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Formal title:: M. Charles Bakst papers
Extent:: 10 linear feet (8 records center boxes and 1 oversize box)
Date range:: 1927-2009 (bulk 1962-2008)
Abstract:: These papers date from 1927-2009 and include the personal papers and materials of M. Charles Bakst, Brown '66, and journalist for the Providence Journal. Includes manuscripts, correspondence, notebooks, ephemera, photographs, audiocassettes and videotapes related to his student days at Brown and his career as a reporter and columnist.
Repository:: Brown University Archives, John Hay Library
Collection call no:: MS-1U-B6

Brodkin (Karen) papers

Formal title:: Karen Brodkin papers
Date range:: 1960-2010
Abstract:: The Karen Brodkin Papers consist of writings, photographs, audio and visual materials, correspondence, and ephemera from 1960-2010. The materials in the collection relate to her research and work in the field of Anthropology.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.2010.007

Brown (Harold) papers

Formal title:: Harold Brown papers
Extent:: 4.75 Linear feet
Date range:: 1878-1920 (bulk 1884-1900)
Abstract:: The Harold Brown papers, dated from 1878 to 1920, include legal and business documents, personal and business correspondence, two unpublished manuscripts, miscellaneous bills paid, two cashbooks and an inventory of Harold Brown's estate.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.2007.006.TEMP

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:: Brown University Sesquicentenniel Celebration records
Extent:: 0.5 linear foot
Date range:: 1914
Abstract:: The Sesquicentennial Celebration papers contain a selection of introductions, addresses and speeches made at Brown University's 150th anniversary celebration on October 11-15, 1914. Several are in the form of revised typescript and include an abstract.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: MS.1MS.S2.

Formal title:: Stephen S. Colvin papers
Extent:: 1 linear foot
Date range:: 1880-1934 (bulk 1900-1915)
Abstract:: This collection of papers primarily consists of manuscripts and published articles by Stephen S. Colvin, who was a scholar in the field of educational psychology and intelligence testing. A native Rhode Islander, Colvin graduated from Brown University with a bachelor's degree of philosophy in 1891, and a corresponding master's degree in 1894. He also received a doctorate degree from the University of Strasburg in 1897. He taught at a number of American universities, including Brown University, where he was appointed its first professor of educational psychology in 1912 and subsequently named the director of its School of Education in 1919. This collection also includes a small amount of correspondence, a scattered assortment of other printed materials (not written by Colvin), ephemera, and a few artifacts, including a print of an illustration by Richard Felton Outcault.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: AMS.1UF.2015.009

Formal title:: Sonia H. and Nathaniel A. Davis papers
Extent:: 7.0 Linear feet
Date range:: 1879-1972 (bulk 1930-1965)
Abstract:: Consists of correspondence, manuscripts, personal and administrative records, printed materials, photographs, ephemera, and a few artifacts belonging to or associated with Nathaniel A. Davis (1866-1945) and his wife Sonia H. Davis (1883-1972). Mr. Davis, of Jewish and Portuguese heritage, was writer, editor, educator, social activist, entrepreneur, world traveler, publisher, journalist and founder of
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: MS.2012.003

Formal title:: Thomas Wilson Dorr Papers
Extent:: 600 items
Date range:: 1790-1897 (bulk 1826-1854)
Abstract:: The Dorr Papers consist of approximately 600 letters, speeches, notes, drafts, pamphlets, clippings and other items for the period 1826-1854. Thomas Wilson Dorr (1805-1854) was the central figure in the Dorr Rebellion of 1842. The papers include material pertaining to the equal suffrage movement, electoral politics, legislative apportionment, state militia, banking, and the adoption of a state constitution in Rhode Island.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.Dorr

Formal title:: Mary Borland Thayer Fox papers
Extent:: 2 linear feet (2 record center boxes)
Date range:: 1919-1973
Abstract:: The Mary Borland Thayer Fox papers consist chiefly of Fox's own writings, written under the pseudonym, "Mary Borland." The collection includes poetry, short stories and essays, ballet libretti, and a diary detailing a visit in 1936 to the Soviet Union. In addition, the collection contains several scrapbooks; commonplace books; sheet music, written for her or simply given to her as a gift; news clippings and copies of literary journals in which her work appeared; and finally, correspondence, either addressed to her in response to some of her published writings, or written in regard to the publication of a posthumous volume of her work.
Repository:: Brown University Library
Collection call no:: Ms. 78.14

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