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Jeff Towns Collection of Books on the History of Tattooing
Collection
Identifier: 105-01
Dates:
1653-2017
Found in:
Providence Public Library
Barbara Jencks papers
Collection
Identifier: 016-02
Scope and Contents
The collection includes the papers and correspondence of Jencks with various notable Catholics as well as political and literary figures of the 20th century. The bulk of the materials are related to Cardinal Tomás Ó Fiaich (1923-1990), the Archbishop of Armagh and later Primate of all Ireland, and describe his work as a political activist for Northern Ireland.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1950 - 1990
Found in:
Providence Public Library
Knowles, Anthony, and Danielson accounting ledgers
Collection
Identifier: 027-02
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of six accounting ledgers of the various iterations of the publishing firm who owned the Providence Journal, spanning the years 1845-1885. Recorded in the ledgers are the financial transactions of the firm including wages and salaries of staff, bank withdrawals and deposits, as well as interest payments from stock investments such as the Block Island Steamboat Company and the New York Central Railroad. The sixth volume details the transfer and sale of the firm’s...
Dates:
1845-07-05 - 1885-05-06
Found in:
Providence Public Library
Rex Lebeau state identification card
Item — Box: Multi-Collection Box , Folder: 1
Identifier: 109-05-01
Scope and Contents
The collection includes the 2020 Rhode Island driver's license belonging to Rex Lebeau as well as an article published by the Newport Daily News on July 13, 2020 about the new non-binary gender marker available on state identification cards and Lebeau as one of the first recipient of the new card.
Dates:
2020
Found in:
Providence Public Library
R. Lee figurehead pattern book
Item
Identifier: 008-02-01
Scope and Contents
The pattern-book includes over 150 drawings of figureheads and stern carvings for ships. The original drawings and some clippings are pasted into the book.
Dates:
1840
Found in:
Providence Public Library
Ship’s Papers of Lion (Ship) of Providence
File — Box: 1
Identifier: 003-02-18
Scope and Contents
This collection contains minimal documentation for the first and last voyages of the Lion, with better, though decidedly incomplete, documentation for the middle two voyages from Providence. Papers include correspondence, bills and receipts, gauges of oil, financial records including interest and deposits, crew lists and expenses, stockholders’ meeting minutes, and legal documents.
Dates:
1841-1857
Found in:
Providence Public Library
Aaron Lopez papers
File — Box: Multi-Collection Box
Identifier: 003-02-24
Scope and Contents
This collection contains correspondence, bills and notes, and shipping receipts including for various provisions such as dry goods, preserved beef, women’s shoes, spermaceti candles and oil, rum and pitch. Of particular interest is a letter of apology to Lopez from his son-in-law, Abraham Pereira Mendes, that notes, “I have so inhumanly assaulted and cruely treated [Lopez}…past follies…being so numerous and heinous…” which followed a family disagreement between Mendes and Lopez....
Dates:
1756 - 1775
Found in:
Providence Public Library
Avery Lord aerial photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: 040-03
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of 53 black and white aerial photographs of Rhode Island, primarily focusing on Providence. All photographs are mounted unless noted at item level.
Dates:
1930 - 1939
Found in:
Providence Public Library
Joseph Ellwood Macomber correspondence
Collection — Box: Multi-Collection Box
Identifier: 094-02
Scope and Contents
The collection includes letters from family members to Joseph Ellwood Macomber from 1842-1867. The letters are primarily updates about friends and family matters, but several also contain references to abolitionist and temperance movements.
Dates:
1842 - 1867
Found in:
Providence Public Library
Arthur Magson and T. McGrane photograph album of Hurricane of 1938
Item — Volume: Album
Identifier: 144-03
Scope and Contents
This album includes 98 photographs taken by Arthur Magson and T. McGrane in 1938 that document the damage which unfolded on the day of the hurricane and tidal wave that devastated New England in 1938 as well as the cleanup and reconstruction efforts in the days following its landfall. The photographs document the rising water level and damage to downtown Providence on the day of the hurricane, as well as the eventual cleanup-reconstruction effects that took place across Providence, Cranston,...
Dates:
1938-09-21
Found in:
Providence Public Library
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