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Formal title:: Richard Brown Baker Family Papers
Extent:: 8 linear feet
Date range:: 1866-2002 (bulk 1900-1990)
Abstract:: Richard Brown Baker was born in Providence, R.I. on November 5, 1912 to Harvey Almy Baker and Marion North Brown. His grandfather was Henry Martin Brown, President of the Industrial Trust Co. of Rhode Island (later Fleet National Bank). He became a prodigious collector owning over 1,600 works of art before he died. He focused on the artists that were new and on the edge deciding in the 1950s to focus on young and unestablished artists. Richard Baker was one of the first to buy works by artists such as Jackson Pollock and Roy Lichtenstein.
Repository:: Rhode Island Historical Society
Collection call no:: MSS 1117

Formal title:: Schoolchildren photograph collection
Extent:: 0.5 linear feet
Date range:: 1880-1979
Abstract:: The collection contains school and/or class photographs from various locations throughout the United States between the 1880s and the 1970s.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.2018.001

The Elms Collection

Formal title:: The Elms Collection
Extent:: 6 Hollinger Boxes; 4 Other Media Boxes; 3 Oversized Boxes
Date range:: circa 1807-1990
Abstract:: The Elms Collection is comprised of materials relating to the Berwind Family and their property, from 1807 until 1990. It includes images of the interior and exterior of the home from various points in its existence, as well as images showing various generations of the family. Also included is correspondence and printed materials related to both the running of the estate, and the sale of its contents in 1962.
Repository:: The Preservation Society of Newport County
Collection call no:: PSNCA.H.004

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