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Rhode Island's Islands Oral History Project (Mss. Gr. 54)

University of Rhode Island, University Archives and Special Collections

15 Lippitt Road
Kingston, RI 02881-2011
Tel: 401-874-4632

email: archives@etal.uri.edu

Inventory

Inventory

Series 1. Block Island, 1985
1.5 box(es)
(.75 linear feet)

This series contains interviews of 20 individuals from Block Island, Rhode Island, release forms, audiocassettes, and detailed typed indexes for each interview.

Arrangement: The tapes are apparently numbered in a chronological sequence, however, the series is arranged alphabetically by interviewee.

Container Description Date
Box 1 , Fld. 1, Tp. 14 Ball, Luella
1985 Aug 22
Box 1 , Fld. 1, Tp. 10 Benson, Frederick
1985 Aug 22
Box 1 , Fld. 2, Tp. 24 Blane, Edith
1985 Oct 2
Box 1 , Fld. 2, Tp. 32 Dodge, Francis
1985 Oct 18
Box 1 , Fld. 3, Tp. 13 Dodge, Linus
1985 Aug 21
Box 1 , Fld. 3, Tp. 48 Downey, Mortimer
1985 Nov 18
Box 1 , Fld. 4, Tp. 49 Gaffett, Sandy
1985 Nov 15
Box 1 , Fld. 4, Tp. 8 Gill, Bernice
1985 Aug 23
Box 1 , Fld. 5, Tp. 12 Gray, John
1985 Aug 21
Box 1 , Fld. 5, Tp. 11 Lee, John
1985 Aug 22
Box 1, Fld. 6, Tp. 22 Lewis, John R. (Rob)
1985 Oct 2
Box 1, Fld. 6, Tp. 27 Littlefield, Richard
1985 Oct 5
Box 2, Fld. 7, Tp. 45 Napier, Jean
1985 Nov 11
Box 2, Fld. 7, Tp. 31 Payne, Frank
1985 Oct 18
Box 2, Fld. 8, Tp. 46 Phelan, Harriet and Bill
1985 Nov 15
Box 2, Fld. 8, Tp. 23 Rose, Arthur
1985 Oct 2
Box 2, Fld. 9, Tp. 41 Smith, Spencer
1985 Nov 15
Box 2, Fld. 9, Tp. 33 Steadman, Gladys
1985 Oct 18
Box 2, Fld. 10, Tp. 2, 2 Tp.s Thomas, John F. and Mabel
1985 Aug 22

Series 2. Conanicut Island, 1985-1986
1.5 box(es)
(.75 linear feet)

This series contains the interviews of 20 individuals from Conanicut Island (Jamestown), Rhode Island. Contained are release forms, audiocassettes, and detailed typed indexes for each interview.

Arrangement: The tapes are apparently numbered in a chronological sequence, however, the series is arranged alphabetically by interviewee.

Container Description Date
Box 2 , Fld. 11, Tp. 26 Armbrust, Henry
1985 Oct 2
Box 2 , Fld. 11, Tp. 6 Biddle, Nicholas Jr.
1985 Aug 28
Box 2 , Fld. 12, Tp. 54 Braman, Frank
1986 Feb 7
Box 2 , Fld. 12, Tp. 42 Buttrick, Polly
1985 Oct 29
Box 2 , Fld. 13, Tp. 5 Chew, Robert
1985 Aug 27
Box 2 , Fld. 13, Tp. 4 Crowell, Anna
1985 Aug 28
Box 3, Fld. 14, Tp. 55 Drury, Ann and Marguerite Drury Murphy
1985 Nov 7
Box 3, Fld. 14 Godena, Manuel
undated
Box 3, Fld. 14, Tp. 44 Greig, Martha and Pickett
1986 Feb 6
Box 3, Fld. 15, Tp. 52 Head, Alton and Caroline
1986 Jan 21
Box 3, Fld. 15, Tp. 41 Holmes, Lois
1985 Oct 25
Box 3, Fld. 16, Tp. 53 Murray, Daniel
1986 Jan 28
Box 3, Fld. 16, Tp. 56 Pemental, William
1986 Feb 6
Box 3, Fld. 17, Tp. 43, 2 Tp.s Smith, John
1985 Oct 31
Box 3, Fld. 17, Tp. 39 Tefft, Rosamond
1985 Oct 25
Box 3, Fld. 18, Tp. 1, 2 Tp.s Wharton, Rosamond
1985 Aug 27
Box 4, Fld. 19, Tp. 40 Wilkinson, Josephine
1985 Oct 25

Series 3. Prudence Island, 1985-1986
2 box(es)
(1 linear feet)

This series contains interviews of 24 individuals from Prudence Island, Rhode Island, release forms, audiocassettes, and detailed typed indexes for each interview. Also included at the end of this series is the publication, Island Voices.

Arrangement: The tapes are apparently numbered in a chronological sequence, however, the series is arranged alphabetically by interviewee.

Container Description Date
Box 4, Fld. 20, Tp. 7 Atwood, Helen and Robert
1985 Aug 27
Box 4, Fld. 20, Tp. 18 Bacon, Natalie
1985 Sep 19
Box 4, Fld. 21, Tp. 9 Bearse, Madeline
1985 Aug 24
Box 4, Fld. 21, Tp. 21 Blount, Luther
1985 Sep 26
Box 4, Fld. 22, Tp. 29 Brayton, Emily
1985 Oct 17
Box 4, Fld. 22, Tp. 34, 2 Tp.s Butler, Arline C.
1985 Oct 5
Box 4, Fld. 23, Tp. 20 Canario, John and Olivia
1985 Sep 26
Box 4, Fld. 23, Tp. 19 Franham, Todd
1985 Sep 24
Box 4, Fld. 24, Tp. 50 Herreshoff, Rebecca, Nat and Halsey
1985 Nov 8
Box 4, Fld. 24, Tp. 30 Kaiman, Evelyn
1985 Oct 17
Box 5, Fld. 25, Tp. 16 Lawrence, Mary B.
1985 Sep 19
Box 5, Fld. 25, Tp. 51 Marz, Katherine
1986 Nov 13
Box 5, Fld. 26, Tp. 35 Morris, Lloyd
1985 Oct 12
Box 5, Fld. 26, Tp. 17 Murray, Florence
1985 Sep 18
Box 5, Fld. 27, Tp. 15 Sousa, Manny
1985 Sep 19
Box 5, Fld. 27, Tp. 3 Thresher, Clifford
1985 Aug 25
Box 5, Fld. 28, Tp. 36 Warner, Chester
1985 Oct 12
Box 5, Fld. 28, Tp. 38 Watt, Barbara
1985 Oct 24
Box 5, Fld. 29, Tp. 28 Williams,Dudley
1985 Oct 7
Box 5, Fld. 29, Tp. 37 Worcester, Cynthia
1985 Oct 12
Box 5, Fld. 30 Island Voices
1986