Architecture -- Rhode Island

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The collection consists of eleven scrapbooks created by John Hutchins Cady. The scrapbooks are organized topically and include photographs, postcards, clippings and Photostats of buildings of architectural interest in Rhode Island with a strong emphasis on the City of Providence.

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...

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The Collection of Rhode Island architecture from the National Park Service Historic American Buildings Survey records contains data sheets, photographs, and architectural drawings related to historical buildings in Rhode Island with the majority located in Providence. The majority of records and images are copies of originals housed at the Library of Congress, however, additional photographic prints by Mary Gowdy of the Providence Preservation Society are included.

Scope and Contents The Harold Mason Photograph Collection contains photographs and photographic postcards of domestic architecture and architectural elements of structures, specifically doorways, throughout Rhode Island. The bulk of the images are of building exteriors although some interior shots are included. Photographs are both mounted and on photographic postcards. Included in the collection is what is presumed to be the complete set of Providence doorways sold by Harold Mason. The remainder...

Scope and Contents The Providence Preservation Society architectural slide collection, with corresponding digital surrogate JPG files, consists of 10,955 35mm slides that were photographed between 1970 and 1999 which document Providence architecture. The slides document dwellings, commercial structures and other-use buildings built between the 18th and early 19th century to the end of the 20th century. By capturing long-standing Providence properties as well as a visual record of architectural demolition and...

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The printing blocks represent images of Rhode Island, circa 1930s-1950s. The images are primarily of leisure and recreation activities.

Scope and Contents This collection is comprised of negatives, glossy photographic prints, and oversized photographic prints of mills and mill villages within Rhode Island. All of the photographs were taken by Joseph McCarthy as a Federal Works Agency project, a part of the WPA, in 1940 and given to the Providence Public Library as part of the Nickerson Architectural Collection that same year. A written reference work listing the prints and including an essay of the various architectural styles seen in the...