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Rhode Island Stereocard Collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 002-03-05

Scope and Contents

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.

Dates

  • 1860 - 1910

Creator

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

The Rhode Island Stereocard Collection is an artificial collection created by the Providence Public Library according to format type.

Extent

.4 Linear Feet (1 box)

Language of Materials

English

Arrangement

Collection is organized into two series: 1. Found in collection and 2. Ongoing accessions. Items “found in collection” in Series 1 comprise the initial collection processed in 2015 which had no provenance or accession information. Those images were arranged by town and item identifications represent the collection number, folder number & image number. Items added to the collection from 2016 onwards comprise Series 2. Images in this series are arranged as they were purchased. Item identifications represent the collection number, year of acquisition and item number.

Custodial History

Initial collection items were found in the collection.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The Collection incorporates various acquisitions and gifts.

Accruals

Accruals are expected.

Existence and Location of Copies

Images from this collection have been digitized and are available on provlibdigital.org.

Related Materials

002-03-01, Rhode Island Postcard Collection 002-03-06, Rhode Island Photograph Collection

Processing Information

This collection was processed by Kate Wells in 2015.

Title
Rhode Island Stereocard Collection
Author
Kate Wells
Date
2015
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Providence Public Library Repository

Contact:
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Providence RI 02903 United States of America
401-455-8021