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W.I. Cox manuscript on The Arcade
Collection — Box: Multi-Collection Box Backlog-02, Folder: 6
Identifier: 177-02
Dates:
unprocessed
Found in:
Providence Public Library
Charles Henry Wilbur papers
File — Box: Multi-collection Box
Identifier: 003-02-16
Scope and Contents
This collection includes 69 letters to and from Wilbur, his mother, sister and brother in law, his friends, and two whaling agents, as well as a variety of other people involved in the life and death of this whaleman from New Jersey. The correspondence in this collection begins during Wilbur’s naval service in 1864 and continues through his whaling career and into the next generation of his sister's family, ending in 1916. It includes correspondence between members of his family and the U....
Dates:
1843 - 1916
Found in:
Providence Public Library
William Eaton Foster papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 015-02-02
Dates:
unknown
Found in:
Providence Public Library
Jacqueline Kindekens Wilson Collection of World War I Postcards
Collection — Box: Wilson WWI Postcard Clamshell Box
Identifier: 028-04-03
Scope and Contents
The collection includes the following songs:Abide with Me (4 cards)Down Home in Tennessee (3 cards)Farewell, Isabelle (cards 1 and 3)Fight the Good Fight (4 cards)If You Were the Only Girl in the World (2 cards)It's a Long, Long Way to Tipperary (2/4 cards)I Wonder If You Miss Me Sometimes (cards 2 and 3)Let the Great Big World Keep Turning (3 cards)Somewhere in France, Dear Mother (3...
Dates:
1914-1918
Found in:
Providence Public Library
Women's Republican Club of Rhode Island records
Item — Box: Multi-Collection Box RI-05
Identifier: 148-02
Scope and Contents
The Women’s Republican Club of Rhode Island collection includes promotional materials used by the Club from 1922 to 1937. The materials include a bulletin for circulation that summarizes Club proceedings and advertises its weekly meetings. There is also a copy of the Rhode Island Elephant, the official publication of the Club with the same functions as the bulletin. Apart from these promotional publications, there are campaign songs and a questionnaire that were in use around the 1924 and...
Dates:
1922 - 1937
Found in:
Providence Public Library
Dan Wood Collection of Amalgamated Printers Association Ephemera
Collection
Identifier: 023-02
Scope and Contents
The Dan Wood Collection of Amalgamated Printers Association Ephemera includes printed works by APA members for inclusion in the monthly bundles that were collected by APA member Dan Wood. Wood collected mailed bundles from when he first became a member of the organization in August 2001 through October 2009. Not all months from each year are in the collection, and some bundles are incomplete. The collection materials include handwritten communications from APA mailers to Dan Wood, examples...
Dates:
1980 - 2010; Majority of material found within 2001 - 2009
Found in:
Providence Public Library
World War I and II Propaganda Posters
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 028-04-01
Dates:
1914-1945
Found in:
Providence Public Library
YMCA of Greater Providence records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 103-02
Scope and Contents
This collection contains material concerning the development and operation of the Greater Providence YMCA from its inception in 1853 to 2005. About half of the collection consists of operational records including foundational documents, correspondence, board meeting minutes, annual reports, financial ledgers, building plans, newsletters, advertisements, program planning materials, certificates, pins, and more. The other half consists of photographs, which document YMCA events, holiday...
Dates:
1853 - 2005
Found in:
Providence Public Library
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