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Collection of Rhode Island architecture from the National Park Service, Historic American Buildings Survey records
Collection
Identifier: 002-03-02
Scope and Contents
The Collection of Rhode Island architecture from the National Park Service Historic American Buildings Survey records contains data sheets, photographs, and architectural drawings related to historical buildings in Rhode Island with the majority located in Providence. The majority of records and images are copies of originals housed at the Library of Congress, however, additional photographic prints by Mary Gowdy of the Providence Preservation Society are included.
Dates:
1934 - 1970; Majority of material found within 1958 - 1962
Found in:
Providence Public Library
Harley W. Hopkins diaries
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 145-02
Scope and Contents
The Harley W. Hopkins diaries collection consists of five pocket diaries for years between 1873 and 1902. Four of the diaries are inscribed as belonging to Harley W. Hopkins, one of the diaries (1899) does not carry an inscription. However, due to consistent handwriting across all five diaries, it is also attributed to Hopkins. The diaries record observations that are relevant to his profession, such as rainfall and snowfall summaries, water wells running dry, and the first blooms of various...
Dates:
1873 - 1902
Found in:
Providence Public Library
Augustus Hoppin illustrations
File — Box: Multi-Collection Box RI-02
Identifier: 123-03
Scope and Contents
The Augustus Hoppin illustrations collection includes approximately 60 magazine clippings of illustrations as well as one page of thumbnail sketches and one handwritten letter by Augustus Hoppin (1828-1896). Illustrations of various sizes were neatly clipped from a number of 19th century weekly and monthly magazines, with many illustrations being from Harper’s Weekly (1857-1916), Ballou’s Monthly Magazine (1855-1893), The Knickerbocker (1833-1865), and Every Saturday (1866-1874). Images...
Dates:
1857 - 1886
Found in:
Providence Public Library
Henry Beetle Hough collection of whaling papers
File — Box: Multi-collection Box
Identifier: 003-02-20
Scope and Contents
The collection consists primarily of materials related to the Beetle family of Martha’s Vineyard. The bulk of the correspondence consists of letters from Henry Beetle to his fiancée and later wife, Eliza Eaton Beetle, written while he was onboard ship during several whaling voyages. The letters include details of daily life aboard ship as well as expressions of homesickness and loneliness. Also included are miscellaneous family papers, photographs of Henry Beetle and his wife Eliza Eaton...
Dates:
1827 - 1884
Found in:
Providence Public Library
Correspondence and Artwork of an Incarcerated Tattoo Artist
Collection
Identifier: 064-02-04
Scope and Contents
The collection comprises 19 letters in 22 mailing envelopes. Included in the correspondence is poetry and artwork by the author, a tattoo artist. Many of the envelopes are decorated as well.
Dates:
2008-2010
Found in:
Providence Public Library
Insurance Protest of the Whale Ship Malta of New Bedford
Collection — Box: Nicholson Multi Collection Box 1
Identifier: 003-02-35
Dates:
November 25, 1857
Found in:
Providence Public Library
International Whaling Conference on Historical Whaling records
File
Identifier: 003-02-36
Scope and Contents
Collection includes scholarly and scientific papers that were contributed to and collected by the conference as well as records related to the agreements following the conference such as a bibliography of resources, general policy statement, Report of the Biological Subcommittee, Report of the Subcommittee of Historian and Scholars, details related to logbook entries, voyage summary data sheet, voyage summery record and logbook reading report template.
Dates:
1977-09-12 - 1977-09-16
Found in:
Providence Public Library
Collection of Japanese Kawaraban
Collection — Drawer: FF-7: 3, Folder: 1-3
Identifier: 111-04
Scope and Contents
Kawaraban appeared in various sizes and were mass produced using cheap materials. Thus, although millions were produced at a time, they were not made for preservation and relatively few survive today. The most common topics covered include gossip, crime, natural disasters, and the arrival of Commodore Matthew C. Perry’s ships. Kawaraban specifically about Commodore Perry and his fleet are known as kurofune (black ship) kawaraban. This collection primarily includes kawaraban from the late Edo...
Dates:
c.1800-1923
Found in:
Providence Public Library
Japanese Textile Design Album
Collection — Box: Multi-collection Box
Identifier: 004-04-08
Scope and Contents
The collection is comprised of a single stab-bound volume. Colorful pattern designs (approximately 285) are pasted in with occasional annotations.
Dates:
Majority of material found within late 19th to early 20th century
Found in:
Providence Public Library
Jeff Towns Collection of Books on the History of Tattooing
Collection
Identifier: 105-01
Dates:
1653-2017
Found in:
Providence Public Library
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