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Rhode Island Development Council type block collection
Collection
Identifier: 039-04
Scope and Contents
The printing blocks represent images of Rhode Island, circa 1930s-1950s. The images are primarily of leisure and recreation activities.
Dates:
1930 - 1959
Found in:
Providence Public Library
Rhode Island Election Tickets and Proxes collection
Item — Box: 1
Identifier: 002-04-02
Scope and Contents
The collection includes 56 election tickets and proxes (proxies) for various Rhode Island elections, the majority of which were in the 19th century.
Dates:
1780 - 1871
Found in:
Providence Public Library
Rhode Island Glass Plate Negative Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 002-03-10
Scope and Contents
The Rhode Island Glass Plate Negative Collection contains images related to geographic locations, buildings and organizations in the State of Rhode Island as well as various miscellaneous images found with the collection.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1880 - 1929
Found in:
Providence Public Library
Rhode Island League of Girls Clubs records
Collection — Box: Multi-Collection Box
Identifier: 151-02
Scope and Contents
The Rhode Island League of Girls Clubs records collection consists of printed materials concerning the Girls’ City Club of Providence and the Valley Girls’ Club. These materials include newspaper clippings and annual reports, as well as club calendars, newsletters, and other promotional material that advertise the clubs’ year-round programs. The dates represented in the collection are 1918 to 1924, which provide insight into operations at the time of the National League of Working Women’s...
Dates:
1918 - 1924
Found in:
Providence Public Library
Rhode Island LGBTQ+ General Ephemera Collection
File
Identifier: 109-04-01
Scope and Contents
Collection includes ephemera related to a variety of individuals and organizations related to LGBTQ+ history in Rhode Island.
Dates:
1980 - 2023
Found in:
Providence Public Library
Rhode Island Mills and Mill Villages Photograph Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 002-03-03
Scope and Contents
This collection is comprised of negatives, glossy photographic prints, and oversized photographic prints of mills and mill villages within Rhode Island. All of the photographs were taken by Joseph McCarthy as a Federal Works Agency project, a part of the WPA, in 1940 and given to the Providence Public Library as part of the Nickerson Architectural Collection that same year. A written reference work listing the prints and including an essay of the various architectural styles seen in the...
Dates:
1940
Found in:
Providence Public Library
Rhode Island Photograph Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 002-03-06
Scope and Contents
The Rhode Island Photograph Collection contains photographic prints with images related to geographic locations, buildings, organizations and people in the State of Rhode Island.
Dates:
1840 - 1976; Majority of material found within 1870 - 1967
Found in:
Providence Public Library
Rhode Island Photographic Negatives collection
Collection — Box: unprocessed
Identifier: 002-03-09
Dates:
1860 - 1950
Found in:
Providence Public Library
Rhode Island Postcard Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 002-03-01
Scope and Contents
The Rhode Island Postcard Collection contains postcards and viewbooks with images related to geographic locations, buildings, organizations and people in the State of Rhode Island.
Dates:
1898 - 1990
Found in:
Providence Public Library
Rhode Island Sheet Music Collection
Collection
Identifier: 002-02-03
Scope and Contents
The Rhode Island Sheet Music Collection includes sheet music by Rhode Island composers and arrangers, published by Rhode Island music publishers and music about Rhode Island.
Dates:
1829 - 1981
Found in:
Providence Public Library
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