Providence Journal Company
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Arthur W. Davis Yachting Scrapbooks
Item
Identifier: 008-02-02
Scope and Contents
The collection includes notebooks and scrapbooks which include newspaper and magazine clippings, manuscript and ephemeral material, and photographs documenting the history of yachting in Rhode Island as well as its coverage in Providence newspapers.
Dates:
1921 - 1955
Knowles, Anthony, and Danielson accounting ledgers
Collection
Identifier: 027-02
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of six accounting ledgers of the various iterations of the publishing firm who owned the Providence Journal, spanning the years 1845-1885. Recorded in the ledgers are the financial transactions of the firm including wages and salaries of staff, bank withdrawals and deposits, as well as interest payments from stock investments such as the Block Island Steamboat Company and the New York Central Railroad. The sixth volume details the transfer and sale of the firm’s...
Dates:
1845-07-05 - 1885-05-06