002. Rhode Island Collection

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The Rhode Island Postcard Collection contains postcards and viewbooks with images related to geographic locations, buildings, organizations and people in the State of Rhode Island.

Scope and Contents The collection consists of prints from 1778 to 1992 related to events, places, and figures from Rhode Island history as well as views and landscapes of Rhode Island itself. The collection is divided into two series, one general series featuring prints produced through lithography and collotype, as well as prints by artists such as Whitman Bailey, Lester G. Hornby, and Eliza Gardiner. The second series consists of architectural drawings, building plans, and naval architecture plans, featuring...

Scope and Contents The collection consists of approximately 300 QSL ham radio cards mailed to Rhode Island radio stations by ham radio operators from around the world between 1930 and 1989. Each card documents the sender's call letters along with the date, time, and location where a radio station message was received. Most radio stations included in this collection operated out of Providence County. Many of the cards also contain a graphic image representing the institution or area in which the message was...

Scope and Contents The Rhode Island Society for Mental Hygiene collection includes materials from 1924 to 1936 that consist of organizational missions, informational booklets, and brochures for various lectures, conferences, and panels hosted by the Society. These illustrate the breadth, nature, and spread of the Society's mental health services and educational programs in Rhode Island. The collection includes organizational reports, briefing materials, and appeals for donations which also offer insight into...

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This collection consists primarily of manuscripts and papers from the society, as well as published material including newspapers and flyers. Some paperwork, such as muster rolls and blank applications, are included, as well as some correspondence appearing to be from members of the society. A ledger volume documents the titles that were in the library collection. The collection also includes the collar worn by Major Sullivan Ballou.

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The Rhode Island Stereocard Collection contains stereograms with images related to geographic locations, buildings and organizations in the State of Rhode Island as well as various miscellaneous images found with the collection.

Scope and Contents The Rhode Island Theater Collection contains handbills, performance programs, newspapers clippings, and personal notes related to theaters and theater companies in Rhode Island from 1855-2006. It includes materials from theaters and performance venues from across Rhode Island, but predominantly in Providence. Many well known theaters such as the Providence Opera House, Metropolitan Theatre, Modern Theatre, Providence Performing Art Center and Trinity Repertory Company are represented. ...

Scope and Contents The Rhode Island Women’s Suffrage Association (RIWSA) records collection consists of materials relating to women’s suffrage that were published by RIWSA and collected from affiliated women’s suffrage groups in Rhode Island between 1883 and 1919. The materials span from informational newsletters to promote women's suffrage to a counseling booklet for Rhode Island women voters once their suffrage was legislated in 1920. The collection does include one oppositional leaflet that was collected...

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The collection consists of one photograph album of black and white snapshots of summer recreation destinations in Rhode Island, New York and New Jersey. Locations in Rhode Island include Providence, Pawtuxet Village, Bristol, Rocky Point, Newport, Narragansett, and Block Island. Other photographs depict southern Massachusetts, New York City, Luna Park, Coney Island, Asbury Park, and New London. Images showcase amusement parks, beaches, steamships and other tourism destinations.

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The collection consists of one album given to Jesse H. Metcalf in celebration of Walter R. Callender on January 12, 1910 at the Hope Club in Providence, Rhode Island. A menu for the event notes “To Walter Reid Callender, the Big Cop, by the member of his baseball and stung cabinet”. Includes photographs of various Providence businessmen and politicians with humorous descriptions of each individual as criminals.