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Ship's Papers of Perry (Bark) of Edgartown

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 003-02-13
Scope and Contents

This collection includes the records of the second and third whaling voyages of the Perry including shipping papers, correspondences, protests, bills and receipts, and crew accounts. The bulk of the records reflect the voyage of 1877-1880. Of particular note are details about the death of Master George Nickerson and crew dissatisfaction between his replacement, Master Benjamin F. Nickerson, and the First Mate, Horace Sherman.

Dates: 1875-1880

Lionel Pires collection

 File
Identifier: 109-03-05
Scope and Contents The Lionel Pires collection includes personal accounts and narratives of Lionel Pires’ experiences in the LGBTQ+ community in both Rhode Island and the United States from the late 1970s to early 2000s. The bulk of the collection is photographs, however it also includes ephemera, newspaper articles, and correspondence. Materials document Pires' personal travels across the United States, including significant LGBTQ+ historical events such as Gay Games, Boston Pride, Hotlanta, and March on...
Dates: 1975 - 2007

Eddie Poferl Tattoo Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 064-02-01
Scope and Contents

The collection includes the tattoo tools, records and tattoo designs related to Poferl’s work as an early 20th century American tattooer. Included are original designs and illustrations by Poferl, tattoo equipment and ephemera especially related to his collegial relationship with contemporary tattooer Percy Waters.

Dates: 1900 - 1925

Portrait Album of Rhode Island Lawyers

 Item — Volume: Album
Identifier: 066-03
Scope and Contents

The album contains photographic portraits of 260 Rhode Island lawyers and judges from the past up to 1899. According to an inscription in the album, it was presented as a gift by G.M. Grant to Francis Colwell Esq. on 23 February 1899. This date corresponds with Colwell's appointment as the first President of the Rhode Island Bar Association.

Dates: 1899

Collection of Portraits of Printers and Book Sellers

 File — Container: 004-03-01
Identifier: 004-03-01
Scope and Contents

The collection includes portraits of over 400 printed images of printers, booksellers and other members of the book trades. The entire collection has been digitized and descriptions of each item are available on www.provlibdigital.org.

Dates: 1700 - 1899

Portsmouth Grove Hospital Library Association records

 File — Box: 1
Identifier: 019-02
Scope and Contents

The collection includes administrative records related to the Portsmouth Grove Hospital Library Association.

Dates: 1862 - 1884

George W. Potter and Alfred M. Williams Memorial Manuscript Collection

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 009-02-01
Scope and Contents The manuscript collection includes materials related to the work of Alfred M. Williams and George W. Potter related to Irish history from 1899-1981 with the bulk 1949-1960. The manuscript collection includes many printed materials, manuscripts to and from Potter as well as other librarians and book distributors, and documents. It includes Alfred M. Williams’s small collection of writings donated posthumously in 1899. The bulk of the material is by George W. Potter and includes...
Dates: 1899 - 1981; Majority of material found within 1949 - 1960

Potter & Williams Collection on Irish Culture - Books

 Collection
Identifier: 009-01-01
Dates: 1633-2023

Potter & Williams Collection on Irish Culture, Broadside Ballads

 Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 009-04-01
Scope and Contents

The collection includes late 19th century Irish and English broadside ballads. Of the total 972 broadsides, the vast bulk were printed in either Cork or Dublin, Ireland. Many of the Dublin broadsides were published by Peter Brerenton. Broadside ballads were printed and sold by ballad singers as well as in street fairs and markets and included the lyrics for popular songs. They were printed on one side of inexpensive paper and often included woodcut illustrations.

Dates: 1860 - 1889

Ship’s Papers of President (Bark) of New Bedford

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 003-02-27
Scope and Contents This collection contains papers from two of the President’s whaling voyages: 1865-1869 under master Edmund Kelley, and 1869-1872 under master Eber C. Almy. The papers for the second of these voyages are scant. The collection also includes papers regarding the ship’s building and maintenance history which are unrelated to any specific voyage. Of additional note in this collection is a volume of sailing directions for Buzzards Bay published in New Bedford in 1821, which has since been...
Dates: 1821 - 1875; Majority of material found within 1865 - 1873

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fliers (printed matter) 3
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Names
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
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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
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
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
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
Brown, Charles E. 1
Brown, Henry Harris 1
Brown, John Edwin, 1804 or 1805-1839 1
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