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Formal title:: Judith R. Walkowitz papers
Extent:: 14.75 Linear feet
Date range:: 1980-2023
Abstract:: This collection consists of the professional papers and research materials of Judith R. Walkowitz, scholar of British and women’s history and Professor Emerita of Modern European Cultural and Social History at John Hopkins University. The collection documents Walkowitz’s writing and research interests of British nineteenth-century political culture and the cultural and social contests over sexuality.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.2015.010

Wall (Cheryl A.) papers

Formal title:: Cheryl A. Wall papers
Extent:: 37.75 linear feet
Date range:: 1966-2020
Abstract:: This collection consists of the personal and professional papers of Cheryl A. Wall, Board of Governors Zora Neale Hurston Professor of English at Rutgers University and scholar of African American and African diaspora literature, the Harlem Renaissance, and Zora Neale Hurston. The collection includes correspondence, administrative materials related to her work at Rutgers University as well as Crossroads Theatre Company, conference materials, course syllabi and readings, draft writings, and research materials. Materials date from 1966 to 2020.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: MS.2020.006

Formal title:: Anna Eleanor Wallace papers
Extent:: 3.0 Linear feet
Date range:: 1874-1982 (bulk 1902-1936)
Abstract:: Anna Eleanor Wallace (1886-1982) was a dancer and elocutionist from Providence, Rhode Island. She taught dance, dramatics, elocution and physical education to students of all ages in Rhode Island and Massachusetts. Most of her papers consist of copies of recitation pieces, instructions for dances, and photographs. The papers also include some of her personal belongings, catalogs from schools of dance and oratory, and ephemera such as brochures and programs of her students' recitals. The material in the papers is dated between 1874 and 1982, with most dated between 1902 and 1936.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms. 90.17

Formal title:: Herbert Eugene Walter papers
Extent:: 12.5 Linear feet
Date range:: 1844-1948 (bulk 1885-1945)
Abstract:: The Herbert E. Walter papers span from 1844-1948 and consist primarily of correspondence, and teaching materials by and relating to Herbert Eugene Walter (1867-1945), Professor of biology at Brown University. The collection includes extensive material on the study of eugenics, then a branch of biology, including correspondence, teaching materials, notes, pamphlets, published materials, and ephemera from eugenics-related professional organizations. Other significant materials include family papers from Walter’s parents, grandparents and extended family who lived primarily in Vermont. There are penmanship instruction books from the 1840s-1850s created by Walter’s father, Augustus Porter Walter (d.1872), who was a penmanship instructor in Vermont. Betsie Ann Brockway Walter described in detail her experience working in a textile mill in Lowell, Massachusetts during 1860-1861 in letters she wrote to her future husband Augustus P. Walter.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: MS.1UF.W1

Formal title:: War Information Center Files
Extent:: 0.25 linear foot
Date range:: 1941-1945
Abstract:: The War Information Center was set up by Brown University at the request of the Federal Security Agency, U.S. Office of Education in 1942, as a "Center of War Information and Training for Colleges and Universities in the State of Rhode Island." The Center consisted of a Morale Committee, a Library of Information, a Faculty Committee of Advisors, and a Council of Representatives from other colleges, etc. in the state.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: OF-1E-8

Formal title:: Lester Frank Ward papers
Extent:: 11 Linear Feet
Date range:: 1860-1913
Abstract:: The Lester Frank Ward papers in the John Hay Library consists of the correspondence, manuscripts, published writings, and personal library of a noted nineteenth-century American geologist, paleontologist, and sociologist. These materials reflect virtually all aspects of Ward's professional life, including his years of service as a member of the U. S. Geological Survey staff, his activities as a professor at both Columbian College (now George Washington University) and Brown University, and his long career as a writer of scholarly monographs and articles on many subjects. The papers also contain some information concerning his personal life.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.90.23

Warren (Austin) papers

Formal title:: Austin Warren papers
Extent:: 19 Linear Feet
Date range:: circa 1915-2003 (1919-1986)
Abstract:: The Austin Warren papers include correspondence, manuscripts, lecture notes, journals, personal papers and photographs belonging to Austin Warren and his wife Antonia J. Warren. Most of the material is correspondence to and from Austin Warren and manuscripts written by both Austin and Antonia Warren. The papers are dated between circa 1915 and 2003.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.95.1

Formal title:: Booker T. Washington letter
Extent:: 1.0 item
Date range:: 1907 November 2
Abstract:: Letter from Booker T. Washington (Tuskegee Institute, AL) to John C. Minkins (Providence, RI) dated November 2, 1907. Washington discusses Minkins distinction as "the only colored man in the country holding the managing editorship of a white daily."
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: MS.2014.021

Formal title:: Thomas J. Watson, Jr., papers
Extent:: 24 linear feet (24 record center boxes)
Date range:: 1905-1994
Abstract:: Thomas J. Watson, Jr., (Brown University, class of 1937) was the President and C.E.O. of International Business Machines (1952-1971). After his retirement from I.B.M., Watson began a career in government service, serving as chairman of the General Advisor Committee on Arms Control and Disarmament and as Ambassador to the Soviet Union (1978-1981). Watson's papers document the period of his ambassadorship to the Soviet Union and his subsequent work in foreign policy matters from 1981 to his death in 1993.
Repository:: Brown University Library
Collection call no:: MS-1U-W1

Formal title:: Francis Wayland family papers
Extent:: 7.5 linear feet
Date range:: 1715-1941 (bulk 1820-1865)
Abstract:: Francis Wayland was the fourth president of Brown University from 1827-1855 and a Baptist clergyman. Papers consist primarily of letterbooks and correspondence, as well as sermons and a diary, of Francis Wayland (1796-1865), his sons Francis Wayland (1826-1904) and H.L. (Heman Lincoln) Wayland (1830-1898), and other members of the Wayland family, dating from 1754 to 1941.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: AMS.1C.4

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