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Providence School Department records
Formal title:
Providence School Department records
Extent:
77.4 cubic feet other
Date range:
1828-2001 (bulk 1828-1961)
Abstract:
The Providence School Department records consist primarily of meeting minutes of the Providence School Committee (1828-1965), resolutions of the Providence School Board/Committee (1965-2001), reports and manuals (1861-1961) and various images (1907-1923) including lantern slides (1800-1870).
Repository:
Rhode Island State Archives
Collection call no:
2005-44
Rhode Island Normal School. Columbian Exposition scrapbook
Formal title:
Rhode Island Normal School. Columbian Exposition scrapbook
Extent:
0.30 cubic feet
Date range:
1854-1893
Abstract:
The scrapbook depicts the Normal School's history through photographs of professors, students in classrooms, and classes in session. It was created to be sent to the Columbian Exposition held in Chicago circa 1893.
Repository:
Special Collections, James P. Adams Library
Collection call no:
CA-0013
Rhode Island School of Design. Museum of Art. Presidents' and Directors' correspondence.
Formal title:
Rhode Island School of Design. Museum of Art. Presidents' and Directors' correspondence.
Extent:
6.0 linear feet
Date range:
1889-1966 1900-1948
Abstract:
The Presidents' and Directors' correspondence documents their interaction with family, friends, gallery owners, art dealers, donors, collectors, artists, museum directors, and curators, 1889-1966, bulk 1900-1948. The records include correspondence, legal documents, inventories, photographs, invoices, receipts, and certificates of insurance, which document the consideration, acquisition, exhibition, conservation, and disposal of works of art, as well as the Museum of Art’s internal affairs.
Repository:
Rhode Island School of Design Archives
Collection call no:
23.1.1
Rives Family Photographs Collection
Formal title:
The Rives Family Photographs Collection
Extent:
2 Hollinger boxes
Date range:
circa 1860-1960
Abstract:
The Rives Family Photographs Collection is comprised of photographs of the Rives family and associated persons and places, taken during the 19th and 20th centuries.
Repository:
The Preservation Society of Newport County
Collection call no:
PSNCA.H.023
Rosecliff Collection
Formal title:
The Rosecliff Collection
Extent:
1 hollinger box, 2 oversized boxes
Date range:
circa 1874-1990
Abstract:
The Rosecliff Collection is comprised of materials relating to the social activities of the home’s various occupants, the interior decoration carried out by the multiple owners, and the home’s architecture. The documents cover the period from circa 1874 until 1990.
Repository:
The Preservation Society of Newport County
Collection call no:
PSNCA.H.003
Silver, (Rollo G.) papers
Formal title:
Rollo G. Silver papers
Extent:
12.0 Linear feet
Date range:
1815-1986 (bulk 1923-1986)
Abstract:
Rollo G. Silver (1909–1989) was an American book collector and historian of American printing, typography, and publishing as created by white people in the European printing tradition. Rollo and Alice (Gindin) Silver also created a major collection of books and manuscripts relating to Walt Whitman. This collection contains correspondence, research on publishers and typographers, specimens of type and a miniature toy printing press.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
MS.2013.001
The Breakers Collection
Formal title:
The Breakers Collection
Extent:
3 Hollinger Boxes; 1 album box; 5 oversized storage containers
Date range:
circa 1877-1990
Abstract:
The Breakers Collection is comprised of materials relating to the architecture of the home, as well as to its various occupants and their descendants. The collection spans a period from about 1877 until 1990. The collection includes images of the interior and exterior of the home from various points in its existence, as well as images, documents and correspondence related to the people whose lives were intertwined with the home.
Repository:
The Preservation Society of Newport County
Collection call no:
PSNCA.H.001
The Elms Collection
Formal title:
The Elms Collection
Extent:
6 Hollinger Boxes; 4 Other Media Boxes; 3 Oversized Boxes
Date range:
circa 1807-1990
Abstract:
The Elms Collection is comprised of materials relating to the Berwind Family and their property, from 1807 until 1990. It includes images of the interior and exterior of the home from various points in its existence, as well as images showing various generations of the family. Also included is correspondence and printed materials related to both the running of the estate, and the sale of its contents in 1962.
Repository:
The Preservation Society of Newport County
Collection call no:
PSNCA.H.004

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