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Altieri (Alice LaFond) papers
Formal title:
Alice LaFond Altieri papers
Extent:
2 linear feet (4 boxes)
Date range:
1903-1977
Abstract:
Alice LaFond Altieri (1895-1976) was a lifelong civil servant from Rhode Island, working primarily with the North Smithfield community. She was elected to one term in the Rhode Island House of Representatives in 1934 as a Democrat representing the town of North Smithfield (as Alice E. LaFond). Her civil service career began years earlier, when she served as a clerk within various divisions of the U.S. War Department in 1918 and 1919 and later as a deputy collector for the Internal Revenue Service in the 1920s. During her tenure as State Representative, LaFond Altieri sponsored bills to aid dependent children and blind individuals, and she introduced the Civil Service Act in 1936. She was active on many legislative committees and helped to organize the first old age program in the state. After leaving office, she returned to local civic duty in North Smithfield and Woonsocket, where she focused her attention on health and public welfare issues. In 1961, she was appointed North Smithfield Public Welfare Director, a position she held until 1968. The papers of Alice LaFond Altieri include correspondence, scrapbooks, clippings, speeches, reports, and other documents reflecting her lifetime of political, civic, and charitable activities.
Repository:
Providence College Archives and Special Collections
Collection call no:
SC021
Blackfriars Theatre Guild collection
Formal title:
Blackfriars Theatre Guild collection
Extent:
12.5 linear feet (13 boxes)
Date range:
1921-1997
Abstract:
The Blackfriars Theatre Guild collection details the American Catholic theatre movement from the 1940s through the early 1970s, giving particular attention to the Blackfriars Theatre in New York City, a viable and prolific off-Broadway theatre during the mid-twentieth century. In 1931 two priests, Urban Nagle and Thomas Fabian Carey, founded the Blackfriars Guild, reviving the name of the sixteenth century private theatres in London. Originally based at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. where the two men were studying, the organization would eventually expand to twenty-two chapters across the country. However, it was the New York City theater, established in 1940 under the direction of Father Nagle and Father Carey, that was the most widely acclaimed and celebrated theatre of the guild until it closed in 1972. This collection includes scripts, photographs, play bills, reviews, and memorabilia for many of the productions. Also included are correspondence, legal documents, news clippings, and publications which record the history and legacy of the guild. In addition, the collection contains the correspondence of Father Carey, one of the primary managers of Blackfriars Theatre in New York.
Repository:
Providence College Archives and Special Collections
Collection call no:
SC016
Brennan (John V.) collection
Formal title:
John V. Brennan collection
Extent:
22 linear feet (42 boxes)
Date range:
1958-2023
Abstract:
John V. Brennan (1937-2023) was a United States Marine Corps officer who rose to the rank of Colonel and a political aide to President Richard Nixon. He also served as Nixon’s post-presidency Chief of Staff. Brennan graduated from Providence College in 1959 and served with the Marines in the Vietnam War, where he earned the Bronze Star and Purple Heart medals. In 1969 he was appointed Marine Aide to President Nixon. In this role, he accompanied Nixon on his landmark trip to China in 1972. Later, while chief of staff for Nixon, Brennan negotiated the famous 1977 series of televised interviews between Nixon and journalist David Frost. The John V. Brennan collection consists of documents, photographs, and memorabilia from throughout Col. Brennan’s career. Significantly, the collection also includes Brennan’s oral histories of major figures and foreign affairs initiatives during his service as the Marine Military Aide to President Nixon and Chief of Staff during President Nixon’s post-presidency years.
Repository:
Providence College Archives and Speical Collections
Collection call no:
SC032
Budenz (Louis F.) collection
Formal title:
Louis F. Budenz collection
Extent:
45.25 linear feet (35 record cartons, 7 standard manuscript boxes, 1 narrow manuscript box, and 10 flat boxes)
Date range:
1893-1985
Abstract:
Louis F. Budenz (1891-1972) was a labor activist and writer. Budenz began his career as an avid supporter of the U.S. Communist Party, but later became a vocal anti-communist and government witness. From 1935 to 1940, he was president and managing editor of the Daily Worker, a communist newspaper published in New York City. In 1945, Budenz reaffirmed his commitment to the Catholic faith and renounced communism, positioning himself as a strong anti-communist advocate. He testified before a series of House and Senate committees, including the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), which led to the conviction and deportation of several Communist Party members. Budenz also taught at various Catholic universities, including Providence College in 1956, and published six books on the dangers of communism. The year prior to his death, Budenz received the honorary degree of Doctor of Political Science from Providence College on June 11, 1971. His collection is primarily comprised of books, pamphlets, and periodicals on communism in the United States and abroad. The collection also contains an assortment of correspondence, most notably between Budenz and Senator Joseph R. McCarthy.
Repository:
Phillips Memorial Library
Collection call no:
SC002
Chamberlin (William Henry) papers
Formal title:
William Henry Chamberlin papers
Extent:
18 boxes
Date range:
1861-1978
Abstract:
William Henry Chamberlin (1897-1969) was a prolific American historian, journalist, foreign correspondent, and political commentator. Disillusioned by his experiences abroad in the USSR during the 1930s while working as Moscow correspondent for The Christian Science Monitor, Chamberlin became politically conservative and a strong proponent of individual liberty. He was also a member of the John Birch Society, a prominent right-wing political advocacy group. The collection consists of personal correspondence, news clippings, publications, private journals, photographs, and microfilm. The bulk of the collection is composed of clippings of articles written by Chamberlin during his career as a journalist, which reflect his political viewpoints.
