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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:: Mary Ann Sorrentino papers regarding her excommunication
Extent:: 1.75 linear ft. (2 legal size clamshell boxes)
Date range:: 1974-2018 (bulk 1974-1989)
Abstract:: The Mary Ann Sorrentino papers about her excommunication from the Catholic Church consist of correspondence, clippings, and other materials. These papers relate to the practice of abortion, the authority of the Catholic Church over its members, and general discussion of religion and morality with respect to abortion. The correspondence with Sorrentino (who was Executive Director of Planned Parenthood of Rhode Island from 1977 to 1987) includes responses from proponents of both the pro-choice and pro-life movements, Catholics, non-Catholics, public officials, and others. The collection also includes an oral history interview of Sorrentino recorded in 2012 and a Master of Arts in History thesis written by Rhonda J. Chadwick about Sorrentino's experiences.
Repository:: Brown University Library
Collection call no:: Ms. 90.13

Formal title:: William Mason Turner Papers
Extent:: 0.25 Linear Feet
Date range:: 1857-1877
Abstract:: Contains personal correspondence, legal documents, poetry, photographs, and sketches of William Mason Turner, a graduate of Brown University (1855), physician, Confederate surgeon, traveler and author.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.77.1

Weeks family papers

Formal title:: Weeks family papers
Extent:: 6.5 linear feet (6 records center boxes and 1 oversize box)
Date range:: 1901-2002
Abstract:: Papers of three 20th century New England sisters, Elizabeth Goddard, Genevieve Cass and Norma Geraldine Weeks, the only children of William B. and Mabel Cass Weeks. The collection includes legal documents, baby books, travelogues, diaries, photographs, newspaper clippings, letters and published books.
Repository:: Brown University Library
Collection call no:: Ms. 93.2

Formal title:: Manly Wade Wellman papers
Extent:: 11 Linear Feet
Date range:: 1908-1997 (1935-1986)
Abstract:: The Manly Wade Wellman papers consist primarily of his fiction and nonfiction manuscripts (originals, carbon copies, and page proofs), personal and professional correspondence, and financial records. Also included are a small collection of manuscripts and correspondence belonging to his wife Frances Wellman.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.2007.029

Formal title:: John J. Wilkinson collection
Extent:: 1.6 cubic feet
Date range:: 1876-2001 (bulk 1966-1980)
Abstract:: John J. Wilkinson’s collected research and documents relating to vocational-technical education in Rhode Island.
Repository:: Special Collections, James P. Adams Library
Collection call no:: MSS-0026

Wood (Clement) papers

Formal title:: Clement Wood papers
Extent:: 35 linear feet
Date range:: 1899-1949
Abstract:: Drafts, typescripts, and printed copies of prose, poetry, and a novel; personal, business, and literary correspondence; typescripts and correspondence from Gloria Goddard, his wife.
Repository:: Brown University Library
Collection call no:: Ms. Wood

Formal title:: Loraine Wyman Collection
Extent:: 700.0 items (31 boxes)
Date range:: 1859-1952 (bulk 1910-1937)
Abstract:: The Loraine Wyman Collection consists of manuscripts, sheet music, and miscellaneous material collected and/or edited by Loraine Wyman, the bulk dating from 1910-1937, and collected in Kentucky, Quebec, and France. The collection contains principally folk songs, arrangements or orchestrations of folk music, and French art songs.
Repository:: Orwig Music Library
Collection call no:: Ethno.Arc.0128

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