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Formal title:: George W. Potter and Alfred M. Williams Memorial Manuscript Collection
Extent:: 2 linear feet
Date range:: 1899-1981 (bulk 1949-1960)
Abstract:: The Potter MSS span the years 1899-1981 with a greater concentration on 1949-1960. It begins with Alfred M. Williams’s small collection of writings donated posthumously in 1899 and ends in 1981 with correspondence and related material to and from Providence Public Library’s Special Collections curator Virginia M. Adams.
Repository:: Providence Public Library Special Collections
Collection call no:: PotterMSS

Formal title:: Providence Athenaeum annual reports
Extent:: 9.4 linear feet
Date range:: 1837-2018
Abstract:: Providence Athenaeum's annual reports, presented at annual meetings each year and published between 1837 and the present.
Repository:: Providence Athenaeum
Collection call no:: Arch-004

Formal title:: Providence Athenaeum bulletins
Extent:: 2.7 linear feet
Date range:: 1895-1995
Abstract:: This collection consists of the Providence Athenaeum's bulletins, dating from 1895 to 1995.
Repository:: Providence Athenaeum
Collection call no:: Arch-006

Formal title:: Providence Athenaeum charters, constitutions, and by-laws
Extent:: 26 items
Date range:: 1836-2000
Abstract:: Providence Athenaeum's governance documents (charters, constitutions, by-laws, and amendments) published 1836-2000.
Repository:: Providence Athenaeum
Collection call no:: Arch-003

Formal title:: Providence Board of Health records
Extent:: .35 cubic feet
Date range:: 1857-1977
Abstract:: Black and white photographs documenting disease and living conditions in Providence during the early 1900's as well as activities of the City of Providence Health Department. The collection also includes annual reports, and examples of actual signs used to warn of the existence of scarlet fever or diphtheria.
Repository:: Rhode Island State Archives
Collection call no:: C#95-197

Formal title:: Providence High School Girls Department Manuscripts of Examination
Extent:: 0.05 cubic feet.
Date range:: 1876
Abstract:: Manuscripts of modern history examination papers of twenty-six girls attending Providence High School in 1876.
Repository:: Special Collections, James P. Adams Library
Collection call no:: MSS-0116

Formal title:: Providence High School photographic portraits
Extent:: 0.01 cubic feet
Date range:: circa 1895
Abstract:: Collection consists of twenty-five photographic portraits depicting young women.
Repository:: Special Collections, James P. Adams Library
Collection call no:: MSS-0166

Formal title:: Providence Lithograph Company Records
Extent:: 5 linear feet
Date range:: 1880-1975
Abstract:: This collection includes correspondence, contracts, agreements, and reference files on individual artists. The bulk of the materials relate to the company’s efforts to secure rights to artwork and to printing orders generated by religious groups. Of note is a folder of correspondence with watercolor artist Newell C. Wyeth (1882-1945) regarding worked commissioned from him.
Repository:: Rhode Island Historical Society
Collection call no:: MSS 1028

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