FYS 100 Raid the Collections: Research and Storytelling with Library Collections was held during the Fall 2024 semester at Rhode Island College. The students in the course, divided into five groups, investigated specific materials from the Rhode Island College Special Collections and created podcast episodes regarding the items.
The collection contains five podcast episodes created by students in the course, as well as transcripts for each episode.
Rhode Island College Special Collections has copyright to the collection. Please contact Special Collections for further information and regarding use of the collection.
The collection is open for research either online via Rhode Island College’s Digital Collections or in the Special Collections Reading Room. Podcast episodes 4 and 5 can only be listened to online while on RIC's campus.
FYS 100 “Raid the Collections” podcast series, CA-0087, Special Collections, James P. Adams Library, Rhode Island College.
The collection is arranged in the order in which it arrived to Special Collections.
The collection was donated in 2024 by FYS 100 Raid the Collections instructor, Professor Amy Barlow. Barlow signed a deed of gift at the time of donation. Additionally, all students in the course signed media release forms.
The collection was described by Veronica L. Denison, Digital Archivist and Special Collections Librarian, in 2024. Information provided by Amy Barlow was also used for the inventory description.
The collection is available only in digital format, and accessible through Rhode Island College’s Digital Collections or in the Special Collections Reading Room. Podcast episodes 4 and 5 can only be listened to online while on RIC's campus.
For the course, the students used items from various collections in Special Collections, which are listed below:
Folder 1, Item 1 of
Box 1, Folder 4 of the
Box 1, Folder 1 of
Watercolor portrait of Caroline DiOrio from