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Guide to the Department of Mental Health, Retardation and Hospitals cemetery project records
Formal title:
Guide to the Department of Mental Health, Retardation and Hospitals cemetery project records
Extent:
.5 other
Date range:
1880-2009 (bulk 2004-2008)
Abstract:
The Department of Mental Health, Retardation and Hospitals cemetery project records consist of copies of correspondence, reports and photographs compiled and/or created by Chester A. Browning, Information Specialist of the Public Information Division.
Repository:
Rhode Island State Archives
Collection call no:
2009-31
Hamilton (Henry D.) papers
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
Leased Oyster Bed Grounds (Rhode Island) Indenture (agreements) records
Formal title:
Rhode Island Leased Oyster Bed Grounds Indenture (agreements) records
Extent:
0.24 cubic feet other
Date range:
1844 - 1854
Abstract:
The Rhode Island Leased Oyster Bed Grounds Indenture (agreements) records consist of signed agreements with accompanying plot maps depicting leased oyster bed grounds primarily in the Providence River near Field's Point.
Repository:
Rhode Island State Archives
Collection call no:
C#1207
Lippitt (Henry Frederick) Papers
Formal title:
Henry Frederick Lippitt papers
Extent:
6.5 linear feet
Date range:
1881-1933
Abstract:
The collection is comprised of family and business correspondence, printed materials, newspapers clippings, meeting minutes, photographs, and memorabilia. Business correspondence is represented by carbon copies of the letters from 1881 to 1923 that are bound into 9 letter books.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms.2011.011
McCarthy/Bannon Family Collection
Formal title:
McCarthy/Bannon Family Collection
Extent:
.64 cubic feet other
Date range:
1890-1936 (bulk 1913-1933)
Abstract:
The McCarthy/Bannon Family Collection consists of newspaper clippings, photographs, correspondence and ephemera related to the Bannon family of Mansfield, Massachusetts and the McCarthy family of Providence, Rhode Island. The majority of materials are related to Patrick Joseph McCarthy who served as mayor of Providence, Rhode Island from January 1907 to January 1909.
Repository:
Rhode Island State Archives
Collection call no:
2010-10
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
Providence Board of Health records
Formal title:
Providence Board of Health records
Extent:
.35 cubic feet
Date range:
1857-1977
Abstract:
Black and white photographs documenting disease and living conditions in Providence during the early 1900's as well as activities of the City of Providence Health Department. The collection also includes annual reports, and examples of actual signs used to warn of the existence of scarlet fever or diphtheria.
Repository:
Rhode Island State Archives
Collection call no:
C#95-197
Providence School Department records
Formal title:
Providence School Department records
Extent:
77.4 cubic feet other
Date range:
1828-2001 (bulk 1828-1961)
Abstract:
The Providence School Department records consist primarily of meeting minutes of the Providence School Committee (1828-1965), resolutions of the Providence School Board/Committee (1965-2001), reports and manuals (1861-1961) and various images (1907-1923) including lantern slides (1800-1870).
Repository:
Rhode Island State Archives
Collection call no:
2005-44
Rhode Island State Institutions Records
Formal title:
Rhode Island State Institutions Records
Extent:
6.5 linear feet
Date range:
1839-1968 (bulk 1885-1944)
Abstract:
Selective records of the Rhode Island State Institutions, a group of correctional and charitable facilities located in the town of Cranston, have had a complex history under many different jurisdictions.
Repository:
Rhode Island Historical Society
Collection call no:
MSS 231 sg 1
Schirmer (Daniel B.) papers
Formal title:
Daniel B. Schirmer papers
Extent:
0.5 Linear feet
Date range:
1891-1998
Abstract:
Materials collected during Daniel Boone Schirmer's research for his book "Republic or empire : American resistance to the Philippine war."
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
MS.2013.007

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