This collection contains over 1100 glass plate negatives and 201 print photographs created by and/or collected by James N. Arnold. The images in the collection depict scenes across Rhode Island including beaches, farms and landscapes as well as activities and community events such as ice skating, parades, football games and community gardens. Upon his death in 1927, Arnold bequeathed his library and research materials to the Elmwood Public Library...

The John H. Percival Magic Collection contains books, periodicals, ephemera, manuscript materials, newspaper clippings, autographs, magicians' promotional materials, typescripts, and photographs spanning the years 1888-2009, with the bulk of materials from 1940-1970. The largest portion of the collection consists of Percival's book collection, which features over 1,200 volumes on magic tricks, ventriloquism, spiritualism, stage entertainment, and...

This collection documents the artistic, administrative, and educational activities of UPP Arts.The materials in this collection reflect a decade of interdisciplinary collaborations between artists, educators, students, and community members who used place-based art to celebrate and build awareness for Providence's urban ponds. Their work focused particularly on Mashapaug Pond and its environs, which include the site of the Gorham Manufacturing Company...

The collection includes notebooks and scrapbooks which include newspaper and magazine clippings, manuscript and ephemeral material, and photographs documenting the history of yachting in Rhode Island as well as its coverage in Providence newspapers. Series I: Scrapbooks of Davis Providence Journal clippings (1921-1947, organized chronologically) Series II: Scrapbooks of Providence Journal clippings (1948-1953, organized chronologically) Series III:...

The collection consists of miscellaneous items collected by Daniel Berkeley Updike, chiefly letters and documents relating to American history, many of which specifically relate to the federal period and New England history. Included are autograph letters of many notable individuals and political and military figures. The collection is organized alphabetically by correspondent. A card catalog index is also available in the Special Collections Reading...

The collection consists of 53 black and white aerial photographs of Rhode Island, primarily focusing on Providence. All photographs are mounted unless noted. The collection is organized alphabetically by city and then title. Original order is unknown.

The collection consists of 4 boxes containing 182 photographs, and 4 cardboard prints created by D.M. Dalton in 1978. The photographs in the collection showcase historic Providence buildings built between the late 1700s and 1920s. Many different architecture styles are represented including buildings designed by Rhode Island architects Frederick E. Field and William R. Walker & Son. The black-and-white photographs of buildings include close-ups...

The Rhode Island Postcard Collection contains postcards and viewbooks with images related to geographic locations, buildings, organizations and people in the State of Rhode Island. The Collection is arranged by subject, primarily geographically by town and then topically. Subjects are organized alphabetically. Within a subject, postcards are organized according to item number except in Providence Streets which is arranged alphabetically by street...

This collection includes materials about William Eaton Foster as well as the history of the Providence Public Library. The bulk of the collection contains his personal and professional papers during his tenure as Librarian at the Providence Public Library. Included as manuscripts of speeches and addresses, books and articles as well as published work. Also included is personal and professional correspondence with Foster's peers and professional associates...

The collection contains various advertising cards largely produced by Rhode Island businesses. It is comprised of two scrapbooks and a large amount of loose advertising cards. The Rhode Island Advertising Card Collection is organized into one series. The loose cards are organized alphabetically by business, with unaffiliated cards or cards from outside of Rhode Island contained in a separate miscellaneous folder. The scrapbooks have been kept intact....