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Formal title:: Anne S. Kinsolving Brown papers
Extent:: 52 linear feet
Date range:: 1912-1985
Abstract:: The Anne S. K. Brown collection contains various correspondence, writings, family papers, financial information, and documentation of Brown’s active social life collected by Brown and her family from 1912 until her death in 1985.
Repository:: Brown University Library
Collection call no:: Ms.2007.013

Formal title:: Natalie Bayard Brown papers
Extent:: 53.25 Linear feet
Date range:: 1877-1950 (bulk 1897-1950)
Abstract:: Natalie Bayard Brown (1869-1950) was the wife of John Nicholas Brown (1861-1900) and mother of John Nicholas Brown (1900-1979), members of the prominent Brown family of Providence, Rhode Island. The papers reflect Natalie Bayard Brown's interests in politics and charitable causes through correspondence with family and friends, writings and speeches, scrapbooks, and photographs. The papers contain detailed financial and legal records related to John Nicholas Brown's (1900-1979) large inheritance from his father and uncle, Harold Brown. The papers also hold travel diaries and photographs from Natalie Bayard Brown and John Nicholas Brown's (1900-1979) travels in Europe, Asia, and Middle East.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.2007.011

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:: Nathan Fellows Dixon Family papers
Extent:: 6.0 Linear feet
Date range:: 1721-1938 (bulk 1825-1900)
Abstract:: The Nathan Fellows Dixon Family Papers consist of letters, legal documents, personal and political memorabilia and photographs relating to the Dixon Family of Westerly, Rhode Island. The bulk of the papers date from 1825 to 1900, with some pre-Revolutionary as well as twentieth-century documents included. The majority represent the domestic and political lives of three generations of men named Nathan Fellows Dixon, all of whom served in the United States Congress.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.2006.04

Drowne family papers

Formal title:: Drowne family papers
Extent:: 10 Linear Feet
Date range:: 1728-1936 (1750-1885)
Abstract:: The Drowne family papers encompass the correspondence and documents of several generations of an old and distinguished Rhode Island family, with the bulk of the materials consisting of writings and other materials pertaining to the life of Solomon Drowne, M.D. (1753-1834).
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.Drowne

Formal title:: Maud Howe Elliott Papers
Extent:: 7.5 linear feet
Date range:: 1872-1948
Abstract:: Maude Howe Elliott was an American author and wife of English artist John Elliott (1859-1925). Elliott was the daughter of Julia Ward Howe (abolitionist, suffragist, author of "Battle Hymn of the Republic") and Dr. Samuel Gridley Howe (founder of Perkins Institute for the Blind and activist in the struggle for Greek independence). In 1917 Elliott and her sister, Laura E. Richards, were awarded the Pulitzer Prize for the biography of their mother,
Repository:: Brown University Library
Collection call no:: Ms. 89.13

Formal title:: Henry D. Hamilton papers
Extent:: 10.5 linear feet (9 records center boxes, 1 legal-size Hollinger document case and 2 oversize boxes)
Date range:: 1836-1968 (bulk 1837-1942)
Abstract:: Henry D. Hamilton was a lawyer and politician who also served as the Adjutant General of New York and Rhode Island. His papers include, but are not limited to, correspondence, business papers, subject files, diaries, certificates, photographs, scrapbooks, and artifacts. Most of the material dated before 1894 belonged to Henry Hamilton's father, B.B. Hamilton, a Baptist minister. The collection also includes genealogical information about the Hamilton family, writings and correspondence by Henry's elder brother John B. Hamilton, a medical doctor, and material related to the military careers of B.B. Hamilton, Henry D. Hamilton and Henry's son Warren Hamilton.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms. 2009.009

Formal title:: William Carey Poland diaries and photographs
Extent:: 0.625 Linear feet
Date range:: 1860-1910 (bulk 1875-1910)
Abstract:: The William Carey Poland diaires and photographs consist of 9 diaries and 24 photographs dating from about 1860 to 1910. Two of the diaries are in Clara (Harkness) Poland’s hand and one is in William Jr.’s hand. Included in the photograph series are various images of the Poland family and of Prof. Poland at an archaeological site.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.2008.007

Formal title:: Robert Cloutman and Elisabeth Anthony Dexter papers
Extent:: 12.0 Linear feet
Date range:: 1797-1971 (bulk 1935-1968)
Abstract:: The Dexter Papers are a wide-ranging collection of letters, diaries, reports, manuscripts, research notes and photographs dating from the early 19th to the late 20th century. The material represents Elisabeth and Robert Dexter’s humanitarian work in Europe with the Unitarian Service Committee, their respective historical and sociological research projects, and the life and work of Elisabeth’s father Alfred Williams Anthony, a Baptist minister and educator.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.2005.029

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