1.   Historical note

2.   Scope and content

3.   Provenance

4.   Processing note

5.   Inventory

6.   Subjects


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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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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

MSS 9001 - K Box List
# of folders/ Volumes Last Name or Title First Name Call Number Dates and further information
1 Kansas Relief   MSS 9001-K Box 1  
1 Kay Nathaniel MSS 9001-K Box 1  
1 Keat,  Lewis MSS 9001-K Loose Volume  
1 Keen John MSS 9001-K Box 1  
1 Keith Adelbert F. MSS 9001-K Box 1  
2 Keith Christoper MSS 9001-K Loose Volume  
1 Keith Stephen MSS 9001-K Box 1  
1 Keller Daniel MSS 9001-K Box 1  
1 Kelley John MSS 9001-K Box 1  
1 Kelley Josesph MSS 9001-K Box 1  
1 Kelley Wilbur MSS 9001-K Box 1  
1 Kelly Joseph MSS 9001-K Box 1  
1 Kelly  Robert MSS 9001-K Box 1  
1 Kelpie (Ship Log)   MSS 9001-K Box 1  
1 Kenaston Lizzie MSS 9001-K Box 1  
1 Kendall Oliver MSS 9001-K Box 1  
1 Kendrick Horace MSS 9001-K Box 1  
1 Kendrick Capt. J.H. MSS 9001-K Box 1  
1 Kendrick William P. MSS 9001-K Box 1  
1 Kennedy Hugh MSS 9001-K Box 1  
1 Kennon  F.M. MSS 9001-K Box 1  
1 Kent Ira A. MSS 9001-K Box 1  
1 Kent John & Mary MSS 9001-K Box 1  
1 Kent John MSS 9001-K Oversize Petition Re: Estate by Joseph Stone; July 1, 1780
1 Kent Joshua MSS 9001-K Box 1  
1 Kent Mary MSS 9001-K Box 1
1 Kent County  Men's Anti-Slavery Society   MSS 9001-K Box 1  
1 Kent County Female Anti-Slavery Society   MSS 9001-K Box 1  
1 Kenyon  George C. MSS 9001-K Box 1  
1 Kenyon  Job MSS 9001-K Box 1  
1 Kenyon  John MSS 9001-K Box 1  
1 Kenyon  Thomas C. MSS 9001-K Loose Volume  
1 Kenyon  Whitman R. MSS 9001-K Box 1  
1 Kenyon  William G. MSS 9001-K Box 1  
1 Kenyon  W. MSS 9001-K Box 1  
1 Kettelle family    MSS 9001-K Oversize Marriage Certificate of Louis Kettelle and Ella Kettelle, 1903 and Brown University Diploma of Violet E. Kettelle, 1927
6 Kettelle family    MSS 9001-K Box 1  
1 Keystone Club   MSS 9001-K Box 1  
1 Killey Joseph MSS 9001-K Box 1  
1 Kilton John MSS 9001-K Box 1  
1 Kilton Joseph MSS 9001-K Box 1  
1 Kilton Thomas MSS 9001-K Box 1  
1 Kimball Amos MSS 9001-K Box 1  
2 Kimball Benjamin  MSS 9001-K Box 1  
1 Kimball Dean MSS 9001-K Box 1  
1 Kimball Gertrude Selwyn MSS 9001-K Box 2  
1 King Abbey MSS 9001-K Box 2  
1 King Abigail MSS 9001-K Box 2  
1 King Absalom P. MSS 9001-K Box 2  
1 King Ann Eliza MSS 9001-K Box 2  
1 King Betsey MSS 9001-K Box 2  
1 King Caleb MSS 9001-K Box 2  
1 King Dan MSS 9001-K Box 2  
1 King Daniel MSS 9001-K Box 2  
1 King Elijah MSS 9001-K Box 2  
1 King Elizabeth L. MSS 9001-K Box 2  
1 King Eugene MSS 9001-K Box 2  
1 King Henry MSS 9001-K Box 2  
1 King Jeremiah MSS 9001-K Box 2  
1 King John (Glocester) MSS 9001-K Box 2  
1 King John (Johnston) MSS 9001-K Box 2  
1 King John (Warren) MSS 9001-K Box 2  
