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Miscellaneous Manuscripts Small, mostly uncataloged collections arranged by personal name. Records and personal papers, 1640s - present Size: 142 linear feet Catalog number: MSS 9001 Processed by: Rick Stattler, Kristina Piecyk, and Desiree Kenny 1995-1996 Partially restricted
©Rhode Island Historical Society Manuscripts Division |
Historical Note:
The earliest system for dealing with miscellaneous manuscripts was pasting them into scrapbooks. Two large series were compiled: Rhode Island Historical Society Manuscripts and Rhode Island Manuscripts, totaling 28 volumes. The creation of scrapbooks ended around 1940. Single items and small collections arriving after 1940 have generally been arranged alphabetically. In addition, some larger collections have been broken up and distributed by name. Until 1994, there was no formal "collection" of these small files; they were shelved individually in loose folders, and interfiled with much larger collections.
Scope and content:
The Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection includes these loose files compiled since 1940. The contents vary widely, and could typically include: a single deed; a small collection of family correspondence; an account book; a military commission; a diary; a handful of shipping receipts. None of these small collections contain much more than a hundred items, or a couple of large volumes. The dates span from the seventeenth century to the present, though the bulk are probably from about 1750 to 1900.
Provenance:
The items comprising this collection are from hundreds, probably thousands, of different accessions. A few general comments can be made. The bulk of these items were probably donated after 1940. Small accessions from before that date tended to be placed in scrapbooks under the heading of Rhode Island Historical Society Manuscripts. However, some of the earlier collections were broken up at a later date and dispersed by name throughout this collection, mostly during the early 1980s. This occurred with many family collections; another example is a collection of Barrington historical papers that were broken up at that time.
Inventory (Arranged Alphabetically):
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
# of folders/ Volumes | Last Name or Title | First Name | Call Number | Dates and further information |
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1 | Radeke | Gustav | MSS 9001-R Double Oversize | Diplomas from Europe, 1868, #11.23.1941. |
1 | Radloff | John F. | MSS 9001-R Loose Volume | |
1 | Railroad freight rates | MSS 9001-R Loose Volume | ||
1 | Rance | John | MSS 9001-R Box 1 | |
1 | Randall | Arthur G. | MSS 9001-R Box 1 | |
1 | Randall | Benjamin | MSS 9001-R Box 1 | |
1 | Randall | Dexter | MSS 9001-R Box 1 | |
1 | Randall | George | MSS 9001-R Box 1 | |
1 | Randall | Gorton B. | MSS 9001-R Box 1 | |
1 | Randall | Harriet S. | MSS 9001-R Box 1 | |
1 | Randall | Job | MSS 9001-R Box 1 | |
1 | Randall | John | MSS 9001-R Box 1 | |
1 | Randall | John Jr. | MSS 9001-R Box 1 | |
