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Dailey family correspondence
Collection — Box: Multi-Collection Box RI-08
Identifier: 090-02
Scope and Contents
Collection includes 12 letters. Includes correspondence to daughter Maude from her parents, Albert and Charlotte, and her sister Lottie during a tour of Europe. Also includes several letters from J.H. Coggeshall to Albert Dailey relating business matters.
Dates:
1868 - 1869
Found in:
Providence Public Library
D.M. Dalton architectural photographs
Collection
Identifier: 052-03
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of 4 boxes containing 182 photographs, and 4 cardboard prints created by D.M. Dalton in 1978. The photographs in the collection showcase historic Providence buildings built between the late 1700s and 1920s. Many different architecture styles are represented including buildings designed by Rhode Island architects Frederick E. Field and William R. Walker and Son. The black-and-white photographs of buildings include close-ups of exterior and interior architectural...
Dates:
1978
Found in:
Providence Public Library
Daniel Berkeley Updike Autograph Collection
File
Identifier: 005-02-01
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of miscellaneous items collected by Daniel Berkeley Updike, chiefly letters and documents relating to American history, many of which specifically relate to the federal period and New England history. Included are autograph letters of many notable individuals and political and military figures.
Dates:
1639-1940
Found in:
Providence Public Library
Daniel Berkeley Updike correspondence
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 004-02-01
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of correspondence with Daniel Berkeley Updike, correspondence between others related to Updike’s work as well as essays and manuscripts by Updike. The bulk of the collection includes correspondence between Updike and others related to his printing work and book collecting. While some of the letters are with his close peers and friends, the letters are not personal in nature.
Dates:
1878-1959
Found in:
Providence Public Library
William Darrah correspondence
Collection — Box: Multi-Collection Box RI-08
Identifier: 091-02
Scope and Contents
Bulk of letters are from William Francis Darrah to his brother Rufus E. Darrah (1861-1916 ), a physician of Newport, during William’s time aboard the USS Kearsage and describe his travels in ports of interest.
Dates:
1883 - 1885
Found in:
Providence Public Library
Arthur W. Davis Yachting Scrapbooks
Item
Identifier: 008-02-02
Scope and Contents
The collection includes notebooks and scrapbooks which include newspaper and magazine clippings, manuscript and ephemeral material, and photographs documenting the history of yachting in Rhode Island as well as its coverage in Providence newspapers.
Dates:
1921 - 1955
Found in:
Providence Public Library
Kim Deacon Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 109-03-03
Scope and Contents
This collection documents the Kings & Queen Bar in Woonsocket, R.I. as well as the LGBT community in Rhode Island from the 1970s-early 2000s. The bulk of the collection includes photographs and videos, but additional clippings, event calendars and ephemera are included. Materials represent the bar as a gay social space and include events such as holiday parties, drag shows and fundraisers as well as events for the LGBT community sponsored by the bar including bi-annual picnics, roller...
Dates:
1974 - 2002
Found in:
Providence Public Library
Charles and Nicoll Dering Collection of Whaling Correspondence
File — Box: Multi-Collection Box
Identifier: 003-02-22
Scope and Contents
This collection includes the business correspondence and accounts of Charles T. and Nicoll H. Dering of Sag Harbor and Henry Huntington of Rome, New York relative to the business of whaling. In his correspondence, which makes up the majority of the collection, Charles Dering, a whaling agent, encourages Henry Huntington to invest in his whaling ventures, and sends statements relating to the vessels and Huntington's investments therein, as well as miscellaneous personal and family...
Dates:
1833 - 1846
Found in:
Providence Public Library
Documents of the American Slave Trade
Collection — Box: Harris multi-collection oversize box
Identifier: 007-02-03
Dates:
1732-1807
Found in:
Providence Public Library
Dresden Foil Textile Labels
Item — Box: Multi-collection box
Identifier: 001-04-04
Scope and Contents
The labels in this collection are highly detailed examples, die-cut in various shapes, and predominantly represent textile manufacturers in the United States and Great Britain during the 19th century.
Dates:
19th century
Found in:
Providence Public Library
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