Box Multi-Collection Box

Scope and Contents The Urban League of Rhode Island collection consists of print materials from approximately 1939 to 1976 produced by the Urban League for existing as well as potential organizational partners and community members. The collection provides insight into the League’s organizational development from the 1930s to the 1970s, including an early statement of policy from the League’s inception in 1939, and materials for an event that began to incorporate Indigenous communities as beneficiaries of the...

Scope and Contents The Advisory Commission on Women in Rhode Island records collection consists of print materials from 1973 to 1983 that provide insight into state initiatives around gender equity in Rhode Island. The bulk of the collection consists of newsletters printed by the Commission to promote events such as forums, workshops, and gatherings as resources that would increase civic engagement and socioeconomic status for women broadly. Internal reports also offer insight into organizational structure and...

Scope and Contents The Women’s Republican Club of Rhode Island collection includes promotional materials used by the Club from 1922 to 1937. The materials include a bulletin for circulation that summarizes Club proceedings and advertises its weekly meetings. There is also a copy of the Rhode Island Elephant, the official publication of the Club with the same functions as the bulletin. Apart from these promotional publications, there are campaign songs and a questionnaire that were in use around the 1924 and...

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...

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...

Scope and Contents The Rhode Island League of Girls Clubs records collection consists of printed materials concerning the Girls’ City Club of Providence and the Valley Girls’ Club. These materials include newspaper clippings and annual reports, as well as club calendars, newsletters, and other promotional material that advertise the clubs’ year-round programs. The dates represented in the collection are 1918 to 1924, which provide insight into operations at the time of the National League of Working Women’s...

Scope and Contents The Ecology Action for Rhode Island newsletters collection consists of newsletters sent to its membership, at the time composed of around 500 members, between the years 1970 and 1974. The newsletters relay information from Ecology Action’s working committees, including Education, Land Use, Legislation, Pesticides, Nuclear, and Recycling. These committees respectively promoted and informed Ecology Action members about relevant news, opinion pieces, and organizational initiatives happening in...