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Barnard (Henry) letters

Formal title:: Henry Barnard letters
Extent:: 0.05 cubic feet
Date range:: 1846-1899 (bulk 1846-1853)
Abstract:: The collection includes a dozen original letters written by Henry Barnard in the mid-to-late nineteenth century.
Repository:: Special Collections, James P. Adams Library
Collection call no:: MSS-0096

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:: 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

Grolier Club records

Formal title:: Grolier Club records
Extent:: 5 linear ft. (5 records center boxes)
Date range:: 1891-2009
Abstract:: The Grolier Club records, 1891-2009, includes papers and materials of the Grolier Club of New York, America's oldest and largest society for bibliophiles and literary enthusiasts. The collection includes manuscripts, correspondence and ephemera related to the organization and its members.
Repository:: Brown University Library
Collection call no:: Ms.2009.008

Hazard family letters

Palmer (Alison) papers

Formal title:: Alison Palmer Papers
Extent:: 6.5 Linear feet
Date range:: 1853-1991 (bulk 1971-1991)
Abstract:: Alison Palmer (Brown University Class of 1953) served in the United States Foreign Service (1959-1981) in Belgian Congo, Ethiopia, and Vietnam. Palmer successfully pursued two sex discrimination lawsuits against the State Department, winning in 1974 and 1987. After her retirement from the State Department in 1981, Palmer became the thirteenth woman Episcopal priest ordained in the United States. The Alison Palmer papers are chiefly related to her two lawsuits but also contain materials that document her foreign service career, and family papers.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.90.6

Formal title:: John Tracy Winterich papers
Extent:: 3500 item(s)
Date range:: 1814-1966 (1917-1966)
Abstract:: These are the personal papers of American journalist, author, and bibliophile John T. Winterich, who wrote various works on book collecting and printing such as
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.Winterich

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