US-RPRC-mss-0016 Guide to the Florence Perkins papers1864-1903 (bulk 1895-1903) Finding aid prepared by Marlene Lopes, Hailey-Rose Coulter Brown, and Veronica L. Denison. Special Collections
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2024 July This finding aid was encoded by Veronica L. Denison, 2024. EnglishEnglish Finding aid based on Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS) Florence Perkins papers Perkins (Florence) papers MSS-0016 Special Collections, James P. Adams Library.
Rhode Island College 600 Mount Pleasant Ave Providence, RI, 02908 Tel: 401-456-9653 email:digitalcollections@ric.edu
English, French 0.2 cubic feet 1864-1903 (bulk 1895-1903) Perkins, Florence The collection of a Rhode Island teacher and Rhode Island Normal School graduate (class of 1902). Biographical/Historical Note

Florence Perkins was a Rhode Island based educator and scholar who also was a teacher at the Eden Park School in Cranston, Rhode Island.

 Collection information

The collection contains the papers of Florence Perkins from her time as both a student and teacher in Rhode Island. The collection includes an invitation from the Rhode Island Normal School (RINS) addressed to Perkins regarding graduation, along with graduation programs. Also included in the collection are programs for Perkins’ classes at RINS; a letter from Perkins to a parent regarding their sick child when she was a teacher at the Eden Park School; as well as various book catalogs. The collection also contains copies of materials from Fisk Teaching Agencies and leaflets from Humane Education from the Rhode Island Teaching Institute and school notebooks.

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.

Florence Perkins papers, MSS-0016, James P. Adams Library, Rhode Island College.

Arranged in the order in which it arrived in Special Collections.

 Administrative information

These items were transferred from the Curriculum Resource Center at Rhode Island College to the Special Collections in 1995, likely when the CRC was established in Adams Library.

This collection was originally prepared and described in 2012 by Special Collections Librarian Marlene Lopes. The collection was updated to current archival standards in 2024 by Special Collections intern Hailey-Rose Coulter Brown under the supervision of Digital Archivist and Special Collections Librarian Veronica L. Denison.

The collection was given to the Curriculum Resource Center (CRC) at Rhode Island College prior to 1995.

 Additional information

Collection materials have not been digitized and are not available online.

 Names Perkins, Florence Subjects Education Teaching Education (Early childhood) Humane Education Rhode Island Occupations Educators Early childhood educators Types of Materials Leaflets (printed works) Book catalogs Correspondence Programs (documents) Rhode Island Institute of Instruction111898-1900 RINS: Invitations121902-1903 RINS: Graduation programs131900-1902 RINS: Academic programs and courses141900-1901 Price List of US Public Documents for sale by the Superintendent of Documents151900-1901 Letter to parent of absent student161901 October 23 Book catalogs and publications17undated, 1899-1901 Heath’s Pedagogical Library171undated “English: Composition and Literature” by W.F. Webster172undated “Books: A Holiday Catalog 1899-1900” Jordan, Marsh & Co.1731899-1900 “Annual Catalogue: Books” Jordan, Marsh & Co.1741900-1901 “The Library Club” Jordan, Marsh & Co.1751900 “Annual Catalogue of Books” Jordan, Marsh & Co.1761902 “A History of England” by J.N. Learned177undated “Selections from The Riverside Literature Series”178undated “Choice Extracts from the Writings of the Re. F.B. Meyer, B.A., Minister of Christ Church, London”179undated Fisk Teaching Agencies181901 Humane Education Committee material19circa 1895-1896 Letter from Providence Superintendent of Schools1911895 May 1 Letter from Humane Education Committee192undated “Humane Education”193undated “Bands of Mercy”194undated Pledge card195undated “About Poor Puss”196undated “The Air-Gun and the Birds”197undated “An Appeal from the Horses to the Summer Visitors”198undated “An Appeal from the Horses to Their Owners and Drivers”199undated “An Appeal to Every Woman”1910undated “The Brutalization of Childhood”1911undated “The Cat”1912undated “The Check-Rein”1913undated “Collections”1914undated “Destruction of Sea-Gulls”1915undated “Directions for the Care of Swine”1916undated “Dovetrot’s Way”1917undated “Early Lessons in Kindness or Cruelty”1918undated “A Few Rules for the Care of Poultry”1919undated “Hints on the Care of Cows”1920undated “Importance of Humane Education”1921undated “A Law to Help the Boys”1922undated “A Letter to Children”1923undated “Man’s Faithful Friend”1924undated “Mollie White-Foot’s Vacation”1925undated “Must We Lose Our Birds?”1926undated “Need of Humane Education Societies and Methods of Forming Them”1927undated “Old Rhymes and New”1928undated “Only a Cat”1929undated “Physiology in Our Public Schools”1930undated “Professor Frog’s Lecture”1931undated “The Rich Poor Horse and the Poor Rich Horse”1932undated “To Thoughtful Teachers”1933undated “The Unconscious Elements in Discipline”1934undated “The Wearing of Egret Plumes”1935undated “A Wise Fish”1936undated School notebooks of Charles Aldrich and Florence Perkins1101864, 1894-1899