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Providence Photograph Album

 Item — Box: 1
Identifier: 117-03
Dates: 1860 - 1869

Providence Preservation Society Slide Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 139-03
Scope and Contents The Providence Preservation Society architectural slide collection, with corresponding digital surrogate JPG files, consists of 10,955 35mm slides that were photographed between 1970 and 1999 which document Providence architecture. The slides document dwellings, commercial structures and other-use buildings built between the 18th and early 19th century to the end of the 20th century. By capturing long-standing Providence properties as well as a visual record of architectural demolition and...
Dates: 1970 - 1999

Providence Public Library collection

 Collection
Identifier: 015-02-01
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1868 - 2023

Queer Stories Project oral history collection

 Item
Identifier: 109-07-01
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 2019 - 2020

Queering Oral History collection

 Item
Identifier: 109-07-02
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 2020

David Wallis Reeves’ American Band Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 026-02
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1857 - 1968

Francis Renault collection

 File
Identifier: 109-03-06
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1920 - 1948

Rhode Island Advertising Card Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 002-03-04
Scope and Contents

The collection contains various advertising cards largely produced by Rhode Island businesses. It is comprised of two scrapbooks and a large amount of loose advertising cards.

Dates: 1865 - 1910

Rhode Island Broadsides collection

 Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 002-04-01
Scope and Contents The Rhode Island broadsides collection consists of printed broadsides from 1763 to 1991 connected to events, places, and figures from Rhode Island history. The collection consists of event posters, wanted posters, advertisements, legislation, proclamations, news sheets, handbills, circulars, and poems concentrated around the late-18th, mid-19th, and mid-20th centuries. The collection offers insight into legal, political, intellectual, and artistic histories of Rhode Island throughout these...
Dates: 1763 - 1991

Rhode Island COVID-19 Archive

 Collection
Identifier: 153-07
Scope and Contents The Rhode Island COVID-19 Archive consists of digital files that document the experiences of Rhode Islanders during the COVID-19 pandemic. It includes textual descriptions, visual depictions, artwork, audio and film recordings in various digital file formats that document the initial months of lockdown at the start of the pandemic, various stages of re-opening and the long term impact of the pandemic on people and communities within the state. Individuals could contribute single...
Dates: 2020 - 2023

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Whaling 32
Records (Documents) 28
Whaling ships 27
Business correspondence 26
Whalers (Persons) 24
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Photographs 23
Massachusetts -- Business, industries, and trades -- Whaling 22
Voyages and travels -- 19th century 21
Bills of sale 19
Ships -- Equipment and supplies 18
Albums 17
Correspondence 14
Black & white photographs 10
Tattoo artists 9
black-and-white photographs 9
Architecture -- Rhode Island -- Providence 8
Architecture, Domestic 8
Architecture -- Rhode Island 7
Clippings 7
Drag performance 7
Postcards 7
Advertisements 6
Photographers -- Rhode Island 6
Rhode Island -- History 6
Advertising cards 5
Performing arts -- Rhode Island 5
Personal Correspondence 5
Printed ephemera 5
Same-sex marriage 5
Tattooing 5
AIDS (Disease) 4
Architecture -- Pictorial works 4
Civil rights -- Rhode Island 4
Connecticut -- Business, industries, and trades -- Whaling 4
Drag shows 4
Ephemera. 4
Female impersonators 4
Gay activists 4
Gender nonconformity 4
Historic buildings 4
Hurricanes -- Rhode Island -- History -- 20th century 4
Photographic prints 4
Scrapbooks 4
Tattooed people 4
Theater programs 4
Women's history -- Rhode Island 4
World War, 1914-1918 4
AIDS activists 3
Advertising cards -- United States -- 19th century 3
Aerial photographs -- Rhode Island 3
African Americans 3
Body marking 3
Business cards 3
Coming out (Sexual orientation) 3
Diaries 3
Feminism 3
Gay men 3
Gay parents 3
Gay pride celebrations 3
Hospitals -- Rhode Island -- Providence 3
LGBTQ+ activists 3
New England Hurricane 1938. 3
Newspapers 3
Nonprofit organizations 3
Poetry 3
Posters 3
Printing 3
Providence (R.I.) 3
Rhode Island -- Description and travel 3
Rhode Island -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 3
Rhode Island -- Pictorial works 3
Rhode Island -- Business, industries, and trades -- Whaling 3
Rhode Island -- Pictorial works 3
Roller skating 3
Social work with HIV-positive persons 3
Tattooed women 3
Textile fabrics -- Labeling 3
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 3
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 3
Women -- Societies and clubs 3
Women tattoo artists 3
broadsides (notices) 3
fliers (printed matter) 3
product labels 3
Account books 2
Advertising--Fashion 2
Aerial photographs 2
African American whalers 2
Alphabets 2
Alternative spaces (Arts facilities) 2
Antinuclear movement -- Rhode Island 2
Architectural drawings. 2
Architecture -- Rhode Island -- Newport 2
Architecture, Domestic -- Rhode Island -- Providence 2
Art and social action 2
Artists -- Providence (R.I.) 2
Artists and community 2
Artists as teachers 2
Arts and society 2
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Language
English 208
French 11
German 9
Spanish; Castilian 9
Italian 5
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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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