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Nicholson Whaling Collection - Books
Collection
Identifier: 003-01-01
Dates:
1665-2023
Found in:
Providence Public Library
Nicholson Whaling Collection Logbooks
Collection — Container: Wh Folio Shelves
Identifier: 003-02-01
Scope and Contents
The collection includes nearly 800 logbooks, documenting over 1,000 voyages and ranges from the 18th to the 20th century.
Dates:
circa 1762-1931
Found in:
Providence Public Library
Nickerson Collection of Books on Architecture
Collection — Container: SpecColN
Identifier: 046-01
Dates:
1655-1990
Found in:
Providence Public Library
Nurse's album of Rhode Island Hospital
Item — Box: Multi-Collection Box
Identifier: 166-03
Scope and Contents
This album includes photographs of Rhode Island Hospital in Providence, Rhode Island circa 1919. Many of the images depict groups of nursing students and nurses.
Dates:
1919
Found in:
Providence Public Library
Occupy Providence Collection
File
Identifier: 133-01
Scope and Contents
This collection includes documents related to planning the Occupy Providene protest, research into Burnside Park and the Burnside Monument, protest signs, a memorial program for activist John Joyce (1962-2013), newspaper clippings and training materials from Occupy Boston.
Dates:
2011 - 2013
Found in:
Providence Public Library
Olneyville Free Library Association Records
Collection
Identifier: 015-02-03
Scope and Contents
The Olneyville Free Library Association Records include correspondence, financial ledgers, membership and board meeting minutes, mortgage bonds, receipts, wills and legal papers. The materials span from the creation of the Olneyville Free Library Association to after the merger with the Providence Public Library.
Dates:
1888 - 1968
Found in:
Providence Public Library
Collection of Orange Ephemera
Collection
Identifier: 062-04
Scope and Contents
This artificial collection, created by an unknown collector, contains 86 pieces of small printed ephemera, all on orange stock. The majority of the ephemera are from the northeastern and midwestern United States, with one order form from Texas and one hotel card from Germany. They cover a broad time range, with dated items from 1853-1960 and many undated items. The majority of items are from the late 19th century. Many types of ephemera are represented here including tickets and...
Dates:
1853 - 1960
Found in:
Providence Public Library
Samuel Osborn, Jr. papers
File — Box: Multi-Collection Box
Identifier: 003-02-25
Scope and Contents
This collection contains correspondence to and from Samuel Osborn, Jr., business records including notes on whales and lots of sperm oil, bills and insurance documents, and a small number of miscellaneous personal papers.
Of particular note are correspondences related to the Arctic whaling disaster of 1871 requesting compensation for the owners of the lost vessels.
Dates:
1845 - 1894; 1999
Found in:
Providence Public Library
The Outlet Store collection
Collection — Box: Multi-Collection Box
Identifier: 041-03
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photographs and ephemera related to The Outlet Company. The photographs show the interior of the store, featuring merchandising cases, soda fountain/lunch counter, and restaurant. Exterior photos of the building and store are included as well, including demolition and construction of replacement or nearby structures. Several photos focus on the creation and celebratory opening of a “435 car self-parking” garage, called the Big O Garage.Two ephemera pieces...
Dates:
1900-03 - 1986; Majority of material found within 1962 - 1963
Found in:
Providence Public Library
Edward J. Ozog collection
Collection
Identifier: 043-03
Scope and Contents
The collection includes photographs and postcards of street railroads, railroads and railroad stations in Rhode Island.
