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Banigan Mansion Photograph Album

 Item — Box: Multi-Collection Box RI-10
Identifier: 057-03
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of one photograph album, circa 1900, of the Joseph Banigan Mansion built in 1897 by Martin and Hall at 510 Angell Street in Providence, Rhode Island. Includes two exterior and 13 interior photographs of home, one of the exterior of the carriage house, and one of a dog outside its dog house.

Dates: 1900

Ship's Papers of Betsey Williams (Ship) of Stonington

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 003-02-12
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of records of the construction of the vessel as well as the first three whaling voyages of the Betsey Williams out of Stonington including shipping papers, correspondence, crew lists, bills and receipts and crew accounts.

Dates: 1846-1854

Robert Bonner scrapbook

 Collection — Box: Multi-Collection Box RI-12
Identifier: 034-03
Scope and Contents

This scrapbook predominantly contains concert leaflets, flyers, programs, and newspaper reviews, collected from 1874 to 1897. It focuses on musical events in and around Rhode Island, usually having to do with Robert Bonner. It includes handwritten notes to explain clippings. The scrapbook also contains advertisements for classes Bonner offered, including price lists. Various other entries in the scrapbook include poems clipped from newspapers and obituaries of Bonner and of his peers.

Dates: 1874 - 1898

Thomas Boyle Photograph Album of Aerial Photographs of Hurricane of 1938

 Item — Volume: Album
Identifier: 146-03
Scope and Contents The collection consists of 55 photographs and four negatives of aerial photography taken in the aftermath of the hurricane and tidal wave that struck Rhode Island on September 21, 1938. The photographs were taken by Thomas Matthew Joseph Boyle and the aeroplane was operated by Melvin Tilden Holbrook, Jr. Compiled into a scrapbook, the photographs show both coastal and landlocked wreckage caused to beaches, industrial zones, and residential areas in Providence, East Providence, Barrington,...
Dates: 1938

William J. Bradford family photograph album

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 107-03
Scope and Contents The William J. Bradford Family Photograph Album collection contains a total of 15 items: 14 photographs, and one photograph album. Of the 14 photographs, 12 are early examples of carte de visites (CdV), approximately the size of visiting cards (4 x 2.5 inches), which became very popular in the United States during the Civil War, as the families of soldiers now had a means of obtaining keepsakes of their loved ones. The additional two photographs, items 13 and 14, are similarly sized...
Dates: 1860 - 1875

John Edwin Brown letter to G. & C. Merriam

 Collection — Box: Multi-Collection Box RI-08
Identifier: 087-02
Scope and Contents

Included is a priced trade catalog of Marshall, Brown and Co. and letter from Brown to G. and C. Merriam dated 3 September 1834. The trade list includes the works offered by Marshall, Brown and Co including children’s books, school books and miscellaneous books. Brown’s letter refers to book exchanges and includes criticism of the practice of “trade sales”.

Dates: 1834-09-03

Brown University Class of 1873 photograph album

 Item — Box: 1
Identifier: 116-03
Dates: 1873

Brownell Maritime Collection Ephemera

 Collection — Container: 008-04-01
Identifier: 008-04-01
Dates: Majority of material found within circa 1900-1960

Tristam Burges letter and ephemera

 Collection — Box: Multi-Collection Box RI-08
Identifier: 088-02
Scope and Contents The collection consists of a letter from Tristam Burges to John DeWolf in Bristol, R.I. concerning the extension of road service from Fall River to Newport and it’s possible impact on the steamship lines.Included with the letter are three pieces of ephemera related to transportation of trade in Rhode Island in the 19th century. These materials include a Bill of lading from Commercial Steamboat Company for F. H. Perry, Feb. 7, 1865, for a chest of tea; Bill of lading for James...
Dates: 1824 - 1865

