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Richard Brown Baker Family Papers Writer and art collector, of Providence, RI and New York, NY Family papers, 1866-2002. Bulk 1900-1990. Size: 8 ft. Catalog number: MSS 1117 Processed by: Karen Eberhart, June 2003 ©Rhode Island Historical Society Manuscripts Division |
Historical note:
Richard Brown Baker was born in Providence, RI on November 5, 1912 to Harvey Almy Baker and Marion North Brown. His grandfather was Henry Martin Brown, President of the Industrial Trust Co. of Rhode Island (later Fleet National Bank). His older sister was Marion Martin (1909-1962) who married Evert Freeman (1898-1955) in 1940. Their younger sister Anne Harvey died at the age of 6 months (Nov 7, 1923 - May 16, 1924).
Richard attended the Moses Brown School in Providence, RI before attending Yale University from which he graduated in 1935. He was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship and studied during 1935-1938 at the Honour School of Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Oxford University receiving a BA and an MA. After completing his studies Richard's first job in 1939 was as a reporter and editorial assistant for the Providence Journal. His journalism career was short however because he was offered the opportunity to be the private secretary for Ambassador Alexander Weddell and his wife Virginia Weddell in Madrid, Spain. Richard left for Madrid in January 1940 and spent the next 10 months assisting the Ambassador with all his entertainment and diplomatic duties. When he returned to the U.S. he hoped to work in the diplomatic corps but finally landed at the Library of Congress in 1941 as a Social Science Analyst. From there he moved to the Office of Strategic Services and worked in Washington, London and Paris as a Research Analyst. He experienced the bombing of London during 1944 and the liberation of Paris in 1945. His last employer was the Central Intelligence Agency as a Foreign Affairs Officer. He quit in 1948 in order to focus on creating a career as a writer.
Richard's writing career moved along at a very slow pace but he did publish two works through Exposition Press in 1952. He published one book of poetry entitled Stairways to Another Stage. His other book was based on the diary he kept while in London during 1944 and was called The Year of the Buzz Bomb. The books did not become huge successes and Richard decided to follow another passion, modern art. He moved to New York City in 1952 and began painting. He studied for a brief period with Morris Kantor and Hans Hoffman but turned his energy toward collecting art rather than creating it. He became a prodigious collector owning over 1,600 works of art before he died. He focused on the artists that were new and on the edge deciding in the 1950s to focus on young and unestablished artists. Richard Baker was one of the first to buy works by artists such as Jackson Pollock and Roy Lichtenstein. The collection he gathered was not meant to be for his sole enjoyment, he lent paintings and other works regularly to museums all over the country for special exhibitions. His other great passion was travel which he enjoyed throughout his life. Records of his extensive travels in Europe, Asia and the Soviet Union exists in his diaries and the letters he wrote to his family.
Richard Baker died on January 22, 2002 in Shelburne, VT. He bequeathed the majority of his art collection along with his original diaries to Yale University and the remainder to the Rhode Island School of Design.
Bibliography:
Obituary "Richard B. Baker, 89; philanthropist, famed collector of contemporary art" Providence Journal, January 24, 2002, C-6.
Smith, Roberta. "Richard Brown Baker, Collector and Donor of Contemporary Art, Dies at 89," New York Times, January 27, 2002, p.31.
Brown/Baker Family Genealogy:
Henry Martin Brown (1850-1926) married Annie Weed North (1851-1945)
their children:
Marion North (1881-1973) married Harvey Almy Baker (1881-1951)
Helen married Erling C. Ostby
Benjamin Baker (1854-1921) married Lucy Anna Sisson (1850-1934)
their children:
Harvey Almy (1881-1951) married Marion North
Benjamin Charles (1884-1955) married Louisa Higginson (1891- ) no children
William C.
Harvey Almy Baker (1881-1951) married Marion North Brown (1881-1973)
their children:
Marion Martin (1909-1962) married Evert Freeman (1898-1955) no children
Richard Brown (1912-2002) never married
Anne Harvey (1923-1924)
Scope and content:
This collection has been organized into 5 series.
