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Correspondence

 Subject
Subject Source: Genre Terms: A Thesaurus for Use in Rare Book and Special Collections Cataloguing

Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:

AIDS Quilt RI records

 Collection
Identifier: 109-02-06
Scope and Contents The collection contains administrative and organizational records, papers, newspaper clippings and photographs. Photographs show a range of individual AIDS Quilt panels as well as displays of the panels throughout New England. Additional photos show quilt panels displayed at regional and national conferences. Papers in the collection primarily include administrative records of NAMES Project RI and materials relating to displays of AIDS Quilt panels in Rhode Island and regionally....
Dates: 1991 - 2010
Found in: Providence Public Library / AIDS Quilt RI records

Edwin W. Arnold correspondence

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31116021977878]
Identifier: 050-02-01
Scope and Contents This collection consists of letters written by Edwin W. Arnold to members of his family during the period of December 22, 1862 – November 1, 1865 during his service in the Union army. Arnold kept up regular correspondence with his family during this time often writing two or three letters a month. Most of the letters are written to Arnold’s mother, several are addressed to his father, two to his younger brother George, and one to his cousin Mary Whipple. Each of the letters is signed...
Dates: 1862 - 1894
Found in: Providence Public Library / Edwin W. Arnold correspondence

Arnold Family papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31116021977290]
Identifier: 017-02
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of the papers of the Arnold family, chiefly letters, but also circulars, invitations and other ephemera, dating from 1861 to 1904. Letters of the Arnold family consist mainly of personal correspondence. In some cases a family member held an office and their professional correspondence is also included.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1861 - 1904
Found in: Providence Public Library / Arnold Family papers

James N. Arnold collection

 Collection
Identifier: 029-02
Scope and Contents This collection consists of material compiled and written by James N. Arnold, between 1860-1927 and of typescripts by volunteers continuing his work until 1935. This collection contains numerous research topics and writings related to the history of Rhode Island. It includes personal records of James N. Arnold such as Arnold family genealogy records and correspondence, James Arnold’s personal writings, weather journals and photographs. Business records include material related...
Dates: 1860 - 1935
Found in: Providence Public Library / James N. Arnold collection

William Arnold autograph collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 021-02
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of materials related to American history with a focus on Rhode Island history. The collection includes legal documents, correspondence, poems, portraits, ship’s papers, business records, and ephemera dating from 1655 to 1922.

Dates: 1655 - 1922
Found in: Providence Public Library / William Arnold autograph collection

Garrett Byrnes' Research on Field's Point

 File — Box Multi-Collection Box: [Barcode: 31116021976466]
Identifier: 161-03
Scope and Contents Includes research done by Garrett Byrnes in preparation to write a four-part article that ran in the Rhode Islander magazine on September 12, 1971. The collection consists of newspaper and textbook copies, hand-drawn maps on tracing paper, photographs, Byrne’s notes, correspondence to and from Byrnes related to Fields Point, event programs and drafts of the articles. The research materials document Field's Point from the colonial period when it was settled by Thomas Fields in...
Dates: 1907 - 1971
Found in: Providence Public Library / Garrett Byrnes' Research on Field's Point

Dailey family correspondence

 Collection — Box Multi-Collection Box: [Barcode: 31116021976854]
Identifier: 090-02
Scope and Contents

Collection includes 12 letters. Includes correspondence to daughter Maude from her parents, Albert and Charlotte, and her sister Lottie during a tour of Europe. Also includes several letters from J.H. Coggeshall to Albert Dailey relating business matters.

Dates: 1868 - 1869
Found in: Providence Public Library / Dailey family correspondence

William Darrah correspondence

 Collection — Box Multi-Collection Box: [Barcode: 31116021976854]
Identifier: 091-02
Scope and Contents

Bulk of letters are from William Francis Darrah to his brother Rufus E. Darrah (1861-1916 ), a physician of Newport, during William’s time aboard the USS Kearsage and describe his travels in ports of interest.

Dates: 1883 - 1885
Found in: Providence Public Library / William Darrah correspondence

Barbara Jencks papers

 Collection
Identifier: 016-02
Scope and Contents

The collection includes the papers and correspondence of Jencks with various notable Catholics as well as political and literary figures of the 20th century. The bulk of the materials are related to Cardinal Tomás Ó Fiaich (1923-1990), the Archbishop of Armagh and later Primate of all Ireland, and describe his work as a political activist for Northern Ireland.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1950 - 1990
Found in: Providence Public Library / Barbara Jencks papers

Joseph Ellwood Macomber correspondence

 Collection — Box Multi-Collection Box: [Barcode: 31116021976854]
Identifier: 094-02
Scope and Contents

The collection includes letters from family members to Joseph Ellwood Macomber from 1842-1867. The letters are primarily updates about friends and family matters, but several also contain references to abolitionist and temperance movements.

Dates: 1842 - 1867
Found in: Providence Public Library / Joseph Ellwood Macomber correspondence

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