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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
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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
| Number of folders/ Volumes | Last Name or Title | First Name | Call Number | Dates and further information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fabre Line | MSS 9001-F Loose Volume | ||
| 1 | Fair American (sloop) | MSS 9001-F Box 1 | ||
| 1 | Fair Oaks Baseball Club | MSS 9001-F Box 1 | ||
| 2 | Fales | Edmund W., Family Papers | MSS 9001-F Box 1 | |
| 1 | Fales | James | MSS 9001-F Box 1 | |
| 1 | Fallon | John F. | MSS 9001-F Box 1 | |
| 1 | Family Welfare Society | MSS 9001-F Box 1 | ||
| 1 | Farnham | Charles H. | MSS 9001-F Box 1 | |
| 1 | Farnham | Charles W. | MSS 9001-F Box 1 | |
| 1 | Farnham | J.E.C. | MSS 9001-F Box 1 | |
| 1 | Farnham | Rufus | MSS 9001-F Box 1 | |
| 5 | Farnum Family Papers | MSS 9001-F Box 1 | ||
| 1 | Farrington | P.M. | MSS 9001-F Box 1 | |
| 1 | Farther Lights Society | MSS 9001-F Box 1 | ||
| 1 | Fearney | Hester | MSS 9001-F Box 2 | |
| 1 | Fearney | John T. | MSS 9001-F Box 2 | |
| 1 | Fearney | Joseph | MSS 9001-F Box 2 | |
| 1 | Federal Adelphi | MSS 9001-F Box 2 | ||
| 1 | Feke | Robert | MSS 9001-F Box 2 | |
| 1 | Female Beneficent Society | MSS 9001-F Loose Volume | ||
| 1 | Female Charitable Society | MSS 9001-F Box 2 | ||
| 1 | Fenner | A. (Albert or Arthur?) | MSS 9001-F Box 2 | Account books, 1828-1833. |
| 1 | Fenner | Arthur | MSS 9001-F Box 2 | (1622-1708).1664 document, undated document, 1743 testimony re: age. |
| 1 | Fenner | Arthur | MSS 9001-F Box 2 | (1699-1788).Shipping book, 1742; other papers 1745-1767. |
| 1 | Fenner | Arthur | MSS 9001-F Box 2 | (1725-1793).Papers, 1757-1794. |
| 1 | Fenner | Arthur | MSS 9001-F Box 2 | (1745-1805), Governor of R.I.Papers, 1789-1795. |
| 1 | Fenner | Arthur | MSS 9001-F Box 2 | (1792-1825).5 items, 1817-1819. |
| 1 | Fenner | Bessie Maude | MSS 9001-F Box 2 | |
| 1 | Fenner | Dinah | MSS 9001-F Box 2 | |
| 1 | Fenner | Edward | MSS 9001-F Box 2 | |
| 1 | Fenner | Henry | MSS 9001-F Box 2A | |
| 1 | Fenner | Henry S. | MSS 9001-F Box 2A | |
| 6 | Fenner | James | MSS 9001-F Box 2A | |
| 1 | Fenner | John | MSS 9001-F Box 2A | |
| 1 | Fenner | Joseph | MSS 9001-F Box 2A | |
| 2 | Fenner | Pardon | MSS 9001-F Box 2A | |
| 2 | Fenner | Phebe | MSS 9001-F Box 2A | |
| 5 | Fenner | Richard | MSS 9001-F Box 2A | |
| 1 | Fenner | Samuel | MSS 9001-F Box 3 | |
| 2 | Fenner | Thomas | MSS 9001-F Box 3 | |
| 2 | Fenner | William | MSS 9001-F Box 3 | |
| 1 | Fenton | Sarah | MSS 9001-F Box 3 | |
| 1 | Fessenden | G.M. | MSS 9001-F Box 3 | |
