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James, Patrick J. Files
Formal title:
Patrick J. James Files
Extent:
1.5 linear feet
Date range:
1956-1969
Abstract:
The Patrick J. James Files contain speeches, meeting notes, and correspondence relating to Brown University trustees and donors. The material dates from 1956 to 1969.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
OF-1D-J1
Jamestown and Newport Ferry Company
Formal title:
Jamestown and Newport Ferry Company
Extent:
238 box(es)
Date range:
1872-1969
Abstract:
The Jamestown and Newport Ferries provided service between Jamestown and Newport from 1873 to 1969 and between Jamestown and Newport from 1873 to 1869 and between Jamestown and North Kingstown (Saunderstown) from 1888 to 1940.
Repository:
University Archives and Special Collections
Collection call no:
Ms. 48
Jamestown and Newport Ferry Company Oral History
Formal title:
Jamestown and Newport Ferry Company Oral History
Extent:
3 box(es)
Date range:
1986
Abstract:
The collection consists of taped interviews of former employees of the Jamestown and Newport Ferry Company conducted by the Jamestown Historical Society. The interviews, recorded on cassette tapes, release forms, and detailed index comprise this collection.
Repository:
University of Rhode Island, University Archives and Special Collections
Collection call no:
Mss. Gr. 55
Jamestown Bridge Project
Formal title:
Jamestown Bridge Project
Extent:
3 box(es)
Date range:
1989-1991
Abstract:
The Jamestown Historical Society sponsored the Jamestown Bridge Oral History Project as part of The Jamestown Bridge from the New Deal to the 1990s: From "The Bridge to Nowhere" to Obsolescence project to document the role of the Jamestown Bridge in the social, economic, and political history of Rhode Island.
Repository:
University of Rhode Island, University Archives and Special Collections
Collection call no:
Mss. Gr. 93
Jason C. Eckhardt drawings
Formal title:
Jason C. Eckhardt drawings
Extent:
2 linear feet
Date range:
1979-2017
Abstract:
Contains original artwork by Eckhardt for science fiction books and a Narragansett beer can featuring his illustration for their Lovecraft Innsmouth Olde Ale. Many of the illustrations relate to the science fiction writer Howard P. Lovecraft.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms.2019.002
Jefferson (Thomas) letter
Formal title:
Thomas Jefferson letter
Extent:
0.02 linear feet (1 oversize folder)
Date range:
1790
Abstract:
This collection consists of one letter with a commission from Thomas Jefferson (1742-1826) as Secretary of State to William Channing (1751-1793) of Newport, Rhode Island, appointing Channing as the United States attorney for Rhode Island.
Repository:
Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:
RLC.Ms.521
Jefferson (Thomas) letter
Formal title:
Thomas Jefferson letter
Extent:
0.01 linear feet (1 folder)
Date range:
1821
Abstract:
A letter from Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) to Craven Peyton (1775-1837), a merchant, regarding Jefferson’s partial payment on a loan from Peyton.
Repository:
Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:
RLC.Ms.568
Jenckes (Thomas A.) papers
Formal title:
Thomas A. Jenckes papers
Extent:
0.25 linear feet (116 items in 1 clamshell box)
Date range:
1834-1870
Abstract:
One box, chiefly correspondence to Thomas Allen Jenckes, Congressional Representative from Rhode Island, about legal matters and legislative affairs for the period of 1837 to 1870.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms.Rider.Jenckes
Jesse Metcalf family papers
Formal title:
Jesse Metcalf family papers
Extent:
1 linear foot
Date range:
circa 1845-1918 bulk 1845-1894
Abstract:
The collection consists of the Jesse Metcalf family papers including extensive correspondence, circa 1845-1894, and a family genealogy chart prepared circa 1918.
Repository:
Rhode Island School of Design Archives
Collection call no:
SP12.0
John Brown Papers
Formal title:
John Brown Papers
Extent:
1 linear foot
Date range:
1743-1829
Abstract:
John Brown (1736-1803) was born in Providence, R.I., the fourth son of merchant James Brown II (1698-1739) and Hope (Power) Brown (1702-1792). He began his working life in partnership with his three brothers (Nicholas, Joseph and Moses) and his uncle as Obadiah Brown & Co., a mercantile firm that traded in rum, slaves, molasses and other goods. The firm was renamed Nicholas Brown & Co. after the death of Obadiah in 1762.
Repository:
Rhode Island Historical Society
Collection call no:
MSS 312

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