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Henry A. Walke naval ledger and list of contrabands received on board the USS Lafayette
Item — Box: Harris multi collection box
Identifier: 007-02-02
Scope and Contents
This volume includes three sections including cash notations by Captain Walke from 1859-1869 related to various naval expenses, a list of contrabands received on board U.S. Gunboat Layfayette under Captain Henry Walke from May 3, 1863-June 29, 1863, and several diary entries by Francis Edward Walke from August 25, 1875-Oct 5 [1875]. The bulk of the volume, and the most historically significant portion of the ledger, documents almost 900 enslaved people from Louisiana and...
Dates:
1859 - 1875; Majority of material found within 1836-05-03 - 1863-06-29
Found in:
Providence Public Library
Walter Hammond Barney Whist Collection
Collection — Container: SpecColH
Identifier: 011-01-01
Dates:
1761-1917
Found in:
Providence Public Library
Stephen Waterman Jr. photograph albums
Item — Box: 1
Identifier: 163-03
Scope and Contents
The collection includes 5 photograph albums with over 250 photographs, mostly cyanotypes, believed to have been taken by Stephen Waterman Jr. circa 1899-1900. The albums includes images of excursions and day trips around Rhode Island and New England; exterior images of various buildings including Waterman's residence at 70 Stimson Avenue where he lived with his first wife; interiors of unidentified residences; various events with the 1st R.I. Volunteers and a small cocktail party with people...
Dates:
1899 - 1900
Found in:
Providence Public Library
Watermyn House records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 165-02
Scope and Contents
Collection includes records related to BACH / PEACH and the governance of Watermyn House. Records include organizational records, by-laws, board meeting minutes, occupancy agreements, building plans and ephemera. Also included are photographs of both Watermyn and Finlandia residents and properties.
Dates:
1970 - 2024
Found in:
Providence Public Library
Charles Henry Wilbur papers
File — Box: Multi-collection Box
Identifier: 003-02-16
Scope and Contents
This collection includes 69 letters to and from Wilbur, his mother, sister and brother in law, his friends, and two whaling agents, as well as a variety of other people involved in the life and death of this whaleman from New Jersey. The correspondence in this collection begins during Wilbur’s naval service in 1864 and continues through his whaling career and into the next generation of his sister's family, ending in 1916. It includes correspondence between members of his family and the U....
Dates:
1843 - 1916
Found in:
Providence Public Library
Jacqueline Kindekens Wilson Collection of World War I Postcards
Collection — Box: Wilson WWI Postcard Clamshell Box
Identifier: 028-04-02
Scope and Contents
The collection includes the following songs:Abide with Me (4 cards)Down Home in Tennessee (3 cards)Farewell, Isabelle (cards 1 and 3)Fight the Good Fight (4 cards)If You Were the Only Girl in the World (2 cards)It's a Long, Long Way to Tipperary (2/4 cards)I Wonder If You Miss Me Sometimes (cards 2 and 3)Let the Great Big World Keep Turning (3 cards)Somewhere in France, Dear Mother (3...
Dates:
1914-1918
Found in:
Providence Public Library
Women's Republican Club of Rhode Island records
Item — Box: Multi-Collection Box
Identifier: 148-02
Scope and Contents
The Women’s Republican Club of Rhode Island collection includes promotional materials used by the Club from 1922 to 1937. The materials include a bulletin for circulation that summarizes Club proceedings and advertises its weekly meetings. There is also a copy of the Rhode Island Elephant, the official publication of the Club with the same functions as the bulletin. Apart from these promotional publications, there are campaign songs and a questionnaire that were in use around the 1924 and...
Dates:
1922 - 1937
Found in:
Providence Public Library
Dan Wood Collection of Amalgamated Printers Association Ephemera
Collection
Identifier: 023-02
Scope and Contents
The Dan Wood Collection of Amalgamated Printers Association Ephemera includes printed works by APA members for inclusion in the monthly bundles that were collected by APA member Dan Wood. Wood collected mailed bundles from when he first became a member of the organization in August 2001 through October 2009. Not all months from each year are in the collection, and some bundles are incomplete. The collection materials include handwritten communications from APA mailers to Dan Wood, examples...
Dates:
1980 - 2010; Majority of material found within 2001 - 2009
Found in:
Providence Public Library
YMCA of Greater Providence collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 103-01
Scope and Contents
This collection contains material concerning the development and operation of the Greater Providence YMCA from its inception in 1853 to 2009. About half of the collection consists of organizational records: foundational documents, board meeting minutes, annual reports, financial ledgers, building plans and permits, program planning materials and flyers, and various letters, faxes and other correspondence. The other half consists of photographs including portraits, events, summer camps and...
Dates:
1853 - 2009
Found in:
Providence Public Library
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