1 King John (Providence) MSS 9001-K Box 2  
1 King John (Deacon) MSS 9001-K Box 2  
1 King John C. MSS 9001-K Box 2  
1 King Joseph O. MSS 9001-K Box 2  
1 King Josiah MSS 9001-K Box 2  
1 King Mary A. MSS 9001-K Box 2  
1 King Mary B. MSS 9001-K Box 2  
1 King Olney MSS 9001-K Box 2  
1 King Samuel Ward MSS 9001-K Box 2  
1 King William (East Greenwich) MSS 9001-K Box 2  
1 King William (Westerly) MSS 9001-K Box 2  
1 King William A. MSS 9001-K Loose Volume  
1 King Gold Mining Co.   MSS 9001-K Box 2  
1 Kingman Abner MSS 9001-K Box 3  
1 Kingman Edward (Capt.) MSS 9001-K Box 3  
1 Kings Daughters   MSS 9001-K Box 3  
1 Kingsford Carrie MSS 9001-K Box 3  
1 Kingsley Jedediah MSS 9001-K Box 3  
1 Kingsley Jonathan MSS 9001-K Box 3  
1 Kingston Total Abstinence Society   MSS 9001-K Box 3  
1 Kinnicut George MSS 9001-K Box 3  
1 Kinnicut Hezekiah MSS 9001-K Box 3  
1 Kinnicut Josiah MSS 9001-K Box 3  
1 Kinnicut Thomas MSS 9001-K Box 3  
1 Kinnicut family births   MSS 9001-K Box 3  
1 Kinsley Benjamin MSS 9001-K Box 3  
1 Kinsley  Rufus B. MSS 9001-K Box 3  
1 Kinyon Benedict MSS 9001-K Box 3  
1 Kinyon Caleb B. MSS 9001-K Box 3  
1 Kinyon Daniel MSS 9001-K Box 3  
2 Kinyon John S.  MSS 9001-K Box 3  
1 Kinyon Martha Lydia MSS 9001-K Box 3  
1 Kinyon Peleg MSS 9001-K Box 3  
1 Kittle Othnial MSS 9001-K Box 3  
1 Knapp Harry S. MSS 9001-K Box 3  
1 Knight Ebenezer MSS 9001-K Box 3  
1 Knight Frances MSS 9001-K Box 3  
1 Knight George MSS 9001-K Box 3  
1 Knight Henry Cogswell MSS 9001-K Box 3  
1 Knight Joseph MSS 9001-K Box 3  
1 Knight Laten MSS 9001-K Box 3  
1 Knight Margaret C. MSS 9001-K Box 3  
1 Knight Nehemiah Rice  MSS 9001-K Loose Volume  
1 Knight Nehemiah Rice  MSS 9001-K Box 3  
1 Knight Ray G.  MSS 9001-K Loose Volume  
1 Knight Richard MSS 9001-K Box 3  
1 Knight Richard Jr. MSS 9001-K Box 3  
2 Knight Robert  MSS 9001-K Box 3  
1 Knight Robert  MSS 9001-K Box 3 son of Robert and Marcy Knight
1 Knight Robert (Scituate) MSS 9001-K Box 3  
1 Knight Walter Brayton MSS 9001-K Loose Volume  
1 Knight of the Chisel   MSS 9001-K Box 3  
1 Knight-B.B. & R Knight Inc.   MSS 9001-K Box 3  
1 Knightsville Loan Corporation   MSS 9001-K Box 3  
1 Know Nothing Party    MSS 9001-K Loose Volume account book
1 Knowles Daniel MSS 9001-K Box 3  
1 Knowles George A.B. MSS 9001-K Box 3  
1 Knowles John Warner MSS 9001-K Box 3  
1 Knowles Jonathan MSS 9001-K Box 3  
1 Knowles Jonathan  MSS 9001-K Double Oversize  
1 Knowles Robert MSS 9001-K Box 3  
1 Knowles Samuel MSS 9001-K Box 3  
1 Knowlton Josephine MSS 9001-K Box 3  
1 Knowlton Lydia MSS 9001-K Box 3  
1 Knowlton Marion MSS 9001-K Box 3  
1 Koch Alvin A. MSS 9001-K Box 3  
1 Koopman Harry L. MSS 9001-K Box 3  
1 Ku Klux Klan   MSS 9001-K Box 3  
1 Kullberg  Alice H. MSS 9001-K Loose Volume  
1 Kwiatkowski  T. MSS 9001-K Box 3  

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