002. Rhode Island Collection

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Collection includes postal covers from various cities, towns and villages across Rhode Island showing a variety of postmarks and stamps from 1864-1992.

Scope and Contents The album contains photographs documenting the Rhode Island Hospital buildings and grounds as well as medical staff and patients near the turn of the 20th century. According to the captions, images include Dr. Woodward in an ambulance, children with diptheria, an operating room, an amputation by Dr. Levin as well as a number of images of doctors and nurses. Also included are images of buildings including the main building, the nurse's home, the out-patient building, a 'contagious' ward and...

Scope and Contents The Narragansett Council, Boy Scouts of America collection consists of 14 items including pamphlets, newsletters, newspapers and article reprints printed in Rhode Island between 1914-2002. Several items provide interesting information about the response of the organization to their response to larger regional and national topics throughout the 20th century including the 1938 Hurricane, World War II, their formal relationship with the Protestant church, and a tracking of their history with...

Scope and Contents This scrapbook contains memorabilia from various performances in the Rhode Island area from 1898-1902 collected by Florence Nelson. It includes playbills, newspaper reviews, newspaper and magazine clippings, photographs, and autographs. Many of the performances documented took place at the Providence Opera House or the Bristol Opera House. Performers of note in the scrapbook include Julia Marlowe, Mary Mannering, William Gillette*, Virginia Harned, DeWolf Hopper, Viola Allen, Lionel...

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This album includes photographs of Rhode Island Hospital in Providence, Rhode Island circa 1919. Many of the images depict groups of nursing students and nurses.

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This collection includes documents related to planning the Occupy Providene protest, research into Burnside Park and the Burnside Monument, protest signs, a memorial program for activist John Joyce (1962-2013), newspaper clippings and training materials from Occupy Boston.

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The collection includes photographs and postcards of street railroads, railroads and railroad stations in Rhode Island.

Scope and Contents Collection includes a variety of photographs, 1880s-1920s, of Providence and other locations around Rhode Island including Newport Harbor, Block Island and Rock Hill. Images from album pages are primarily of Old Home Week in Providence, July 28-August 3, 1907, and other landscapes around Rhode Island. The loose images include group and individual portraits, domestic buildings, a schoolhouse, log cabin, storefront and the Providence fire department. Several photographs included images of...

Scope and Contents The Lionel Pires collection includes personal accounts and narratives of Lionel Pires’ experiences in the LGBTQ+ community in both Rhode Island and the United States from the late 1970s to early 2000s. The bulk of the collection is photographs, however it also includes ephemera, newspaper articles, and correspondence. Materials document Pires' personal travels across the United States, including significant LGBTQ+ historical events such as Gay Games, Boston Pride, Hotlanta, and March on...