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Formal title:
Thomas M. Allison papers
Extent:
125 item(s)
Date range:
1941-1983
Abstract:
Thomas M. Allison (U.S.N., Ret.) served aboard the Hornet when propaganda leaflets were dropped in the Tokyo area on 17 February 1945. This collection includes literary manuscripts, official and personal correspondence, and memorabilia relating to World War II navy convoy in 1941 and British P.O.W.'s in Thailand. Also includes: single-leaf leaflets produced by the U.S. Navy in an attempt to lower the morale of the Japanese during World War II, which were printed aboard the carrier U.S.S. Hornet (CV-12), placed in aircraft bomber bays, and then dropped over Tokyo.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms.91.20
Formal title:
John P. Bourcier papers
Extent:
4 linear feet (3 records center boxes, 1 legal-size Hollinger document case and 1 letter-size Hollinger document case)
Date range:
1974-2002
Abstract:
This collection contains material related to John P. Bourcier's career as a jurist in Rhode Island from 1974 to 2002. It includes his Superior and Supreme Court decisions, instructions to juries, material related to his service on various committees, his work with the Alternate Disput Resolution Task Force created by Chief Justice Frank J. Williams, newspaper articles and correspondence regarding the antinuclear Trident II Plowshares trial, and the 1984 trial of Vincent A. Cianci, Jr.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms.2009.005
Formal title:
Anne S. Kinsolving Brown papers
Extent:
52 linear feet
Date range:
1912-1985
Abstract:
The Anne S. K. Brown collection contains various correspondence, writings, family papers, financial information, and documentation of Brown’s active social life collected by Brown and her family from 1912 until her death in 1985.
Repository:
Brown University Library
Collection call no:
Ms.2007.013
Formal title:
John Nicholas Brown II papers
Date range:
1900-1979 (bulk 1960-1979)
Abstract:
The John Nicholas Brown II papers span the lifetime of John Nicholas Brown from his birth in February 1900 to his death in October 1979. While the bulk of the collection dates from the period 1960-1979, there are important materials from nearly every portion of Brown's life. The collection is comprised of manuscripts, ledgers, notebooks, journals, photographs, postcards, pamphlets, film, artifacts, architectural plans, blueprints, and other similar materials.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms.2007.012
Formal title:
Katharine DePew Burlingame papers
Extent:
0.5 linear feet
Date range:
1918-1974
Abstract:
The collection contains notebooks on favorite books, prose, poetry, library reference questions, and historical topics along with 2 scrapbooks related to churches in Paris. There are some personal letters and greeting cards relating to her retirement.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
MS.2014.010
Formal title:
Edith Marie Linnea Carlborg papers
Extent:
1 box(es)
Date range:
1909-1965
Abstract:
abstract
Repository:
Brown University Archives
Collection call no:
MS-1U-C4
Formal title:
Consumers' League of Rhode Island
Extent:
125 item(s)
Date range:
1901-1951
Abstract:
Includes: [1] Annual reports, Membership Lists, Reports on Rhode Island Legislation and Miscellaneous Newspaper Clippings and Material on the Consumer's League of Rhode Island, 1901-1951. [2] Minutes of the Board of Directors' meeting, February 1908- October 1951. [3] Report of the executive secretary, October 4, 1940- May 1951. [4] Treasurer's reprot, 1911-1948.
Repository:
Brown University Library
Collection call no:
Ms. 89.21
Formal title:
Arlan Ralph Coolidge papers
Extent:
Approx. 200 item(s)
Date range:
1929-1986
Abstract:
Includes music Coolidge composed and collected. Also includes concert programs and notes relating to music and musical programs.
Repository:
Brown University Library
Collection call no:
Ms. 91.19
Formal title:
Minerva G. Curtis diaries
Extent:
1 linear foot
Date range:
1900-1941
Abstract:
A collection of 34 leather-bound diaries, ranging from 1900 to 1941, recording the daily activities of Minerva Greenwood Curtis, a grade-school teacher in Providence, Rhode Island. The collection also includes an address book, a notebook, a loose, hand-written recipe and a newspaper clipping.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms.2005.72
Formal title:
S. Foster Damon Festival papers
Date range:
1967-1968
Abstract:
The S. Foster Damon Festival papers consists of approximately 50 items from 1967-1968 relating to the 75th birthday party of S. Foster Damon and the S. Foster Damon Festival at Brown University. S. Foster Damon was an American poet, William Blake scholar, Brown University professor of English (1927-1963), and curator of the Harris Collection, Brown University Library (1930-1963).
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms.Damon

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