The Normal Student is a college periodical created by students at the Rhode Island Normal School (now Rhode Island College). The organization was composed of two literary societies, the SIDQ (Scribimus Indocti Doctique) and the EBB (Elizabeth Barret Browning Club). SIDQ was a precursor organization of The Normal Student. The paper was created due to increased membership of both societies and the desire to establish a school paper for the college. The periodical was published quarterly. The contents of The Normal Student include information on school outings, editorials, and updates on alumni.The editors of The Normal Student were Wood Katie L. and Baker Louise.
The Normal Student documents the social life and opinions of the student body of Rhode Island Normal School. The collection is not comprehensive.
Researchers are advised to contact Rhode Island College Special Collections for questions regarding permissions to reproduce, distribute, or otherwise publish material from this collection. Although Rhode Island College has physical ownership of the collection, it does not necessarily hold literary rights. It is up to the researcher to determine the owners of the literary rights and to obtain any necessary permissions from them.
The collection is open for research.
The Normal Student, CA-0005, Special Collections, James P. Adams Library, Rhode Island College
This collection is organized in rough chronological order.
Provenance of the collection is unknown. It was in the holdings of Special Collections prior to 2019.
The collection was arranged prior to 2019. The guide to the collection was created and further description added by Special Collections intern Sungmin Ji in 2023, under the direction of Digital Archivist and Special Collections Librarian, Veronica L. Denison.
SIDQ is the precursor paper and is also held by Rhode Island College Special Collections: