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            <titlestmt>
                <titleproper>Guide to the Book plates removed from "Life and Letters of John Winthrop" 2nd edition<date type="inclusive" era="ce" calendar="gregorian" normal="1869/1869">1869</date>
                    
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                <author>Finding aid prepared by Melissa Moniz and Veronica L. Denison.</author>
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                <publisher>Special Collections</publisher>
                <address>
                    <addressline>James P. Adams Library</addressline>
                    <addressline>Rhode Island College</addressline>
                    <addressline>600 Mount Pleasant Ave</addressline>
                    <addressline>Providence, RI, 02908</addressline>
                    <addressline>Tel: 401-456-9653</addressline>
                    <addressline>email:digitalcollections@ric.edu</addressline>
                </address>
                <date era="ce" calendar="gregorian" normal="2023" type="publication">2023</date>
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            <creation>This finding aid was encoded by Veronica L. Denison, <date era="ce" calendar="gregorian" normal="2023" type="publication">2023.</date></creation>
            <langusage><language langcode="eng" scriptcode="Latn">English</language>English</langusage>
            <descrules>Finding aid based on Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)</descrules>
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            <unittitle type="primary">Book plates removed from "Life and Letters of John Winthrop" 2nd edition</unittitle>
            <unittitle type="filing">Book plates removed from "Life and Letters of John Winthrop" 2nd edition</unittitle>
            <unitid countrycode="US" repositorycode="US-RPRC"  type="collection">MSS-0115</unitid>
            <repository><corpname>Special Collections, James P. Adams Library.</corpname>
                <address>
                    <addressline>Rhode Island College</addressline>
                    <addressline>600 Mount Pleasant Ave</addressline>
                    <addressline>Providence, RI, 02908</addressline>
                    <addressline>Tel: 401-456-9653</addressline>
                    <addressline>email:digitalcollections@ric.edu</addressline>
                </address>
            </repository>
            <langmaterial><language langcode="eng" scriptcode="Latn">English</language></langmaterial>
            <physdesc><extent>0.01 cubic feet</extent></physdesc>
            <unitdate type="inclusive" era="ce" calendar="gregorian" normal="1869/1869">1869</unitdate>
            
            <origination label="creator">
                <persname role="Creator (cre)">Winthrop, Robert Charles, 1809-1894</persname>
                
            </origination>
            <abstract>The collection contains book plates that were removed from the second edition of Life and Letters of John Winthrop by Robert C. Winthrop.</abstract>
        </did>
        <bioghist><head>Biographical/Historical Note</head>
            <p>A biographical note does not exist at this time.</p>
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
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            <head>Collection information</head>
            <scopecontent>
                <p>The collection contains book plates from the second edition of <emph render="italic">Life and Letters of John Winthrop, From His Embarkation for New England in 1630, With the Charter and Company of the Massachusetts Bay, to His Death in 1649</emph> by Robert Charles Winthrop, published in 1869. These pages were removed from the binding prior to arriving at Rhode Island College’s Special Collections.</p>
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
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            <userestrict><p>Researchers are advised to contact Rhode Island College Special Collections for questions regarding permissions to reproduce, distribute, or otherwise publish material from this collection. Although Rhode Island College has physical ownership of the collection, it does not necessarily hold literary rights. It is up to the researcher to determine the owners of the literary rights and to obtain any necessary permissions from them.</p></userestrict>
            <accessrestrict><p>The collection is open for research.</p></accessrestrict>
            <prefercite><p>Book plates removed from <emph render="italic">Life and Letters of John Winthrop</emph> 2nd edition, MSS-0115, Special Collections, James P. Adams Library, Rhode Island College.</p></prefercite>
            <arrangement>
                <p>The collection is arranged in the order in which it arrived in the Rhode Island College Special Collections.</p>
            </arrangement>
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        <descgrp type="administrative">
            <head>Administrative information</head>
            <acqinfo><p>It is unknown when this collection arrived in Special Collections, however it was in the holdings as of 2019.</p></acqinfo>
            <processinfo><p>The collection was described by Special Collections intern, Melissa Moniz, in 2023 under the supervision of Digital Archivist and Special Collections Librarian, Veronica L. Denison.</p></processinfo>
            <custodhist><p>Based on stamps on the pages, the original bound book was likely part of the James Prendergast Free Library and the Rhode Island College Adams Library book collections. Sometime prior to 2019, the book was removed from the Library book collections and the book plates removed from the book.</p></custodhist>
            
            
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        <descgrp type="additional">
            <head>Additional information</head>
            
            
            
            
            
            <altformavail><p>This collection has not been digitized. For information about obtaining digital copies, please contact the Rhode Island College Special Collections.  </p></altformavail>
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            <controlaccess>
                <head>Names</head>
                <persname source="lcnaf">Winthrop, John, 1588-1649</persname>
                <persname source="lcnaf">Winthrop, Robert Charles, 1809-1894</persname>
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
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            <controlaccess>
                <head>Subjects</head>
                <subject source="lcsh">Book plates</subject>
                <subject source="lcsh">Illustrations</subject>
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
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                <head>Types of Materials</head>
                <genreform source="aat">Book plates</genreform>
                <genreform source="aat">Illustrations</genreform>
                
                
                
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