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Rhode Island -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

James N. Arnold collection

 Collection
Identifier: 029-02
Scope and Contents This collection consists of material compiled and written by James N. Arnold, between 1860-1927 and of typescripts by volunteers continuing his work until 1935. This collection contains numerous research topics and writings related to the history of Rhode Island. It includes personal records of James N. Arnold such as Arnold family genealogy records and correspondence, James Arnold’s personal writings, weather journals and photographs. Business records include material related...
Dates: 1860 - 1935
Found in: Providence Public Library / James N. Arnold collection

James N. Arnold image collection

 Collection
Identifier: 029-03
Scope and Contents This collection contains over 1100 glass plate negatives and 201 print photographs created by and/or collected by James N. Arnold. The images in the collection depict scenes across Rhode Island including beaches, farms and landscapes as well as activities and community events such as ice skating, parades, football games and community gardens. Upon his death in 1927, Arnold bequeathed his library and research materials to the Elmwood Public Library in Providence, Rhode Island (now...
Dates: 1900 - 1923; Majority of material found within 1920 - 1921
Found in: Providence Public Library / James N. Arnold image collection

William Arnold autograph collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 021-02
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of materials related to American history with a focus on Rhode Island history. The collection includes legal documents, correspondence, poems, portraits, ship’s papers, business records, and ephemera dating from 1655 to 1922.

Dates: 1655 - 1922
Found in: Providence Public Library / William Arnold autograph collection

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 Autograph Collection

Rhode Island Broadsides collection

 Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 002-04-01
Scope and Contents The Rhode Island broadsides collection consists of printed broadsides from 1763 to 1991 connected to events, places, and figures from Rhode Island history. The collection consists of event posters, wanted posters, advertisements, legislation, proclamations, news sheets, handbills, circulars, and poems concentrated around the late-18th, mid-19th, and mid-20th centuries. The collection offers insight into legal, political, intellectual, and artistic histories of Rhode Island throughout these...
Dates: 1763 - 1991
Found in: Providence Public Library / Rhode Island Broadsides collection

Wilfred E. Stone photograph collection

 Collection — Box Multi-Collection Box : [Barcode: 31116021979155]
Identifier: 042-03
Scope and Contents

This collection contains 21 photographic prints made from glass plate negatives by photographer Wilfred E. Stone. These images document life in early 20th century Rhode Island, particularly 1920-1921. Though showing only a brief selection of Stone’s entire work, several towns in Rhode Island are featured including, Jamestown, Warwick, Providence, Coventry, Newport and Scituate. Titles for the images were provided by the donor.

Dates: 1907 - 1923; Majority of material found within 1920 - 1921
Found in: Providence Public Library / Wilfred E. Stone photograph collection

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