Roller skating

Scope and Contents This collection documents the Kings & Queen Bar in Woonsocket, R.I. as well as the LGBT community in Rhode Island from the 1970s-early 2000s. The bulk of the collection includes photographs and videos, but additional clippings, event calendars and ephemera are included. Materials represent the bar as a gay social space and include events such as holiday parties, drag shows and fundraisers as well as events for the LGBT community sponsored by the bar including bi-annual picnics, roller...

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This collection contains four items related to figure roller skating: a short pamphlet showing positions for figure skating, a sheet of paper with handwritten diagrams showing two dances, and two large folded sheets with photographs and diagrams documenting dances. The published materials were all produced by Skating Review Magazine.

Scope and Contents This collection contains approximately 159 different roller rink decals from the 1930s and 1940s. The decals in this collection showcase rinks throughout the United States as well as Toronto and Vancouver in Canada. They often served as advertisements for the rinks themselves as well as for roller skating as a pastime, and thus are eye-catching in design. Each decal is mounted on a black album page. Some pages feature multiple decals. The decals are die-cut, many in the shape of a roller...