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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
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
Found in:
Providence Public Library
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
Found in:
Providence Public Library
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
Found in:
Providence Public Library
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
Found in:
Providence Public Library
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
Found in:
Providence Public Library
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
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