1.   Historical note

2.   Scope and content

3.   Provenance

4.   Processing note

5.   Inventory

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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.

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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 - R Box List
# of folders/ Volumes Last Name or Title First Name Call Number Dates and further information
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 

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