1 | Randall | Joseph | MSS 9001-R Box 1 | |
1 | Randall | Joshua | MSS 9001-R Box 1 | |
1 | Randall | Lavinia | MSS 9001-R Box 1 | |
1 | Randall | Sarah Russell | MSS 9001-R Box 1 | |
1 | Randall | Stephen | MSS 9001-R Box 1 | |
1 | Randall | William A. | MSS 9001-R Box 1 | |
1 | Randolph | Edward | MSS 9001-R Box 1 | |
1 | Randolph | Richard R. | MSS 9001-R Box 1 | |
1 | Rapalye | Stephen | MSS 9001-R Box 1 | |
1 | Rathbone | Esther D. | MSS 9001-R Box 1 | |
1 | Rathbone | George S. | MSS 9001-R Box 1 | |
1 | Rathbun | Joshua | MSS 9001-R Box 1 | |
1 | Rawson | Elizabeth, of Providence | MSS 9001-R Oversize | Deed to Daniel Tefft. 1773 |
1 | Rawson | Grindall | MSS 9001-R Box 1 | |
1 | Rawson | Joseph | MSS 9001-R Box 1 | |
1 | Rawson | Stephen | MSS 9001-R Box 1 | |
1 | Ray Family | MSS 9001-R Box 1 | ||
1 | Raynolds | Peter | MSS 9001-R Box 1 | |
1 | Rea | Uriel | MSS 9001-R Loose Volume | |
1 | Read | Augusta | MSS 9001-R Box 1 | |
1 | Read | C.M. (Miss) | MSS 9001-R Box 1 | |
1 | Read | Clarissa D. | MSS 9001-R Box 1 | |
1 | Read | Fred H. | MSS 9001-R Box 1 | |
1 | Read | Hiram S. | MSS 9001-R Box 1 | |
1 | Read | Horace | MSS 9001-R Box 1 | |
1 | Read | Oliver | MSS 9001-R Box 1 | |
1 | Read | Thomas | MSS 9001-R Box 1 | |
1 | Reaves | Pomp | MSS 9001-R Box 1 | |
1 | Rebecca (schooner) | MSS 9001-R Box 1 | ||
1 | Receipt book | MSS 9001-R Loose Volume | ||
4 | Recipes and formulae | MSS 9001-R Box 1 | ||
1 | Record | S.H. | MSS 9001-R Box 1 | |
1 | Records | John | MSS 9001-R Box 1 | |
1 | Reddock | Henry | MSS 9001-R Oversize | Deed. September 20, 1666. On Animal Hide. |
1 | Reddy | Patience | MSS 9001-R Box 1 | |
1 | Redwood | Abraham | MSS 9001-R Box 1 | |
1 | Redwood | William | MSS 9001-R Box 1 | |
1 | Redwood Library | MSS 9001-R Box 1 | ||
1 | Reed | John | MSS 9001-R Box 1 | |
1 | Reed | Nathan A. | MSS 9001-R Box 1 | |
1 | Rehoboth Town | MSS 9001-R Box 1 | ||
1 | Reina | J.P. | MSS 9001-R Box 1 | |
1 | Relf | Catherine | MSS 9001-R Box 1 | |
1 | Relph | Horace | MSS 9001-R Box 1 | |
1 | Relph | Samuel | MSS 9001-R Box 1 | |
1 | Remington | Caleb | MSS 9001-R Box 1 | |
1 | Remington | John | MSS 9001-R Box 1 | |
1 | Remington | Thomas | MSS 9001-R Box 1 | |
1 | Remington | Thomas M. | MSS 9001-R Box 1 | |
1 | Republican delegates | MSS 9001-R Box 1 | ||
1 | Republican League of R.I. | MSS 9001-R Box 1 | ||
1 | Reucker | Otto | MSS 9001-R Box 2 | |
1 | Reynolds | Fred G. | MSS 9001-R Loose Volume | |
1 | Reynolds | Frederick C. | MSS 9001-R Box 2 | |
1 | Reynolds | James | MSS 9001-R Box 2 | |
1 | Reynolds | John | MSS 9001-R Box 2 | |
1 | Reynolds | Joseph | MSS 9001-R Box 2 | |
1 | Reynolds | Stephen | MSS 9001-R Box 2 | |
1 | Reynolds | William H. | MSS 9001-R Loose Volume | |
1 | Rhoades | James | MSS 9001-R Box 2 | |
1 | Rhode Island AFL/CIO | MSS 9001-R Box 2 | ||
1 | Rhode Island and New York Steam Boat Company | MSS 9001-R Box 2 | ||
1 | Rhode Island Anti-Slavery Society | MSS 9001-R Box 2 | ||
1 | Rhode Island Archivists | MSS 9001-R Box 2 | ||
1 | Rhode Island Art Association | MSS 9001-R Loose Volume | ||
