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Formal title:: Phillips Brooks letter
Extent:: 0.01 linear feet (1 folder)
Date range:: 1880
Abstract:: Phillips Brooks (1835-1893) was a prominent Episcopal clergyman of Boston, Massachusetts. This collection includes one letter written to Thomas M. March (1812-1903), the Bishop of Rhode Island from 1854-1903.
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.504

Brown (John) letter

Formal title:: John Brown letter
Extent:: 0.01 linear feet (1 folder)
Date range:: 1859
Abstract:: This collection consists of a facsimile letter of John Brown (1800-1859) to his cousin, Reverend Luther Humphrey in Charlestown, Virginia, in which he reflects upon his imprisonment and upcoming death sentence as a result of his raid on Harper’s Ferry.
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.550

Brown (Samuel) letter

Formal title:: Samuel Brown letter
Extent:: 0.01 linear feet (1folder)
Date range:: 1788
Abstract:: Letter from Samuel Brown (1753 or 1754-1825), a prominent Boston merchant, to William Vernon (1719-1806), regarding papers received from William Tudor (1750-1819) and a letter from a man called “Gray” about his slaves.
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.570

Formal title:: George Henry Calvert papers
Extent:: 0.02 linear feet (1 folder)
Date range:: 1868-1885 and undated
Abstract:: This collection consists of poems, visiting cards, newspaper clipping, and a letter concerning George Henry Calvert (1803-1889), a former Newport, Rhode Island, mayor and resident.
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.505

Formal title:: Guide to the Ralph E. Carpenter, Jr., collection of manuscripts
Extent:: 0.42 linear foot (1 document case)
Date range:: 1711-1920 and undated (bulk 1711-1870)
Abstract:: This collection consists mainly of letters, receipts, and accounts from 1711-1920 that were collected by Ralph E. Carpenter, Jr. (1910-2009). The majority of these documents regard various people, places, and events in Newport, Rhode Island, from the colonial period through the early twentieth century.
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.040

Formal title:: Ralph E. Carpenter, Jr., papers
Extent:: 29.5 linear feet (15 record boxes, 1 document case, 1 half document case, 3 small flat boxes, 11 oversize flat boxes)
Date range:: 1870-2009 (bulk 1950-2006)
Abstract:: Ralph E. Carpenter, Jr., (1910-2009) was a respected connoisseur and collector of American decorative arts, instrumental in various historical preservation projects throughout Newport, Rhode Island. This collection consists of his correspondence, subject files, personal records, research materials, photographs, and scrapbooks documenting his career, historical preservation pursuits, and other personal interests.
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.002

Formal title:: Marjorie W. Champlin papers
Extent:: 0.2 linear feet (4 folders)
Date range:: 1943-1993 and undated (bulk 1980-1993)
Abstract:: This collection consists of correspondence Marjorie W. Champlin (1921-1993) of Jamestown, Rhode Island, received in reply to the letters she sent to various United States and Rhode Island legislators and politicians, college professors, journalists, a member of England’s House of Commons, and Queen Elizabeth’s personal secretary at Buckingham Palace.
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.540

Formal title:: Richard L. Champlin papers
Extent:: 1.0 linear feet (3/4 full record box, 1 half document case, 1 flat file)
Date range:: 1747, 1973-1998 (bulk 1973-1998)
Abstract:: Richard L. Champlin was one of the foremost experts on clocks made by Newport clockmaker William Claggett and other clockmakers in the Claggett family. This collection consists of photocopies of primary source material, correspondence, photographs, notebooks and other research materials collected or created by Mr. Champlin in the process of writing articles on Claggett clocks for various publications, including Newport History, the Bulletin of the Newport Historical Society.
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.593

Formal title:: Mary Ellen Chase letter
Extent:: 0.01 linear feet (1 folder)
Date range:: 1942
Abstract:: This collection consists of one letter from Mary Ellen Chase (1887-1973), a noted American novelist and professor at Smith College, regarding a public speaking engagement in 1942.
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.506

Formal title:: Cherokee Nation legislative act
Date range:: 1902-1903
Abstract:: An act of the National Council of the Cherokee Nation signed and approved by Principal Chief T. M. Buffington (1855-1938) and President Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919).
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.572

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