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Formal title:: Chime of Bells and Music at Grace Church
Extent:: .75 linear feet
Date range:: 1857-1987
Abstract:: Collection consists of manuscript, published, and photocopied material and includes two histories of Grace Church, a history of the Grace Church chime of bells, chime program log, news clippings and correspondence pertaining to the chimes, original musical notations, pamphlets, service programs and biographical information on Bishop Thomas March Clark, rector of Grace Church at the time of the purchase and installation of the chimes as well as Dorothy Rice, bellringer from 1946 to 1989.
Repository:: University Archives and Special Collections
Collection call no:: Mss. Gr. 157

Formal title:: Joseph Hodges Choate letter
Extent:: 0.01 linear feet (1 folder)
Date range:: 1915
Abstract:: This collection consists of one letter from Joseph Hodges Choate (1832-1917), New York lawyer and diplomat, to General Francis V. Choate (1850-1921), Army officer and a former Rhode Island resident.
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.507

Formal title:: Harold F. Chorney (Class of 1961) oral history and papers relating to the Vietnam War
Extent:: 0.25 Linear feet
Date range:: 1958-2011
Abstract:: This collection contains the 2011 oral history interview of Harold F. Chorney (Class of 1961) by Professor Elizabeth Taylor and supplementary biographical materials as part of the Vietnam Vets Oral History Project. His recollections concentrate on the years 1957 to 1976 and include Brown University days as proctor of Plantation House and Air Force ROTC, survival school training, flying for the Military Air Transport Squadron transporting cargo, Air Evacuation, “embassy runs,” 37 Vietnam missions, some combat, and his reserves duty at L.G. Hanscom Field in Bedford, Massachusetts. Chorney also describes his diagnosis with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). A short segment at the end of the oral history interview recounts growing up in Pawtucket, Rhode Island (circa 1949-1957) as a son of immigrant parents from Ukraine and Bessarabia.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: AMS.1U.C12

Formal title:: Christ Church, Lonsdale, RI
Extent:: 9 boxes
Date range:: 1833-1989
Abstract:: The Records of Christ Church consist of materials from 1833-1989, documenting the history of the church from its founding to the end of the twentieth century. The collection, which is divided into three series, consists of adminstrative records, church registers, and photographs.
Repository:: University of Rhode Island, University Archives and Special Collections
Collection call no:: Mss. Gr. 95

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

Church (Dave) papers

Formal title:: Dave Church papers
Extent:: 23 Linear Feet
Date range:: 1957-2008
Abstract:: The Dave Church papers contain correspondence, notebooks, manuscripts, broadsides, poetry journals, artwork, audio- and videocassettes, representing all aspects of Church's poetry: creation, editing, submission, publication and performance. Also included is a collection of poetry books by other authors, inscribed to Church. Most of the material is from the years 1996-2008 (although some items date from as early as 1957).
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.2011.035

Formal title:: Frederick S. Church letter
Extent:: 0.01 linear feet (1 folder)
Date range:: circa 1990s
Abstract:: This collection consists of one undated letter from Frederick S. Church (1842-1924), an American artist and illustrator. This letter also includes original illustrations done by Church of his studio in Far Hills, New Jersey, and of various animals.
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.541

Church of Messiah

Formal title:: Church of Messiah
Extent:: 193 box(es)
Date range:: 1855-2006
Abstract:: These records document the administrative, financial, religious, social, and cultural activities of the Church of the Messiah. The records contain letters, reports, financial documents, parish registers, photographs, photo albums, scrapbooks and realia that date from the year the parish was established in 1855 to the time of its closing in 2006.
Repository:: University of Rhode Island, University Archives and Special Collections
Collection call no:: Mss. Gr. 196

Formal title:: Church of St. Andrew and St. Philip
Extent:: 8 box(es)
Date range:: 1843-2006
Abstract:: The records in this collection document the church services performed and information about those members who transfered into the church when they were combined in 1968.
Repository:: University of Rhode Island, University Archives and Special Collections
Collection call no:: Mss. Gr. 222

Church of the Advent

Formal title:: Church of the Advent
Extent:: 14 box(es)
Date range:: 1886-2005
Abstract:: The records in this collection reflect the activities and administration of the Church of the Advent, Pawtucket RI. The Church of the Advent was established in 1886 as an Episcopal Mission and was established as a parish in 1887; the church was consecrated in 1890. The church remained active until the 1970s and a steady decline in membership caused the church to close in 2005. The small number of remaining parishioners joined the Church of the Good Shepherd.
Repository:: University of Rhode Island, University Archives and Special Collections
Collection call no:: Mss. Gr. 175

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