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Florence Simister Research Notes on the Sprague Family Historian, R.I. Research notes, ca. 1950 Size: 0.25 linear feet Catalog number: MSS 736 Processed by: Rick Stattler, August 1997 ©Rhode Island Historical Society Manuscripts Division |
Scope and content:
Florence (Parker) Simister (1913-1981) was a Rhode Island historian best known for "Streets of the City", a long-running series of radio broadcasts on local historical topics. The research notes in this collection were compiled by Simister as background for a book on William Sprague which was never completed.
Inventory:
Folder 2. Ambrose Burnside
Folder 3. Salmon Chase
Folder 4. Roscoe Conkling
Folder 5. Canonchet
Folder 6. Genealogy
Folder 7. Military
Folder 8. Miscellaneous
Folder 9. 1869 Senate speeches
Folder 10. A & W Sprague
Folder 11. Amasa Sprague I
Folder 12. Amasa II and Byron Sprague
Folder 13. Catherine J. Chase Sprague
Folder 14. Sprague-Chase marriage
Folder 15. William Sprague IV
Folder 16. William Sprague Jr.
Folder 17. Textile industry (history, management, methods)
Subjects:
Sprague family
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