The collection contains information regarding the uprooting of Cape Verdean immigrants in the Fox Point neighborhood of Providence, during the early and mid 1900’s, as well as the Sheldon Street Church. Included are newspaper clippings about Edward “Eddie” Soares, a Cape Verdean musician who grew up in Fox Point. The collection also includes newspaper clippings regarding a Cape Verdean American play titled, “Some Kind of Funny Porto Rican?” from 2006. Additionally, there is a personal note to Eddie Soares and his wife, Cynthia, regarding this play from Elva and Bob Kerr, who was a writer for The Providence Journal. There is also a newspaper article written by Kerr regarding Cape Verdeans in Fox Point, with Cynthia Soares specifically mentioned.
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 Verdeans in Fox Point subject file, MSS-0140, Special Collections, James P. Adams Library, Rhode Island College.
Arranged in the order in which it arrived in Special Collections.
Provenance of the collection is unknown. It was in the holdings of Special Collections prior to 2023.
The collection was described by Special Collections intern Hailey-Rose Coulter Brown in 2024 under the supervision of Digital Archivist and Special Collections Librarian, Veronica L. Denison.
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The collection has not been digitized and is not available online.