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                <titleproper>Guide to the Rhode Island College of Education Alma Mater songs<date type="inclusive" era="ce" calendar="gregorian" normal="1937/1937">1937</date>
                    
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                <author>Finding aid prepared by Veronica L. Denison.</author>
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                <publisher>Special Collections</publisher>
                <address>
                    <addressline>James P. Adams Library</addressline>
                    <addressline>Rhode Island College</addressline>
                    <addressline>600 Mount Pleasant Ave</addressline>
                    <addressline>Providence, RI, 02908</addressline>
                    <addressline>Tel: 401-456-9653</addressline>
                    <addressline>email:digitalcollections@ric.edu</addressline>
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                <date era="ce" calendar="gregorian" normal="2025" type="publication">2025 January</date>
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            <creation>This finding aid was encoded by Veronica L. Denison, <date era="ce" calendar="gregorian" normal="2025" type="publication">2025</date></creation>
            <langusage><language langcode="eng" scriptcode="Latn">English</language>English</langusage>
            <descrules>Finding aid based on Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)</descrules>
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            <unittitle type="primary">Rhode Island College of Education Alma Mater songs</unittitle>
            <unittitle type="filing">Rhode Island College of Education Alma Mater songs</unittitle>
            <unitid countrycode="US" repositorycode="US-RPRC"  type="collection">CA-0107</unitid>
            <repository><corpname>Special Collections, James P. Adams Library</corpname>
                <address>
                    <addressline>Rhode Island College</addressline>
                    <addressline>600 Mount Pleasant Ave</addressline>
                    <addressline>Providence, RI, 02908</addressline>
                    <addressline>Tel: 401-456-9653</addressline>
                    <addressline>email:digitalcollections@ric.edu</addressline>
                </address>
            </repository>
            <langmaterial><language langcode="eng" scriptcode="Latn">English</language></langmaterial>
            <physdesc><extent>0.01 cubic feet</extent></physdesc>
            <unitdate type="inclusive" era="ce" calendar="gregorian" normal="1937/1937">1937</unitdate>
            
            <origination label="creator">
                <persname role="Creator (cre)">Hurley, Lila</persname>
                
            </origination>
            <abstract>Alma Mater song from Rhode Island College of Education.</abstract>
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        <bioghist><head>Biographical/Historical Note</head>
            <p>Rhode Island College of Education held annual song contests between the different classes to award the yearly College Alma Mater and Cheer Song.</p>
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
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            <head>Collection information</head>
            <scopecontent>
                <p>The collection contains the 1937 Alma Mater song written by Lila Hurley.</p>
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
            </scopecontent>
            <userestrict><p>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.</p></userestrict>
            <accessrestrict><p>The collection is open for research.</p></accessrestrict>
            <prefercite><p>Rhode Island College of Education Alma Mater songs, CA-0107, Special Collections, James P. Adams Library, Rhode Island College.</p></prefercite>
            <arrangement>
                <p>The collection is one item.</p>
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        <descgrp type="administrative">
            <head>Administrative information</head>
            <acqinfo><p>Provenance of this collection is unknown. It was in the holdings prior to 2022.</p></acqinfo>
            <processinfo><p>The collection was described by Veronica L. Denison, Digital Archivist and Special Collections Librarian, in 2025.</p></processinfo>
            
            
            
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            <head>Additional information</head>
            
            <relatedmaterial><p>Some of the College Yearbooks include Alma Mater songs from their respective years. College Yearbooks can be accessed online via <archref xlink:href="https://digitalcollections.ric.edu/search?c=Rhode+Island+College.+Yearbooks"> RIC Digital Collections.</archref></p></relatedmaterial>
            
            
            
            <altformavail><p>The collection has not been digitized and is not available online.</p></altformavail>
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                <head>Names</head>
                <persname source="lcnaf">Hurley, Lila</persname>
                
                
                
                
                <corpname source="lcnaf">Rhode Island College of Education</corpname>
                <corpname source="lcnaf">Rhode Island College (1960-)</corpname>
                
                
                
            </controlaccess>
            
            <controlaccess>
                <head>Subjects</head>
                <subject source="lcsh">Alma maters (Songs)</subject>
                
                
                
                
                <geogname source="lcsh">Providence (R.I.)</geogname>
                
                
                
                
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                <head>Types of Materials</head>
                <genreform source="aat">Songs</genreform>
                
                
                
                
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