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Potter & Williams Collection on Irish Culture - Books
Collection
Identifier: 009-01-01
Dates:
1633-2023
Found in:
Providence Public Library
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
Found in:
Providence Public Library
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
Found in:
Providence Public Library
Providence Photograph Album
Item — Box: 1
Identifier: 117-03
Dates:
1860 - 1869
Found in:
Providence Public Library
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
Found in:
Providence Public Library
Providence Public Library collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
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
Found in:
Providence Public Library
Purtill Collection of Circus and Sideshow Scrapbooks
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 064-04-04
Scope and Contents
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.
Dates:
1890s-1930s
Found in:
Providence Public Library
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
Found in:
Providence Public Library
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
Found in:
Providence Public Library
Paul Rand design book for The Limited and the TLC Group
Collection — Box: Multi-collection Box
Identifier: 004-04-05
Scope and Contents
The materials are collected in a three-ringed binder and include sketches, correspondence, colored photocopies.
Dates:
circa 1988
Found in:
Providence Public Library
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