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Manuscripts and Personal Papers

Manuscripts and Personal Papers is a collection of original historical source material produced or acquired from individuals, businesses, and organizations. Typical material found in a specific manuscript group includes letters, correspondence, subject files, printed materials, and photographs. Also included in this collection are ferryboat and textile mill records, store ledgers and journals, oyster bed and fishery records, and weather statistics. Most of the collections are of Rhode Island interest. 
Electronic versions of selected finding aids are linked to this web site. 

Eligible users and restrictions on use
Any qualified person doing scholarly research is permitted to use material housed in the Special Collections Unit. 

Before beginning research, everyone is required to sign the “Research and Guest Register.” A Research Form must be completed if the researcher is using manuscript or archival collections. Collections are used under specific restrictions and may not be removed from the Reading Room area or borrowed from the collections. Permission may be granted to obtain copies of items in the collections. A fee is charged for this service and the copying is performed by the staff. 

Care must be exercised at all times when handling materials. Consuming food or beverages, smoking, and the use of pens are not permitted.

American Association of University Professors (AAUP)
MsG#118; 1945–1991; 89.5 linear feet

Blue Ribbon Commission, Records of
MsG#59; 1981–1987; 2 linear feet

Biscuit City Press Archives
MsG#177;1970-1992; 3 linear feet

Burt/Bock Family Papers
MsG#46; 1836–1979; 5.5 linear feet

Peter J. Capelotti Papers
MsG#45; 1941–1984; 6 linear feet

Carolina Mills, Records of
MsG#104; 1869–1956; 4.5 linear feet

Francis H. Chafee Barometric Pressure Readings Collection
MsG#186; 1929-1990; 1linear foot

Chime of Bells and Music at Grace Church,
Providence, Rhode Island
                          
MsG#157; 1857-1987; .75 linear feet

Garret Clough Case
MsG#26; 1969–1974; 5 linear feet

Coastal Resources Center, Records of
MsG#113; 1865–1990; 76.5 linear feet

Coffin/Robinson Family Papers
MsG#50; 1870–1970; 9 linear feet

Colt Family Papers
MsG#78; 1793–1961; 115.25 linear feet

Arthur Custer,  Papers
MsG#168; 1940-1997; 17 linear feet

Henry Wight Diman Papers: 
MsG#161; 1842-1884; 7 linear feet

Dismissed With Prejudice
MsG#146;1957-1960; 1 linear foot

Fayerweather Family Papers
MsG#121; 1836-1962; 2.5 linear feet

Benjamin Fine Collection
MsG#5; 1947-1975; 2 linear feet

Foster Parents Plan International
MsG#117; 1937–1994; 393.5 linear feet

Harold N.Gibbs
MsG#171;1940-1954;1.75 linear feet

Susan Hale Collection
MsG#144; 1844-1934; 1.25 linear feet

Robert Harrison Papers
MsG# 181; 1931-2004; 35.25 linear feet
 

Ralph Hartman Papers
MsG#115;10 linear feet

Records of the Haymarket People's Fund
MsG#83; 1973-1990;1.3 linear feet

Caroline Hazard Papers
MsG#7; 1871–1939; 5.25 linear feet

Rowland Hazard Papers
MsG#6; 1846–1897; 3 linear feet

Rowland G. Hazard Papers
MS#9; 1823–1886; 5.5 linear feet

Thomas A. Hazard Papers
MsG#8; 1833–1873; 2.2 linear feet

Bernon Helme Photograph Collection
MsG#125;1895-1930; .5 linear feet

Hillel Foundation, Rhode Island Chapter, Records of
MsG#159; 1972-1999; 8.5 linear feet

Burton Hoffman Papers
MsG#184; 1852-1986; 17.25 linear feet

Leon Holland Papers
MsG#51; 1877–1963; 5 linear feet of papers;440 civil engineering drawings, plans

Hospice of Washington County
MsG#84; 1979–1989; 22 linear feet

Jamestown and Newport Ferry Company Records
MsG#48; 1872–1969; 136 linear feet

E. A. Kenyon Mill Store, Records of
MsG#103; 1873–1944; 3 linear feet

Kingstown Associates, Inc., Records of
MsG#147; 1946-1948; .25 linear feet

Kingston Congregational Church Collection
MsG#169; 1835-1968; .75 linear feet

Kingstowne Music Club, Records of
MsG#140; 1939-1966; 1 linear foot

Charles Lanman Collection 
MsG#10; 1841-1866; 0.25 linear feet

George H. M. Lawrence Papers
MsG#49; 1850–1982; 15.25 linear feet

Paule Loring Papers
MsG#67; 1931–1973; 62.50 linear feet

Faith McNulty Papers
MsG#18; 1958–1990; 22 linear feet

William D. Metz Papers
MsG#53; 1946–1982; 20.5 linear feet

John Romeo Miglietta Papers
MsG#91; 1902–1969; 20 linear feet

William Davis Miller Papers
MsG#11; 1920–1944; 1 linear foot

Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection
MsG#20; 1755-2000; 9 linear feet

Narragansett Times Index, Research Notes and Index
MsG#160; 1.5 linear feet

National Weather Service Office, Records of
MsG#70; 1904–1995; 20 linear feet

Samuel Neilson Collection
MsG#72; 1799–1977; .5 linear feet

New England Library Association (NELA), Records of
MsG#153; 1938- 2002; 16.75 linear feet
MsG#153.1; 1963-2003; 13.5 linear feet

NELINET Archives
MsG#40; 1972–1979; 23 linear feet

Records of the Nineteen Eighteen (1918) Club
MsG#178; 1960–2004; 2.5 linear feet

North East Region of the American
Accounting Association  (NERAAA), Records of
MsG#170; 1951-2003; 1.75 linear feet

Olympic Study—Raymond Nedwidek Papers
MsG#112; 1962–1993; 1 linear foot

Parents’ Cooperative School
MsG#77; 1969–1981; 5.25 linear feet

Bishop James DeWolf Perry Papers
MsG#33; 1866–1966; 26 linear feet

Raymond Henry Jones Perry Papers
MsG#4; 1836–1902; 28 linear feet

Elisha Reynolds Potter Papers
MsG#12; 1833–1879; 2.5 linear feet

John Potter Collection
MsG#133;1850-1895;.5 linear feet

Pym-Randall Press Archives
MsG#19; 1964–1982; 13.5 linear feet

Rhode Island Feminist Theater, Records of
MsG#158; 1973-1985; 7 linear feet

Rhode Island Library Association (RILA) Records
MsG#90;1903- 1998; 27 linear feet

Michael Spero Papers
MsG#156; 1930-1989; 4.25 linear feet

Theatre-By-The-Sea, Records of
MsG#191; 1930-1989; 4.25 linear feet

General Elliot Thorpe Collection
MsG#154; 1928-1999; .25 linear feet

URI Historical and Pictorial Collection
MsG# 148;1998, 4.25  linear feet

Joseph Uscio Collection.
MsG#33; 1892-1975; .5 linear feet

Louise White Papers
MsG#42; 1924–1974; 2 linear feet

Richard Wilmarth Papers
MsG#164; 1979-2003; 15 linear feet

Woman's Temperance Union Collection
MsG#112;1922-1977; 2.25 linear feet

Carl R. Woodward Papers
MsG#1; 1880-1973; 83 linear feet