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Formal title:: West Exeter Baptist Church records
Extent:: 1.0 linear foot
Date range:: 1958-2011
Abstract:: Administrative and financial records, photographs, weekly bulletins for each Sunday service, and attendance records for a small Baptist congregation in Exeter, RI. This is part of the Rhode Island Baptist Heritage Center collection.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: MS.2012.018

Formal title:: George Peabody Wetmore papers on Newport Hospital
Extent:: .208 linear feet
Date range:: 1909-1917 1916-1917
Abstract:: Correspondence, clippings, and documents related to George Peabody Wetmore's service as a trustee of Newport Hospital, especially in an intense period of fundraising in summer 1917.
Repository:: The Preservation Society of Newport County
Collection call no:: PSNCA.H.029

Formal title:: Augustus A. White III (Class of 1957) documents relating to his career as a surgeon during the Vietnam War
Extent:: 0.25 Linear Feet
Date range:: 1966-2015
Abstract:: This collection contains magazine articles and photographs related to the career of Augustus A. White III (Brown, Class of 1957) as an orthopedic surgeon. He is a Vietnam Veteran. He served 2 years as an army surgeon a year of which, August 1966-August 1967, he was stationed at the 85th Evacuation Hospital in the Qui Nhon region of Vietnam. During that year he also volunteered during his off-duty time at the St. Francis Leprosarium run by Catholic nuns in a nearby village where he treated patients fighting leprosy. He went on to have a distinguished career as the first African American to graduate from Stanford Medical School in 1961 and held positions in orthopedic surgery at Yale Medical School, Beth Israel Hospital and Harvard Medical School. He has also been keenly interested in issues of race, bias, and disparity in medical care and education. In 2011 he founded Harvard's Culturally Competent Care Education Program to begin combating the unconscious and conscious biases of health care professionals and educators.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: AMS.1U.2016.002

Formal title:: Kenneth P. Whiting papers
Extent:: 2.25 linear feet (1 legal size clamshell boxes) (1 oversize box)
Date range:: 1925-1926 1925-1926
Abstract:: Kenneth P. Whiting was employed from 1925 to 1926 at Thomas A. Edison Inc. in disc record manufacturing and development and distribution of demonstrating sample records. The Kenneth P. Whiting papers include a series of memoranda from Whiting to Edison himself, with Edison's replies.
Repository:: Brown University Library
Collection call no:: Ms. 81.4

Formal title:: Magel Craig Wilder papers
Extent:: 1.25 linear feet
Date range:: 1919-1923
Abstract:: This collection consists of the personal and university papers of Magel Craig Wilder, graduate of the Women's College in Brown University, class of 1919. She was also the secretary for her year and kept track of students correspondence to inform the rest of the class, kept information regarding alumnae plans and job information post graduation, and created a scrapbook containing pictures and information of every student. The collection includes letters, pictures, newspaper clippings about university news, information slips filled in by the students, pages of the scrapbook and the program for the alumnae reunion of 1923. The collection also includes biology notes taken by Wilder, an offprint of one of her articles, a Limnology table of contents and correspondence and reunion materials from other students of her class dating from 1919 - 1923
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: AMS.1ZP-1UF.2026.001

Formal title:: Thornton Wilder letters
Extent:: 0.05 linear feet (3 folders)
Date range:: 1948-1975 (bulk 1969-1975)
Abstract:: Letters written by Thornton Wilder (1897-1975), the successful American writer, to Roy S. and Margaret H. Anderson of Newport, Rhode Island.
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.562

Wilding (Faith) papers

Formal title:: Faith Wilding papers
Extent:: 2 linear feet
Date range:: 1969-2014
Abstract:: This collection consists of the papers of Faith Wilding, feminist artist, scholar, and contributor to the 1972 landmark exhibition, Womanhouse. The collection documents Wilding's feminist theory scholarship, teaching, writing, and thoughts on feminism and art. Materials include notes, conference material, feminist print material, writings, and audiovisual material, dating form 1969-2019. The collection is arranged alphabetically by record type into one series.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.2019.007

William D. Metz Papers

Formal title:: William D. Metz Papers
Extent:: 20.5 linear feet,
Date range:: 1946-1982
Abstract:: The William D. Metz papers relate primarily to his tenure as Professor of History at the University of Rhode Island from 1946 to 1982. The collection is comprised of two series; Subject Files and Correspondence. The Subject Files contain a wide range of materials pertaining to committees, organizations, fraternities, and departments of the University that Metz was involved with. The Correspondence series (1952-1981) contains letters and correspondence Metz received from or sent to various individuals during his tenure. Both series are arranged alphabetically.
Repository:: University Archives and Special Collections
Collection call no:: Mss. Gr. 53

William E. Iselin

Formal title:: William E. Iselin Logbook for Yachts "Vigilant" and "Enchantress"
Extent:: 1 album(s)
Date range:: 1906-1921 (bulk 1906-1921)
Abstract:: A leather-bound album with manuscript entries, typed and printed documents, and photographs.
Repository:: IYRS Maritime Library
Collection call no:: 5456

Formal title:: William H. Vanderbilt Gubernatorial Papers
Extent:: 47 box(es)
Date range:: 1936-1941
Abstract:: William Henry Vanderbilt served as governor of Rhode Island from 1939 to 1941. These papers consist primarily of correspondence concerning applications for patronage positions and/or charitable donations. Also included are campaign speeches, reports, Vanderbilt's two annual messages to the General Assembly, and materials relating to a controversy over the dismissal of Rhode Island State College President, Raymond G. Bressler.
Repository:: University of Rhode Island, University Archives and Special Collections
Collection call no:: Mss. Gr. 60

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