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Formal title:
Fredrick D. Wampler collection
Extent:
2 folders
Date range:
1955-2010 (bulk 1955-1956)
Abstract:
Repository:
The Preservation Society of Newport County
Collection call no:
PSNCA.H.015
Formal title:
Donald Wandrei, Invisible Sun
Extent:
0.25 linear feet
Date range:
1932-1933
Abstract:
Reproduced typescript of Donald Wandrei’s unpublished novel Invisible Sun, attributed to “Carrol Amworth,” with manuscript additions for a projected limerick book, circa 1933.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
ms-2016-020
Formal title:
War Information Center Files
Extent:
0.25 linear foot
Date range:
1941-1945
Abstract:
The War Information Center was set up by Brown University at the request of the Federal Security Agency, U.S. Office of Education in 1942, as a "Center of War Information and Training for Colleges and Universities in the State of Rhode Island." The Center consisted of a Morale Committee, a Library of Information, a Faculty Committee of Advisors, and a Council of Representatives from other colleges, etc. in the state.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
OF-1E-8
Formal title:
Austin Warren papers
Extent:
19 Linear Feet
Date range:
circa 1915-2003 (1919-1986)
Abstract:
The Austin Warren papers include correspondence, manuscripts, lecture notes, journals, personal papers and photographs belonging to Austin Warren and his wife Antonia J. Warren. Most of the material is correspondence to and from Austin Warren and manuscripts written by both Austin and Antonia Warren. The papers are dated between circa 1915 and 2003.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms.95.1
Formal title:
Booker T. Washington letter
Extent:
1.0 item
Date range:
1907 November 2
Abstract:
Letter from Booker T. Washington (Tuskegee Institute, AL) to John C. Minkins (Providence, RI) dated November 2, 1907. Washington discusses Minkins distinction as "the only colored man in the country holding the managing editorship of a white daily."
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
MS.2014.021
Formal title:
Booker T. Washington letter to Miss E.M. Tappan
Extent:
0.01 cubic feet.
Date range:
1905 December 5
Abstract:
The collection contains one letter from Booker T. Washington to Miss E.M. Tappan in 1905 regarding Christmas cards.
Repository:
Special Collections, James P. Adams Library
Collection call no:
MSS-0104
Formal title:
Watson House Committee
Extent:
4 box(es)
Date range:
1962-2002 (bulk 1960-1980)
Abstract:
The records in this group comprise documents relating to the activity of the Watson House Restoration Committee, Watson House Committee as well as its predecessor, the Furnishings Sub-Committee of the Watson House Restoration Committee. Included are minutes of the Committee and its subcommittees, budgets, correspondence of the committee chairs, members, and the Watson House caretakers. There are maintenance records, extensive inventories of the furnishings in the house as well as documents relating to the various activities that have taken place over the course of the committee's supervisory function of the Watson House.
Repository:
University Archives and Special Collections
Collection call no:
Rec. Gr. 114
Formal title:
Thomas J. Watson, Jr., papers
Extent:
24 linear feet (24 record center boxes)
Date range:
1905-1994
Abstract:
Thomas J. Watson, Jr., (Brown University, class of 1937) was the President and C.E.O. of International Business Machines (1952-1971). After his retirement from I.B.M., Watson began a career in government service, serving as chairman of the General Advisor Committee on Arms Control and Disarmament and as Ambassador to the Soviet Union (1978-1981). Watson's papers document the period of his ambassadorship to the Soviet Union and his subsequent work in foreign policy matters from 1981 to his death in 1993.
Repository:
Brown University Library
Collection call no:
MS-1U-W1
Formal title:
Gail Frances Webber papers
Extent:
0.5 linear feet
Date range:
1957–1960
Abstract:
This collection contains undergraduate notebooks from Gail Frances Webber, Brown University class of 1960. Webber graduated with an A.B. in Spanish. Notebooks contain handwritten notes from economics, English, political science, psychology, Russian, and Sociology courses from 1957 through 1960.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
AMS-1ZP-1S-2025-003
Formal title:
Elizabeth Weed papers
Extent:
2.0 Linear feet
Date range:
1977-2003
Abstract:
The Elizabeth Weed papers were donated to the Pembroke Archives by Elizabeth Weed, a professor at Brown University and Director of the Pembroke Center from 2000-2010. The papers include essays, lectures, and articles from various professors and visiting academics, as well as student files and correspondence.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms.2016.009

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