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Formal title:: Mary Elizabeth Sharpe papers
Extent:: 22 Linear Feet
Date range:: 1914-1985
Abstract:: Mary Elizabeth Sharpe (1884-1985) was a successful businesswoman (owner of a successful tea shop and candy room in New York City) when she married her husband Henry Sharpe in 1920. Mrs. Sharpe was a philanthropist with many interests but was best known for her efforts to beautify Brown University and the city of Providence, RI. A self-taught landscape architect, Sharpe established an annual tree fund and lead the fundraising efforts to create India Point Park, a Providence waterfront recreation area. This collection contains her personal files, blueprints, correspondence, day books, calendars, clippings, recipes, scrapbooks, records relating to landscaping and other community projects, gardening information, blueprints, and photographs.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.2005.34

Formal title:: Caroline Hazard papers
Extent:: 1.3 cubic feet
Date range:: 1872-1945
Abstract:: Collected papers of an educator, author, and fifth president of Wellesley College, consisting of correspondence, photographs, poetry, publications, and clippings.
Repository:: Special Collections, James P. Adams Library
Collection call no:: MSS-0092

Formal title:: William L. Kinter papers
Extent:: 0.25 Linear feet (200 items in 1 clamshell box)
Date range:: 1958-1965
Abstract:: Chiefly letters to teacher and poet William L. Kinter from William Everson, Allen Ginsberg, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Denise Levertov, and other 20th century poets; also photographs, play bills, postcards, and clippings.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.Kinter

Formal title:: John L. Lochhead Collection
Extent:: 34.22 cubic feet
Date range:: 1916-1990 (bulk 1929-1985)
Abstract:: Large collection of maritime books, photo negatives, journals and scrapbooks collected and compiled by Lochhead throughout his life and military service.
Repository:: Steamship Historical Society of America
Collection call no:: 1991.03

Formal title:: José Rodrigues Miguéis papers
Extent:: 19.5 linear feet (17 record center boxes, 2 document boxes, 2 oversize boxes, 1 shoebox)
Date range:: 1874-1992 (bulk 1918-1980)
Abstract:: The José Rodrigues Miguéis Papers comprise the author’s correspondence, literary manuscripts, interviews, diaries, calendars, notebooks, drawings, photographs, audio recordings, awards, clippings, personal library, and personal papers. It also includes work by others that relate to Miguéis, including literary reviews and criticism, adaptations of Miguéis’s work, drawings, and miscellaneous manuscripts. The collection includes materials from the late 1800s and extends until the 1990s.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.89.7

Formal title:: Chujiro Nakajima Collection
Extent:: 37 linear feet
Date range:: 1911-1967
Abstract:: This collection comprises postcards and ephemera collected by Nakajima, documenting Japanese maritime history. The paper ephemera and cards portray ships built and launched in the nation’s ports, as well as vessels that frequented those ports, between 1911-1967.
Repository:: Steamship Historical Society of America
Collection call no:: 1967.02

Formal title:: Newport Historical Society's Old Stone Mill collection
Extent:: 1.67 linear feet
Date range:: approximately 1677-2010, undated
Abstract:: This collection contains correspondence, booklets, published works, archaeological land surveys, and other materials related to the origin, history, and lore surrounding the Old Stone Mill in Newport.
Repository:: Newport Historical Society
Collection call no:: MS.1854.8

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:: William Sowden Sims papers
Extent:: 0.01 linear feet (1 folder)
Date range:: undated
Abstract:: This collection consists of a letter from William Sowden Sims (1858-1936), an U.S. navy admiral, and a blank postcard given in thanks to contributors in Newport County, Rhode Island, for a doll house given to his children.
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.530

Formal title:: William Arnold Spicer, III papers
Extent:: 4.0 linear feet
Date range:: 1901-2004 (bulk 1960-2004)
Abstract:: This small collection of materials consists of scattered correspondence; travel brochures, maps, and postcards; memorabilia; printed materials; photographs and photographic slides; ephemera; and various artifacts, including an antique stereoscope with accompanying glass slides. The sum total of this collection offers a glimpse into the social and intellectual life of William A. Spicer, III, a Brown University alumnus and administrator, world traveler, and expert in the care and restoration of clocks. The materials date from 1901 to 2004, with the bulk from the 1960s to 2004.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.2012.023

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