Collections

New topographical atlas of surveys, Providence County Rhode Island: containing forty-seven double page maps, in colors, of the cities and towns of the county; together with a double page index map of the City of Providence and surroundings, and a driving map of the county and state, showing all roads in color.

Atlas of the city of Providence: based upon, and completely compiled from official plans in City Engineer's and City Assessor's departments, private surveys, and investigations and surveys by the publishers' Corps of Engineers

Richards standard atlas of the "Providence Metropolitan District" volume 2: containing Pawtucket, Central Falls, Cranston, Johnston, East Providence, North Providence, Warwick (East Shore) R.I.

Plat book of the City of Providence, Rhode Island: from official records, private plans and actual surveys.

The RISD Museum of Art held the Rhode Island Architecture exhibition 1939 June 18-December 5. Architectural historian Henry-Russell Hitchcock, Jr. developed the exhibition under Director Alexander Dorner with Museum Assistant Barbara Wriston. The exhibition surveyed 300 years of RI buildings with much of the photographic material coming from architectural historian and preservationist Antoinette Downing's 1937 work "The Early Homes of Rhode Island" and the Historic American Buildings Survey. The exhibition's photograph panels came under the purview of the Museum's Education Department, which loaned them to local and national educational and civic institutions. The RI Historical Society acquired the panels sometime after 1953 and transferred them to the RISD Archives in 2011. View the RIAMCO finding aid for more information.

This is a voter's digest of the election laws of the State of Rhode Island, complied to assist every citizen in understanding the political procedure by which he may take part in the orderly selection of Federal, State and Local Governments.

A presentation of documentary articles and photographs describing the Rhode Island Red, the breed of fowl which helped to begin the poultry industry in America.

Four pages relating the story of Abraham Lincoln visiting and giving speeches in New England and specifically Rhode Island. The pamphlet was issued as a souvenir of Lincoln’s birthday.

A speech delivered to the Rhode Island General Assembly about the life and career of Abraham Lincoln, focusing on his role in ending slavery.

Function: To settle the account of John Singer Dexter with the U.S. for payments to soldiers of the RI line. Includes: Date of payment, name of payee, amount of each certificate, total amount due each soldier, soldier's signature and occasionally a sicp1ature to witness soldier's signature. Signatures were somet1mes made by heirs, attorneys, etc. This material has been microfilmed.

From the Series: Official communications received from national, state & local agencies & offices, military units or individuals concerning Rhode Island forces & personnel engaged during the Civil War. Includes correspondence, notifications or directives of the president, War Department, United States Department of State, telegrams, orders received copies of correspondence & orders issued, requests / recommendations concerning commissions, appointments & promotions, letters of resignation, statements concerning transfers & discharges, inquiries relating to sick & wounded soldiers, etc.

The digitized items in the Alcohol, Temperance and Prohibition Collection are from the Alcoholism and Addiction Studies Collection, as well as from various collections in the Brown University Library — broadsides, sheet music, pamphlets and government publications. The items have been collected at Brown for over three centuries for researchers and scholars at Brown and worldwide interested in American history, including the history of alcoholism, how the media was used for spreading ideas and information, and in how the arts presented various movements. The purpose of this digital collection is to give researchers and interested individuals a glimpse into the rich and diverse resources at Brown's library. All of the digital items are in the public domain. The digitized pamphlets were published by various groups leading up to prohibition, during the prohibition era, and ending with the 21st amendment in 1933, which repealed the 18th amendment from 1919 prohibiting the manufacturing, sale or transportation of intoxicating liquors.

The Alfred S. Brownell Collection on Maritime History consists of over 320 printed books, 550 blueprints and technical drawings, several prints and photographs and most notably, the 11 ship models of Atlantic Coast fishing vessels largely made by Mr. Brownell, which are displayed in the library’s Ship Room. Mr. Brownell gave his collection of ship models during the 1950s and the remainder of the Maritime history collection was presented to Providence Public Library in 1963. The collection is strong in books on ship model building and naval architecture, and there are also a number of scarce, early books on rigging and artillery as well as dictionaries of nautical terms. A typescript guide to the collection was produced in 1980.