Laurence E. Tilley photograph collection
Scope and Contents
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.
Dates
- 1958
Creator
- Tilley, Laurence E. (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
PPL does not claim copyright to this collection. Users of this item are responsible for determining copyright restrictions.
Biographical / Historical
Laurence Edward Tilley was born in Providence, Rhode Island on January 2, 1899 and died on January 23, 1999. He left Providence to pursue his career in 1923 and married Mildred Cornelius in 1934. The couple moved back to Providence in 1947 and Tilley developed a photography business as an industrial photographer with his office based in The Arcade.
Little is known about this collection of photographs or when they were donated to the Providence Public Library as no acquisition record has been maintained. While not all of the photographs are identified as Tilley’s work, the photographs were found organized together. It is presumed that all of the images were taken by Tilley, but that is unable to be fully confirmed.
Extent
.4 Linear Feet (1 box )
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
The collection is organized alphabetically by street and then numerically by property address. The organization represents the original order in which the photographs were found in glassine sleeves.
Custodial History
Photographs were found in photograph clippings files in Rhode Island Collection, January 2015.
Creator
- Tilley, Laurence E. (Person)
- Title
- Laurence E. Tilley photograph collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- The collection was processed in 2015 by Meghan Sullivan-Silva; finding aid written in 2015 by 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
150 Empire Street
Providence RI 02903 United States of America
401-455-8021
special_collections@provlib.org