Series 1: RBB Diaries
Series 2: RBB Correspondence received
Subseries 1: family
Subseries 2: friends and associates (some of the folders also include letters sent by RBB)
Series 3: RBB Writings
Series 4: RBB Subject Files
Series 5: Family Materials
Subseries 1: Individuals
Subseries 2: Subject files
Series 1: RBB Diaries contains copies of the diaries kept by Richard Brown Baker 1926- 1998. The original diaries were donated to Yale University. The only original diary at the RIHS is the one he kept in 1926. The copies were used to edit the diaries for possible publication. As a result there are frequent editorial corrections and the copies are not a complete set. The folder titled Lorenzo's notes are comments made by one of the people helping Richard edit the diaries and are useful as a quick index to events for the 1960-1971 period.
The diaries are a very insightful record of personal and world events. Richard travels extensively and his descriptions of the sights and sounds of new places are worth the trip. He also comments often on the political situation of the countries he visits. Of note are his comments on the situation in Germany during the summer of 1934 and his opinions on the possibility of war in Spain during the spring of 1936. The diaries also include information about his frequent trips back to Rhode Island to visit his family and also to participate in the local art scene focusing around his work for the Rhode Island School of Design
Series 2: RBB Correspondence received consists of all the letters that Richard received from his family, friends and associates. The folders of correspondence from friends and associates also often includes copies of letters written by RBB in reply. Some of the correspondence is written in languages other than English and that has been noted in parentheses next to the name of the correspondent. Of note is the correspondence from Gerd Sommerhof, a German national who was living in England at the beginning of World War II. He, along with many foreign nationals in England, was rounded up by the British government and sent to Canada where he spent at least two years in an internment camp.
Series 3: RBB Writings has been divided into two sections - one for papers he wrote while a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University and the other section for his other literary works. This series includes clippings of short stories RBB wrote as a child and had published in the Providence Journal. It also contains the writing exercises he created during the spring of 1948 when he had first committed to writing as a profession. Drafts of his two published works are also represented in this series.
Series 4: RBB Subject Files contains materials and some correspondence he collected while studying in Geneva Switzerland in 1932, Yale University, Oxford University and working at the U.S. Embassy in Madrid, Spain. This series also contains information about some of the many trips he took throughout his life.
Series 5: Family Materials focuses on the correspondence and documents which were received and belonged to members of Richard Baker's family. The majority of correspondence in this series was written by RBB to his mother Marion (Brown) Baker. He writes to her frequently and the correspondence complements and fills in gaps left by Richard's diaries.
Of note is an item Richard included in a letter to his mother from Germany in June, 1934. Richard describes the item as a "Postbill attacking the Jews, which, with hundreds like it, appeared in Köthen, Anhalt, at the end of June, 1934, and was posted thickly in the most frequented streets of the town." The postbill reads: "Vorsicht! Trau' keinem Fuchs auf grüner Heid' Trau keinem Jud' bei seinem Eid!" Richard also included a clipping from the newspaper Stadt Köthen regarding the postbills dated June 29, 1934.
Provenance:
This collection was bequeathed to the RIHS by Richard Brown Baker. The original diaries and other materials were bequeathed to the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University, New Haven, CT. The obituary for Richard Baker published on January 27, 2002 in the New York Times mentioned that copies of the diaries were coming to the RIHS.
Processing note:
Genealogical manuscripts regarding the lineage of the Harvey Almy Baker and Marion North Brown families was transferred to the RIHS Printed Collection.
