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 - O Box List
# of folders/ Volumes Last Name or Title First Name Call Number Dates and further information
2 Oak Swamp Church   MSS 9001-O Box 1  
1 Oakland Beach Association   MSS 9001-O Loose Volume  
1 Oath of Allegiance   MSS 9001-O Box 1  
1 Oaths of Enlistment   MSS 9001-O Oversize 33 Oaths on 32 Sheets of paper. January - June 1776.
1 Oatley Ray S. MSS 9001-O Box 1  
1 O'Brien Family   MSS 9001-O Box 1  
1 O'Connor Patrick MSS 9001-O Box 1  
1 O'Donnell Ellie MSS 9001-O Box 1  
1 Officer's Club   MSS 9001-O Box 1  
1 Ogden Uzal MSS 9001-O Oversize Documents Relating to His Ordination in the Church of England and an LLD from Princeton, 1798. 1945.13.20. 1- 5
1 O'Hara James MSS 9001-O Box 1  
1 Ohlman Johann Casper MSS 9001-O Box 1  
1 Old Baptist Meeting House   MSS 9001-O Box 1  
1 Old Slater Mill Association    MSS 9001-O Oversize Deeds etc. 1856 - 1918
1 Old Slater Mill Association    MSS 9001-O Box 1  
1 Old Warwick Baptist Church   MSS 9001-O Box 1  
2 Old Warwick Baptist Meeting House    MSS 9001-O Box 1  
1 Oldridge Althea MSS 9001-O Box 1  
1 Olney Charles C.P. MSS 9001-O Box 1  
1 Olney Christopher MSS 9001-O Box 1  
1 Olney Christopher C. MSS 9001-O Box 1  
1 Olney Clarissa MSS 9001-O Box 1  
1 Olney Coggeshall MSS 9001-O Box 1  
3 Olney Elisha  MSS 9001-O Box 1  
1 Olney George MSS 9001-O Box 2  
1 Olney George MSS 9001-O Loose Volume  
1 Olney Granville S.W. MSS 9001-O Box 2  
1 Olney James MSS 9001-O Box 2  
1 Olney James N. MSS 9001-O Box 2  
2 Olney Job  MSS 9001-O Box 2  
1 Olney Jonathan MSS 9001-O Box 2  
1 Olney Jonathan MSS 9001-O Box 2 Father of Christopher
2 Olney Joseph  MSS 9001-O Box 2  
1 Olney Joseph (deed) MSS 9001-O Box 2  
1 Olney Joseph (estate) MSS 9001-O Box 2  
1 Olney Mina MSS 9001-O Box 2  
1 Olney Nathaniel Greene MSS 9001-O Box 2  
1 Olney Obidiah MSS 9001-O Box 2  
1 Olney Rachel MSS 9001-O Box 2  
1 Olney Richard MSS 9001-O Box 2  
1 Olney Sarah Smith MSS 9001-O Oversize Sarah Olney (Smith), sister fo Thomas Olney. Deed to Thomas Olney Jr. 1741. 1941.22.1-
1 Olney Stephen MSS 9001-O Loose Volume Extremly Fragile
3 Olney Stephen  MSS 9001-O Box 2  
1 Olney Thomas MSS 9001-O Box 2  
1 Olney William MSS 9001-O Box 2  
1 Olney Ziba MSS 9001-O Box 2  
1 Olney Family Papers   MSS 9001-O Box 2  
1 Olney Papers (Misc.)   MSS 9001-O Box 2  
1 Olyphant David MSS 9001-O Box 2  
1 Ormsbee George W. MSS 9001-O Box 2  
1 Ormsbee John MSS 9001-O Box 2  
1 Ormsbury John H. MSS 9001-O Box 2  
1 Osborne John MSS 9001-O Box 2  
1 Otis H.G MSS 9001-O Box 2  
1 Owen Ada MSS 9001-O Box 2  
1 Owen Esek MSS 9001-O Box 2  
1 Owen Frank P. MSS 9001-O Box 2  
1 Owen George & Smith MSS 9001-O Box 2  
1 Owen Joseph MSS 9001-O Box 2  
1 Owen Josiah MSS 9001-O Box 2  
1 Owen Lydia Dexter MSS 9001-O Box 2  
1 Owen Solomon MSS 9001-O Box 2  
1 Owen William  MSS 9001-O Box 2  
1 Owen William  MSS 9001-O Oversize William Owen, son of Lydia (Dexter) Owen, Nephew of Waite (Dexter) Butler. Legal Documents. 1836 - 1869

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