Born in 1941, Dr. John J. Wilkinson was the coordinator of the Bureau of Vocational-Technical Education in Rhode Island.
The collection consists of Dr. John J. Wilkinson’s collected research and documents regarding the expansion of vocational-technical public education in Rhode Island school districts, including reports, publications, pamphlets, and clippings. Most of the documents pertain to the first vocational-technical schools established in Rhode Island in the twentieth century.
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.
John J. Wilkinson collection, MSS-0026, Special Collections, James P. Adams Library, Rhode Island College.
The collection has been arranged into the following series:
The collection was given to Adams Library Special Collections in 1978 by John Wilkinson.
An inventory to the collection was initially created in 2009 by Special Collections staff. The collection was further described and publications removed by Special Collections intern, Melissa Moniz, in 2023 under the supervision of Digital Archivist and Special Collections Librarian, Veronica L. Denison.
Publications were removed from this collection and added to Rhode Island College Adams Library Special Collections book collection in 2023. Please contact Special Collections for further information or a list of publication.
This collection has not been digitized. For information about obtaining digital copies, please contact the Rhode Island College Special Collections.