Inventory:
Series 1: Richard Brown Baker Diaries
B.1, F.1 1926
B.1, F.2 1929
B.1, F.3 1930
B.1, F.4 1931
B.1, F.5 1932-1933
B.1, F.6 1934
B.1, F.7 1935
B.1, F.8 1936
See also Series 3 Writings: The Diary of a Brief Journey Through the British Isles in
September of 1936
B.1, F.9 1937
B.1, F.10 1938
B.1, F.11 1939
B.1, F.12 1939 Memorandum Book
B.1, F.13 1940
See also Series 3 Writings: United States Embassy in Spain during 1940: excerpts from
Richard Brown Baker's Diary
B.1, F.14 1941-1942
B.1, F.15 1943
B.1, F.16 1944
See also Series 3 Writings: Journal of London in the Buzz Bomb Year: Spring to
Christmas 1944
B.1, F.17 1945
B.1, F.18 1946
B.1, F.19 1947, Jan - Aug 30
B.1, F.20 1947, Aug 31 - Dec
B.1, F.21 1948-1949
B.1, F.22 1950, Jan - May
B.1, F.23 1950, June - July, Dec
B.2, F.1 1951
B.2, F.2 1952
B.2, F.3 1953, Jan - July
B.2, F.4 1953, Aug - Dec
B.2, F.5 1954, Jan - June
See also Series 3 Writings: A Novice Collector and the New Art of
the 1950s: selected from the journals and other writings of Richard Brown Baker covering the years 1954-1959
B.2, F.6 1954, July - Dec
B.2, F.7 1955
B.2, F.8 1956, Jan - May
B.2, F.9 1956, June - Dec
B.2, F.10 1957
B.2, F.11 1958, Jan - June
B.2, F.12 1958, July - Dec
B.2, F.13 1959, March - July
B.2, F.14 1959, Aug - Dec
B.2, F.15 1960
B.2, F.16 1961
B.2, F.17 1962
B.2, F.18 1963
B.2, F.19 1964
B.2, F.20 1966
B.2, F.21 1972, July 30 - Oct 12
1973, Oct 21
1975, Nov 6
B.2, F.22 1973
B.2, F.23 1975, June - Sep 12
B.3, F.1 1975, Sep 13 - Oct
B.3, F.2 1976
B.3, F.3 1977
B.3, F.4 1979
B.3, F.5 1980
B.3, F.6 1981
B.3, F.7 1983, July - Nov
B.3, F.8 1985
B.3, F.9 1988, Jan - Mar
B.3, F.10 1989
B.3, F.10a 1992
B.3, F.11 1997
B.3, F.12 1998
B.3, F.13 Lorenzo's Notes on diaries for years 1960-1971
Series 2: Richard Brown Baker, Correspondence Received
Subseries 1: Family
B.3, F.14 Baker, Benjamin Charles (uncle) 1938-1955
B.3, F.15 Baker, Harvey Almy (father) 1932-1951, n.d.
B.3, F.16 Baker, Henry Martin (grandfather) 1924
B.3, F.17 Baker, Lou Higginson (aunt) 1939-1965, n.d.
B.3, F.18 Baker, Lucy Anna (Sisson) (grandmother) 1918-1919
B.3, F.19 Baker, Marion (Brown) (mother) 1925-1946
B.3, F.20 Baker, Marion (Brown) 1947-1955
B.3, F.21 Baker, Marion (Brown) 1956-1973
B.3, F.22 Baker, Marion (Brown) undated
B.3, F.23 Freeman, Marion (Baker) (sister) 1940-1962, n.d.
B.3, F.24 LeValley, Mabel S. (cousin) 1917-1919
B.3, F.25 Ostby, Helen and Erling (aunt and uncle) 1940-1972, n.d.
B.3, F.26 Sullivan, Elizabeth (Baker) (cousin) 1951
Series 2: Richard Brown Baker, Correspondence Received
Subseries 2: Friends and associates
B.3, F.27 A miscellaneous 1928-1983, n.d.
B.3, F.28 Andrade, Jaime and family (Spanish) 1965-1995, n.d.
