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Formal title:: Roger Williams Family Association Collection
Extent:: 52 box(es)
Date range:: 1636-2007
Abstract:: The Roger Williams Family Assocation Collection, housed in the Archives at the Roger Williams University Library since 1998, includes printed publications, newsclippings, and artifacts about Roger Williams, his descendants, and Rhode Island, as well as record books of the Association.
Repository:: Roger Williams University
Collection call no:: UA 2009.002

Formal title:: Newport Historical Society's Old Stone Mill collection
Extent:: 1.67 linear feet
Date range:: approximately 1677-2010, undated
Abstract:: This collection contains correspondence, booklets, published works, archaeological land surveys, and other materials related to the origin, history, and lore surrounding the Old Stone Mill in Newport.
Repository:: Newport Historical Society
Collection call no:: MS.1854.8

Formal title:: Cortazzo autograph collection
Extent:: 0.83 linear feet (2 document cases)
Date range:: 1656-1916 and undated (bulk 1880-1900)
Abstract:: Autographs, letters and letter fragments, postcards, notes, calling cards, poems, military orders, and other official documents collected by Emma Cullum Cortazzo and her daughter, Katherine Cortazzo, from various literary, historical, and royal figures.
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.027

Formal title:: Bristol Historical and Preservation Society Vertical Files
Extent:: 400 folder(s)
Date range:: 1680-1993
Abstract:: The Vertical Files include newspaper clippings, original documents, research notes, and other paper items relating to the specific topic covered by the subject. The Vertical Files are broken down into Subject Headings and further into Subject Subheadings.
Repository:: Bristol Historical and Preservation Society
Collection call no:: Bristol Historical and Preservation Society Vertical Files

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

Brown (Nicholas) papers

Formal title:: Nicholas Brown papers
Extent:: 70 items
Date range:: 1690-1889 (bulk 1844-1849)
Abstract:: Consists of letters, poems, and autographs received by Nicholas Brown and his wife Caroline Matilda Clements Brown, primarily during Brown's term as U.S. Consul to Italy.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: MS-1U-B2

Woods (Alva) Papers

Formal title:: Alva Woods papers
Extent:: 3.0 Linear feet
Date range:: 1657-2011 (bulk 1812-1918)
Abstract:: Most of the material in the Alva Woods papers consists of correspondence, documents, publications and writings that belonged to the Alva Woods family and the Brown family of Providence, Rhode Island. Most of the material is dated between 1812 and 1918. The papers also include architectural drawings, ephemera, one map, newspaper clippings, handwritten recipes, and some photographs. The material is housed in two letter-size Hollinger document cases, one legal-size Hollinger document case and one triple oversize box.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: MS.2011.017

Formal title:: Daniel Berkeley Updike Autograph Collection
Extent:: 4 linear feet
Date range:: 1639-1940
Abstract:: The collection consists of miscellaneous items collected by Daniel Berkeley Updike, chiefly letters and documents, many of which relate to Rhode Island history.
Repository:: Providence Public Library, Special Collections
Collection call no:: MS002

Formal title:: William Arnold Autograph Collection
Extent:: 1.0 Linear feet
Date range:: 1655-1922
Abstract:: The William Arnold Autograph Collection is part of a larger collection of books and manuscripts dealing with American, especially Rhode Island, history. The entire collection was donated to the Providence Public Library in 1923 by Mr. Frederick Augustus Arnold. In an effort to support collections at other Providence libraries, the following transfers of materials were made: items representing “Americana” before the year 1801 were transferred to the John Carter Brown Library; items relating to American poetry were transferred to the John Hay Library; and publications concerning the Arnold family were transferred to the Rhode Island Historical Society. The remaining materials constitute the William Arnold Autograph Collection. The collection was named for William Arnold, an ancestor of Frederick A. Arnold. The collection consists mainly of legal documents and correspondence, but also includes poems, portraits, business records, and ephemera dating from 1655 to 1922.
Repository:: Providence Public Library, Special Collections
Collection call no:: MSS016

Formal title:: Miscellaneous Manuscripts and Ephemera
Extent:: .25 linear feet
Date range:: 1672-1926
Abstract:: The Miscellaneous Manuscript Collection contains smaller or single-item collections not part of other collections of the Providence Public Library’s Special Collections department.
Repository:: Providence Public Library, Special Collections
Collection call no:: MSS015

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