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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 Prints collection
Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 002-03-12
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of prints from 1778 to 1992 related to events, places, and figures from Rhode Island history as well as views and landscapes of Rhode Island itself. The collection is divided into two series, one general series featuring prints produced through lithography and collotype, as well as prints by artists such as Whitman Bailey, Lester G. Hornby, and Eliza Gardiner. The second series consists of architectural drawings, building plans, and naval architecture plans, featuring...
Dates:
1778-2015
Found in:
Providence Public Library
Rhode Island QSL cards collection
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 142-04
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of approximately 300 QSL ham radio cards mailed to Rhode Island radio stations by ham radio operators from around the world between 1930 and 1989. Each card documents the sender's call letters along with the date, time, and location where a radio station message was received. Most radio stations included in this collection operated out of Providence County. Many of the cards also contain a graphic image representing the institution or area in which the message was...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1930 - 1985
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
Rhode Island Society for Mental Hygiene records
Item — Box: Multi-Collection Box
Identifier: 150-02
Scope and Contents
The Rhode Island Society for Mental Hygiene collection includes materials from 1924 to 1936 that consist of organizational missions, informational booklets, and brochures for various lectures, conferences, and panels hosted by the Society. These illustrate the breadth, nature, and spread of the Society's mental health services and educational programs in Rhode Island. The collection includes organizational reports, briefing materials, and appeals for donations which also offer insight into...
Dates:
1924 - 1936
Found in:
Providence Public Library
Rhode Island Soldiers and Sailors Historical Society Collection
Collection
Identifier: 022-02
Scope and Contents
This collection consists primarily of manuscripts and papers from the society, as well as published material including newspapers and flyers. Some paperwork, such as muster rolls and blank applications, are included, as well as some correspondence appearing to be from members of the society. A ledger volume documents the titles that were in the library collection. The collection also includes the collar worn by Major Sullivan Ballou.
Dates:
1858 - 1887
Found in:
Providence Public Library
Rhode Island Stereocard Collection
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 002-03-05
Scope and Contents
The Rhode Island Stereocard Collection contains stereograms with 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:
1860 - 1910
Found in:
Providence Public Library
Rhode Island Theater Collection
Collection
Identifier: 002-02-02
Scope and Contents
The Rhode Island Theater Collection contains handbills, performance programs, newspapers clippings, and personal notes related to theaters and theater companies in Rhode Island from 1855-2006. It includes materials from theaters and performance venues from across Rhode Island, but predominantly in Providence. Many well known theaters such as the Providence Opera House, Metropolitan Theatre, Modern Theatre, Providence Performing Art Center and Trinity Repertory Company are represented. ...
Dates:
1855-2006
Found in:
Providence Public Library
Rhode Island Women’s Suffrage Association records
Item — Box: Multi-Collection Box
Identifier: 149-02
Scope and Contents
The Rhode Island Women’s Suffrage Association (RIWSA) records collection consists of materials relating to women’s suffrage that were published by RIWSA and collected from affiliated women’s suffrage groups in Rhode Island between 1883 and 1919. The materials span from informational newsletters to promote women's suffrage to a counseling booklet for Rhode Island women voters once their suffrage was legislated in 1920. The collection does include one oppositional leaflet that was collected...
Dates:
1883 - 1919
Found in:
Providence Public Library
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