B.3, F.29 Andrade, James 1991-1993
B.3, F.30 Atkins, Stuart 1932-1995
B.3, F.31 B miscellaneous 1936-1995
B.3, F.32 Baum, Warren 1946-1948
B.3, F.33 Beaufort, Duchess of (Caroline Somerset) 1983-1995, n.d.
B.3, F.34 Bellamy, Richard 1956-1999
B.3, F.35 Bielski, Louis 1944
B.3, F.36 Block, William 1939-1952
B.3, F.37 Böker, Alexander 1938-1997
B.3, F.38 Boone, Harold 1947-1954
B.3, F.39 Booth-Cliborn, Charles 1988-1995
B.3, F.40 Brett, Dorothy 1939-1940
B.3, F.41 Brown, Sevellon (Providence Journal) 1938-1941
B.3, F.42 Brownell, Lincoln and Mary "Jerry" (Gaskill) 1934-1947
B.3, F.43 Brownell, Lincoln and Mary "Jerry" 1948-1966
B.3, F.44 Brownell, Lincoln and family 1967-1996
see also: Travel to Far East - correspondence1973-1974
B.3, F.45 Buckley, Harry W. 1932-1939
B.3, F.46 Byard, Margaret Mather 1995-1997, n.d.
B.3, F.47 C miscellaneous 1928-1993
B.3, F.48 Cecil, Oswald N.A. (Sir Nigel) 1950-1994
B.4, F.1 Century Association 1986-1994
B.4, F.2 Colville, Charles 1938, 1942
B.4, F.3 Cortesi, Mary (Williams) 1956-1990
B.4, F.4 Cox, John 1943-1985
B.4, F.5 Cubitt, Hugh G. 1961-1988
B.4, F.6 D miscellaneous 1942-1995
B.4, F.7 Dane, William J. 1958-1986
B.4, F.8 Dane, William J. 1987-1996
B.4, F.9 deMontfort, Jack 1961-1966, n.d.
B.4, F.10 Dennis, Alfred 1942-1951
B.4, F.11 Devine, James F. 1939-1988
B.4, F.12 Dixon, Arthur 1948
B.4, F.13 E miscellaneous 1940-1995
B.4, F.14 Eberle, Mildred 1975, n.d.
B.4, F.15 Edwardes, Jean-Jaques 1944-1948
B.4, F.16 Engel, Jack 1973-1994
B.4, F.17 European correspondents misc. 1932-1953, n.d.
(German, Spanish, Italian, French)
B.4, F.18 F miscellaneous 1924-1995
B.4, F.19 G miscellaneous 1931-1992, n.d.
B.4, F.20 Galbraith, Thomas G.D. 1939-1940
B.4, F.21 Gethin, John 1938-1939, n.d.
B.4, F.22 Goodman, Wally 1970-1985
B.4, F.23 Green, James Frederick 1938-1992, n.d.
B.4, F.24 Griffin, Dan 1950-1955, n.d.
B.4, F.25 Grolier Club 1972
B.4, F.26 H miscellaneous 1945-1992, n.d.
B.4, F.27 Hamilton, Franklin and Mason Wells 1960-1986, n.d.
B.4, F.28 Hamilton, Thomas J. 1940-1949
B.4, F.29 Hammond, Henry C. 1931-1932
B.4, F.30 Helm, Jack 1946-1950, n.d.
B.4, F.31 Herber, Stanley 1963
B.4, F.32 Hirschberg, John 1955-1995, n.d.
B.4, F.33 Holladay, Wilhelmina and Wallace 1972-1989, n.d.
B.4, F.34 Holland, Henry 1947-1950
B.4, F.35 Hunt, Philip 1938-1951
B.4, F.36 Hyde, Lloyd 1940-1953
B.4, F.37 I miscellaneous 1983
B.4, F.38 J miscellaneous 1953-1993, n.d.
B.4, F.39 Johnson, Vernon 1949-1959
B.4, F.40 Johnson, Vernon 1960-1995, n.d.
B.4, F.41 Jones, Yoyo 1970-1995, n.d.