| 1 | Fidelity Grange No.20 | MSS 9001-F Box 3 | ||
| 1 | Fidler | Marguerite | MSS 9001-F Box 3 | |
| 1 | Field | Daniel | MSS 9001-F Box 3 | |
| 2 | Field | John | MSS 9001-F Box 3 | |
| 1 | Field | Joseph | MSS 9001-F Box 3 | |
| 1 | Field | Lizzie | MSS 9001-F Box 3 | |
| 1 | Field | Richard | MSS 9001-F Box 3 | |
| 1 | Field | Richard M. | MSS 9001-F Box 3 | |
| 1 | Field | Simeon | MSS 9001-F Box 3 | |
| 1 | Field | William | MSS 9001-F Box 3 | |
| 1 | Field | Zachariah | MSS 9001-F Box 3 | |
| 1 | Fifth Ward Republican Club | MSS 9001-F Box 3 | ||
| 1 | Finch | Joseph | MSS 9001-F Box 3 | |
| 1 | Finney | John | MSS 9001-F Box 3 | |
| 1 | First Free Will Baptist Church of Smithfield | MSS 9001-F Box 3 | ||
| 1 | First Rhode Island U.S. Volunteer Infantry Veteran Association | MSS 9001-F Box 3 | ||
| 1 | First Unitarian Church | MSS 9001-F Box 4 | ||
| 1 | First United Presbyterian Church in Providence | MSS 9001-F Box 4 | ||
| 1 | Firth | Lily | MSS 9001-F Box 3 | |
| 1 | Fish | Jeremiah Jr. | MSS 9001-F Box 4 | |
| 1 | Fisher | Paul A. | MSS 9001-F Box 4 | |
| 1 | Fisher | Robert E. | MSS 9001-F Box 4 | |
| 1 | Fisher | Samuel | MSS 9001-F Box 4 | |
| 1 | Fisher | Susan C. | MSS 9001-F Box 4 | |
| 1 | Fisher | Susan Gates | MSS 9001-F Box 4 | |
| 1 | Fisher | William | MSS 9001-F Box 4 | |
| 1 | Fishing Ranges in Narragansett Bay | MSS 9001-F Box 4 | ||
| 1 | Fisk | Joseph Jr. | MSS 9001-F Box 4 | |
| 1 | Fisk | Phillip M. | MSS 9001-F Box 4 | |
| 1 | Fisk | Sheldon | MSS 9001-F Box 4 | |
| 1 | Fisk | William N. | MSS 9001-F Box 4 | |
| 1 | Fiske | Caleb | MSS 9001-F Box 4 | |
| 1 | Fiske | Daniel | MSS 9001-F Box 4 | |
| 1 | Fiske | Eliza A. | MSS 9001-F Box 4 | |
| 1 | Fiske | William | MSS 9001-F Box 4 | |
| 2 | Fiskeville Clothing Co. | MSS 9001-F Loose Volumes | ||
| 1 | Fitch | Edward G. | MSS 9001-F Box 4 | |
| 1 | Fitch | Jedediah | MSS 9001-F Loose Volume | |
| 1 | Fitch | Minerva | MSS 9001-F Box 4 | |
| 1 | Fitts | Helen L. | MSS 9001-F Box 4 | |
| 1 | Fitzgerald | Desmond | MSS 9001-F Box 4 | |
| 1 | Flagg | Elizabeth | MSS 9001-F Box 4 | |
| 1 | Flagg | Henry | MSS 9001-F Box 4 | |
| 1 | Flagg | Mary Magdalen | MSS 9001-F Box 4 | |
| 1 | Flags of Truce | MSS 9001-F Box 4 | 1759 | |
| 1 | Fleming | Arthur and Jean | MSS 9001-F Box 4 | |
| 1 | Fletcher | John Walter | MSS 9001-F Box 4 | |
| 1 | Flint | Henry Sanborn | MSS 9001-F Box 4 | |
| 1 | Flowers | Robert | MSS 9001-F Box 4 | |
| 1 | Fogg | Ezra D. | MSS 9001-F Box 4 | |
| 1 | Folsom | Nathaniel | MSS 9001-F Box 4 | |
| 1 | Fontaine | Philip F. | MSS 9001-F Box 4 | |
| 1 | Foote | Joseph | MSS 9001-F Box 4 | |
| 1 | Forand | Gertrude | MSS 9001-F Box 4 | |
| 1 | Ford | Joseph | MSS 9001-F Box 4 | |
| 1 | Forrest | Ruth | MSS 9001-F Box 4 | |
