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King Family Letters Collection
Formal title:
The King Family Letters Collection
Extent:
4 Hollinger boxes
Date range:
circa 1835-1925
Abstract:
The King Family Letters Collection is composed of letters written by or to members of the King family or associated persons, including members of the Armstrong and Rives families. Many of the letters are between Gwendolen King and her mother Ella Rives King. Most of the letters are written in English, but some are written in French, and others are partially in French and partially in English
Repository:
The Preservation Society of Newport County
Collection call no:
PSNCA.H.021
King Family Photographs Collection
Formal title:
The King Family Photographs Collection
Extent:
1 Hollinger box
Date range:
circa 1850-1925
Abstract:
This collection is comprised mostly of photographs of members of the King family and associated persons. The collection also contains a few paper documents, mostly written in French and seemingly related to the service of Philip Wheaton Rives King in a welfare organization attached to the French army during World War I.
Repository:
The Preservation Society of Newport County
Collection call no:
PSNCA.H.022
Marble House Collection
Formal title:
The Marble House Collection
Extent:
2 hollinger boxes, 4 oversized boxes
Date range:
circa 1892-1990
Abstract:
The Marble House Collection is comprised of materials relating to the home and its various occupants and employees, spanning the period from 1892 until 1990. The collection includes images of the interior and exterior of the home from various points in its existence, as well as images, documents and correspondence from the families who lived there and the employees who worked for them.
Repository:
The Preservation Society of Newport County
Collection call no:
PSNCA.H.002
Meservey Photographs Collection
Formal title:
The Meservey Photographs Collection
Extent:
3 Hollinger document boxes
Date range:
1948-1951
Abstract:
This collection is comprised of photographs taken between 1948 and 1951, commissioned in 1947 by Robert Meservey as a survey of Newport's architectural history.
Repository:
The Preservation Society of Newport County
Collection call no:
PSNCA.H.025
Munroe Mills (Mabel Paul) papers
Formal title:
Mabel Paul Munroe Mills papers
Date range:
1915-1994 (bulk 1928-1949)
Abstract:
Correspondence, photographs, and ephemera from the life of Mabel Paul Munroe Mills, with documents related to her social life, interests, and family.
Repository:
The Preservation Society of Newport County
Collection call no:
PSNCA.H.026
Newport Collection
Formal title:
The Newport Collection
Extent:
1 hollinger box
Date range:
circa 1950-1970
Abstract:
The Newport Collection includes prints and negatives of Newport buildings restored and/or renovated by Fall River - Newport architect and preservation architect for the Preservation Society of Newport County, Thomas Marvell. Marvell was the nephew of Miss Alice Brayton of Green Animals.
Repository:
The Preservation Society of Newport County
Collection call no:
PSNCA.H.020
Rives Family Photographs Collection
Formal title:
The Rives Family Photographs Collection
Extent:
2 Hollinger boxes
Date range:
circa 1860-1960
Abstract:
The Rives Family Photographs Collection is comprised of photographs of the Rives family and associated persons and places, taken during the 19th and 20th centuries.
Repository:
The Preservation Society of Newport County
Collection call no:
PSNCA.H.023
Rosecliff Collection
Formal title:
The Rosecliff Collection
Extent:
1 hollinger box, 2 oversized boxes
Date range:
circa 1874-1990
Abstract:
The Rosecliff Collection is comprised of materials relating to the social activities of the home’s various occupants, the interior decoration carried out by the multiple owners, and the home’s architecture. The documents cover the period from circa 1874 until 1990.
Repository:
The Preservation Society of Newport County
Collection call no:
PSNCA.H.003
The Breakers Collection
Formal title:
The Breakers Collection
Extent:
3 Hollinger Boxes; 1 album box; 5 oversized storage containers
Date range:
circa 1877-1990
Abstract:
The Breakers Collection is comprised of materials relating to the architecture of the home, as well as to its various occupants and their descendants. The collection spans a period from about 1877 until 1990. The collection includes images of the interior and exterior of the home from various points in its existence, as well as images, documents and correspondence related to the people whose lives were intertwined with the home.
Repository:
The Preservation Society of Newport County
Collection call no:
PSNCA.H.001
The Elms Collection
Formal title:
The Elms Collection
Extent:
6 Hollinger Boxes; 4 Other Media Boxes; 3 Oversized Boxes
Date range:
circa 1807-1990
Abstract:
The Elms Collection is comprised of materials relating to the Berwind Family and their property, from 1807 until 1990. It includes images of the interior and exterior of the home from various points in its existence, as well as images showing various generations of the family. Also included is correspondence and printed materials related to both the running of the estate, and the sale of its contents in 1962.
Repository:
The Preservation Society of Newport County
Collection call no:
PSNCA.H.004

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