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Preston (John) Papers

Formal title:: John Preston papers
Extent:: 52.5 Linear Feet
Date range:: circa 1973-1995
Abstract:: Personal and professional correspondence; includes letters from friends, other writers, and groups whose focus is gay life and rights; also includes his outgoing letters on computer disk. Original typescripts of his writings; photographs; magazines with articles he authored; clippings; books written by Preston and others; and proofs.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.2011.032

Formal title:: Providence Black Repertory Company records
Extent:: 24 linear feet
Date range:: 1962-2017 (1996-2009)
Abstract:: The records of this organization. Includes correspondence, production files, financial records, posters, photographs, video and audio recordings.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.2018.012

Formal title:: Providence Steamboat Company Collection
Extent:: 1.04 linear feet
Date range:: 1928-2007
Abstract:: Providence Steamboat Company archives, including artifacts, framed photographs, loose images, and documents.
Repository:: Steamship Historical Society of America
Collection call no:: 2007.01

Formal title:: Glynis Ramos-Mitchell 1996 Olympics memorabilia
Extent:: 0.4 cubic feet.
Date range:: 1986-1998
Abstract:: Records, photographs, newsletters, clippings, and memorabilia related to the 1996 Olympics.
Repository:: Special Collections, James P. Adams Library
Collection call no:: MSS-0068

Formal title:: Joseph George Ray papers
Extent:: 2 cubic feet
Date range:: 1919-2023 (bulk 1920-2000)
Abstract:: The Joseph George Ray collection contains original documents, poems, letters, newspaper articles, pamphlets, awards, objects, and photographs detailing the life and WWII military service of a Portuguese American who resided in West Warwick, RI.
Repository:: Special Collections, James P. Adams Library
Collection call no:: MSS-0132

Formal title:: William Dana Reynolds Collection of Great Kanto Earthquake Photographs
Extent:: 1.0 linear feet
Date range:: 1923
Abstract:: A photograph album comprised of photographs taken by William Dana Reynolds documenting a voyage to Japan in 1923. The album focuses on images of Kanto, Japan after the earthquake of 1923 as well as memorabilia from the voyage.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.2011.015

Formal title:: Rhode Island Baptist Heritage Center collection
Extent:: 7.5 linear feet
Date range:: 1867-1980
Abstract:: The Rhode Island Baptist Heritage Center, an affiliate of the American Baptist Churches of Rhode Island [ABCORI], was established in 2004 to create an official Baptist presence in Providence, Rhode Island. It provides substantive information regarding early English and American Baptists and documents traditional forms of worship and doctrine in the Baptist Church. The collection includes a wide array of church materials documenting organizational and administrative operations, religious practices and beliefs, and the history of the Baptist Church in Rhode Island. It includes registers, reports, correspondence, photographs and church publications dating from as early as 1867 to the late 1980s.
Repository:: Brown University Library
Collection call no:: Ms. 2008.017

Formal title:: Rhode Island College of Education "As You Like It" photograph
Extent:: 0.01 cubic feet
Date range:: 1925 April
Abstract:: Photograph of the April 1925 production of “As You Like It” at Rhode Island College of Education.
Repository:: Special Collections, James P. Adams Library
Collection call no:: MSS-0058

Formal title:: Rhode Island School of Design Photographic Collections. Faculty
Extent:: 3.0 linear feet
Date range:: circa 1933-2006 bulk 1947-2006
Abstract:: Photographs, negatives, contact sheets, and slides document the faculty, their works of art, exhibitions, receptions, and studios.
Repository:: Rhode Island School of Design Archives
Collection call no:: 28.3

Formal title:: Rhode Island Writers' Guild records
Extent:: 5.0 Linear feet
Date range:: 1949-1980 (bulk 1950-1975)
Abstract:: This collection consists of administrative records, correspondence, newsletters, scrapbooks, photographs, clippings, and proclamations from the Rhode Island Writers' Guild, founded by Ruth Eddy in 1950 . The collection also includes original poetry, prose and music written by Guild members.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.2008.015

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