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Formal title:: Ellen M. Barrett papers
Extent:: 21 Linear Feet
Date range:: 1946-2013
Abstract:: Ellen M. Barrett, a scholar specializing in medieval monastic history, was the first openly gay person, and one of the earliest women, to be ordained priest in the Episcopal Church. Beginning in 1975, when she was ordained deacon, through 1977 when she was ordained priest, the collection documents her path to ordination and the far reaching international reaction to her ordination. The collection covers her subsequent, nearly thirty-year career as priest in the Episcopal Church and her eventual postulancy in an Anglican women's monastic community.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.2007.009

Formal title:: Bernard M. Baruch, Jr. papers
Extent:: 9 boxes
Date range:: 1937-1962
Abstract:: These papers span the years 1937-1962 and in large part they focus on Bernard M. Baruch Jr.'s service in the Naval Reserve from 1937. The collection is divided into 5 series. Of special interest to researchers are the programs he developed and the publications he wrote on naval intelligence and enemy sightings. Other topics of interest include slides and photographs of World War II, Nazi surface ships and submarines, photographs and documents pertaining to Japanese Air Balloon Bombers, and his correspondence with Laurent H. L. Brackx who was accused of espionage. Series V includes some materials pertaining to Bernard M. Baruch Sr.
Repository:: Naval War College (U.S.). Naval Historical Collection
Collection call no:: MSC-146

Formal title:: Isaac C. Bates Scrapbook
Extent:: 1 Album containing 156 letters
Date range:: 1877-1887 bulk 1877-1883
Abstract:: The scrapbook of Isaac Comstock Bates, 1877-1887, contains letters from artists and dealers about the purchase of paintings and engravings.
Repository:: Rhode Island School of Design Archives
Collection call no:: 02.01.06

Beckwith (David) papers

Formal title:: David Beckwith papers
Extent:: 30.0 Linear feet
Date range:: 1946-2011 (bulk 1980-1999)
Abstract:: The David Beckwith papers (1946-2011) is a significant collection of organizational records, correspondence, publications, training and funding materials relating to community development and organizing on both the local and national levels. Most of the material dates from 1980 to 1999 and represents the work of a wide range of community organizations, advocacy-based coalitions, governmental agencies and private organizations devoted to fulfilling social needs such as housing, transportation and education. The Papers also include a small but noteworthy collection of counter-culture newspapers from the mid-1960s and early 1970s.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.2010.010

Formal title:: Fernando Birri Archive of Multimedia Arts - Fotos
Extent:: 17 Linear Feet
Date range:: 1925-2009 (1970-2009)
Abstract:: This collection contains the photographs, both personal and professional, created and collected by Argentinian filmmaker Fernando Birri during the course of his life and career. This is Subgroup 2 of the Fernando Birri Archive of Multimedia Arts. The other subgroups are Subgroup 1: Escritos, Subgroup 3: Audiovisual and Objects, and Subgroup 4: Pinturas.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.2010.050.fotos

Formal title:: Fernando Birri Archive of Multimedia Arts - Pinturas
Extent:: 22.0 Linear feet
Date range:: 1948-2009
Abstract:: This series contains the paintings, drawings, collages, photomontages, posters, and mixed media artworks created and collected by Argentinian filmmaker Fernando Birri during the course of his career. This is Subgroup 4 of the Fernando Birri Archive of Multimedia Arts. The other subgroups are Subgroup 1: Escritos, Subgroup 2: Fotos, and Subgroup 3: Audiovisual and Objects.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.2010.050

Formal title:: Eli Whitney Blake (1867-1902) papers
Extent:: 0.5 linear foot (1 letter-size Hollinger document case)
Date range:: 1890-1901
Abstract:: This collection consists primarily of personal correspondence to and from Eli Whitney Blake. The letters were written by Blake, Sophia Atwater and Stephen Atwater. Also included are several drawings and poems by Blake, one photograph of him and an undated letter from a family member to a publisher regarding their interest in publishing an article about Blake's letters.
Repository:: Brown University Library
Collection call no:: Ms. 2008.031

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:: John Nicholas Brown II papers
Date range:: 1900-1979 (bulk 1960-1979)
Abstract:: The John Nicholas Brown II papers span the lifetime of John Nicholas Brown from his birth in February 1900 to his death in October 1979. While the bulk of the collection dates from the period 1960-1979, there are important materials from nearly every portion of Brown's life. The collection is comprised of manuscripts, ledgers, notebooks, journals, photographs, postcards, pamphlets, film, artifacts, architectural plans, blueprints, and other similar materials.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.2007.012

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