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CAROLINE HAZARD PAPERS
1871-1939

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SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The Caroline Hazard Papers held by the University of Rhode Island include an assortment of private and professional papers spanning the period 1871 to 1939. Many of the papers deal with publications and poems by Caroline Hazard, particularly College Tom, The Memoirs of J.L. Diman, The Narragansett Ballads, and South County Studies. Others relate to Hazard's involvement with organizations such as the New York University Hall of Fame, the Society of Colonial Dames, the Gilbert Stuart Memorial, and the Rhode Island Tercentennial Committee. Still others relate to her presidency of Wellesley College, though Wellesley has the bulk of her papers from that period. Included in the papers are correspondence, draft manuscripts, printed and published materials, pamphlets, bound volumes, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous memorabilia.

The University of Rhode Island also holds the papers of Rowland Hazard, Thomas Arnold Hazard and Rowland G. Hazard, forming a unique glimpse at this Rhode Island family of note.  See also the Hazard Family Papers collection at the Rhode Island Historical Society Library.

The Caroline Hazard papers are divided into six series as follows:

Series I, Correspondence, contains correspondence between Caroline Hazard and other members of her family and such notables as U.S. Supreme Court Justices Oliver Wendell Holmes and Charles Evans Hughes and sculptor Daniel French.

Series II, Scrapbooks, 1881-1935, consists of a group of scrapbooks maintained by Caroline Hazard and documenting family and personal history. They include scrapbooks of newspaper clippings, trips to Europe, and programs of concerts and other musical events.

Series III, Subject Series, contains addresses, correspondence, programs, pamphlets, copies of poems, and other materials relating to organizations or individuals with whom Caroline Hazard had contact.

Series IV, Wellesley College, consists of correspondence, addresses, brochures, and newspaper clippings relating to Hazard's involvement with Wellesley as president and president emeritus.

In Series V, Publications, are found correspondence, criticism, and proof copies relating to a number of Caroline Hazard's published works. Also included is correspondence with her publishers.

Series VI, Hall of Fame, consists of materials relating to the New York University Hall of Fame, of which Hazard was an elector. Included are correspondence, biographical sketches of candidates, and tabulated election results.