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Formal title:: Caroline Wells Healey Dall and family correspondence
Extent:: 242 items
Date range:: 1860-1924 (bulk 1879-1907)
Abstract:: The collection consists primarily of letters relating to the personal activities of Caroline Wells Healey Dall (1822-1912), a women's rights reformer, of her daughter, Sarah Keene Healey Dall Munro (1849- ), of her son, William Healey Dall (1845-1927), a naturalist, and of her husband, Rev. Charles Henry Appleton Dall (1816-1886), a Unitarian minister.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.83.4

Formal title:: S. Foster Damon Festival papers
Date range:: 1967-1968
Abstract:: The S. Foster Damon Festival papers consists of approximately 50 items from 1967-1968 relating to the 75th birthday party of S. Foster Damon and the S. Foster Damon Festival at Brown University. S. Foster Damon was an American poet, William Blake scholar, Brown University professor of English (1927-1963), and curator of the Harris Collection, Brown University Library (1930-1963).
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.Damon

Formal title:: Dance Company press kits
Extent:: 4 linear feet
Date range:: 1882-2007 (bulk 1917-2007)
Abstract:: Press kits and promotional materials for dance companies in the United States, Canada, Russia, and Europe dating from 1882-2007. This collection includes materials for well-known companies such as Agnes DeMille, Martha Graham and the Bolshoi Ballet as well as many smaller dance companies. The majority are located on the East Coast of the United States. Of note are programs and advertisement for Anna Pavlova and Rudolf Nureyev.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.2018.006

Formal title:: Sonia H. and Nathaniel A. Davis papers
Extent:: 7.0 Linear feet
Date range:: 1879-1972 (bulk 1930-1965)
Abstract:: Consists of correspondence, manuscripts, personal and administrative records, printed materials, photographs, ephemera, and a few artifacts belonging to or associated with Nathaniel A. Davis (1866-1945) and his wife Sonia H. Davis (1883-1972). Mr. Davis, of Jewish and Portuguese heritage, was writer, editor, educator, social activist, entrepreneur, world traveler, publisher, journalist and founder of
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: MS.2012.003

Formal title:: Walter Richardson Davis papers
Extent:: 8.75 Linear feet
Date range:: 1981-2003
Abstract:: The Walter Richardson Davis papers document Professor Davis's tenure at Brown University. The collection consists of research, writings, and teaching materials. The bulk of the papers relate to Davis's interest in English Renaissance literature, though his broad scholarly engagement embraced a range of topics including autobiography, addiction and alcoholism, and Greek coins. Materials date from circa 1981 to 2003.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: OF.1UF.D2

Formal title:: William N. Davis Plant Business Manager office files
Extent:: 18.0 Linear feet
Date range:: circa 1946-1974
Abstract:: The William N. Davis Plant Business Manager office files contain general office files, minutes and reports related to the management of food services, housing, and the physical plant of Brown University. They include information regarding the budget and unions at Brown as well as files regarding on-campus and off-campus buildings owned by Brown. The files are dated from circa 1946 to 1974.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: OF.1W.D1

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:: David Cornel De Jong papers
Extent:: 6.25 linear feet
Date range:: 1910-1973 (bulk 1940-1969)
Abstract:: Literary manuscripts (novels, short stories, poems), correspondence, diaries, photograph, scrapbooks, and personal papers.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: MS.92.8

December Press records

Formal title:: December Press records
Extent:: 15.25 linear feet
Date range:: ca. 1953-1983
Abstract:: Curtis L. Johnson (1928-2008) oversaw December Press, a literary press in Chicago, from 1962 until his death in 2008. The press published December, A Magazine of Arts and Opinion and several novels. This collection includes correspondence with authors, manuscripts, and financial records relating to the activities of the magazine and the press.
Repository:: Brown University Library
Collection call no:: Ms. 89.15

Formal title:: Rhea Maxine deCoudres collection
Extent:: 0.5 linear feet
Date range:: 1917-2023
Abstract:: This collection contains the personal papers and professional writings of Rhea Maxine deCoudres, Pembroke College in Brown University "special student" who completed her studies along with the graduating class of 1927. She later became a book reviewer for the Providence Journal. The collection includes remembrances from her surviving children as well as photographs, correspondence, published and unpublished poetry, and Providence Journal book reviews by deCoudres. This collection dates from 1917 – 2023.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.2024.013

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