Newport Historical Society, Manuscripts and Archives Collection Inventory Please note these collections are largely unprocessed. The data presented here is to aid scholar and researcher access, while formal processing is underway. For processed collections, visit the Manuscripts and Archives Collection on the NHS Online Catalog at http://j.mp/nhsarchives, or locate our finding aids on RIAMCO, Rhode Island Archives and Manuscripts Collections Online, at http://j.mp/nhsriamco. For more information about the items here or to make an appointment, please contact NHS. 440: Series Note
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245: Title Statement
035: Local System Control Number
691: Local Subject 691: Local Subject Added Entry - Date Added Entry - Date
100: Main Entry - Personal Name
110: Main Entry - Corporate Name
300: Physical Description
500: General Note
Family Record of James and Sarah Gibbs, of Bristol, Mass. [now RI] / author unknown.
Boxed imprints; mss; clippings; maps.
Contains the following pamphlets: Address at the funeral of Mrs. Laura Wolcott Gibbs...at all Souls' Church, New York, December 13, 1870 / by Rev. Henry Bellows, 1871.--A memorial of George Gibbs by John Austin Stevens, Jr.--New York: NY Historical Society, 1873.--University of Pennsylvania, proceedings of "University Day" February 22, 1902-Philadelphia: Univ. of Penn., 1902-Notes concerning the Channing Family / colllected by Edward T. Channing--Boston: Hallet, printer, 1895. Loose material in carton holding book includes: newspaper articles--Oliver Wolcott Gibbs, 18221908 reprinted from Proceedings of the American Philosohical Society, 1910, vol. 196.--map of Gibbs Estate (Perry Farm) 1871; Walter Easton Farm, 1854; Easton Farm 1845. There are two copies of the last tow mentioned maps.
Gravestone Inscriptions Official Portraits of our Presidents, n.d.
Bound typed ms 1 vol. (25 plates in case)
Old Stone Mill, Records, Notes, Correspondence, etc.
15-1/4" x 10-1/4" x 5 " ms box
Archaeology
Old Stone Mill, Records, Notes, Correspondence, etc.
15-1/4" x 10-1/4" x 5 " ms box
Archaeology
Old Stone Mill, Records, Notes, Correspondence, etc.
15-1/4" x 10-1/4" x 5 " ms box
Archaeology
Civil War Material
15-1/4" x 10-1/4" x 5 " ms box
United States--History--Civil War
Civil War Material
15-1/4" x 10-1/4" x 5 " ms box
United States--History--Civil War
Dorr War Material
15-1/4" x 10-1/4" x 5 " ms box
Dorr Rebellion, 1842
Cabinet Makers Materials
15-1/4" x 10-1/4" x 5 " ms box
Furniture making
Slave Materials
15-1/4" x 10-1/4" x 5 " ms box
Slave records
Slave Materials
15-1/4" x 10-1/4" x 5 " ms box
Slave records
Material on the American Revolution
15-1/4" x 10-1/4" x 5 " ms box
United States--History--Revolution
Material on the American Revolution
15-1/4" x 10-1/4" x 5 " ms box
United States--History--Revolution
Material on the American Revolution
15-1/4" x 10-1/4" x 5 " ms box
United States--History--Revolution
Legal papers, bonds, indentures, sheriff papers, writs or summons
15-1/4" x 10-1/4" x 5 " ms box
Court records
Sheriff's papers, court summons
15-1/4" x 10-1/4" x 5 " ms box
Court records
Historical sketches, each by a different author, attached to each portrait.
Newport Historical Scoiety 82 Touro Street, Newport, RI 02840 (401) 846-0813 info@newporthistorical.org
541: Immediate Source of Acquisition
600: Subject Added Entry - 610: Subject Added Personal Name (1) Entry - Corporate Name (1)
650: Subject Lookup (1)
700: Added Entry - Personal Name (1)
Genealogy
Channing Family
Cemeteries Presidents--United States
Last updated: 4/12/2012