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Formal title:
Immigrant Oral History Project
Extent:
1 box
Date range:
1976-1978
Abstract:
The Immigrant Oral Histories Collection was a part of the Oral History Project of Rhode Island begun in 1970 by the Rhode Island Department of State Library Services (DSLS). DSLS discontinued its participation in the project in early 1974. The History Department, University of Rhode Island continued the project for the next several years.
Repository:
University Archives and Special Collections
Collection call no:
Mss. Gr. 32
Formal title:
In the Wake of '38
Extent:
6 box(es)
Date range:
1977
Abstract:
Oral history project sponsored by South Kingstown High School and the Rhode Island Committee for the Humanities, conducted in 1977 under the direction of Linda Wood and Judith Preble, school librarian and English teacher respectively. Students interviewed seventy Rhode Islanders who witnessed and survived the Hurricane of 1938.
Repository:
University of Rhode Island, University Archives and Special Collections
Collection call no:
Mss. Gr. 30
Formal title:
Intergovernmental Policy Analysis Program
Extent:
281 box(es)
Date range:
1977-1997
Abstract:
Contains the research material, project proposals, administrative records, and publications of the Intergovernmental Policy Analysis Program (IPAP) from 1977-1997. Research materials from a wide variety of policy studies are collected in the records.
Repository:
University Archives and Special Collections
Collection call no:
Rec. Gr. 128
Formal title:
International Center for Marine Resource Development (ICMRD)
Extent:
31 linear feet
Date range:
1970-1989
Abstract:
The collection focuses on records pertaining to the activities and developments of ICMRD after its establishment in 1969. This includes correspondence, files, photographs, and publications of the many programs established by ICMRD and USAID.
Repository:
University Archives and Special Collections
Collection call no:
Rec. Gr. 81
Formal title:
Jamestown and Newport Ferry Company
Extent:
238 box(es)
Date range:
1872-1969
Abstract:
The Jamestown and Newport Ferries provided service between Jamestown and Newport from 1873 to 1969 and between Jamestown and Newport from 1873 to 1869 and between Jamestown and North Kingstown (Saunderstown) from 1888 to 1940.
Repository:
University Archives and Special Collections
Collection call no:
Ms. 48
Formal title:
Jamestown and Newport Ferry Company Oral History
Extent:
3 box(es)
Date range:
1986
Abstract:
The collection consists of taped interviews of former employees of the Jamestown and Newport Ferry Company conducted by the Jamestown Historical Society. The interviews, recorded on cassette tapes, release forms, and detailed index comprise this collection.
Repository:
University of Rhode Island, University Archives and Special Collections
Collection call no:
Mss. Gr. 55
Formal title:
Jamestown Bridge Project
Extent:
3 box(es)
Date range:
1989-1991
Abstract:
The Jamestown Historical Society sponsored the Jamestown Bridge Oral History Project as part of The Jamestown Bridge from the New Deal to the 1990s: From "The Bridge to Nowhere" to Obsolescence project to document the role of the Jamestown Bridge in the social, economic, and political history of Rhode Island.
Repository:
University of Rhode Island, University Archives and Special Collections
Collection call no:
Mss. Gr. 93
Formal title:
John C. Weldin and Donald B. Webster Oral Histories of Rhode Island State College
Extent:
2 box(es)
Date range:
1958/1960
Abstract:
The collection consists of interviews conducted by Dean John C. Weldin and Donald B. Webster with long time faculty and early students of Rhode Island State College, now the University of Rhode Island. The interviews provide an insight as to what campus life was like during the early days of the University.
Repository:
University of Rhode Island, University Archives and Special Collections
Collection call no:
Mss. Gr. 202
Formal title:
John Carter Minkins Papers
Extent:
19 linear feet; 20 oversize boxes
Date range:
1882-1920 (bulk 1889-1918)
Abstract:
This collection contains some of the papers of John Carter Minkins, a notable African-American journalist originally from Norfolk, Virginia. Minkins later moved to Pawtucket, Rhode Island to continue his newspaper work and advocate for greater equality for African-Americans in the United States.
Repository:
University Archives and Special Collections
Collection call no:
Mss. Gr. 226
Formal title:
John Davis and Francesca Braggiotti Lodge Collection
Extent:
12 box(es)
Date range:
1864-1999
Abstract:
These materials were compiled by author Thomas A. DeLong, for his book,
Repository:
University Archives and Special Collections
Collection call no:
Mss. Gr. 210

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