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200th Anniversary Files
Formal title:
200th Anniversary Files
Extent:
3 linear feet
Date range:
1956-1965 (bulk 1964-1965)
Abstract:
The 200th Anniversity Files include office files, publications, and official brochures files dated from 1956 to 1965, with most dated from 1964 to 1965. It includes materials regarding the planning of the university's bicentennial events, booklets and announcements, and files on the event's major participants.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
OF-1E-2
Adams (George James) papers
Formal title:
George James Adams papers
Extent:
15 linear feet
Date range:
1795-1890
Abstract:
These papers span much of George James Adams’s long career as a textile manufacturer at various mills in Rhode Island and chief agent at the Narragansett Print Works. Included are personal, family, and business correspondence, invoices and receipts, inventories, payroll and supply lists, deeds and contracts, and photographs. A large set of letters are from Thomas P. Richmond, a banker of Bristol, Rhode Island, probably affiliated with the Bank of Bristol. They communicate Richmond’s strong abolitionist feelings and include descriptions of slave uprisings such as the insurrection on the ship La Amistad in 1839, meetings of abolitionist societies, etc. Also discussed are Richmond’s other interests, including phrenology, electricity, epidemiology, mesmerism, animal magnetism, and ships.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms.2010.021
Adams Family papers
Formal title:
Adams Family papers
Extent:
9.5 linear feet
Date range:
ca. 1830-1981
Abstract:
Personal and professional papers (primarily correspondence, research notes, and speeches) of Randolph Greenfield Adams and Thomas Randolph Adams. Also includes some personal papers of Helen Spiller adams and Richard Newbold Adams; correspondence and other family papers from the eighteenth century onward; genealogical background; letters from Franklin Delano Roosevelt; friendship albums; and printed items, including clippings.
Repository:
Brown University Library
Collection call no:
Ms. 90.21
Alcoff (Linda Martín) papers
Formal title:
Linda Martín Alcoff papers
Extent:
1/2 linear foot
Date range:
1986-2010
Abstract:
The Linda Martín Alcoff papers primarily contain copies of Alcoff’s published articles and books, syllabi from feminist philosophy courses, and versions of her Curriculum Vitae.
Repository:
Brown University Library
Collection call no:
Ms.2010.040
Aldan (Daisy) papers
Formal title:
Daisy Aldan papers
Extent:
1.0 linear foot
Date range:
1960-1987
Abstract:
Daisy Aldan was an accomplished poet, publisher, translator and teacher. The Aldan papers contain manusript poems and translations by Daisy Aldan, photographs, promotional materials, biographical material, and correspondence.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms.85.3
Allison (Thomas M.) papers
Formal title:
Thomas M. Allison papers
Extent:
125 item(s)
Date range:
1941-1983
Abstract:
Thomas M. Allison (U.S.N., Ret.) served aboard the Hornet when propaganda leaflets were dropped in the Tokyo area on 17 February 1945. This collection includes literary manuscripts, official and personal correspondence, and memorabilia relating to World War II navy convoy in 1941 and British P.O.W.'s in Thailand. Also includes: single-leaf leaflets produced by the U.S. Navy in an attempt to lower the morale of the Japanese during World War II, which were printed aboard the carrier U.S.S. Hornet (CV-12), placed in aircraft bomber bays, and then dropped over Tokyo.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms.91.20
Alpha Delta Phi Files
Formal title:
Alpha Delta Phi Files
Extent:
1 linear foot
Date range:
1899-1977 (bulk 1950-1977)
Abstract:
The Alpha Delta Phi Files include correspondence, renovation plans, alumni information, and funding files dated from 1899 to 1977, with most dated after 1950.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
OF-1Q-A2
Alumnae Association Records
Formal title:
Alumnae Association Records
Extent:
6 linear feet
Date range:
1900-2007
Abstract:
The Alumnae Association Files includes meeting minutes, committee activity notes, class officers, and fundraising projects dated from 1900 to 2007. It includes materials regarding Andrews Association, Pembroke College Clubs, speaker lists, scrapbook materials, and flyers and invitations.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
OF-1S-7zp
Ames (Sarah Fisher) papers
Formal title:
Sarah Fisher Ames papers
Extent:
34 item(s)
Date range:
1860-1879
Abstract:
Collection of letters and printed items to Sarah Fisher Ames from prominent figures of the day, including: Mary Mann, John Hay, Robert Winthrop, Whitelaw Reid, J.O.P. Burnside, Wendell Phillips, Rufus King. Also includes: letter from her husband, Joseph A. Ames; three letters from her son stationed in Cuba; various letters of introduction and permission, including one from Abraham Lincoln; letters to her husband, Joseph Ames
Repository:
Brown University Library
Collection call no:
Ms.88.2
Anderson, Daniel J. papers
Formal title:
Daniel J. Anderson papers
Extent:
7 linear feet (7 records center boxes)
Date range:
1975-2002 (bulk 1980-1998)
Abstract:
This collection consists of the research files of Daniel J. Anderson, one of the developers of the Minnesota Model for the treatment of alcoholism. There are magazines, newspaper clippings, speech outlines on index cards, books, pamphlets, and conference materials.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms. 2008.025

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