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AS220 collection
Collection
Identifier: 030
Scope and Contents
The Collection includes records and collected artwork of AS220 from 1983-2017. Annual accruals are expected. The materials in the collection represent the work of a wide variety of artists and performers as well as the organization. Researchers will find evidence of a complex, creative community with a national reach and strong impact on the streetscape of an urban downtown area. The bulk of the collection includes artwork and communications/public relations-related records. The...
Dates:
1982 - 2018
Found in:
Providence Public Library
Ship's Papers of Aurora (Schooner) of Edgartown
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 003-02-06
Scope and Contents
The collection includes the records of three whaling voyages of the schooner Aurora including articles of agreement, correspondence, crew lists, bills & receipts and crew accounts. It includes fairly complete documentation of all three voyages including the expenses of the work in Fairhaven prior to the 1886 voyage.
Dates:
1882 - 1886
Found in:
Providence Public Library
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
Found in:
Providence Public Library
Barnard Club of RI meeting programs
Collection — Box: Multi-Collection Box Backlog-02, Folder: 5
Identifier: 176-04
Dates:
1980s-1990s
Found in:
Providence Public Library
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
Found in:
Providence Public Library
Bob Rizzo Collection of Providence Office of Cultural Affairs materials
Collection — Container: Backlog, 2 boxes, binders
Identifier: 084-04
Dates:
1980 - 1999
Found in:
Providence Public Library
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
Found in:
Providence Public Library
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
Found in:
Providence Public Library
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
Found in:
Providence Public Library
William J. Briston scrapbooks about the Hurricane of 1938
Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 154-04
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of two scrapbooks that include newspaper clippings documenting the storm and aftermath of the aftermath of the Hurricane of 1938 in Rhode Island. This collection was presumably compiled and donated by William J. Briston, of Providence, RI, whose name appears on the front cover of both volumes.Content is included from the Providence Journal (including the Providence Sunday Bulletin and Eventing Bulletin) the Pawtucket Press, and the Boston Herald between...
Dates:
1938-09-22 - 1938-10-17
Found in:
Providence Public Library
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- Cady, John Hutchins , 1881-1967 2
- Channing Memorial Church (Newport, R.I.) 2
- DeWolf, James, 1764-1837 2
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- Williams, Alfred M. (Alfred Mason), 1840-1896 2
- Wood, Dan 2
- AIDS Project RI (1985-) (Providence, R.I. ) 1
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- Advisory Commission of Women in Rhode Island 1
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- Allen , Ezra , 1819-1902 1
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- Archer , John B. (Benjamin), 1872-1954 1
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- Arnold , Jonathan, 1741-1793 1
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- Arnold , Russell Greene, 1796-1868 1
- Arnold , Samuel Greene, 1821-1880 1
- Arnold , William , 1587-1675 1
- Arnold, Alice Margaret, 1866-1909 1
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