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Whaling 34
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Whaling ships 28
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Black & white photographs 11
Tattoo artists 11
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black-and-white photographs 9
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Body marking 5
Performing arts -- Rhode Island 5
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 3
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broadsides (notices) 3
graphic design 3
product labels 3
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Nicholson, Paul C. (Paul Coe), 1888-1956 27
Providence Public Library (R.I.). Special Collections 12
Osborn, Samuel, Jr. 11
Arnold , James N. (James Newell), , 1844-1927 3
Brown University. 3
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Milham, Beth 3
Providence Public Library (R.I.) 3
Rhode Island Pride Committee 3
Thomas, Virginia 3
United States. Army. Rhode Island Infantry Regiment, 2nd (1861-1865) 3
Updike, Daniel Berkeley, 1860-1941 3
Wetmore, Edith Malvina Keteltas, 1870-1966 3
American Civil Liberties Union 2
Anthony , Henry. B. (Henry Bowen), 1815-1884 2
Arnold, Frederick Augustus, 1841-1924 2
Baxter, Dennis B. 2
Burges, Tristam, 1770-1853 2
Burnside, Ambrose Everett, 1824-1881 2
Cady, John Hutchins , 1881-1967 2
Channing Memorial Church (Newport, R.I.) 2
DeWolf, James, 1764-1837 2
Dorr, Thomas Wilson, 1805-1854 2
E.H. Hatfield (Schooner) 2
Flores-Maldonado, Vanessa 2
Foster, William E. (William Eaton), 1851-1930 2
Grand Army of the Republic. 2
Hall, Palmer 2
Hardy, Don Ed (1945) 2
Harris, Caleb Fiske, 1818-1881 2
Hoppin, Augustus, 1828-1896 2
Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845 2
Marchant, C. M. (Cornelius M.) 2
Marriage Equality Rhode Island 2
Martin, William A., (Shipmaster) 2
Mattapoisett (Bark) 2
Means, Selene 2
Milham, Russell 2
Nixon, Eli 2
Pendleton, Gilbert 2
Perry, Matthew Calbraith, 1794-1858 2
Potter, Elisha R. (Elisha Reynolds), 1811-1882 2
Providence Journal Company 2
Reynolds, John S. 2
Rhode Island Hospital 2
Sherman, Clarence Edgar, 1887 2
Sherman, Stuart C. 2
Spaulding, Huck 2
Towns, Jeff 2
United States. Army. Division 26. 2
United States. Army. Rhode Island Infantry Regiment, 2nd (1861-1865) 2
United States. Army. Rhode Island Infantry Regiment, 2nd . Company F (1861-1865) 2
Ward, Samuel, 1725-1776 2
Waters, Percy 2
Williams, Alfred M. (Alfred Mason), 1840-1896 2
Wood, Dan 2
AIDS Project RI (1985-) (Providence, R.I. ) 1
AIDS Rochester (Rochester, N.Y.) 1
AS220 (1985-) (Providence (R.I.)) 1
AS220 Printshop 1
Abraham Barker (Bark) 1
Acklen, Joseph Alexander Smith, 1816-1863 1
Adams, Eli 1
Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848 1
Adams, John, 1735-1826 1
Advisory Commission of Women in Rhode Island 1
Aguinaldo , Emilio, 1869-1964 1
Albanese, Amelia 1
Aldrich, David Law, 1822-1889 1
Aldrich, Nelson W. (Nelson Wilmarth), 1841-1915 1
Allen , Ezra , 1819-1902 1
Allen family 1
Allen, James , 1824-1897 1
Allen, Philip, 1785-1865 1
Allen, William , 1784-1868 1
Allentown Band 1
Allyn, Thomas 1
Almagno, Romano Stephen 1
Almy, Eber C. (Eber Clark), 1816- 1
Amalgamated Printers Association. 1
America II (Ship ) 1
America's Cup 1
American Band of Providence 1
American Library Association. Annual Conference 1
Anderson, Hope 1
Anderson, Robert, 1805-1871 1
Angell, Louis L. 1
Anrold, Stephen , 1728-1796 1
Appelman, William Henry 1
Archer , John B. (Benjamin), 1872-1954 1
Arion Club (Providence, R.I. ) 1
Arnold (Family : (Providence, R.I.) 1
Arnold , Henry Anthony , 1834-1893 1
Arnold , Jonathan, 1741-1793 1
Arnold , Russell Greene 1
Arnold , Russell Greene, 1796-1868 1
Arnold , Samuel Greene, 1821-1880 1
Arnold , William , 1587-1675 1
Arnold, Alice Margaret, 1866-1909 1
Arnold, Benedict, 1741-1801 1
Arnold, Edwin Whipple, 1862-1894 1
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