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Contains materials documenting the education of Harrison Murphy, grandson of Olivia Johns Rice. Materials include an eighth-grade report card from the 1951–1952 school year; a 1952 diploma from the Thomas H. Clarke School in Jamestown, Rhode Island; a Science Clubs of America membership card for the Rodger Chemistry Club dated 1956; and a memorandum certifying that Murphy met the graduation requirements for Rodgers High School in Newport, Rhode Island.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Olivia Johns Rice Collection is composed of 660 items in five boxes.Box 1: Contains 316 items documenting the personal, professional, and family life of Olivia Johns Rice between 1902 and 1973. The materials primarily consist of correspondence, legal and financial documents, educational records, church membership materials, printed items, and personal ephemera. The correspondence includes letters exchanged with members of the Johns and Rice families, particularly her father,...

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Contains an adoption agreement transfering custody of Barbara Helen Wordell, daughter of Lillian Rice to Annie and Thomas Stevenson of New London, Connecticut (1924).

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Various receipts and checks regarding shipping items via the Atlantic Coast Railroad Company, a mortgage paid to Peyton R. Hazard, and a letter from Dr. Mary Putnam regarding payment for the care of her property in Jamestown. It also includes a certificate of guarantee for a sewing machine purchased by Olivia Johns Rice in 1916.

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Educational documents including, a 1902 commencement program from the Joseph K. Brick School; a 1907–1908 program from Lincoln Academy; a page from the American Missionary Association annotated by Rice concerning her schooling; commencement invitations for Howard University (1913) and Yale University (1918); and a fundraising letter to alumni of Lincoln Academy.

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Contains 59 envelopes dated from 1898-1973. 3 of the envelopes are addressed to Olivia Johns Rice but are undated, 5 are unmarked, 2 contain notes from a previous archivist regarding a poem written to Rice's two daughters from Mr. Peyton Hazard and about Hazard's will which mentions Rice.

Scope and Contents Contains personal items address book belonging to Olivia Johns Rice; business cards for Paul Johns, Miss Lois Johns, James L. Lewis, and Gregory Reed of the Afro-American Cultural Art Center, Inc.; a ticket for the 1963 Jamestown Historical Society “Johnny Cake and Sausage Day”; and Rice’s personal identification documents, including a blood typing card, Social Security card, voter registration card, Blue Cross benefits card, and Children’s Bureau weight cards for her daughters Lois and...

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A biography of poet, Paul Laurence Dunbar, written by Olivia Johns Rice for a class assignment. Facts explaining the paper from a previous archivist are also included in the file.

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Contains 2 multi page documents regarding the estate of Mary E. Barney (1959) and a copy of a civil court document in Wayne C. Woodmansee and Donna M. Woodmansee v. Heirs of Bethany Robinson and Lucy M. Rice et als. (1979).

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The correspondence includes letters exchanged with members of the Johns and Rice families, particularly her father, Rev. Redding B. Johns, and with Peyton R. Hazard regarding the management of his summer home. Several letters are addressed to Frank H. C. Rice. Also included is a copy of a letter sent to Olivia Johns Rice from W. E. B. Du Bois.