002. Rhode Island Collection

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

Scope and Contents The Karen Topakian collection consists of written and visual materials collected or produced by Karen Topakian that center her involvement in several areas of activism between the years 1971 and 1984, especially anti-war and anti-nuclear activism. They also provide insight into her involvement in environmentalist and feminist spaces, and how this intersected with her anti-war and anti-nuclear activism. The collection includes newspaper clippings that offer insight into community...

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The collection includes 32 pieces of dollhouse furniture attributed to either Tynietoy Company or George LeClerc. Also included is one photograph album of LeClerc dollhouse room displays and a newspaper clipping.

Attribution of the creator was assigned using additional research materials including furniture design sketches and sales catalogs available in the Tynietoy Collection at RISD Archives.

Scope and Contents This collection documents the artistic, administrative, and educational activities of UPP Arts.The materials in this collection reflect a decade of interdisciplinary collaborations between artists, educators, students, and community members who used place-based art to celebrate and build awareness for Providence’s urban ponds. Their work focused particularly on Mashapaug Pond and its environs, which include the site of the Gorham Manufacturing Company and the former West Elmwood...