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Formal title:
Review Club records
Extent:
2 linear feet (1 records center box and 2 legal-size document cases)
Date range:
1886-2004 (bulk 1972-1999)
Abstract:
The Review Club records, 1886-2004 (bulk 1972-1999), includes papers and materials of the Review Club at Brown University. The collection includes booklets, manuscripts, correspondence, and ephemera related to the organization and its members.
Repository:
Brown University Library
Collection call no:
MS-1L-R1
Formal title:
Joe and Lil Shapiro collection of laundry ephemera
Extent:
15.0 linear feet
Date range:
1805-2010 (bulk 1880-1955)
Abstract:
The Joe and Lil Shapiro collection of laundry ephemera is a collection consisting largely of small format ephemera that depict the history, artifacts and materials used in doing laundry over several centuries. Most of the material was produced by companies involved in the manufacture of laundry products. The collection includes, but is not limited to, advertising premiums, billheads, broadsides, brochures, calendars, greeting cards, labels, matchbooks, pamphlets, photographs, postage stamps, poster stamps, promotional booklets, puzzles, scrapbooks, shirt boards and trade cards. Much of the material in the collection is undated. The dated material is from 1805 to 2010. Most was produced between 1880 and 1955.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
MS.2014.002
Formal title:
H. Adrian Smith papers
Extent:
41 linear feet
Date range:
1882-1999 (bulk 1910-1992)
Abstract:
The H. Adrian Smith papers (1752-1992) contain materials amassed over a lifetime of collecting magic-related materials and being involved in magic societies and magic performance. These materials include magic trick descriptions, playbills, posters, photographs of magicians and magic performances, publications, correspondence, and magic society materials. The collection also contains personal correspondence and photographs of Smith’s life in Providence, Rhode Island, and North Attleboro, Massachusetts with his wife Anna Fuller Smith.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms.2011.001
Formal title:
Henry Knox Thatcher papers
Extent:
0.25 Linear Feet
Date range:
1833-1866
Abstract:
The Henry Knox Thatcher papers consist of an oil painting of the U.S.S. Constellation, military memorabilia, and three journals and logs kept by Thatcher while on board several ships, including the U.S.S. Brandywine (1839-1841) and the U.S.S. Constellation (1862-1863). The journals reflect ship life, diversions on shore, the social and political climate of his time, and the duties of American ships in the Mediterranean during the early years of the Civil War.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms.79.5
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
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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