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Formal title:: FYS 100 “Raid the Collections” podcast series
Extent:: 21.7 MB
Date range:: 2024
Abstract:: Podcast episodes created by first-year students at Rhode Island College which tell stories about items found in the Special Collections.
Repository:: Special Collections, James P. Adams Library
Collection call no:: CA-0087

Formal title:: James K. Gardner (Class of 1965) oral history and papers relating to the Vietnam War
Extent:: 0.25 Linear feet
Date range:: 2011
Abstract:: This collection is contains an oral history interview of James K. Gardner (Class of 1965) by Professor Elizabeth Taylor on January 28, 2011 as part of the Vietnam Veteran's oral history project at Brown University. In the interview he relates his memories of Brown University during his undergraduate and graduate school days, noting how thing changed from 1965 to 1968. A majority of the interview focuses on his experiences as a Lieutenant in the Navy's Civil Engineer Corps before and during his assignment to Vietnam and the war. During the war he served in the Military Assistance Command, Vietnam – Studies and Observations Group (MACV-SOG), a highly classified, multi-service United States special operations unit which, among other things, conducted covert unconventional warfare operations prior to and during the Vietnam War. A survey of questions to prompt James K. Gardner's memory include his initial responses, amended by Prof. Taylor with notes relevant to the question selected from the interview.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: AMS.1U.G8

Formal title:: Gato Negro zine collection
Extent:: .5 linear feet
Date range:: 2016-2019
Abstract:: Zines by Gato Negro Ediciones, an independent press in Mexico City, Mexico, 2016-2019
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.2023.017

Formal title:: Global Curatorial Project: Unfinished Conversations oral histories and records
Extent:: 18 Terabytes
Date range:: 2014-2024
Abstract:: The Global Curatorial Project: Unfinished Conversations series is an archival collection of oral histories gathered as part of the larger Global Curatorial Project which also includes a traveling exhibition using materials from the collection. These files are all related to the documenting, translating, and recording the oral histories of project participants who are connected to the communities they live in and can provide testimonies to living in the modern wake of slavery. This collection is comprised of external hard drives and electronic records documenting the oral histories of participants including formats such as: BRAW, docx, jpeg, mov, mp4, mp3, tif, and wav files.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.2022.010

Formal title:: John Henry Hartman (Class of 1964) memoir relating to the Vietnam War
Extent:: 0.25 linear feet
Date range:: 2009-2012
Abstract:: This collection contains a typed memoir written by John H. Hartman for his children and grandchildren about his experiences during the Vietnam War. He titled it: “Once a Marine - 1 June 1964 to 31 December 1969.” The memoir starts with his Navy Reserve Officer Training Corps (NROTC) scholarship at Brown University then discusses his training in the United State Marine Corps as a helicopter pilot, his experiences during his tour of duty in Vietnam flying H-46 helicopters as a member of Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 165 (HMM-165), his return the the United States and his service as a helicopter flight instructor, and finally his transition to civilian life. Hartman also gives his opinions about the strategic and tactical decisions of the Vietnam War and the lessons that should have been learned.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: AMS.1U.H13

Formal title:: Joseph Peace Hazard papers
Extent:: 3.62 cubic feet
Date range:: circa 2039-200 BCE, 1822-1892 (bulk 1839-1890)
Abstract:: Papers of a textile manufacturer, traveler, and spiritualist from Rhode Island.
Repository:: Special Collections, James P. Adams Library
Collection call no:: MSS-0090

Formal title:: Institute for Teaching and Learning Records
Extent:: 16 item(s)
Date range:: 2002-2006
Abstract:: The collection includes video recordings of lectures sponsored by the Institute for Teaching and Learning at Roger Williams Univeristy.
Repository:: Roger Williams University
Collection call no:: UA2017.02

Formal title:: Helene Schwartz Kenvin papers
Extent:: 0.25 linear feet
Date range:: 2018-2021
Abstract:: This collection was donated by Helene Schwartz Kenvin, Brown University class of 1962. Materials are a book titled
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: AMS-1ZP-1S-2024-002.xml

Formal title:: Caitlín Kiernan papers
Extent:: 14 linear feet
Date range:: 2018-10-26 - ongoing (1970-2018)
Abstract:: This collection contains Caitlín Kiernan's handwritten journal from childhood and other juvenilia, drafts of comics, edited manuscripts of novels and short stories, correspondence with fiction editors, correspondence with paleontologists, manuscripts and journals of paleontology work, Kiernan's desktop computer, and collectibles from her band called Death's Little Sister.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.2017.008

Mariposa records

Formal title:: Mariposa records
Extent:: 1.05 cubic feet.
Date range:: 2005-2018
Abstract:: Collected papers from Mariposa, an after-school program that later became a preschool. The collection includes administrative documents, curriculum resources, and printed materials.
Repository:: Special Collections, James P. Adams Library
Collection call no:: MSS-0025

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