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Formal title:: Thomas F. Banchoff papers
Extent:: 23.5 Linear feet
Date range:: 1935-2012 (bulk 1963-1997)
Abstract:: The Thomas F. Banchoff papers (1935-2012, bulk 1963-1997) contain administrative, research, and teaching materials relating to Professor Banchoff's tenure as a professor of mathematics at Brown University. Included are correspondence, lecture and research notes, manuscripts, course syllabi and exams, and records of various faculty and university committees of which he was a member. The papers also include records from Professor Banchoff's term as acting Dean of Student Affairs at Brown (1971-1972) that reflect the racial and political campus issues of the time.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: OF.1UF.2015.003

Formal title:: Thomas Banchoff collection of materials relating to Edwin Abbott Abbott
Extent:: 0.25 Linear Feet
Date range:: 1865-2001 (1865-1927)
Abstract:: The collection is comprised primarily of photographs of Edwin Abbott Abbott, his family and associates as well as correspondence between them. It also includes some newspaper clippings and one notebook belonging to Edwin Abbott Abbott.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.2011.016

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:: Charles Wilson Brown collection of Brown and Wilson family papers
Extent:: 1 linear_foot
Date range:: 1846-1967
Abstract:: The Charles Wilson Brown collection of Brown and Wilson family papers contain correspondence, manuscripts, and photographs related to Lanta Wilson Smith (Charles Brown's aunt), Rev. Henry Wheaton Brown (Charles Brown's father) and Rev. William Jones Wilson (Charles Brown's grandfather). The correspondence is largely written to or by Lanta Wilson Smith and includes some of her poetry; the remaining correspondence is written by or related to Rev. William Jones Wilson. Autobiographies of both Rev. Brown and Rev. Wilson can be found in the collection as can parish programs and related clippings. The photographs are of Maine churches and Rev. Wilson and his wife.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.97.3

Formal title:: Lee Garnett Day and Nancy Sayles Day papers
Extent:: 7.0 Linear feet
Date range:: 1890-1968 (bulk 1911-1945)
Abstract:: The Lee Garnett Day and Nancy Sayles Day papers consist of business records, correspondence, genealogies, photographs and other material from the Day and Sayles families. Much of the material concerns the Collins-Day South American Expedition of 1914-1915, Lee Garnett Day’s military career, the Bennett-Day Importing Company, and both Lee Garnett Day's and Nancy Sayles Day's travels around the world. The collection is dated from 1890 to 1968. Most of the material is dated from 1911 to 1945.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.2014.003

Formal title:: Rush Hawkins collection
Extent:: 71 linear feet
Date range:: 1750-1951 (1830-1917)
Abstract:: The Rush Hawkins collection (1750-1951(bulk 1830-1917)) contains personal, family, financial, and military correspondence and documents; photographs; and a variety of museum objects ranging from dinnerware and household items to clothing and personal accessories belonging to the Hawkins and Brown families. Most of the collection reflects the life and interests of Hawkins himself, with some items related to his wife Annmary Brown Hawkins and her family. Included in the papers are two significant sub-collections of correspondence: a collection of antebellum historical letters and documents from earlier generations of the Brown family, as well as individual letters from Thomas Jefferson, Nathaniel Greene, Edgar Allan Poe, and Napoleon I; and a collection of Civil War-related correspondence and documents that contains records of Hawkins' Zouaves and much Confederate material, including a subseries of Jefferson Davis's communications to the Senate of the Confederate States.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.2006.05

Warren (Austin) papers

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

Woods (Alva) Papers

Formal title:: Alva Woods papers
Extent:: 3.0 Linear feet
Date range:: 1657-2011 (bulk 1812-1918)
Abstract:: Most of the material in the Alva Woods papers consists of correspondence, documents, publications and writings that belonged to the Alva Woods family and the Brown family of Providence, Rhode Island. Most of the material is dated between 1812 and 1918. The papers also include architectural drawings, ephemera, one map, newspaper clippings, handwritten recipes, and some photographs. The material is housed in two letter-size Hollinger document cases, one legal-size Hollinger document case and one triple oversize box.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: MS.2011.017

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