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Doane (Mary Ann) Papers

Formal title:: Mary Ann Doane papers
Extent:: 9 Linear feet
Date range:: 1966-2009
Abstract:: The Mary Ann Doane papers represent forty years of education, research, and professional activity. The collection emphasizes Doane's academic training as a feminist film scholar through notebooks and essays that date from high school through her doctoral studies. Another portion of the collection presents notes and drafts of publications, including the books
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.2011.020

Formal title:: Richard Dobbins research papers
Extent:: 6 linear feet
Date range:: 1970-2009 (bulk 1991-2009)
Abstract:: The Richard A. Dobbins research papers contain research notes, spectral imaging, and memos relating to the Dobbins Lab at Brown University. The collection dates from 1970 to 2009, with the bulk of the materials dating from 1991 to 2009.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: AMS-1UF-2019-005

Donovan (Bruce) Papers

Formal title:: Bruce Donovan Papers
Extent:: .5 linear feet
Date range:: 1974-1988 (bulk 1977-1988)
Abstract:: This collection contains material generated by a committee called "Administrators Concerned with Alcohol and Other Drugs", including meeting minutes (and ancillary material), and correspondence. The meeting minutes and correspondence examine ways in which alcohol and drug abuse and dependency could be controlled on campus, including ways to limit alcohol consumption at student gatherings.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: OF.1CA.D2

Formal title:: Lesley C. Doonan activist files
Extent:: 1 linear foot
Date range:: 1968-2003
Abstract:: This collection consists of the activist files of Lesley C. Doonan, social justice feminist and founding member of the Women's Liberation Union of Rhode Island. The collection documents Doonan's participation in various feminist organizations including the National Conference on Women, the Rhode Island Abortion Counseling Service and the Women's Liberation Union of Rhode Island. Materials include correspondence, conference material, clippings, legal files, and print materials, dating from 1968-2003. The collection is arranged into 4 series.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.2019.001

Formal title:: Virginia Louise Doris papers
Extent:: Over 200 items item(s)
Date range:: 1970-1983
Abstract:: Contains poetry of V.L.D. and her research materials pertaining to Edgar Allan Poe and Sarah Helen Whitman, etc. Consists, for the most part, of xerox copies in three-ring binders, but also includes original correspondence, mounted photographs, newspaper clippings, tear-sheets, etc.
Repository:: Brown University Library
Collection call no:: Ms. 81.6

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

Formal title:: Earl Dotter collection of United Mine Workers of America 1972-1973 election campaign literature and photographs
Extent:: 0.2 linear feet
Date range:: 1972-1976
Abstract:: Photojournalist Earl Dotter joined VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America) in 1968 and was assigned to the Cumberland Plateau Region of Tennessee, where he documented the culture and struggles of local families. After his VISTA assignment concluded, he remained in the area to photograph the rank-and-file movement to reform the United Mine Workers Union and the campaign to unseat union president Tony Boyle, called "Miners for Democracy" -- the subject of this collection, which includes photographs, Miller-Trobovich-Patrick campaign literature, the 1973 United Mine Workers Officer’s Report, and the June 15-July 15, 1976 issue of the United Mine Workers Journal.
Repository:: Brown University Library
Collection call no:: Ms. 2010.016

Formal title:: T. Nelson Downs collection
Extent:: 1.1 linear feet
Date range:: 1905-1938
Abstract:: Thomas Nelson Downs was a self-taught magician, specializing in coin tricks, who over the course of his career, performed in vaudeville acts all over the country, owned a vaudeville house, sold magic supplies, and wrote several books of magic instruction. This collection contains his correspondence with fellow magician Edward "Tex" McGuire, documentation of tricks or "effects", patents, advertisements, news clippings, photographs, and show programs.
Repository:: Brown University Library
Collection call no:: Ms. 2010.013

Formal title:: Downs family correspondence
Extent:: 0.25 Linear feet
Date range:: 1861-1865
Abstract:: The Downs family correspondence consists of letters written by four brothers (Albert, Edward, Frederick, and Willie Downs) to their family in Westville, Connecticut, while the four were serving in the Union Army during the Civil War. The letters, which date mainly from 1861-1865, cover topics such as camp life, military operations, family matters, and the Union naval blockade of the South.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.79.8

Formal title:: Dreyfus Affair periodicals collection
Extent:: 0.5 Linear feet
Date range:: 1891-1906
Abstract:: The weekend supplements include small commentaries on and large, usually colored illustrations of the events surrounding the trials and imprisonment of Alfred Dreyfus and Émile Zola's involvement in his cause.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.2006.07

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