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Tavares Collection
Formal title:
Tavares Collection
Extent:
9.6 cubic feet other
Date range:
1961-1994
Abstract:
The Tavares Collection is comprised of approximately 9.6 cubic feet of photographic which document the various activities of Rhode Island's Governors and their administrations during the years 1961-1994.
Repository:
Rhode Island State Archives
Collection call no:
1995-472
Tefft (Thomas Alexander) architectural drawings
Formal title:
Thomas Alexander Tefft architectural drawings
Extent:
390 items
Date range:
1844-1859
Abstract:
The collection comprises 390 architectural drawings dating from 1844-1859 by Rhode Island architect Thomas Alexander Tefft (1826-1859). These include public buildings (churches, schools, libraries, hospitals) and private residences, in addition to towers, gates, monuments and gravestones. In some cases, there are various elevations, views, and floor plans for the same structure. While many of the structures Tefft designed still stand, some were never built, and many have been destroyed. Tefft was a graduate of Brown University (Class of 1851).
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
MS.1U.T3
Terry, Jr. (Roderick) autograph collection
Formal title:
Roderick Terry, Jr. autograph collection
Extent:
1.3 linear feet (1 document case, 1 flat box)
Date range:
1672-1940 (bulk 1750-1915)
Abstract:
Correspondence, financial accounts, poems, legal documents, notes, lists, and other documents primarily from individuals prominent in colonial and early United States history as well as notable literary figures.
Repository:
Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:
RLC.Ms.024
Thailand Archive
Formal title:
Thailand Archive
Extent:
8 box(es)
Date range:
1979-1993
Abstract:
Research material collected by scholars in residence at the Purrington House, under the direction of Kathleen Lusk Brooke. Content relates to themes that served as the focus of Roger Williams University's Center for Macro Projects and Diplomacy.
Repository:
Roger Williams University
Collection call no:
UA 2011.02
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 CVN: An index by topic and obituary
Formal title:
The CVN: An index by topic and obituary
Extent:
0.2 cubic feet
Date range:
circa 1993
Abstract:
An incomplete index of Cape Verdean News for articles dated between 1979 and 1993.
Repository:
Special Collections, James P. Adams Library
Collection call no:
MSS-0159
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
The Papers of James Browne (1666-1732)
Formal title:
The Papers of James Browne (1666-1732)
Extent:
2 item(s)
Date range:
1729-1731
Abstract:
James Browne (1666-1732) was born in Providence in 1666, the son of John and Mary (Holmes) Browne, and grandson of Chad Browne, the original settler of the Brown family, who came to Rhode Island in 1638 from England. He ended his name with an "e", a practice that was discontinued by his descendants.
Repository:
Rhode Island Historical Society
Collection call no:
MSS 947
The Records of James Browne
Formal title:
The Records of James Browne
Extent:
0.25 linear feet
Date range:
1742-1743
Abstract:
James Browne, born in 1724 to James (1698-1739) and Hope (Power) Browne (1702-1792) of Providence, took up the family business of trading to the Caribbean. This collection consists of two cyphering and navigation books, dated 1743. The first, dated from January to February 1742/3, is a primer of Geometry and Trigonometry, which also contains lessons in Plain Sailing and Mercators Sailing. The second volume, dating from February 1742/3 to April 1743, is lessons in Mercator’s Sailing, Latitude, and Traverse Sailing, and ends with the day to day journal of his voyage to the island of Barbados in 1742/3.
Repository:
Rhode Island Historical Society
Collection call no:
MSS 948
The Rhode Island Collection
Formal title:
The Rhode Island Collection
Extent:
11 items
Date range:
1831-1976
Abstract:
Printed material about the history of Rhode Island
Repository:
Roger Williams University Library
Collection call no:
UA 2024.002

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