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Formal title:: Murphy collection of Van Alen papers
Extent:: 11 linear feet linear feet (6 record boxes, 2 document cases, 2 flat boxes)
Date range:: 1859-2001 and undated (bulk 1940-1999)
Abstract:: James H. Van Alen (1902-1991) and Candace Van Alen (1912-2002), were a well-known high society couple who were instrumental in establishing the International Tennis Hall of Fame at the Newport Casino in Newport, Rhode Island. This collection documents their lives, residences and interests as well as their involvement in various activities and organizations through their own personal records, correspondence, financial and legal records, published and unpublished writings, clippings, audiovisual materials, and photographs.
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.036

Newton Family Papers

Formal title:: Newton Family Papers
Extent:: .25 linear feet (ca. 50 items)
Date range:: circa 1780-1856
Abstract:: Manuscript copies of 18th and 19th century broadside verse, made by members of the Newton family, chiefly Mrs. Miriam Newton and Miss Nancy Newton, with an occasional original piece; accounts, genealogies, verse and prose; copies of sermons; excerpts from religious books; biographies of famous people; accounts of local weather; newsworthy local events. Compiled mostly in Southboro, Massachusetts, and Marlboro, New Hampshire.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.Newton

Formal title:: Charles Philbrick correspondence with Hilary Masters and Elmer Blistein
Extent:: 1.0 linear foot
Date range:: 1959-1971
Abstract:: Charles Philbrick (class of 1947, 1953 PhD) was a poet who taught English at Brown University and won the Wallace Stevens Prize from the Academy of American Poets. The papers are personal correspondence, predominantly from Philbrick to Hilary Masters (class of 1952), a novelist, essayist, and short-story writer.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.Philbrick

Formal title:: Joseph George Ray papers
Extent:: 2 cubic feet
Date range:: 1919-2023 (bulk 1920-2000)
Abstract:: The Joseph George Ray collection contains original documents, poems, letters, newspaper articles, pamphlets, awards, objects, and photographs detailing the life and WWII military service of a Portuguese American who resided in West Warwick, RI.
Repository:: Special Collections, James P. Adams Library
Collection call no:: MSS-0132

Rodney (Thomas) papers

Formal title:: Thomas Rodney papers
Extent:: 0.5 linear feet (103 items)
Date range:: circa 1774-1810
Abstract:: Personal papers and records of Thomas Rodney, including letters, essays, notes on court cases in Mississippi and Delaware (1791 to 1810), a journal about personal matters and Delaware politics (1792-1800), and manuscript poetry.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.Rodney

Formal title:: Dr. Nathaniel M. Sims collection of Sims and Hitchcock family papers
Extent:: 10.5 linear feet
Date range:: 1797-1993 (bulk 1906-1945)
Abstract:: This collection consists of correspondence, logbooks, photographs, publications, and other papers relating to the Sims and Hitchcock families, particularly Admiral William S. Sims, his wife Anne Hitchcock Sims, and her father Ethan Allen Hitchcock. These papers detail the families’ personal lives and relationships as well as the careers of Adm. Sims and Ethan Allen Hitchcock.
Repository:: Naval War College (U.S.). Naval Historical Collection
Collection call no:: MSC-354

Formal title:: Elizabeth Morris Smith collection
Extent:: 0.92 linear feet (1 flat oversize box)
Date range:: 1855-1934 (bulk 1917-1934)
Abstract:: Autographs, letters, poems, clippings, and other memorabilia from various poets, writers, artists, sports figures, and politicians collected by Elizabeth Morris Smith (1915-1994) of Newport, Rhode Island.
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.041

Formal title:: Roderick Terry, Jr. autograph collection
Extent:: 1.3 linear feet (1 document case, 1 flat box)
Date range:: 1672-1940 (bulk 1750-1915)
Abstract:: Correspondence, financial accounts, poems, legal documents, notes, lists, and other documents primarily from individuals prominent in colonial and early United States history as well as notable literary figures.
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.024

Formal title:: William Mason Turner Papers
Extent:: 0.25 Linear Feet
Date range:: 1857-1877
Abstract:: Contains personal correspondence, legal documents, poetry, photographs, and sketches of William Mason Turner, a graduate of Brown University (1855), physician, Confederate surgeon, traveler and author.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.77.1

Formal title:: James H. and Candace Van Alen papers
Extent:: 102 linear feet (32 records boxes, 4 document cases, 4 half document cases, 12 small flat boxes, 49 oversize flat boxes, 2 textile boxes)
Date range:: 1746-2002 and undated (bulk 1949-1991)
Abstract:: James H. Van Alen (1902-1991) and Candace Van Alen (1912-2002), were a well-known high society couple who were instrumental in establishing the International Tennis Hall of Fame at the Newport Casino in Newport, Rhode Island. This collection consists of personal records, correspondence, published and unpublished writings, clippings, photographs, scrapbooks, audiovisual materials, artifacts, and textiles which document the lives, interests, and residences of James H. Van Alen and Candace Van Alen both separately and as a couple.
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.003

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