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Formal title:
Muriel Marjorie Boos Hanna papers
Extent:
2.75 linear feet (3 legal size clamshell boxes)
Date range:
1922-1989 (bulk 1978-1989)
Abstract:
The Muriel Marjorie Boos Hanna papers consist primarily of poetry by Muriel Hanna (dating from 1976 to 1989), drafts, notes and a draft of a compilation of poems, as well as a printed collection. An active member of the Rhode Island State Poetry Society, Hanna wrote of nature, family, and personal experiences in her poems. Included in the papers are poems by Hanna's grandmother, Emma Doan (Evans) Nicholas, whose poems describe her life a farm in New Jersey, provide information about the Grange, and gender roles in rural life in the early twentieth century.
Repository:
Brown University Library
Collection call no:
Ms. 90.11
Formal title:
Rhode Island Financial and Legal Documents collection
Extent:
6.25 Linear feet
Date range:
circa 1715 - 1836
Abstract:
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms.93.4
Formal title:
Thomas Wilson Dorr Papers
Extent:
600 items
Date range:
1790-1897 (bulk 1826-1854)
Abstract:
The Dorr Papers consist of approximately 600 letters, speeches, notes, drafts, pamphlets, clippings and other items for the period 1826-1854. Thomas Wilson Dorr (1805-1854) was the central figure in the Dorr Rebellion of 1842. The papers include material pertaining to the equal suffrage movement, electoral politics, legislative apportionment, state militia, banking, and the adoption of a state constitution in Rhode Island.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms.Dorr

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