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Formal title:: Dismissed with Prejudice
Extent:: 1 linear foot
Date range:: 1956-1960
Abstract:: Between 1956 and 1960 citizens of Jamestown, R.I. successfully fought the construction of an oil refinery along Narragansett Bay. Commerce Oil Refining Corporation of New York and its executive vice president Harold M. Geller, with the backing of Gulf Oil and Lehman Brothers, attempted to build the refinery. Leading the opposition was Jamestown resident Dr. William Miner, who formed the Jamestown Protective Association and retained Attorney Cornelius C. Moore as counsel. The material in this collection was used by authors Mary Stearns McGaughan and Terrence F. McGaughan in writing their book, Dismissed With Prejudice: the Epic Battle Against Construction of an Oil Refinery in Jamestown, Rhode Island, published in 1994.
Repository:: University Archives and Special Collections
Collection call no:: Mss. Gr. 146

Formal title:: Diversity at Roger Williams University
Extent:: 4 box(es)
Date range:: 1987-2009
Abstract:: The Faculty Senate Diversity Committee at Roger Williams University is responsible for monitoring, reporting on, and encouraging diversity at Roger Williams University. This collection was created by a sub-comiittee, formed in 2009-2010 and charged with compiling, archiving, and documenting past initiatives and creating a report outlining next steps.
Repository:: Roger Williams University
Collection call no:: UA 2010.06

Formal title:: Nathan Fellows Dixon Family papers
Extent:: 6.0 Linear feet
Date range:: 1721-1938 (bulk 1825-1900)
Abstract:: The Nathan Fellows Dixon Family Papers consist of letters, legal documents, personal and political memorabilia and photographs relating to the Dixon Family of Westerly, Rhode Island. The bulk of the papers date from 1825 to 1900, with some pre-Revolutionary as well as twentieth-century documents included. The majority represent the domestic and political lives of three generations of men named Nathan Fellows Dixon, all of whom served in the United States Congress.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.2006.04

Formal title:: Richard Dobbins research papers
Extent:: 6 linear feet
Date range:: 1970-2009 (bulk 1991-2009)
Abstract:: The Richard A. Dobbins research papers contain research notes, spectral imaging, and memos relating to the Dobbins Lab at Brown University. The collection dates from 1970 to 2009, with the bulk of the materials dating from 1991 to 2009.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: AMS-1UF-2019-005

Donovan (Bruce) Papers

Formal title:: Bruce Donovan Papers
Extent:: .5 linear feet
Date range:: 1974-1988 (bulk 1977-1988)
Abstract:: This collection contains material generated by a committee called "Administrators Concerned with Alcohol and Other Drugs", including meeting minutes (and ancillary material), and correspondence. The meeting minutes and correspondence examine ways in which alcohol and drug abuse and dependency could be controlled on campus, including ways to limit alcohol consumption at student gatherings.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: OF.1CA.D2

Formal title:: Virginia Louise Doris papers
Extent:: Over 200 items item(s)
Date range:: 1970-1983
Abstract:: Contains poetry of V.L.D. and her research materials pertaining to Edgar Allan Poe and Sarah Helen Whitman, etc. Consists, for the most part, of xerox copies in three-ring binders, but also includes original correspondence, mounted photographs, newspaper clippings, tear-sheets, etc.
Repository:: Brown University Library
Collection call no:: Ms. 81.6

Formal title:: Thomas Wilson Dorr Papers
Extent:: 600 items
Date range:: 1790-1897 (bulk 1826-1854)
Abstract:: The Dorr Papers consist of approximately 600 letters, speeches, notes, drafts, pamphlets, clippings and other items for the period 1826-1854. Thomas Wilson Dorr (1805-1854) was the central figure in the Dorr Rebellion of 1842. The papers include material pertaining to the equal suffrage movement, electoral politics, legislative apportionment, state militia, banking, and the adoption of a state constitution in Rhode Island.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.Dorr

Formal title:: Earl Dotter collection of United Mine Workers of America 1972-1973 election campaign literature and photographs
Extent:: 0.2 linear feet
Date range:: 1972-1976
Abstract:: Photojournalist Earl Dotter joined VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America) in 1968 and was assigned to the Cumberland Plateau Region of Tennessee, where he documented the culture and struggles of local families. After his VISTA assignment concluded, he remained in the area to photograph the rank-and-file movement to reform the United Mine Workers Union and the campaign to unseat union president Tony Boyle, called "Miners for Democracy" -- the subject of this collection, which includes photographs, Miller-Trobovich-Patrick campaign literature, the 1973 United Mine Workers Officer’s Report, and the June 15-July 15, 1976 issue of the United Mine Workers Journal.
Repository:: Brown University Library
Collection call no:: Ms. 2010.016

Formal title:: Douglas family photographs
Extent:: 5 items
Date range:: ca. 1925-1942
Abstract:: Photographs of the J. Gordon Douglas family, mostly taken outside at country and golf clubs in Newport, RI or Palm Beach, FL.
Repository:: The Preservation Society of Newport County
Collection call no:: PSNCA.H.038

Formal title:: T. Nelson Downs collection
Extent:: 1.1 linear feet
Date range:: 1905-1938
Abstract:: Thomas Nelson Downs was a self-taught magician, specializing in coin tricks, who over the course of his career, performed in vaudeville acts all over the country, owned a vaudeville house, sold magic supplies, and wrote several books of magic instruction. This collection contains his correspondence with fellow magician Edward "Tex" McGuire, documentation of tricks or "effects", patents, advertisements, news clippings, photographs, and show programs.
Repository:: Brown University Library
Collection call no:: Ms. 2010.013

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