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Potter & Williams Collection on Irish Culture, Broadside Ballads
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.
Ship’s Papers of President (Bark) of New Bedford
Providence Photograph Album
Providence Preservation Society Slide Collection
Providence Public Library collection
The collection contains manuscript records and audiovisual materials (mainly photographs and architectural drawings) of and relating to Providence Public Library, its buildings, staff, trustees, and programs. The collection includes materials related to the Washington Street-Empire street building as well as materials related to branches previously operated by the Library.
Purtill Collection of Circus and Sideshow Scrapbooks
The scrapbooks include newspaper clippings as well as photographs, postcards, business cards, letters and other printed ephemera. The collector has annotated many items in pen with dates and locations.
Queer Stories Project oral history collection
The collection includes oral history recordings of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex and asexual people in Rhode Island. The interviews document experiences related to identity including sexuality, gender identity and expression, race and ethnicity as well as art & creative expression, dating, marriage and families, activism, religious faith, social life and occupations.
Queering Oral History collection
The collection includes oral history recordings of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex and asexual people in Rhode Island. The interviews document experiences related to identity including sexuality, gender identity and expression, race and ethnicity as well as art & creative expression, dating, marriage and families, activism, religious faith, social life and occupations.
David Wallis Reeves’ American Band Collection
The collection includes materials related to the work of composer David Wallis Reeves and related to the American Band of Providence, Rhode Island. The bulk of the collection includes original music compositions and arrangements by Reeves. Also included are photographs, recordings and organizational records related to Reeves, the American Band and various other brass bands in Rhode Island.
Francis Renault collection
This collection includes photographs and ephemera related to the personal and professional life of Francis Renault. It includes naturalization papers and a passport, ephemera related to Renault's performances, personal snapshots and family photographs, headshots and photographs of Renault's stage costumes as well as non-drag related business ventures.
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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
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- 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
- 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 ∧ less