B.4, F.42 Jordan, George 1971-1988, n.d.
B.4, F.43 K miscellaneous 1939-1991
B.4, F.44 Kelly, John J. 1933-1952, 1966
B.4, F.45 Kerslake, R. Trevor 1937-1950
B.4, F.46 Kerslake, R. Trevor 1951-1966
B.4, F.47 Kerslake, R. Trevor and family 1973-1998
B.4, F.48 Krieger, William (Spanish) 1941-1943
B.4, F.49 Kup, Wilfred and Dorothy 1937-1951
B.5, F.1 Kup, Wilfred to his mother Dorothy 1940-1942
B.5, F.2 L miscellaneous 1941-1991, n.d.
B.5, F.3 LaClair, Cameron and Jeanne 1951-1996, n.d.
B.5, F.4 Lamagna, Carlo 1983-1991, n.d.
B.5, F.5 Leyssène, Guy (French) 1945-1985, n.d.
B.5, F.6 Littlefield, Bancroft and Nancy 1942-1995, n.d.
B.5, F.7 M miscellaneous 1928-1994, n.d.
B.5, F.8 MacDonald, John 1935-1985
B.5, F.9 McVickar, Charles 1946-1948
B.5, F.10 Merillat, Herbert C. L. "Chris" 1938-1997, n.d.
B.5, F.11 Metzger, Robert 1970-1994, n.d.
B.5, F.12 Millerbernd, Donald 1975-1996, n.d.
B.5, F.13 Moore, Anthony 1946-1950, n.d.
B.5, F.14 Moore, Robert Joseph 1940-1951, n.d.
B.5, F.15 Murray, Terry Adams 1955-1989, n.d.
B.5, F.16 Myers, Walter Jr. 1936-1943
B.5, F.17 N miscellaneous 1942-1995, n.d.
B.5, F.18 O miscellaneous 1961-1991, n.d.
B.5, F.19 P miscellaneous 1940-1995, n.d.
B.5, F.20 Page, Henry A. III 1937-1945
B.5, F.21 Pakenham, Frank (Lord Longford) 1938, 1972
B.5, F.22 Penney, Charles Rand 1963-1995, n.d.
see also: Travel to Far East - correspondence 1973-1974
B.5, F.23 Pernes, Pedro Pablo Bon de Sousa 1940-1951
B.5, F.24 Pimento, Paulo 1970-1991, n.d.
B.5, F.25 Pinkney, David 1944-1950
B.5, F.26 Poland, George 1940-1942
B.5, F.27 Prescott, Lucy (Winslow) 1939-1941
B.5, F.28 R miscellaneous 1941-1991, n.d.
B.5, F.29 Ramsbotham, Joan 1941-1945, n.d.
B.5, F.30 Ray, Robert 1957-1995
B.5, F.31 Redmayne, Pamela 1948, 1950, n.d.
B.5, F.32 Ricket, Alys Acworth 1942-1997, n.d.
B.5, F.33 Robinson, Dwight Edwards Jr. 1938-1939
B.5, F.34 Rubin, Harold 1969-1985, n.d.
B.5, F.35 S miscellaneous 1952-1997
B.5, F.36 S., Bert (last name unknown) 1941, n.d.
B.5, F.37 Schodt, Eddie 1942-1946
B.5, F.38 Selvig, Forrest 1962-1983
B.5, F.39 Smithies, Michael 1956-1996, n.d.
see also: Travel to Far East - correspondence 1973-1974
B.5, F.40 Sommerhof, Gerd 1939-1953
B.5, F.41 Sparks, George 1946-1953
B.5, F.42 Speer, Virginia Ostby and Erling Dick 1936-1990, n.d.
B.5, F.43 T miscellaneous 1954-1993, n.d.
B.5, F.44 Thomas, Parke 1985-1987
B.5, F.45 Tilghman, Charles 1953-1991, n.d.
