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Updike Collection on the History of Printing - Books
Collection
Identifier: 004-01-01
Dates:
1450 - 2022
Found in:
Providence Public Library
Updike Pamphlet Collection
Collection — Container: SpecColU
Identifier: 006-01-01
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1590-1856
Found in:
Providence Public Library
Collection of Updike Printing Ephemera
Collection
Identifier: 004-04-01
Scope and Contents
This collection contains printed ephemera and manuscripts relating primarily to the printing trade. The materials described here constitute only a portion of the printing ephemera in the collection. The organization and description of the materials are ongoing, and researchers are advised to consult Special Collections staff.
Dates:
1732-2017
Found in:
Providence Public Library
Collection of Updike Type Specimen Ephemera
Collection
Identifier: 004-04-06
Scope and Contents
The collection is composed primarily of 20th-century ephemeral type specimens from Europe and America. Many are notable for their colorful design and creative sample text, and some are styled in the manner of faux publications (e.g. “The Baskerville Banner,” which is presented as a newspaper broadside).
Dates:
1734-2017
Found in:
Providence Public Library
UPP Arts collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 074-02
Scope and Contents
This collection documents the artistic, administrative, and educational activities of UPP Arts.The materials in this collection reflect a decade of interdisciplinary collaborations between artists, educators, students, and community members who used place-based art to celebrate and build awareness for Providence’s urban ponds. Their work focused particularly on Mashapaug Pond and its environs, which include the site of the Gorham Manufacturing Company and the former West Elmwood...
Dates:
1935 - 2018; Majority of material found within 2008 - 2018
Found in:
Providence Public Library
Urban League of Rhode Island collection
Collection — Box: Multi-Collection Box
Identifier: 125-02
Scope and Contents
The Urban League of Rhode Island collection consists of print materials from approximately 1939 to 1976 produced by the Urban League for existing as well as potential organizational partners and community members. The collection provides insight into the League’s organizational development from the 1930s to the 1970s, including an early statement of policy from the League’s inception in 1939, and materials for an event that began to incorporate Indigenous communities as beneficiaries of the...
Dates:
1939 - 1976
Found in:
Providence Public Library
Voyagers’ Press collection
Collection
Identifier: 024-02
Dates:
1954 - 1969
Found in:
Providence Public Library
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
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