Rhode Island Broadsides collection

Item — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 002-04-01

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Rhode Island broadsides collection consists of printed broadsides from 1763 to 1991 connected to events, places, and figures from Rhode Island history. The collection consists of event posters, wanted posters, advertisements, legislation, proclamations, news sheets, handbills, circulars, and poems concentrated around the late-18th, mid-19th, and mid-20th centuries. The collection offers insight into legal, political, intellectual, and artistic histories of Rhode Island throughout these time periods, in addition to acting as a record of printing surfaces and designs typically used to produce broadsides over time in Rhode Island.

Dates

1763 - 1991

Conditions Governing Access

Materials are open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

PPL believes this collection is in the public domain. Users of this item are responsible for determining copyright restrictions.

Biographical / Historical

Broadsides refer to separately published pieces of paper or other printed material that are often publicly posted, distributed, or sold. They are intended to be read unfolded, some examples being proclamations, newssheets, and handbills. Items in the Rhode Island broadsides collection are all related to events, places, and figures from Rhode Island history.