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Formal title:
Gregory Corso papers
Extent:
1.5 linear feet
Date range:
1958-2004 (bulk 1980-1983)
Abstract:
This collection, although small in scope, contains a significant assortment of documentation, the sum total of which provides substantive information about Gregory Corso’s personal and creative life. It contains working manuscripts and original artwork by Corso, as well as a small collection of correspondence mostly connected to Corso as either sender, recipient or subject. It also contains a small group of books by Corso; over one hundred photographs of Corso and his family and associates; phonograph records and video cassettes by or about Corso and other Beat writers; and a few miscellaneous ephemeral materials. Highlights of the collection include eleven of Corso’s journals containing about 700 pages of hand-written entries in the from of prose, poetry, and scattered drawings, as well as three files of manuscript material, containing approximately 175 pages of a work entitled
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
MS.2015.007
Formal title:
John M. Crawford, Jr. papers
Extent:
9.5 linear feet
Date range:
1940-1978 (bulk 1950-1970)
Abstract:
The collection is comprised of manuscripts, correspondence, photographs, clippings relating to the history of writing, the art of calligraphy, Asian Art, and other lifelong interests of Mr. Crawford. Also included are ten calligraphy notebooks.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms.2011.014
Formal title:
William A. and Gael Crimmins papers and photos on Monumenta
Extent:
8.33 linear feet (8 flat boxes (10"x13") and 1 oversize flat box (14"x20"))
Date range:
1974-2004 (bulk 2004)
Abstract:
This collection contains articles and photographs related to the modern art exhibit held in Newport in 1974. It also contains exhibit photographs and labels related to Re:Monumenta, an event held in 2004 to emphasize the importance of the original exhibit.
Repository:
Salve Regina University Special Collections
Collection call no:
SP 03
Formal title:
Harry Crosby Papers
Extent:
0.25 Linear feet
Date range:
ca. 1919-1955
Abstract:
Harry Crosby (1898-1929) was an American poet and publisher. The Harry Crosby Papers consist of correspondence, notebooks, manuscripts, photographs, legal documents, and a biography.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms.88.3
Formal title:
da Graça and Soares family papers
Extent:
0.85 cubic feet
Date range:
1901-1994
Abstract:
The collection contains the collected papers of the da Graça and Soares family, which includes photographs that reflect the lives of a Cape Verdean family in Rhode Island in the early to mid-twentieth century.
Repository:
Special Collections, James P. Adams Library
Collection call no:
MSS-0072
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:
Nathan Fellows Dixon Family papers
Extent:
6.0 Linear feet
Date range:
1721-1938 (bulk 1825-1900)
Abstract:
The Nathan Fellows Dixon Family Papers consist of letters, legal documents, personal and political memorabilia and photographs relating to the Dixon Family of Westerly, Rhode Island. The bulk of the papers date from 1825 to 1900, with some pre-Revolutionary as well as twentieth-century documents included. The majority represent the domestic and political lives of three generations of men named Nathan Fellows Dixon, all of whom served in the United States Congress.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms.2006.04
Formal title:
Douglas family photographs
Extent:
5 items
Date range:
ca. 1925-1942
Abstract:
Photographs of the J. Gordon Douglas family, mostly taken outside at country and golf clubs in Newport, RI or Palm Beach, FL.
Repository:
The Preservation Society of Newport County
Collection call no:
PSNCA.H.038
Formal title:
Drexel family homes photographs
Date range:
1921-1959
Abstract:
Photographs of Drexel homes in Paris, France and Newport, Rhode Island. Notable French firm Studio Waléry photographed the interiors of the Alice Troth Drexel and John Drexel Sr. apartment at 34 rue François-Ier, Paris, France, to which Mrs. Drexel added room descriptions. Collection also includes photographs taken by Richard Nelson depicting Rock Cliff in Newport, mostly in panoramic format.
Repository:
The Preservation Society of Newport County
Collection call no:
PSNCA.H.027
Formal title:
Edmonds and Osborne family papers
Extent:
2.2 cubic feet.
Date range:
1893-2012 (bulk 1904-1964)
Abstract:
The collection contains the collected papers of the Edmonds family, which includes photographs and documents that reflect the day-to-day lives of a family of color in Rhode Island in the late nineteenth to mid-twentieth century.
Repository:
Special Collections, James P. Adams Library
Collection call no:
MSS-0027

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