This collection contains various materials relating to Cape Verde and Cape Verdean Americans. Within are documents provided by various sources with information about Cape Verde, as well as the lives and contributions of many Cape Verdean Americans and Cape Verdean American organizations. Subjects within the collection include musicians and musical groups, community groups and individuals within the Cape Verdean American community, ambassadors, and Cape Verdean political figures. Also included within the collection is information about the Ernestina, a packet ship known for transporting migrants from Cape Verde, and the American Folklife Festival.
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.
Cape Verdean subject files, MSS-0077, Special Collections, James P. Adams Library, Rhode Island College.
The collection has been arranged into the following series:
Provenance of collection materials is unknown, however the collection was established by Special Collections staff and likely contains materials removed from other collections and added to this collection.
The collection was created arranged by Special Collection staff prior to 2019. The collection was described in 2024 by Special Collections student workers Jean Montas and Hydin Stallman under the supervision of Digital Archivist and Special Collections Librarian, Veronica L. Denison.
Rhode Island College Special Collections holds further collections relating to Cape Verde. Please review the Cape Verdean related collections topic guide.
The collection has not been digitized and collection materials are not available online.