US-RUn-rcg25 University Student Photo Album, Scrapbook, and Memorabilia Collection 1906-1999 (bulk 1906-1944) Finding aid prepared by Special Collections Staff. University of Rhode Island, University Archives and Special Collections 2001
15 Lippitt RoadKingston, RI 02881-2011Tel: 401-874-4632email: archives@etal.uri.eduWebsite: https://web.uri.edu/specialcollections/
 Finding aid encoded by Erin C. Mullen 2013 July 16, updated by Erin C. Mullen on 2014 March 27, updated by Mark Dionne on 2020 April 22. English Finding aid based on Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS) English University Archives and Special Collections
15 Lippitt Road Kingston, RI 02881-2011 Tel: 401-874-4632 email: archives@etal.uri.edu
 URI Alumni University Student Photo Album, Scrapbook, and Memorabilia Collection 1906-1999 (bulk 1906-1944) University Student Photo Album, Scrapbook, and Memorabilia Collection 21 box(es) (11.25 linear feet) This collection is comprised of student photo albums, scrapbooks, and memorabilia donated to the University of Rhode Island by alumni and/or their relatives. In addition to photographs and news clippings, the scrapbooks contain dance cards and college memorabilia. Rec. Gr. 25 Historical note

Collection Information

Any qualified person doing scholarly research is permitted to use material housed in the Special Collections Unit.

Terms governing use and reproduction: Photocopying and scanning of materials is a fee based service available in the repository and is allowed at the discretion of the Archivist when in compliance to the Unit's policy on copyright and publication.

 Preferred Citation

University Student Photo Album, Scrapbook, and Memorabilia Collection, Rec. Gr. 25, University of Rhode Island, University Archives and Special Collections.

 Scope and Content Note

This collection is comprised of student photo albums, scrapbooks, and memorabilia donated to the University of Rhode Island by alumni and/or their relatives. This collection exemplifies the rich social life of the college student in the early 20th century. In addition to photographs and news clippings, the scrapbooks contain dance cards and college memorabilia.

 Arrangement

The collection is arranged in one series.

Administrative Information Acquisitions Information

The acquisitions information for many of the materials is unknown. Contents in Box 19 and 20 were deposited to the University Archives and Special Collections and Archives by Dr. Clarence C. Goertemiller in June 2013. The contents in Box 22 were donated in January 2014 by Deborah Mongeau.

 Names

Subjects

RIAMCO Browsing Terms Rhode Island/Local Interest Social Life and Customs Inventory Series 1 Photo Albums, Scrapbooks, and Memorabilia1906-1999 1 1924-1931 Photo Albums URI 2 1931-1938 Photo Albums URI 3 1914-1917 David Wood Jr. (scrapbook) 3 1924-1928 Robert Edward Blake (scrapbook) 4 1920-1924 Luke Clarke (scrapbook) 4 1921-1925 Norman B. Grant (scrapbook) 5 1938-1942 Annie Bristow (scrapbook) 6 undated Hal Bloom Paddles (Class of 1948)(Alpha Epsilon Pi Fraternity Paddle, East Hall Paddle) 6 undated Robert MacDonald Beall Fraternity Paddle (Class of 1949)(Delta Alpha Psi) 6 Owen A. Niles Jr. Memorabilia (fraternity paddle, pin, letter home, yearbook pages) 7 1913-1917 Bertha Randall (scrapbook) 7 1928-1931 George Lawrence (scrapbook) 7 1930s State College (scrapbook) 8 1910-1914 Joseph Shea (scrapbook) 8 1913-1917 Theose Tillinghast (scrapbook) 8 1910-1914 Adelaide Watson (scrapbook) 9 1937-1947 Herbert Wiseby (scrapbook) 9 1 1917 Arnold Ames (photograph) 9 1 1918 Roy Porter Call (photograph) 9 1 1917 James Andrew Clarke (photograph) 9 1 1918 Irma Rathburn Edmiston (photograph) 9 1 1917 William Augustus Flynn (photograph) 9 1 1917 Charles Edward Harry, Jr. (photograph) 9 1 1916 Etta Elizabeth Mears (photograph) 9 1 1917 Samuel Lyman Rodman (photograph) 9 1 1915 Frank Edward Tabor (photograph) 9 2 circa 1915-1920 Unidentified Students 10 1943-1946 Paul Watelet, WWII Alumni (2 volumes) 11 1933-1937 Howard and Corrine Gallaher Snow (memorabilia) 12 1967-1972 John Devaney (memorabilia) 12 1906-1910, 1920-1924 Paul S. Burgess (scrapbook) 13 1921, 1926-1930, 1960-1980 Christina Margaret (Schmidt) Dansie (college event programs, news articles, student handbooks, 1930 freshman "beanie", and reunion letters and rosters 13 1939 Irving J. Yarnock (scrapbook, photographs) 13 1956-1959 Marilyn Romano Pellini (memorabilia) 13 1940-1944 Jeanne Freeman Williams (scrapbook) 13 1956 Unidentified Student (women's athletics - basketball) (photo album) 13 1937-1965 Theodore Clarke (Class of 1940)(track clippings, score cards, reunion memorabilia) 14 1917-1918 William E. Gillis (photographs, memorabilia) 15 1990-1995 Winifred (Winkle) P. Kelley (coordinator of advising programs for student-athletes; Student Athlete News clippings) 16 1995-1999 Winifred P. Kelley (scrapbook) 17 1992 Fall, 1993 Spring Winifred P. Kelley (scrapbook) 18 circa 1909 Rhobie Lucelia Cargill (photographs) 19 1947, 1952, 1959, 1978 Dec-1979 Jan Clarence C. Goertemiller, Jr. Books (Calculus (1954), The Chemistry of Organic Compounds… (1947), German-English Science Dictionary for Students of Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Agriculture, and Related Sciences 20 undated Clarence C. Goertemiller, Jr. Blue Key Society Blazer 21 1924-1927 Walter T. Siuta (Class of 1927)(scrapbook) 21 1924-1927 Hazel E. Gage (Class of 1927)(scrapbook) 22 1969 Deborah Mongeau Freshman Cap