1 | Rhode Island Association of Sabbath School Teachers | MSS 9001-R Box 2 | ||
1 | Rhode Island Baptist Ministerial Conference | MSS 9001-R Box 2 | ||
1 | Rhode Island Bar Association | MSS 9001-R Box 2 | ||
1 | Rhode Island Bridge Company | MSS 9001-R Box 2 | ||
1 | Rhode Island Cement Drain Pipe Company | MSS 9001-R Box 2 | ||
1 | Rhode Island Central Bank | MSS 9001-R Box 2 | ||
1 | Rhode Island Choral Asociation | MSS 9001-R Box 2 | ||
1 | Rhode Island Clerical Convocation | MSS 9001-R Loose Volume | ||
1 | Rhode Island Committee for the National Cultural Center | MSS 9001-R Box 2 | ||
1 | Rhode Island Committee, War Memorial | MSS 9001-R Loose Volume | ||
1 | Rhode Island Education Union | MSS 9001-R Box 2 | ||
1 | Rhode Island Home Mission Society | MSS 9001-R Box 3 | ||
1 | Rhode Island Hospital | MSS 9001-R Box 3 | ||
1 | Rhode Island Lacrosse Club | MSS 9001-R Loose Volume | ||
1 | Rhode Island Law School | MSS 9001-R Box 3 | ||
1 | Rhode Island nomenclature | MSS 9001-R Loose Volume | ||
2 | Rhode Island Numismatic Association | MSS 9001-R Box 3 | ||
1 | Rhode Island Protestant Episcopal Sunday School Union | MSS 9001-R Box 3 | ||
1 | Rhode Island Public Service Company | MSS 9001-R Box 3 | ||
1 | Rhode Island Silk Company | MSS 9001-R Box 3 | ||
1 | Rhode Island Society of Natural History | MSS 9001-R Loose Volume | ||
2 | Rhode Island Suffrage Association | MSS 9001-R Box 3 | ||
1 | Rhode Island Union League | MSS 9001-R Loose Volume | ||
1 | Rhode Island Universal Peace Union | MSS 9001-R Loose Volume | ||
1 | Rhode Island Watch and Ward Society | MSS 9001-R Box 3 | ||
1 | Rhode Island Watch and Ward Society | MSS 9001-R Loose Volume | ||
1 | Rhodes | Arnold | MSS 9001-R Box 3 | |
1 | Rhodes | Arthur A. | MSS 9001-R Box 3 | |
1 | Rhodes | Charles | MSS 9001-R Box 3 | |
1 | Rhodes | Christopher | MSS 9001-R Box 3 | |
1 | Rhodes | Elisha H. | MSS 9001-R Box 3 | |
1 | Rhodes | Frank A. | MSS 9001-R Box 3 | |
1 | Rhodes | James | MSS 9001-R Box 4 | |
1 | Rhodes | James F. | MSS 9001-R Box 4 | |
1 | Rhodes | John H. | MSS 9001-R Box 4 | |
2 | Rhodes | Joseph | MSS 9001-R Box 4 | |
1 | Rhodes | Joseph W. | MSS 9001-R Box 4 | |
1 | Rhodes | Laura (Rawson) | MSS 9001-R Box 4 | |
1 | Rhodes | Nahum? | MSS 9001-R Box 4 | |
1 | Rhodes | Nehemiah | MSS 9001-R Box 4 | |
1 | Rhodes | Peleg | MSS 9001-R Box 4 | |
2 | Rhodes | Peleg & Daniel | MSS 9001-R Loose Volume | |
1 | Rhodes | Richard | MSS 9001-R Box 4 | |
1 | Rhodes | Silas | MSS 9001-R Box 4 | |
1 | Rhodes | Silvester | MSS 9001-R Box 4 | |
1 | Rhodes | Sylvester | MSS 9001-R Box 4 | |
1 | Rhodes | Thomas | MSS 9001-R Box 4 | |
1 | Rhodes | Timothy | MSS 9001-R Box 4 | |
3 | Rhodes | William | MSS 9001-R Box 4 | |
1 | Rhodes | William H. | MSS 9001-R Box 4 | |
1 | Rhodes | Zachariah | MSS 9001-R Box 4 | |
1 | Rhodes (bark) | MSS 9001-R Box 4 | ||
1 | Rhodes Family | MSS 9001-R Box 4 | ||
1 | Rice | Benjamin | MSS 9001-R Box 4 | |
1 | Rice | Betsey A. | MSS 9001-R Box 4 | |
1 | Rice | Caleb | MSS 9001-R Box 4 | |
1 | Rice | Elizabeth D. | MSS 9001-R Box 4 | |
1 | Rice | Henry | MSS 9001-R Box 4 | |
