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Formal title:: (Re)Presenting a Half Century: Oral History of the Colleges of Arts and Sciences
Extent:: 1 box(es)
Date range:: 1998
Abstract:: The collection consists of videotaped oral histories of students and professors from the first graduating class of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Rhode Island (1949 and 1950).
Repository:: University Archives and Special Collections
Collection call no:: Mss. Gr. 124

Ainsworth (Nancy) poem

Formal title:: Nancy Ainsworth poem
Extent:: 0.01 linear feet (1 folder)
Date range:: 2000
Abstract:: This collection consists of one poem, “Card Catalogue,” composed by Nancy Ainsworth during the Sharon Olds Writers Workshop held at the Redwood Library and Athenaeum.
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.560

Formal title:: William Austin certificate
Extent:: 0.01 linear feet (1 folder)
Date range:: 1813
Abstract:: This collection consists of a certificate signed by William Ellery (1727-1820), collector of the port of Newport, and W. Nichols, an officer, verifying that William Austin of the ship Anna Maria had secured the necessary duties of merchandize.
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.549

Bancroft (George) note

Formal title:: George Bancroft note
Extent:: 0.01 linear feet (1 folder)
Date range:: undated
Abstract:: George Bancroft (1800-1891) was a noted American historian, diplomat, and public official, who also kept a home in Newport, Rhode Island. This collection contains one undated note to an unidentified recipient.
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.500

Formal title:: G. T. Beauregard letter
Extent:: 0.01 linear feet (1 folder)
Date range:: 1857
Abstract:: This collection consists of one letter written by G. T. Beauregard (1818-1893), a United States Army engineer officer and later Confederate Army general, to Dr. Mercer regarding the British invasion on Washington, D.C during the War of 1812.
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.501

Formal title:: Antoinette Louisa Brown Blackwell letter
Extent:: 0.01 linear feet (1 folder)
Date range:: 1869
Abstract:: This collection consists of one letter from Antoinette Louisa Brown Blackwell (1825-1921), the first woman ordained as a minister in the United States, to Thomas Wentworth Higginson, a Unitarian minister, regarding her publication,
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.502

Brethen (Bob) papers

Formal title:: Bob Brethen papers
Extent:: 1.25 linear feet
Abstract:: The Bob Brethen Papers consist primarily of type-written descriptions of magic tricks. Most common are card tricks, mental tricks, including jinx card tricks, ESP, psychic routines, and memory and number tricks. This collection was originally part of the Smith Magic collection, but has been removed to stand on its own.
Repository:: Brown University Library
Collection call no:: Ms. 2008.005

Formal title:: John Bristow arbitration award
Extent:: 0.01 linear feet (1 folder)
Date range:: 1755
Abstract:: This collection consists of an arbitration award between John Bristow and the owners of the Brigantine Amy: Henry Collins, Ebenezer Flagg, and Samuel Engs, all of Newport, Rhode Island.
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.563

Bronson (Elsie) papers

Formal title:: Elsie Bronson papers
Extent:: .25 linear feet
Date range:: 1932
Abstract:: The Elsie Bronson papers include manuscripts and correspondence related to "RISD: A Half-Century Record, 1878-1928," a history of the first 50 years of the Rhode Island School of Design.
Repository:: Rhode Island School of Design Archives
Collection call no:: 26.1

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