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002. Rhode Island Collection

 Collecting Area
Identifier: 002

Found in 110 Collections and/or Records:

Frank Sayles photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: 032-03
Scope and Contents

The Frank Sayles Photography Collection contains primarily color photographs of buildings in and around Providence, Rhode Island. There are also photographs of monuments, statues, close-ups of architectural detail, and several bridges in the area.

Dates: 1950 - 1995; Majority of material found within 1993 - 1995

R.A. Scotti papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 018-02
Scope and Contents

This collection documents the publication and marketing of R.A. Scotti’s Sudden Sea, published in 2004. The collection includes photographs of the aftermath of the storm provided to Scotti by survivors as well as promotional material, the text of speeches and other material related to the promotion of the book.

Dates: 1938 - 2009

Burton Shellenbach photograph collection

 Collection — Box Multi-Collection Box RI-11: [Barcode: 31116021979106]
Identifier: 082-03
Scope and Contents

Collection includes 10 photographic prints and negatives of aerial views of the runways and buildings of the Hillsgrove State Airport (now the T.F. Green State Airport), circa 1938.

Dates: 1938

Bonnie Simon collection

 Collection — Box Multi-Collection Box LGBT-02: [Barcode: 31116021976672]
Identifier: 109-02-04
Scope and Contents

The collection includes business records related to Get Magazine including a mission statement, buiness plan, advertising and distribution records, sample layouts, sales catalog, ephemera and digital design files. Also includes several issues of On Our Backs and Girl Friends magazines from the time when Simon served as Art Director.

Dates: 2006 - 2019

Brett Smiley mayoral campaign materials

 File — Box Multi-Collection Box LGBT-01: [Barcode: 31116021976623], Folder: 1
Identifier: 109-02-02
Scope and Contents

Includes various political campaign advertisements and leaflets related to the Providence mayoral campaign in 2002 as well as materials related to Smiley's inauguration including a program and draft of remarks.

Dates: 2022 - 2023

The Social Workers Club of Rhode Island collection

 Item — Box Multi-Collection Box RI-05: [Barcode: 31116021975989]
Identifier: 158-02
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of five items that document the existence of The Social Workers Club of Rhode Island and includes by-laws, membership list, and programs related to events.

The “Members of the Social Worker’s Club List" will be of most interest to a researcher because it lists organizations and their representatives that were associated with the Rhode Island Social Club.

Dates: 1911 - 1916

Sullivan House photograph album

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31116021977845]
Identifier: 053-03
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of one photograph album of the James E. & Alice B. Sullivan House built in 1893 by William R. Walker & Son at 254 Wayland Avenue in Providence, Rhode Island. Includes three exterior and 12 interior photographs of home, 1895-1897.

Dates: 1895 - 1897

Raymond Loring Swain photograph collection

 Collection — Box Multi-Collection Box RI-11: [Barcode: 31116021979106]
Identifier: 078-03
Scope and Contents

The collection includes 29 black and white print photographs of various locations in and around Providence, Rhode Island as well as miscellaneous fine art photographs.

Dates: 1939

Texaco Oil Co, Providence terminal photograph album

 Item — Box Multi-Collection Box RI-11: [Barcode: 31116021979106]
Identifier: 162-03
Scope and Contents

This photograph album includes black and white prints documenting the Texaco Oil terminal in Providence, Rhode Island. The bulk of the images show the impact of the Hurricane of 1938 over the duration of the storm as well as the damage afterwards. Also included are images of the buildings and facility including construction of oil storage tanks.

Dates: 1938 - 1940

Laurence E. Tilley photograph collection

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31116021977712]
Identifier: 038-03
Scope and Contents

The collection includes 197 black and white photographs of residential architecture and street views in Providence, Rhode Island taken by Lawrence E. Tilley in 1958. The photographs document the College Hill neighborhood.

Dates: 1958