Minerva G. Curtis diaries Curtis (Minerva G.) diaries 1900-1941

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Minerva G. Curtis diaries Curtis (Minerva G.) diaries 1900-1941

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A collection of 34 leather-bound diaries, ranging from 1900 to 1941, recording the daily activities of Minerva Greenwood Curtis, a grade-school teacher in Providence, Rhode Island. The collection also includes an address book, a notebook, a loose, hand-written recipe and a newspaper clipping.

1 linear foot

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John Hay Library, Special Collections

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SNAC Resource ID: 6358540

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Arion Club (Providence, R.I.)

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Chase, Dora C. (Dora Curtis)

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Curtis, Anne G.

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Central Congregational Church (Providence, R.I.)

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Peace Street Grammar School (Providence, R.I.)

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Brown University.

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In 1917 the university established the Brown War Records Bureau, whose intention was to "collect and preserve a record of all Brown men who are serving in the present war". Brown faculty, students and alumni who were in the military were asked to fill out a small card called "Are you in the war?" and to send original letters, clippings or photographs which "have any bearing on the service of Brown men in the war." This collection is partly a result of that effort. From the guide to t...

Chase, Ward B. (Ward Beecher)

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Curtis, Minerva G. (Minerva Greenwood), d. 1945

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Minerva ("Minnie") Greenwood Curtis, a Providence, Rhode Island native, was a grade-school teacher from the late 19th century to mid-20th century. She was the daughter of John and Anne (Greenwood) Curtis, the sister of Dora E. Curtis (who married Ward Beecher Chase) and the aunt of Brig. Gen. William C. Chase. Ms. Curtis taught at the Peace Street Grammar School, in Providence, RI, retiring in 1917. In the 1895 Rhode Island School Report (R.I. Board of Education) she is ...

Curtis, John

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Epithet: of Add MS 35057 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001094.0x000059 Epithet: entomologist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000987.0x00001e Epithet: pattenmaker, of Southwark British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_10000000...

Chase, William C. (William Curtis), 1895-1986

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As Major in U.S. Cavalry attended Command & General Staff School (1931) and Army War College (1935). Commanded 1st Cavalry Brigade, 38th Infantry Division and 1st Cavalry Division and participated in the Admiralty Island, Leyte and Luzon campaigns and was ordered to capture Manila during World War II. Rose to rank of Major General. From the description of The William C. Chase papers, 1931-1981. (US Army, Mil Hist Institute). WorldCat record id: 21997010 William C. Chase ...