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Formal title:
Cape Verdeans of Fox Point subject file
Extent:
0.01 cubic feet
Date range:
1993-2006
Abstract:
Information regarding the uprooting of Cape Verdean immigrants in Fox Point, Providence, during the early and mid 1900's as well as the Sheldo Stree Church.
Repository:
Special Collections, James P. Adams Library
Collection call no:
MSS-0140
Formal title:
Oling Jackson papers
Extent:
3.55 cubic feet.
Date range:
circa 1935-2003
Abstract:
Oling Jackson’s collected papers, photographs, and organizational papers relating to the Cape Verdean Americans community.
Repository:
Special Collections, James P. Adams Library
Collection call no:
MSS-0085
Formal title:
Katherine U. Warren and George Henry Warren, Jr. awards and memorabilia
Date range:
1921-1959
Abstract:
Award certificates, photographs, clippings, and some correspondence related to the accomplishments, awards, and honors given to Katherine Urquhart Warren and her husband, George Henry Warren, Jr.
Repository:
The Preservation Society of Newport County
Collection call no:
PSNCA.H.031
Formal title:
Sarah Helen Whitman papers
Extent:
4.5 linear ft. (5 legal size clamshell boxes)
Date range:
1816-1878
Abstract:
Sarah Helen (Power) Whitman (1803-1878) was a Rhode Island poet and essayist best known for her brief engagement to Edgar Allan Poe in 1848. Whitman hosted a salon in Providence that attracted many (including George William Curtis, John Neal, and John Hay) and corresponded with a number of literary luminaries. While living in Boston, Whitman became interested in Transcendentalism and other movements of the period, including woman's rights, spiritualism, mesmerism, Fourierism, and the progressive educational methods of Bronson Alcott. The papers include correspondence, poetry, genealogical information, and legal documents.
Repository:
Brown University Library
Collection call no:
Ms. 79.11
Formal title:
John Young papers COLLECTION CLOSED
Extent:
1.5 Linear feet
Date range:
1859-1903 (bulk 1876-1890)
Abstract:
COLLECTION CLOSED. These papers contain personal correspondence, business papers, writings by John Young and his daughter Harriet, maps and hand drawn diagrams of the Blackfeet Agency and its surroundings in the Montana Territory. The personal correspondence from 1876 to 1884 provides firsthand accounts of life on the reservation during a crucial time in the tribe's history.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms.2007.030

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