B.5, F.46 Townsend, James Benjamin 1943-1948
B.5a, F.1 Townsend, James Benjamin 1949-1951
B.5a, F.2 Townsend, James Benjamin 1952-1959
B.5a, F.3 Townsend, James Benjamin 1960-1993, n.d.
B.5a, F.4 Usui, Kiiche 1958-1996, n.d.
B.5b, F.1 V miscellaneous 1939, 1973, 1985
B.5b, F.2 Virginia Historical Society/Virginia House 1989-1996
B.5b, F.3 W miscellaneous 1943-1998, n.d.
B.5b, F.4 Ward, Renee "Natasha" 1972-1983, n.d.
B.5b, F.5 Weddell, Alexander and Virginia 1940-1948
B.5b, F.6 Welles, Samuel Gardner 1938-1950, n.d.
B.5b, F.7 Wells, Mason B. see also Hamilton, Frank 1958-1962
B.5b, F.8 Williams, Murat (U.S. Embassy in Spain) 1939-1985
B.5b, F.9 Witherspoon, Alexander 1936-1943
B.5b, F.10 Wylly, Campbell 1960, 1966, n.d.
B.5b, F.11 Wyndham, Michael "Tich" and family 1953-1973, n.d.
B.5b, F.12 Y-Z miscellaneous 1979-1998
B.5b, F.13 Unidentified 1938, 1961
Series 3: Richard Brown Baker, Writings
Written at Oxford
B.5b, F.14 Balkan Reactions, 1907-1914 c.1936
B.5b, F.15 Britain and the Disarmament Question c.1936
B.5b, F.16 Democracy c.1936
B.5b, F.17 Development of Responsibility in the c.1936
Central Government of India
B.5b, F.18 Development of the League Covenant c.1936
B.5b, F.19 The Economist's Criterion of Welfare 1937
B.5b, F.20 Free Will and Determinism c.1936
B.5b, F.21 Hume and the Senses 1937
B.5b, F.22 Influence of the Irish Question on English c.1936
Politics
B.5b, F.23 Labour Conciliation c.1936
B.5b, F.24 The Law of Sufficient Reason in Leibniz 1937
B.5b, F.25 Minority Problems c.1936
B.5b, F.26 On Property c.1936
B.5b, F.27 The Post-War Attitude of the U.S. Towards c.1936
Collective International Organization
B.5b, F.28 The Problem of Whether There Can Be c.1936
Knowledge of What Makes an Action Right
B.5b, F.29 Reforming the Covenant c.1936
B.5b, F.30 Sanctions c.1936
B.5b, F.31 The Scope of Economics c.1936
B.5b, F.32 The State of Morals c.1936
B.5b, F.33 The Scope of Compulsory Social Insurance 1937
B.5b, F.34 Utilitarianism c.1936
B.5b, F.35 War Responsibility c.1936
General Writings
B.5b, F.36 Art collecting 1962, n.d.
B.5b, F.37 Articles and stories for newspapers 1926-1954
and magazines
B.8, F.1 Behind These Eyes 1948
B.5b, F.38 Commencings: A Notebook of Exercises March 1 - May 12, 1948
in Writing, pages 1-180
B.6, F.1 Commencings: A Notebook of Exercises May 13 - June 30, 1948
in Writing, pages 181-296
B.6, F.2 Correspondence and clippings regarding 1952
Stairways to Another Stage and
The Year of the Buzz Bomb n.d.
B.6, F.3 The Diary of a Brief Journey Through
the British Isles in September of 1936
B.6, F.4 Engagement of Elisabeth Drayton for Office 1944
of Strategic Services
B.6, F.5 Journal of London in the Buzz Bomb Year: n.d.
Spring to Christmas 1944
B.6, F.6 Miscellaneous vignettes n.d.
