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Formal title:: William Dana Reynolds Collection of Great Kanto Earthquake Photographs
Extent:: 1.0 linear feet
Date range:: 1923
Abstract:: A photograph album comprised of photographs taken by William Dana Reynolds documenting a voyage to Japan in 1923. The album focuses on images of Kanto, Japan after the earthquake of 1923 as well as memorabilia from the voyage.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.2011.015

Formal title:: Rhode Island Baptist Heritage Center collection
Extent:: 7.5 linear feet
Date range:: 1867-1980
Abstract:: The Rhode Island Baptist Heritage Center, an affiliate of the American Baptist Churches of Rhode Island [ABCORI], was established in 2004 to create an official Baptist presence in Providence, Rhode Island. It provides substantive information regarding early English and American Baptists and documents traditional forms of worship and doctrine in the Baptist Church. The collection includes a wide array of church materials documenting organizational and administrative operations, religious practices and beliefs, and the history of the Baptist Church in Rhode Island. It includes registers, reports, correspondence, photographs and church publications dating from as early as 1867 to the late 1980s.
Repository:: Brown University Library
Collection call no:: Ms. 2008.017

Formal title:: Rhode Island Writers' Guild records
Extent:: 5.0 Linear feet
Date range:: 1949-1980 (bulk 1950-1975)
Abstract:: This collection consists of administrative records, correspondence, newsletters, scrapbooks, photographs, clippings, and proclamations from the Rhode Island Writers' Guild, founded by Ruth Eddy in 1950 . The collection also includes original poetry, prose and music written by Guild members.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.2008.015

Formal title:: Robert Cloutman and Elisabeth Anthony Dexter papers
Extent:: 12.0 Linear feet
Date range:: 1797-1971 (bulk 1935-1968)
Abstract:: The Dexter Papers are a wide-ranging collection of letters, diaries, reports, manuscripts, research notes and photographs dating from the early 19th to the late 20th century. The material represents Elisabeth and Robert Dexter’s humanitarian work in Europe with the Unitarian Service Committee, their respective historical and sociological research projects, and the life and work of Elisabeth’s father Alfred Williams Anthony, a Baptist minister and educator.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.2005.029

Formal title:: Nancy Lyman Roelker papers
Extent:: 42.0 Linear feet
Date range:: 1927-1993 (bulk 1963-1985)
Abstract:: The Nancy Lyman Roelker papers include research notes, photocopies, manuscripts, publications, letters, and teaching materials from her classes at Tufts University, Boston University and Brown University. Also included are juvenilia and memorabilia from her secondary school teaching career. Roelker's field was sixteenth century France and her subjects included Henry of Navarre and Jeanne d'Albret, as well as sixteenth century French noblewomen and French Huguenots. The material dates from 1929 to 1993, with the bulk of it from 1963 to 1985.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.2012.006

Formal title:: Roger Williams Baptist Church records
Extent:: 8.0 Linear feet
Date range:: 1877-2011
Abstract:: The administrative records, committee minutes, publications, photographs and historical information documenting the history and activities of this Baptist church in Providence, RI. This is part of the Rhode Island Baptist Heritage Center collection.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.2012.009

Formal title:: Lila M. Sapinsley papers
Extent:: 8 linear feet (4 records center boxes, 2 oversize boxes and 1 legal-size Hollinger document case)
Date range:: 1955-2007 (bulk 1960-1998)
Abstract:: The Lila M. Sapinsley papers contain material related to her political career and to her work with various civic and charitable organizations. The largest part of the collection consists of nineteen scrapbooks compiled by Mrs. Sapinsley between 1960 and 1998.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms. 2008.021

Formal title:: Seven Hills Garden Club records
Extent:: 1.75 linear ft. (2 legal size clamshell boxes)
Date range:: 1937-1981
Abstract:: The Seven Hills Garden Club of Providence, Rhode Island, was founded in 1937 to "stimulate an interest in horticulture for purposes of civic betterment, and to enable each member to enjoy her own garden more intelligently." These records were kept in two notebooks by the Seven Hills Garden Club librarian and include by-laws, programs, clippings, photographs, some minutes, membership lists, memorial tributes to past members, and reports. In addition to documenting a women's club and the horticultural activities of a number of Providence women over several decades of the twentieth century, this collection provides some information about individual members and about the Rhode Island Federation of Garden Clubs.
Repository:: Brown University Library
Collection call no:: Ms. 91.17

Formal title:: Joe and Lil Shapiro collection of laundry ephemera
Extent:: 15.0 linear feet
Date range:: 1805-2010 (bulk 1880-1955)
Abstract:: The Joe and Lil Shapiro collection of laundry ephemera is a collection consisting largely of small format ephemera that depict the history, artifacts and materials used in doing laundry over several centuries. Most of the material was produced by companies involved in the manufacture of laundry products. The collection includes, but is not limited to, advertising premiums, billheads, broadsides, brochures, calendars, greeting cards, labels, matchbooks, pamphlets, photographs, postage stamps, poster stamps, promotional booklets, puzzles, scrapbooks, shirt boards and trade cards. Much of the material in the collection is undated. The dated material is from 1805 to 2010. Most was produced between 1880 and 1955.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: MS.2014.002

Formal title:: Shawomet Baptist Church records
Extent:: 11.0 Linear feet
Date range:: 1727-2011 (bulk 1945-1999)
Abstract:: The Shawomet Baptist Church records include founding documents, publications, meeting minutes, correspondence, financial records, membership lists, club and activity records and photographic materials documenting the 170-year history of the congregation, which was founded in 1842 and dissolved in 2011. The bulk of the material covers the period from 1945 through 1999. This is part of the Rhode Island Baptist Heritage Center collection.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: MS.2011.018

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