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Paige (Marc) papers

Formal title:: Marc Paige papers
Extent:: 1.0 linear foot
Date range:: 1992-2014
Abstract:: The Marc Paige collection contains newspaper clippings, correspondence, and press materials related to the gay rights and AIDS education activism of Marc Paige from 1992-2014 in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Florida.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: MS.2017.018

Palmer (Alison) papers

Formal title:: Alison Palmer Papers
Extent:: 6.5 Linear feet
Date range:: 1853-1991 (bulk 1971-1991)
Abstract:: Alison Palmer (Brown University Class of 1953) served in the United States Foreign Service (1959-1981) in Belgian Congo, Ethiopia, and Vietnam. Palmer successfully pursued two sex discrimination lawsuits against the State Department, winning in 1974 and 1987. After her retirement from the State Department in 1981, Palmer became the thirteenth woman Episcopal priest ordained in the United States. The Alison Palmer papers are chiefly related to her two lawsuits but also contain materials that document her foreign service career, and family papers.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.90.6

Formal title:: Senator Claiborne Pell papers and ephemera
Extent:: .5 Linear Feet
Date range:: 1945-1997 1966-1983
Abstract:: Includes printed drafts and final copies of bills and articles written or referenced by Senator Claiborne Pell, some including his margin notes, as well as ephemera such as programs from events he attended.
Repository:: Salve Regina University Special Collections
Collection call no:: SP.15

Formal title:: Webster M. Pidgeon Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) papers
Extent:: .75 cubic feet other
Date range:: 1936-1999 (bulk 1936-1938, 1984-1986)
Abstract:: The Webster M. Pidgeon Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) papers include photographs, clippings and convention memorabilia related to the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC).
Repository:: Rhode Island State Archives
Collection call no:: 2000-55

Formal title:: Franklin Pierce authorization
Extent:: 0.01 linear feet (1 folder)
Date range:: 1855
Abstract:: Authorization from President Franklin Pierce (1804-1869) to Secretary of State William L. Marcy (1786-1857) to affix a seal to the 1853 Treaty with the Rogue River Indians.
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.571

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 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

Formal title:: Rhode Island Public Laws, Private Acts and Resolutions records
Extent:: 104.1 cubic feet other
Date range:: 1991-2008
Abstract:: The records include Rhode Island Public Laws, Private Acts and Resolutions.
Repository:: Rhode Island State Archives
Collection call no:: 1996-74

Formal title:: Robert Emmet Quinn papers and Oral Histories
Extent:: 1.0 linear feet
Date range:: 1936-1975
Abstract:: The collection contains a small amount of miscellaneous business and personal documents, newsclippings and transcripts of speeches. The heart of this collection is a series of oral history interviews conducted in 1972 and 1973. All but two of these interviews, which covers every phase of his public life, have been roughly transcribed. Of particular value are Quinn's comments on the 1935 "Bloodless Revolution" and on the local political arena of Rhode Island up to World War II.
Repository:: Phillips Memorial Library
Collection call no:: rppc_quinn

Formal title:: Records of the Island of Rhode Island
Extent:: .10 linear feet
Date range:: 1638-1644
Abstract:: The Records of the Island of Rhode Island consists of one bound volume of records of the colony of Rhode Island dating from 1638 to 1644. It includes the proceedings of the General Assembly, the General Court of Election, and the General Court.
Repository:: Rhode Island State Archives
Collection call no:: C#00206

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