1 | Rice | Joel | MSS 9001-R Box 4 | |
1 | Rice | John | MSS 9001-R Box 4 | |
1 | Rice | John T. | MSS 9001-R Box 4 | |
1 | Rice | Joseph H. | MSS 9001-R Box 4 | |
1 | Rice | Phebe | MSS 9001-R Box 4 | |
1 | Rice | Randall | MSS 9001-R Box 4 | |
1 | Rice | Thomas | MSS 9001-R Box 4 | |
1 | Rice | William | MSS 9001-R Box 4 | |
1 | Rich | Ezekial | MSS 9001-R Loose Volume | |
1 | Richards | George | MSS 9001-R Box 4 | |
1 | Richards | I.P. | MSS 9001-R Loose Volume | |
1 | Richards | James H. | MSS 9001-R Box 4 | |
1 | Richards | Stephen P. | MSS 9001-R Double Oversize | A Geographical Chart of the Norther Eastern or New England Sates. 1813. #1989.6.13 |
1 | Richards | William | MSS 9001-R Loose Volume | |
1 | Richards & Simmons | MSS 9001-R Box 4 | ||
1 | Richardson | George H. | MSS 9001-R Loose Volume | |
1 | Richardson | Isaac | MSS 9001-R Box 5 | |
1 | Richardson | John P. | MSS 9001-R Box 5 | |
2 | Richardson | Jonathan | MSS 9001-R Box 5 | |
1 | Richardson | Moses | MSS 9001-R Loose Volume | |
1 | Richardson | Thomas | MSS 9001-R Loose Volume | |
2 | Richardson | William | MSS 9001-R Box 5 | |
1 | Richardson | William | MSS 9001-R Loose Volume | |
1 | Richmond | Abigail (Cushing) | MSS 9001-R Box 5 | |
1 | Richmond | Emma Jeanette | MSS 9001-R Box 5 | |
1 | Richmond | Jean | MSS 9001-R Box 5 | |
1 | Richmond | John | MSS 9001-R Box 5 | |
1 | Richmond | John Rogers | MSS 9001-R Box 5 | |
1 | Richmond | Nathaniel | MSS 9001-R Box 5 | |
1 | Richmond | Peleg | MSS 9001-R Box 5 | |
1 | Richmond | Peleg | MSS 9001-R Oversize | Deed.1733. # 2003.16.2 Fragile |
1 | Richmond | Thomas | MSS 9001-R Box 5 | |
1 | Richmond | William | MSS 9001-R Box 5 | |
1 | Richmond | William B. | MSS 9001-R Loose Volume | |
1 | Richmond | William B. | MSS 9001-R Box 5 | |
1 | Richmond Paper Company | MSS 9001-R Loose Volume | ||
1 | Richter | Victor Frank | MSS 9001-R Box 5 | |
1 | Ricketson | Daniel | MSS 9001-R Box 5 | |
1 | Ripley | J.M.? | MSS 9001-R Box 5 | |
1 | Rising Sun (sloop) | MSS 9001-R Box 5 | ||
1 | Risley | John Edwards | MSS 9001-R Box 5 | |
1 | Rivers | Henry Wheaton | MSS 9001-R Box 5 | |
3 | Rivers | Mary | MSS 9001-R Box 5 | |
1 | RKO Albee Theatre | MSS 9001-R Box 5 | ||
1 | Robards | Mary | MSS 9001-R Box 5 | |
1 | Robbins | Asher | MSS 9001-R Box 5 | |
1 | Robbins | Christopher E. | MSS 9001-R Box 5 | |
1 | Robbins | Horace | MSS 9001-R Box 5 | |
1 | Robbins | Loz | MSS 9001-R Box 5 | |
1 | Robert Cochran (brig) | MSS 9001-R Box 5 | ||
1 | Roberts | Francis | MSS 9001-R Box 5 | |
1 | Roberts | James | MSS 9001-R Box 5 | |
1 | Roberts | Jonathan | MSS 9001-R Box 5 | |
1 | Roberts | Peter | MSS 9001-R Box 5 | |
2 | Roberts | William | MSS 9001-R Box 5 | |
1 | Robertson | Esther B. | MSS 9001-R Box 5 | |
1 | Robertson | Richard Austin | MSS 9001-R Box 5 | |
1 | Robinson | Benjamin | MSS 9001-R Box 6 | |
1 | Robinson | Charles L. | MSS 9001-R Box 6 | |
1 | Robinson | Hannah | MSS 9001-R Box 6 | |
1 | Robinson | James | MSS 9001-R Box 6 | |
1 | Robinson | Josiah | MSS 9001-R Box 6 | |
1 | Robinson | Matthew | MSS 9001-R Box 6 | |
2 | Robinson | Rowland | MSS 9001-R Box 6 | |
