Anne Charlotte Lynch Botta Papers
Extent:
6.5 Linear feet
Date range:
1835-1894
Abstract:
Anne Charlotte Lynch Botta (1815-1891) was a teacher and poet of Providence, Rhode Island and New York City. The collection covers the years 1835-1894 and contains correspondence concerning literary and personal affairs, three manuscripts of her poems, two engraved portraits extracted from a book, and miscellaneous notes.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms.Botta
Formal title:
S. Elizabeth Campbell papers
Extent:
0.25 cubic feet.
Date range:
1954-1967
Abstract:
Papers of a former Coordinator of Student Teaching of Rhode Island College.
Repository:
Special Collections, James P. Adams Library
Collection call no:
CA-0003
Formal title:
Minerva G. Curtis diaries
Extent:
1 linear foot
Date range:
1900-1941
Abstract:
A collection of 34 leather-bound diaries, ranging from 1900 to 1941, recording the daily activities of Minerva Greenwood Curtis, a grade-school teacher in Providence, Rhode Island. The collection also includes an address book, a notebook, a loose, hand-written recipe and a newspaper clipping.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms.2005.72
Formal title:
Helen Forman papers
Extent:
2.1 cubic feet.
Date range:
circa 1920-1999
Abstract:
Collection of materials from a Rhode Island School of Education graduate and local teacher, Helen Forman, which contains photographs, correspondence, and memorabilia.
Repository:
Special Collections, James P. Adams Library
Collection call no:
MSS-0034
Formal title:
Zenas Kevorkian papers
Extent:
0.85 cubic feet
Date range:
1921-1988 (bulk 1930-1950)
Abstract:
Collection consists of Kevorkian’s personal photographs, which document his life, family, and community mostly in and around Providence and Cranston, Rhode Island from the 1920s through about 1960. The collection also includes correspondence while Kevorkian was in naval training in 1942, as well as publications of Providence Technical High School and Roger Williams Junior High School.
Repository:
Special Collections, James P. Adams Library
Collection call no:
MSS-0042
Formal title:
William L. Kinter papers
Extent:
0.25 Linear feet (200 items in 1 clamshell box)
Date range:
1958-1965
Abstract:
Chiefly letters to teacher and poet William L. Kinter from William Everson, Allen Ginsberg, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Denise Levertov, and other 20th century poets; also photographs, play bills, postcards, and clippings.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms.Kinter
Formal title:
Harford W. H. Powel collection on T. S. Eliot
Extent:
.25 linear feet (116 items)
Date range:
1905-1955
Abstract:
This material was collected by Powel for his master's thesis, Notes on the life of T. S. Eliot 1888-1910, Brown University, 1954. Autograph and typed letters to and from Eliot's classmates; miscellaneous manuscripts relating to T. S. Eliot and Harvard College circa 1909; photostats of selected contributions by Eliot to Smith Academy Record and Harvard Advocate.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms.Powel
Formal title:
Mel B. Yoken collection
Extent:
84.0 Linear feet
Date range:
1683-2012 (bulk 1900-2012)
Abstract:
This collection was assembled over a period of fifty years by Mel B. Yoken. The primary focus is 20th century pieces of correspondence and documents by and related to French, Québécois, British, and American authors, artists, politicians, and public figures. Numerous letters written by significant figures of the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries enhance the historical, literary and political interest of the collection. Notes, typescripts, photographs and personal papers complement the archive.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms.2011.038

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