Repository:
Phillips Memorial Library
Collection call no:
SC005
Chua (Rosalind Y.) papers
Formal title:
Rosalind Y. Chua papers
Extent:
1.5 linear feet
Date range:
1978-2002
Abstract:
The papers of Rosalind Y. Chua consists of materials generated by Chua during the course of her normal activities as Professor of Music for Providence College.
Repository:
Phillips Memorial Library
Collection call no:
chua
Coughlin (Father Charles E.) collection
Formal title:
Father Charles E. Coughlin collection
Extent:
4.75 linear feet (7 flat boxes, 1 narrow manuscript box, 39 bound volumes)
Date range:
1931-1969
Abstract:
Father Charles E. Coughlin (1891-1979), dubbed “The Radio Priest,” was a Roman Catholic priest who developed a mass audience through his radio addresses and publications during the 1930s and early 1940s. He was a contentious figure who was openly antisemitic, denounced President Franklin D. Roosevelt and capitalism, hated communism, and embraced fascism and a corporate state as a solution to worldwide economic depression. In 1934, Coughlin founded the National Union for Social Justice (NUSJ), a political organization which launched a third party, called the Union Party. Following the United States’ entry into World War II in December 1941, the Roosevelt administration, with support from Catholic Church leadership, forced the cessation of Coughlin’s radio program and revoked mail distribution privileges for his magazine Social Justice due to his hateful rhetoric and extremist propaganda. Materials include Coughlin’s lectures, sermons, books, pamphlets, and periodicals. Additional materials include publications produced by the Union Party.
Repository:
Providence College Archives and Special Collections
Collection call no:
SC010
Doorley Jr. (Joseph A.) papers
Formal title:
Joseph A. Doorley, Jr. papers
Extent:
158 linear feet (315 standard manuscript boxes)
Date range:
1960-1975
Abstract:
Joseph A. Doorley (1930-2022), a member of the Democratic Party, served as mayor of Providence, Rhode Island, from 1965 to 1975 during a turbulent time of economic decline and civil unrest. During his early years in office, Providence was one of the first cities to join the federal Model Cities Program and integrate its schools. However, Doorley’s time as mayor was also marked by desperate economic troubles and highly controversial urban renewal development projects. One of his signature achievements was the building of Providence Civic Center. The collection documents Doorley’s relationships with prominent political figures as well as the inner workings of various city departments. Materials span national and state politics and touch upon many important social and economic issues of his time, such as the fight for fair housing, population decline and white flight, widespread business closures, infrastructure development, and the push for anti-poverty programs. Doorley’s work with a variety of municipal associations is also well-represented. Please note this finding aid is in draft form.
Repository:
Providence College Archives and Special Collections
Collection call no:
SC009
Doyle (Edward Paul), O.P. papers
Formal title:
Edward P. Doyle, O.P. papers
Extent:
2 boxes
Date range:
1932-2000
Abstract:
Edward P. Doyle, O.P., Ph.D. (1907-1997) was a Catholic priest and member of the Dominican Order, who also served as Chaplain with the U.S. Army's 104th Infantry Division during World War II. Father Doyle taught philosophy and theology at Providence College before and after his service in the military. In 1943, he was commissioned as a 1st Lieutenant and assigned to the 104th Infantry Division. By April 1945, the division captured the town of Nordhausen, Germany, which they discovered was a sub-camp of the notorious death camp Buchenwald. Deeply impacted by his experiences during World War II, Fr. Doyle participated in multiple Holocaust remembrance events in the 1980s and 1990s, sharing his story with others so that it would never be forgotten. The collection is primarily composed of clippings, correspondence, and documents relating to his military service, his personal witness of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camp at Nordhausen, and his involvement in Holocaust memorial events. The collection also contains photographs taken in April 1945 by Fr. Doyle at the Nordhausen concentration camp. This collection has been digitized and is available in Providence College Digital Collections.
Repository:
Phillips Memorial Library
Collection call no:
SC029
Dr. Anthony Merlino JFK Assassination Conspiracy Theory collection
Formal title:
Dr. Anthony Merlino JFK Assassination Conspiracy Theory Collection
Extent:
6.25 Linear Feet
Date range:
1962-2005
Abstract:
Dr. Anthony Merlino, a 1951 graduate of Providence College, collected a large personal library of books, recordings, and memorabilia concerning President John F. Kennedy, his family, and their associates over the course of his lifetime. This collection is a small subset of the original collection covering the myriad conspiracy theories that arose and circulated in American society following Kennedy’s assassination in 1963. The collection is primarily comprised of small-run serial publications. It also includes copies of recordings of Kennedy’s meetings and speeches while in office, audio recordings of conspiracy theorists’ radio shows, and reproductions of films and photography which captured the assassination.
Repository:
Providence College
Collection call no:
SC041

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