1 | Robinson | Rowland | MSS 9001-R Triple Oversize | Rowland Robinson and Marin Gardner Deed to William Rodman. May 29, 1772. |
1 | Robinson | Sylvester | MSS 9001-R Box 6 | |
2 | Robinson | William | MSS 9001-R Box 6 | |
1 | Robinson | William R. | MSS 9001-R Box 6 | |
1 | Robinson & Howland | MSS 9001-R Box 6 | ||
1 | Robinson Papers | MSS 9001-R Box 6 | ||
1 | Rochambeau | Comte de | MSS 9001-R Box 6 | |
1 | Rocky Point Hotel | MSS 9001-R Loose Volume | ||
1 | Rodgers | John | MSS 9001-R Loose Volume | |
1 | Rodman | Daniel | MSS 9001-R Box 6 | |
1 | Rodman | John | MSS 9001-R Box 6 | |
1 | Rodman | Thomas | MSS 9001-R Box 6 | |
1 | Rodman | William | MSS 9001-R Box 6 | |
1 | Roelker | William Greene | MSS 9001-R Box 6 | |
1 | Roffey | Sarah | MSS 9001-R Box 6 | |
1 | Roger Williams (?) Lodge | MSS 9001-R Box 6 | ||
1 | Roger Williams Circle | MSS 9001-R Box 6 | ||
1 | Roger Williams Park | MSS 9001-R Box 6 | ||
1 | Rogers | Horatio | MSS 9001-R Box 6 | |
1 | Rogers | John | MSS 9001-R Box 6 | |
1 | Rogers | Lebbeus | MSS 9001-R Box 6 | |
1 | Rogers | Peleg | MSS 9001-R Box 6 | |
3 | Rogers | William | MSS 9001-R Box 7 | |
1 | Rogerson | Robert | MSS 9001-R Box 7 | |
1 | Roland | Eda May | MSS 9001-R Box 7 | |
1 | Roland | George | MSS 9001-R Box 7 | |
1 | Roosevelt | Franklin Delano | MSS 9001-R Box 7 | |
1 | Root | James P. | MSS 9001-R Box 7 | |
1 | Rose | Ophelia | MSS 9001-R Box 7 | |
1 | Rose | Samuel | MSS 9001-R Box 7 | |
1 | Rose | William Henry Harrison | MSS 9001-R Box 7 | |
1 | Rose & Sherman | MSS 9001-R Loose Volume | ||
1 | Rosen | Marie | MSS 9001-R Box 7 | |
1 | Ross | Isaac | MSS 9001-R Box 7 | |
1 | Ross | Samuel | MSS 9001-R Box 7 | |
1 | Ross & Flagg | MSS 9001-R Box 7 | ||
1 | Ross & Flagg | MSS 9001-R Loose Volume | ||
1 | Rossi | Carolina | MSS 9001-R Box 7 | |
1 | Rothwell | James | MSS 9001-R Box 7 | |
1 | Round | Abraham P. | MSS 9001-R Loose Volume | |
1 | Round | Joshua | MSS 9001-R Box 7 | |
1 | Round | Nathaniel | MSS 9001-R Box 7 | |
1 | Round | William | MSS 9001-R Box 7 | |
1 | Rourke | David A. | MSS 9001-R Box 7 | |
1 | Rourke | David A. | MSS 9001-R Restricted | RESTRICTED UNTIL 2072 |
1 | Rowena (brig) | MSS 9001-R Box 7 | ||
3 | Royal Mills | MSS 9001-R Box 7 | ||
1 | Rumreill | Thomas | MSS 9001-R Box 7 | |
1 | Rural Improvement Association of Warwick Neck | MSS 9001-R Loose Volume | ||
1 | Russell | Amy | MSS 9001-R Box 7 | Her appeal to Smithfield Friend's Monthly Meeting, 1782. Account of her illness and death on 10 Aug 1784. Document mentions her husband Joseph Russell, her sister Ruth Hopkins and her stepfather Stephen Hopkins. |
1 | Russell | Ann P. | MSS 9001-R Box 7 | |
1 | Russell | Henry | MSS 9001-R Box 7 | |
1 | Russell | Jeremiah | MSS 9001-R Box 7 | |
1 | Russell | Jonathan | MSS 9001-R Box 7 | |
1 | Russell | Joseph | MSS 9001-R Box 7 | |
1 | Russell | Thomas W. | MSS 9001-R Box 7 | |
1 | Russell | William | MSS 9001-R Box 7 | |
1 | Russell | William Henry | MSS 9001-R Box 7 | |
1 | Ruttenborg | John | MSS 9001-R Box 7 | |
1 | Ruttenborg family | MSS 9001-R Box 7 | deeds |