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Ship’s Papers of the Robert Morrison (Bark) of New Bedford
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 003-02-19
Scope and Contents
This collection contains captain Andrew J. Mosher’s correspondence from a voyage of the Robert Morrison from 1880 to 1884, along with agent’s and owner’s memoranda and information about shipments of oil from this same time period. It also contains crew papers including accounts and permissions, government documents, a significant number of bills and receipts, and documents related to the condemnation and sale of the Robert Morrison. Researchers will also note diagrams of the bark’s cask...
Dates:
1879-1890
Found in:
Providence Public Library
James Waring Roberts photograph album
Item — Box: Multi-Collection Box RI-11
Identifier: 083-03
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of one photograph album of black and white snapshots of summer recreation destinations in Rhode Island, New York and New Jersey. Locations in Rhode Island include Providence, Pawtuxet Village, Bristol, Rocky Point, Newport, Narragansett, and Block Island. Other photographs depict southern Massachusetts, New York City, Luna Park, Coney Island, Asbury Park, and New London. Images showcase amusement parks, beaches, steamships and other tourism destinations.
Dates:
1905
Found in:
Providence Public Library
Samuel Rodman and William Logan Fisher correspondence
File — Box: Multi-collection box
Identifier: 003-02-29
Dates:
1799 - 1829
Found in:
Providence Public Library
Rogue’s Gallery Album
Item — Box: 1
Identifier: 061-03
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of one album given to Jesse H. Metcalf in celebration of Walter R. Callender on January 12, 1910 at the Hope Club in Providence, Rhode Island. A menu for the event notes “To Walter Reid Callender, the Big Cop, by the member of his baseball and stung cabinet”. Includes photographs of various Providence businessmen and politicians with humorous descriptions of each individual as criminals.
Dates:
1910
Found in:
Providence Public Library
Collection Of Roller Rink Decals
File — Box: 1
Identifier: 104-04
Scope and Contents
This collection contains approximately 159 different roller rink decals from the 1930s and 1940s. The decals in this collection showcase rinks throughout the United States as well as Toronto and Vancouver in Canada. They often served as advertisements for the rinks themselves as well as for roller skating as a pastime, and thus are eye-catching in design. Each decal is mounted on a black album page. Some pages feature multiple decals. The decals are die-cut, many in the shape of a roller...
Dates:
1930 - 1950
Found in:
Providence Public Library
Rosemary Petrucci COVID-19 diaries
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 140-02
Dates:
2020 - 2021
Found in:
Providence Public Library
Salesman's Dummy for The Life and Times of John Bunyan
Item — Box: Multi-collection Box
Identifier: 004-04-09
Dates:
circa 1862-1869
Found in:
Providence Public Library
Sam Beck photograph collection
Collection — Container: Backlog, 2 boxes
Identifier: 100-03
Dates:
1975 - 1995
Found in:
Providence Public Library
Joe Saperstein Collection of LGBTQ oral history recordings
Collection
Identifier: 109-07-05
Dates:
2023 - 2024
Found in:
Providence Public Library
Frank Sayles photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: 032-03
Scope and Contents
The Frank Sayles Photography Collection contains primarily color photographs of buildings in and around Providence, Rhode Island. There are also photographs of monuments, statues, close-ups of architectural detail, and several bridges in the area.
Dates:
1950 - 1995; Majority of material found within 1993 - 1995
Found in:
Providence Public Library
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