Dates:
1874 - 1984
Found in:
Providence Public Library
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- Nicholson, Paul C. (Paul Coe), 1888-1956 25
- Osborn, Samuel, Jr. 11
- Providence Public Library (R.I.). Special Collections 10
- Arnold , James N. (James Newell), , 1844-1927 3
- Brown University. 3
- Milham, Beth 3
- Providence Public Library (R.I.) 3
- Thomas, Virginia 3
- United States. Army. Rhode Island Infantry Regiment, 2nd (1861-1865) 3
- Updike, Daniel Berkeley, 1860-1941 3
- Anthony , Henry. B. (Henry Bowen), 1815-1884 2
- Arnold, Frederick Augustus, 1841-1924 2
- Baxter, Dennis B. 2
- Burnside, Ambrose Everett, 1824-1881 2
- Cady, John Hutchins , 1881-1967 2
- E.H. Hatfield (Schooner) 2
- Flores-Maldonado, Vanessa 2
- Foster, William E. (William Eaton), 1851-1930 2
- Grand Army of the Republic. 2
- Marchant, C. M. (Cornelius M.) 2
- Marriage Equality Rhode Island 2
- Martin, William A., (Shipmaster) 2
- Means, Selene 2
- Milham, Russell 2
- Nixon, Eli 2
- Reynolds, John S. 2
- Sherman, Clarence Edgar, 1887 2
- Sherman, Stuart C. 2
- Towns, Jeff 2
- United States. Army. Division 26. 2
- United States. Army. Rhode Island Infantry Regiment, 2nd (1861-1865) 2
- United States. Army. Rhode Island Infantry Regiment, 2nd . Company F (1861-1865) 2
- Ward, Samuel, 1725-1776 2
- Wood, Dan 2
- AIDS Project RI (1985-) (Providence, R.I. ) 1
- AIDS Rochester (Rochester, N.Y.) 1
- AS220 (1985-) (Providence (R.I.)) 1
- Abraham Barker (Bark) 1
- Adams, Eli 1
- Aguinaldo , Emilio, 1869-1964 1
- Albanese, Amelia 1
- Aldrich, David Law, 1822-1889 1
- Allen , Ezra , 1819-1902 1
- Allen family 1
- Allen, James , 1824-1897 1
- Allen, William , 1784-1868 1
- Allentown Band 1
- Allyn, Thomas 1
- Amalgamated Printers Association. 1
- America II (Ship ) 1
- America's Cup 1
- Anderson, Hope 1
- Angell, Louis L. 1
- Anrold, Stephen , 1728-1796 1
- Appelman, William Henry 1
- Archer , John B. (Benjamin), 1872-1954 1
- Arion Club (Providence, R.I. ) 1
- Arnold , Henry Anthony , 1834-1893 1
- Arnold , Jonathan, 1741-1793 1
- Arnold , Russell Greene 1
- Arnold , Russell Greene, 1796-1868 1
- Arnold , Samuel Greene, 1821-1880 1
- Arnold , William , 1587-1675 1
- Arnold, Alice Margaret, 1866-1909 1
- Arnold, Edwin Whipple, 1862-1894 1
- Arnold, Ida Elizabeth , 1896-1982 1
- Arnold, James Edmund, 1849-1920 1
- Arnold, James, 1781-1868 1
- Arnold, Oliver 1
- Arnold, Olney , General , 1822-1900 1
- Arnold, Richard , 1769–1847 1
- Arnold, Sarah Philips , 1809-1880 1
- Arnold, Thomas, 1751-1826 1
- Ayuso, Joann 1
- Backus, Joseph 1
- Bainbridge, William 1
- Balch, Joseph , 1860-1920 1
- Bancroft, George 1
- Banigan family 1
- Banigan, Joseph 1
- Banks , Nathaniel Prentiss, 1816-1894 1
- Barras , Jacques-Melchio, Comte de,, 1719-1793 1
- Bates , Louise Prosser 1
- Baumgarten, John 1
- Beetle, Eliza Ann Beaton 1
- Biddle , Owen , 1737-1799 1
- Blake's Great Piano Palace (Boston, MA) 1
- Bolton, Arthur LeRoy 1
- Bonner, Robert, 1845-1898 1
- Bosworth, Benjamin M. 1
- Bourn , Augustus Osborn, 1834- 1
- Bowler, Mat 1
- Boyle, Thomas Matthew Joseph (1916-1945) 1
- Boys & Girls Clubs of America 1
- Bradford, William James, 1840-1899 1
- Brady , Mathew B., approximately 1823-1896 1
- Brigham , Clarence S. (Clarence Saunders), 1877-1963 1
- Bristol Opera House (Bristol, R.I. ) 1
- Brown , John , 1736-1803. 1
- Brown , Nicholas, 1729-1791 1 ∧ less
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