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Formal title:: Alice LaFond Altieri papers
Extent:: 3 box(es)
Date range:: 1914-1976
Abstract:: The papers of Alice LaFond Altieri, state legislator and public official, of North Smithfield, R.I., consists of her political and personal correspondence, scrapbooks and clippings, speeches, reports, and memorabilia.
Repository:: Phillips Memorial Library
Collection call no:: rppc_altieri

Formal title:: John V. Brennan papers
Extent:: 42 box(es)
Date range:: 1958-2008
Abstract:: The collection consists of documentation, photographs, and memoribilia of Marine Colonel John V. Brennan (Providence College Class of ’59). The center piece of this collection are Brennan's oral histories of major figures and foreign affairs initiatives during his service as the Marine Corp military aide to President Richard Nixon and as his chief of staff during President Nixon's post-presidency years.
Repository:: Phillips Memorial Library
Collection call no:: rppc_brennan

Formal title:: Edward J. Higgins papers
Extent:: (2.0 linear feet)
Date range:: 1935-1976
Abstract:: The papers of Edward J. Higgins consist of correspondence, baseball memorabilia, Democratic National Convention memorabilia, news clippings, and investigative reports concerning the 1939-1940 wire tapping case involving RI Governor William Henry Vanderbilt and Pawtucket City Mayor Thomas McCoy.
Repository:: Phillips Memorial Library
Collection call no:: rppc_higgins

Formal title:: Zenas Kevorkian photographs and other material
Extent:: 2.33 linear feet (3 boxes)
Date range:: 1923-1988 (bulk 1930-1950)
Abstract:: Zenas Kevorkian (1910-1991) was a career educator, a United States Naval Officer during World War II, and a hobbyist photographer in Rhode Island. The bulk of this collection consists of Kevorkian’s personal photographs, which document his life, family, and community mostly in and around Providence and Cranston, Rhode Island from the 1920s through about 1960. The collection also includes correspondence while Kevorkian was in naval training in 1942, as well as publications of Providence Technical High School and Roger Williams Junior High School.
Repository:: Special Collections, James P. Adams Library
Collection call no:: MSS.42

Formal title:: Robert Emmet Quinn papers and Oral Histories
Extent:: 1.0 linear feet
Date range:: 1936-1975
Abstract:: The collection contains a small amount of miscellaneous business and personal documents, newsclippings and transcripts of speeches. The heart of this collection is a series of oral history interviews conducted in 1972 and 1973. All but two of these interviews, which covers every phase of his public life, have been roughly transcribed. Of particular value are Quinn's comments on the 1935 "Bloodless Revolution" and on the local political arena of Rhode Island up to World War II.
Repository:: Phillips Memorial Library
Collection call no:: rppc_quinn

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