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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
Correspondence, photographs, and artifacts relating to Henry Harris Brown and the logbook of the Plover
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 155-02
Dates:
1859-1934
Found in:
Providence Public Library
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
Found in:
Providence Public Library
Brown University Class of 1873 photograph album
Item — Box: 1
Identifier: 116-03
Dates:
1873
Found in:
Providence Public Library
Brownell Maritime Collection Ephemera
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 008-04-01
Dates:
Majority of material found within circa 1900-1960
Found in:
Providence Public Library
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
Found in:
Providence Public Library
William H. Burgess and Harriet Dunbar Burgess Collection
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 003-02-03
Scope and Contents
This collection documents the lives of William H. Burgess, a seaman and whaler, and his wife Harriet Dunbar Burgess. William Burgess’s life is predominantly captured through the text in his whaling journal/ commonplace book, which documents a whaling voyage on the Polar Star (leaving from the port of New Bedford, Massachusetts), and also includes verse, vocabulary words, and other tidbits from his life and interests. The collection also includes a printed book, purchased by William Burgess...
Dates:
circa 1850-1862
Found in:
Providence Public Library
Burmese tattoo design book
Collection — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: 105-02-01
Dates:
c. 1910-1920
Found in:
Providence Public Library
Garrett Byrnes' Research on Field's Point
File — Box: Multi-Collection Box RI-07
Identifier: 161-03
Scope and Contents
Includes research done by Garrett Byrnes in preparation to write a four-part article that ran in the Rhode Islander magazine on September 12, 1971. The collection consists of newspaper and textbook copies, hand-drawn maps on tracing paper, photographs, Byrne’s notes, correspondence to and from Byrnes related to Fields Point, event programs and drafts of the articles. The research materials document Field's Point from the colonial period when it was settled by Thomas Fields in...
Dates:
1907 - 1971
Found in:
Providence Public Library
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