The collection consists of a variety of newspapers, journals, and newsletters relating to Cape Verde and Cape Verdean Americans.
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 periodical collection, MSS-0134, Special Collections, James P. Adams Library, Rhode Island College.
The collection is arranged in no discernible order, however like publications are grouped together.
The collection was created by Special Collections staff prior to 2019. Items in the collection were donated by various sources or removed from their archival collections and added to this collection. Please contact Special Collections for further information.
The collection was arranged and curated prior to 2019 by previous Special Collections staff. The collection was then described in 2024 by Veronica L. Denison, Digital Archivist and Special Collections Librarian.
Rhode Island College Special Collections holds additional collections relating to Cape Verde. Please review the