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Formal title:
Jacquelyn Mattfeld Files
Extent:
1.0 linear foot
Date range:
1968-1972
Abstract:
The Jacquelyn Mattfeld files contain a selection of reports from her tenure as Associate Provost and Dean of Academic Affairs at Brown University, dating from 1968 to 1972.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
OF.1CA.M3
Formal title:
Artha May McConoughey Papers
Extent:
1 linear foot
Date range:
1896-1939 (bulk 1908-1929)
Abstract:
The Artha May McConoughey Papers consist of travel diaries, temperance speeches, law school assignments, photographs, and personal artifacts. All of the written material is from McConoughey's own hand; most of it was composed during the first quarter of the 20th century when she came of age and became active in the temperance and women's suffragist movements in the Chicago area.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms.2005.2
Formal title:
Deborah E. McDowell papers
Extent:
13 Linear Feet
Date range:
1968-2024
Abstract:
This collection consists of the personal and professional papers of Deborah E. McDowell, scholar of African American/American literature, and the Alice Griffin Professor Emerita of Literary Studies at the University of Virginia. She is internationally recognized as one of the major scholars in the field of African-American literature as well as a leading figure in the development of black feminist critical theory in the early 1990s.The collection includes scrapbooks, photographs, correspondence, writing drafts, and lecture notes dating from 1968 – 2024.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
MS.2025.012
Formal title:
Charles Woodberry McLellan papers
Extent:
1.0 linear foot
Date range:
1780-1953 (bulk 1901-1927)
Abstract:
The Charles Woodberry McLellan papers (1780-1953 (bulk 1901-1927)) consist primarily of correspondence between Charles McLellan, his sons Hugh and Malcolm, and collectors and dealers of Lincoln memorabilia. Also included is the correspondence between the McLellan family and Brown University regarding Brown's acquisition of the collection in 1923. In addition to a small collection of personal documents, the papers also include an assortment of facsimiles of documents in Lincoln's handwriting; transcriptions (typed and handwritten) of various documents by or about Abraham Lincoln; and inventories, want lists, and bibliographies of Lincolniana.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
MS.CWM
Formal title:
William Gerald McLoughlin papers
Extent:
114 Linear feet
Date range:
1700-2004 (bulk 1960-1992)
Abstract:
Professor William Gerald McLoughlin taught history at Brown University from 1954-1992 and was an active and vocal participant professionally and personally in all of the issues and events during those years: freedom of speech, civil rights, racial equality, gender equality (Louise Lamphere sex discrimination case), nuclear energy, improving the Providence education system, the Vietnam War, divestment from South Africa, and US intervention in Nicaragua during the 1980s. His papers are particularly useful for studying the changes in America and their effect s at Brown University during his tenure. His major areas of scholarship were religion in America (particularly Baptists and Evangelicals), the Cherokee Indian Nation, antislavery movement, African Americans, and Rhode Island history. This collection contains research notes and subject files for his many research topics, drafts for some of his published books, correspondence with colleagues and friends, minutes for meetings of the various committees at Brown and in the community on which he served, and newspaper clippings for topics of importance to him.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
MS.2009.003
Formal title:
Albert D. Mead Papers
Extent:
5.5 linear feet
Date range:
1890-1956 (bulk 1890-1944)
Abstract:
The Albert D. Mead Files contain course materials, lecture notes, speeches, essays, University committee reports, anatomical sketches, and photographs, mostly related to Brown, biology, neurology, evolution, and the Marine Research Lab in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. The files date from 1890 to 1956, with the bulk of the material dating from 1890 to 1944.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
OF-1UF-M1
Formal title:
Paul F. Maeder papers
Extent:
19.75 Linear feet
Date range:
1970-1977
Abstract:
The Paul F. Maeder papers consist of office files dated from 1970 to 1977. The files are arranged alphabetically by topic. They include materials concerning academic programs, administration and faculty of Brown University as well as issues such as affirmative action, ROTC (Reserve Officer Training Corps), energy use, and day care.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
OF-1CA-M1
Formal title:
Hiram P. Merville papers
Extent:
0.25 linear feet
Date range:
1861-1897 (bulk 1862-1865)
Abstract:
The Merville papers consist of 19 letters of Hiram P. Merville to family and friends, and one letter from a friend to Hiram, during the years 1861 or 1862 to 1865. The collection also includes a booklet from the 1897 reunion of the First New York Dragoons, the unit in which Hiram served during the Civil War.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms.96.4
Formal title:
Meshanticut Park Community Baptist Church records
Extent:
5.0 Linear feet
Date range:
1932-2010
Abstract:
This collection contains the records of the Meshanticut Park Community Baptist Church, which changed its name to The Orchard Church in September 2008, and was located in the village of Meshanticut in Cranston, RI. This is part of the Rhode Island Baptist Heritage Center collection.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
MS.2012.007
Formal title:
Asa Messer papers
Extent:
2.0 Linear feet
Date range:
1791-1862 (bulk 1796-1836)
Abstract:
The Asa Messer papers document Messer's activities as President of Brown University; his sermons, prayers and religious essays; and his financial investments and inventions. Materials include letterbooks, correspondence, sermons, speeches, essays, prayers, lecture notes, diaries, and legal papers dating from 1791 to 1862 (bulk 1796 to 1836).
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
MS-1C-3

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