| 1 | Fortnightly Club | MSS 9001-F Box 5 | ||
| 1 | Fosdick | James W. | MSS 9001-F Box 5 | |
| 1 | Foster | ___? | MSS 9001-F Box 5 | |
| 1 | Foster | Charles K. | MSS 9001-F Box 5 | |
| 1 | Foster | Ebenezer | MSS 9001-F Box 5 | |
| 1 | Foster | John | MSS 9001-F Box 5 | |
| 1 | Foster | Julia Greene | MSS 9001-F Box 5 | |
| 1 | Foster | Peregrine P. | MSS 9001-F Box 5 | |
| 1 | Foster | Theodore A. | MSS 9001-F Box 5 | |
| 1 | Foster and Waterman | MSS 9001-F Loose Volume | ||
| 1 | Foster Manton Library Society | MSS 9001-F Box 5 | ||
| 1 | Fourth Evangelical | MSS 9001-F Loose Volume | ||
| 1 | Fourth Evangelical Congregational Sabbath School | MSS 9001-F Loose Volume | ||
| 2 | Fourth Rhode Island Veteran Association | MSS 9001-F Loose Volumes | ||
| 1 | Fourth Ward Company of Volunteers | MSS 9001-F Box 5 | ||
| 1 | Fourth Ward Drill Corps | MSS 9001-F Oversized | ||
| 1 | Fourth Ward Republican Club | MSS 9001-F Box 5 | ||
| 1 | Fowler | Dr. Isaac | MSS 9001-F Loose Volume | |
| 1 | Fowler | George | MSS 9001-F Box 5 | |
| 1 | Fowler | Henry T. | MSS 9001-F Box 5 | |
| 1 | Fox Point Foundry | MSS 9001-F Box 5 | ||
| 1 | Franklin | George | MSS 9001-F Box 5 | |
| 1 | Franklin | Stephen | MSS 9001-F Box 5 | |
| 1 | Franklin | Stephen Jr. | MSS 9001-F Box 5 | |
| 1 | Franklin Cotton Mill | MSS 9001-F Box 5 | ||
| 1 | Franklin Foundry | MSS 9001-F Loose Volume | ||
| 1 | Fraternal Society | MSS 9001-F Loose Volume | ||
| 1 | Free Evangelical Congregational Society | MSS 9001-F Loose Volume | ||
| 1 | Freeborn | Elizabeth | MSS 9001-F Box 5 | |
| 1 | Freeborn | Gideon | MSS 9001-F Box 5 | |
| 1 | Freeborn | Gideon Jr. | MSS 9001-F Box 5 | |
| 1 | Freeborn | Noel | MSS 9001-F Box 5 | |
| 1 | Freeborn | William Wood | MSS 9001-F Box 5 | |
| 1 | Freeman | Edward L. family | MSS 9001-F Box 5 | |
| 1 | Freeman | Nathan | MSS 9001-F Box 5 | |
| 1 | French Memorial | MSS 9001-F Box 6 | ||
| 5 | French Worsted Company | MSS 9001-F Box 6 | ||
| 1 | Frey | Ada M. (Briggs) | MSS 9001-F Box 6 | |
| 1 | Frost | G.F. | MSS 9001-F Box 6 | |
| 1 | Frothingham | John | MSS 9001-F Box 6 | |
| 1 | Fry | Benjamin | MSS 9001-F Box 6 | |
| 1 | Fry | J.H. | MSS 9001-F Box 6 | |
| 1 | Fry | Joseph | MSS 9001-F Box 6 | |
| 1 | Fry | Pheobe A. | MSS 9001-F Box 6 | |
| 1 | Fry | Thomas Jr. | MSS 9001-F Box 6 | |
| 1 | Fuller | Henry A. | MSS 9001-F Box 6 | |
| 1 | Fuller | Jonathan | MSS 9001-F Box 6 | |
| 1 | Fuller | Marcelia B. | MSS 9001-F Box 6 | |
| 1 | Fuller | Pliny B. | MSS 9001-F Box 6 | |
| 1 | Fuller | Sylvester | MSS 9001-F Box 6 | |
| 1 | Fuller | William | MSS 9001-F Box 6 | |
| 1 | Fulton | Frank Taylor | MSS 9001-F Box 6 | |
| 1 | Furnace Dam | MSS 9001-F Box 6 |