B.9, F.1-6 A Novice Collector and the New Art of c.1987
the 1950s: selected from the journals and other
writings of Richard Brown Baker covering
the years 1954-1959
B.9, F.7 A Novice Collector - drafts for the preface c.1987
B.6, F.7 Pocket Guide to Portugal (for Office of 1943, Aug
Strategic Services)
B.6, F.8 Poetry
B.8, F.2 Preludes to Authorship: The Meditations 1948
of a Beginning Writer
B.6, F.9 Stairways to Another Stage
B.6, F.10 United States Embassy in Spain during 1994
1940: excerpts from Richard Brown
Baker's Diary
Series 4: Richard Brown Baker, Subject Files
B.6, F.11 Books read 1920-1930, n.d.
B.6, F.12 Clippings regarding RBB 1932-2002
B.6, F.13 Curriculum Vitae 1945, 1962, 1977
B.6, F.14 Miscellaneous 1941-1994
B.6, F.15 Oxford Rhodes Scholarship Correspondence 1934-1945, 1983
B.6, F.16 Oxford Rhodes Scholarship Documents 1935-1946, 1983
B.6, F.17 Students International Union Round 1932
Table Conference on World Recovery
Geneva, Switzerland
B.6, F.18 Travel to the Far East - correspondence 1973-1974
with Lincoln Brownell, Charles Penney,
Michael Smithies
B.8, F.3 Travel itineraries 1952-1983
B.6, F.19 United States Embassy - Madrid, Spain 1940
B.6, F.20 Yale University 1935, 1990
Series 5: Family Materials
Subseries 1: Individuals
B.6, F.21 Baker, Benjamin - correspondence and documents 1880-1950
B.6, F.22 Baker, Benjamin Charles - correspondence 1927, 1943, n.d.
B.6, F.23 Baker, Harvey A.- correspondence 1906-1950, n.d.
B.6, F.24 Baker, Harvey A.- correspondence from 1918, 1926, 1935
Freeman, Marion (Baker)
B.6, F.25 Baker, Harvey A. - correspondence from RBB 1931-1937
B.6, F.26 Baker, Harvey A. - correspondence from RBB 1938-1950
B.6, F.27 Baker, Harvey A. - documents 1908-1951
B.6, F.28 Baker, Lucy (Sisson) - correspondence 1921, 1925
B.6, F.29 Baker, Lucy (Sisson) - correspondence from RBB 1934
B.6, F.30 Baker, Marion (Brown) - Trust documents 1953
B.6, F.31 Baker, Marion (Brown) - correspondence 1908-1973, n.d.
B.6, F.32 Baker, Marion (Brown) - correspondence from 1916-1927
Baker, Harvey A.
B.6, F.33 Baker, Marion (Brown) - correspondence from 1914-1935, n.d.
Freeman, Marion (Baker)
B.6, F.34 Baker, Marion (Brown) - corr. from RBB 1917-1925, 1930
B.6, F.35 Baker, Marion (Brown) - corr. from RBB 1931
B.6, F.36 Baker, Marion (Brown) - corr. from RBB 1932
B.6, F.37 Baker, Marion (Brown) - corr. from RBB 1933
B.6, F.38 Baker, Marion (Brown) - corr. from RBB 1934
B.6, F.39 Baker, Marion (Brown) - corr. from RBB 1935, Jan - Jun
B.7, F.1 Baker, Marion (Brown) - corr. from RBB 1935, Sep - Dec
B.7, F.2 Baker, Marion (Brown) - corr. from RBB 1936
B.7, F.3 Baker, Marion (Brown) - corr. from RBB 1937
B.7, F.4 Baker, Marion (Brown) - corr. from RBB 1938
B.7, F.5 Baker, Marion (Brown) - corr. from RBB 1940
B.7, F.6 Baker, Marion (Brown) - corr. from RBB 1941
B.7, F.7 Baker, Marion (Brown) - corr. from RBB 1942
B.7, F.8 Baker, Marion (Brown) - corr. from RBB 1943
B.7, F.9 Baker, Marion (Brown) - corr. from RBB 1944
B.7, F.10 Baker, Marion (Brown) - corr. from RBB 1945
