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Formal title:: H. Adrian Smith papers
Extent:: 41 linear feet
Date range:: 1882-1999 (bulk 1910-1992)
Abstract:: The H. Adrian Smith papers (1752-1992) contain materials amassed over a lifetime of collecting magic-related materials and being involved in magic societies and magic performance. These materials include magic trick descriptions, playbills, posters, photographs of magicians and magic performances, publications, correspondence, and magic society materials. The collection also contains personal correspondence and photographs of Smith’s life in Providence, Rhode Island, and North Attleboro, Massachusetts with his wife Anna Fuller Smith.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.2011.001

Formal title:: Harry Smith papers
Extent:: 3 linear feet
Date range:: 1972-1982
Abstract:: Harry Smith graduated from Brown in 1957, and by 1964 he had established his own literary magazine: The Smith. He went on to establish a second magazine, Pulpsmith, as well as a small press, Smith-Publishers, which published works of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and drama. This collection includes correspondence, book reviews, notebooks of prose and poetry, production files with galleys and page proofs, manuscripts, and photocopies.
Repository:: Brown University Library
Collection call no:: Ms. 2010.031

Formal title:: Smith Hill Community Development Corporation collection
Extent:: 30 linear feet (30 boxes)
Date range:: 1979-2024
Abstract:: The Smith Hill Community Development Corporation formed in 1992 with the purpose of acquiring residential properties and lots in the Smith Hill neighborhood of Providence, in order to renovate existing housing and build new housing. The organization focused on building or making available housing that was affordable to low- and middle-income residents, using local, state, and federal grants to facilitate this process. The collection includes materials covering the organization’s board and governance, detailed documentation of housing development projects, and programs designed to support and engage the surrounding community. The organization became financially unviable during the COVID-19 pandemic, and subsequently the board voted to dissolve the organization in 2022.
Repository:: Providence College Archives and Special Collections
Collection call no:: SC046

Formal title:: Guide to the Chester E. Smolski papers
Extent:: 3.77 cubic feet
Date range:: 1958-2009
Abstract:: This collection comprises 10,620 photographic slides and 370 editorial columns. The editorial columns were published in Rhode Island newspapers between the 1950s and 2000s. Materials document the studies and travels of Professor Chester Smolski, a Professor of Geography and Director of the Urban Studies Program at Rhode Island College.
Repository:: Special Collections, James P. Adams Library
Collection call no:: MSS-0041

Formal title:: Clarence Snyder A.A. Papers
Extent:: 3.5 linear feet (3 records center boxes and 1 oversize folder)
Date range:: 1939-1980
Abstract:: These papers consist of pamphlets, brochures, books, periodicals, menus, programs and tickets for events, rosters of A.A. groups, speeches, newspaper and magazine clippings, postcards, greeting cards, gas rationing stamps, bills of sale, receipts, and letters either typed, autographed or photocopied. The majority of the materials focus on the early history of Alcoholics Anonymous in the Cleveland, Ohio area and Clarence Snyder's involvement in Alcoholics Anonymous.
Repository:: Brown University
Collection call no:: Ms. 2008.008

Formal title:: Frank M. Snyder papers
Extent:: 12.5 linear feet (11 half banker’s boxes, 10 archival boxes, 1 half archival box, 2 oversize boxes)
Date range:: 1941-2010 (bulk 1969-1994)
Abstract:: Frank M. Snyder (1926-2017) is a career naval officer who worked as a Professor and Professor Emeritus at the U.S. Naval War College. His papers include articles, research materials, speeches and lectures, audio and video cassette tapes, photographs, and scrapbooks relating to Snyder’s naval and professional academic career.
Repository:: Naval War College (U.S.). Naval Historical Collection
Collection call no:: MSC-137

Formal title:: Soares and da Graça family papers
Extent:: 0.85 cubic feet
Date range:: 1901-1994
Abstract:: The collection is comprised of the papers of the Soares and da Graça families, which include documents and photographs that reflect the lives of a Cape Verdean family in Rhode Island during the early to mid-twentieth century.
Repository:: Special Collections, James P. Adams Library
Collection call no:: MSS-0072

Formal title:: Social and political pamphlet collection
Extent:: 3.5 cubic feet
Date range:: circa 1940-1998
Abstract:: Singular publications relating to a variety of social and political issues.
Repository:: Special Collections, James P. Adams Library
Collection call no:: MSS-0127

Formal title:: Socialist Labor Party ephemera and publications collection
Extent:: 1.2 cubic feet
Date range:: 1901-1977
Abstract:: Ephemera, posters, and published materials from the Socialist Labor Party.
Repository:: Special Collections, James P. Adams Library
Collection call no:: MSS-0174

Formal title:: Socialist printing block collection
Extent:: 1.5 cubic feet
Date range:: circa 1880-1940
Abstract:: An assortment of letterpress printer's blocks and half-tone photo engravings related to the Socialist Labor Party.
Repository:: Special Collections, James P. Adams Library
Collection call no:: MSS-0173

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