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        <eadid countrycode="US" mainagencycode="US-RPRC" identifier="mss-0053.xml">US-RPRC-mss-0053</eadid>
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            <titlestmt>
                <titleproper>Guide to the Newspaper and newsletters collection<date type="inclusive" era="ce" calendar="gregorian" normal="1835/1864">1835-1864</date>
                    
                </titleproper>
                <author>Finding aid prepared by Melissa Moniz and Veronica L. Denison.</author>
            </titlestmt>
            <publicationstmt>
                <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>
                </address>
                <date era="ce" calendar="gregorian" normal="2023" type="publication">2023</date>
            </publicationstmt>
        </filedesc>
        <profiledesc>
            <creation>This finding aid was encoded by Veronica L. Denison, <date era="ce" calendar="gregorian" normal="2023" type="publication">2023.</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">Newspaper and newsletters collection</unittitle>
            <unittitle type="filing">Newspaper and newsletters collection</unittitle>
            <unitid countrycode="US" repositorycode="US-RPRC"  type="collection">MSS-0053</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>0.2 cubic feet</extent></physdesc>
            <unitdate type="inclusive" era="ce" calendar="gregorian" normal="1835/1864">1835-1864</unitdate>
            

            <abstract>Collection of nineteenth century newspapers and newsletters.</abstract>
        </did>
        <bioghist><head>Biographical/Historical Note</head>
            <p>Unavailable at this time.</p>
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
        </bioghist>
        
        <descgrp type="descriptive">
            <head>Collection information</head>
            <scopecontent>
                <p>The collection includes newspapers and newsletters published between 1835-1864 of the Woonsocket Patriot, and Rhode Island State Register; The Daily Advocate; Lewis New Gymnastics for Ladies, Gentlemen and Children; and The Liberator.</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>Newspaper and newsletters, MSS-0053, Special Collections, James P. Adams Library, Rhode Island College.</p></prefercite>
            <arrangement>
                <p>The collection is arranged in no discernible order.</p>
            </arrangement>
        </descgrp>
        
        <descgrp type="administrative">
            <head>Administrative information</head>
            <acqinfo><p>Provence of this collection is unknown. The items in the collection were in the holdings prior to 2019.</p></acqinfo>
            <processinfo><p>The collection was described by Special Collections intern, Melissa Moniz, in 2023 under the supervision of Digital Archivist and Special Collections Librarian, Veronica L. Denison.</p></processinfo>
            
            
            
        </descgrp>
        
        <descgrp type="additional">
            <head>Additional information</head>
            
            
            
            
            
            <altformavail><p>This collection has not been digitized. For information about obtaining digital copies, please contact the Rhode Island College Special Collections.  </p></altformavail>
        </descgrp>
        
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                <head>Names</head>
                
                
                
                
                
                <corpname source="lcnaf">Woonsocket Patriot, and Rhode Island State Register</corpname>
                <corpname source="lcnaf">The Daily Advocate</corpname>
                <corpname source="lcnaf">Lewis New Gymnastics for Ladies, Gentlemen and Children</corpname>
                <corpname source="lcnaf">The Liberator</corpname>
                
            </controlaccess>
            
            <controlaccess>
                <head>Subjects</head>
                <subject source="lcsh">American history</subject>
                
                
                
                
                <geogname source="lcsh">Woonsocket (R.I.)</geogname>
                <geogname source="lcsh">Boston (Mass.)</geogname>
                <geogname source="lcsh">Baton Rouge (L.A.)</geogname>
                
                
            </controlaccess>
            
            
            <controlaccess>
                <head>Types of Materials</head>
                <genreform source="aat">Newspapers</genreform>
                <genreform source="aat">Newsletters</genreform>
                
                
                
            </controlaccess>
            
        </descgrp>
        
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            <c id="c2" level="item"><did><unittitle>Woonsocket Patriot, and Rhode Island State Register: vol. 32, no. 16, whole no. 1628</unittitle><container type="folder" label="Folder">1</container><container type="item" label="Item">1</container><unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1864/1864">1864 December 16</unitdate></did></c>
            <c id="c3" level="item"><did><unittitle>The Daily Advocate: vol. xiv, no. 23, Baton Rouge, Louisiana</unittitle><container type="folder" label="Folder">1</container><container type="item" label="Item">2</container><unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1861/1861">1861 January 26</unitdate></did></c>
            <c id="c4" level="item"><did><unittitle>Lewis New Gymnastics for Ladies, Gentlemen and Children. Boston Journal of Physical Culture: vol 1, no. 1</unittitle><container type="folder" label="Folder">1</container><container type="item" label="Item">3</container><unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1860/1860">1860 November</unitdate></did></c>
            <c id="c5" level="item"><did><unittitle>The Liberator: vol. v, no. 20, Boston, Massachusetts</unittitle><container type="folder" label="Folder">1</container><container type="item" label="Item">4</container><unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1835/1835">1835 May 16</unitdate></did></c>
            
            
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