B.7, F.11 Baker, Marion (Brown) - corr. from RBB 1946
B.7, F.12 Baker, Marion (Brown) - corr. from RBB 1947
B.7, F.13 Baker, Marion (Brown) - corr. from RBB 1948
B.7, F.14 Baker, Marion (Brown) - corr. from RBB 1949
B.7, F.15 Baker, Marion (Brown) - corr. from RBB 1950
B.7, F.16 Baker, Marion (Brown) - corr. from RBB 1951
B.7, F.17 Baker, Marion (Brown) - corr. from RBB 1952
B.7, F.18 Baker, Marion (Brown) - corr. from RBB 1953
B.7, F.19 Baker, Marion (Brown) - corr. from RBB 1954
B.7, F.20 Baker, Marion (Brown) - corr. from RBB 1955
B.7, F.21 Baker, Marion (Brown) - corr. from RBB 1956
B.7, F.22 Baker, Marion (Brown) - corr. from RBB 1957
B.7, F.23 Baker, Marion (Brown) - corr. from RBB 1962
B.7, F.24 Baker, Marion (Brown) - corr. from RBB 1965
B.7, F.25 Baker, Marion (Brown) - corr. from RBB 1970
B.7, F.26 Baker, Marion (Brown) - corr. from RBB 1971
B.7, F.27 Baker, Marion (Brown) - corr. from RBB 1972
B.7, F.28 Baker, William C. - correspondence from 1920-1931
Baker, Harvey A.
B.7, F.29 Brown, Annie (North) - correspondence 1889-1917
B.7, F.30 Brown, Annie (North) - correspondence from RBB 1931-1938
B.7, F.31 Brown, Henry Martin - corr. and documents 1866-1926, n.d.
B.8, F.4 Brown, Henry Martin - 1892-1908
American Ring Traveler Company
National Button Company
B.7, F.32 Freeman, Evert - correspondence and documents 1919-1955
B.7, F.33 Freeman, Marion (Brown) - corr. and documents 1924-1962
B.7, F.34 Freeman, Marion (Brown) - corr. from RBB 1927-1959, n.d.
B.7, F.35 Sisson, John R.- correspondence 1882
B.7, F.36 Sisson, Joseph - correspondence 1882
Series 5: Family Materials
Subseries 2: Subject Files
B.7, F.37 Baker family crest 1937
B.7, F.38 Brown Building - 257 West Exchange Street 1951
Providence, RI - history
B.7, F.39 Estate of Harvey A. Baker and sale of 1951-1953
"Rosemont" property in Ivy, Virginia
B.7, F.41 Hammond Hill property in Saunderstown, RI n.d.
B.7, F.42 Harvey A. Baker Fellowship, Brown University 1973-1994
Subjects:
Africa - Description and travel.
American Red Cross.
American Ring Traveler Company .
Art, Modern - Twentieth century - United States.
Art - Collectors and collecting - United States.
Asia - Description and travel.
Baker, Harvey Almy, 1881-1951.
Baker, Marion North (Brown), 1881-1973.
Brown, Henry Martin, 1850-1926.
Cecil, Oswald N.A. (Sir Nigel)
Chafee, John H., 1922-1999.
Chapin, Howard Millar, 1887-1940.
Diaries, 1926-1998.
Europe - Description and travel.
Freeman, Marion (Baker), 1909-1962.
Franco, Francisco, 1892-1975.
Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945.
Homosexuality.
Mongolia - Description and travel.
National Button Company.
Rhode Island - Hurricanes, 1938.
Schlesinger, Arthur Meier, 1917-.
Spain - History - Civil war, 1936-1939.
United States. Embassy (Spain)
United States. Office of Strategic Services.
Weddell, Alexander Wilbourne, 1876-1948.
Washington (D.C.) - Description and travel.
World War, 1939-1945 - England - Personal narratives.
World War, 1939-1945 - France - Paris - Personal narratives, American.
Yale University.