The Rhode Island Collection , 1831-1976
Roger Williams University Library
One Old Ferry Road
Bristol, RI 02809
Tel: 401-254-3049
email: hbenedict@rwu.edu
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Collection Overview
| Title: | The Rhode Island Collection |
| Date range: | 1831-1976 |
| Creator: | Roger Williams University |
| Extent: | 11 items |
| Abstract: | Printed material about the history of Rhode Island |
| Language of materials: | English |
| Repository: | Roger Williams University Library |
| Collection number: | UA 2024.002 |
Scope & content
This collection consists of printed pamphlets and books dealing with Rhode Island history.Access Points
Subject TopicsArrangement
The collection is arranged in 2 series:
- Pamphlets
- Books
Access & Use
| Access to the collection: | There are no restrictions on access. Please call the archives to schedule a time to see the collection. Please note items do not circulate and must be viewed in the archives. |
| Use of the materials: | Researchers are advised that express written permission to reproduce, quote, or otherwise publish any portion or extract from this collection must be obtained from the University Library. Although Roger Williams University has physical ownership of the collection and the materials contained therein, it does not claim copyright except where noted. It is up to the researcher to determine the owners of the rights and to obtain any necessary permissions from them. |
| Preferred citation: | Rhode Island Collection, UA 2024.002, Roger Williams University Archives, Bristol, RI. |
| Contact information: | Roger Williams University Library One Old Ferry Road Bristol, RI 02809 Tel: 401-254-3049 email: hbenedict@rwu.edu |
Administrative Information
| ABOUT THE COLLECTION | |
| Acquisition: | The bulk of the material in this collection comes from the library's former "Rhode Island Collection," wihch ceased as a circulating collection in about 2008. Other items came from private donors. |
| ABOUT THE FINDING AID | |
| Author: | Finding aid prepared by Heidi Benedict. |
| Descriptive rules: | Finding aid based on Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS) |
Additional Information
Inventory
Series 1. Pamphlets
| Box 1 | Hard-Scrabble calendar: report of the trials of Oliver Cummins, Nathaniel G. Metcalf, Gilbert Humes and Arthur Farrier; who were indicted with six others for a riot, and for aiding in pulling down a dwelling-house, on the 18th of October, at Hard-Scrabble. Contents Note: Item is alfdso available to view online in RWU’s Jstor collections. |
1824 |
| Box 1 | City Charter, proposed for the adoption of the freeman of Providence, at a town meeting, to be holden October 22, 1831. Contents Note: Item is also available to view online in RWU’s Jstor collections. |
1831 |
| Box 1 | History of the Providence Riots, from Sept. 21 to Sept. 24, 1831 Contents Note: Item is available in the HathiTrust digital library. |
1831 |
| Box 1 | The Memorial Chapel of the First Congregational Church, Bristol , R.I. Contents Note: Item is also available to view online in RWU’s Jstor collections. |
1870 |
| Box 1 | Charles MacCarthy, a Rhode Island pioneer, 1677 - Thomas Hamilton Murray Contents Note: Item is available online in the HathiTrust digital library. |
1901 |
Series 2. Books
| Box 1 | Report on the geological and agricultural survey of the state of Rhode-Island: made under a resolve of legislature in the year 1839 - Charles T. Jackson |
1840 |
| Box 1 | A Memoir of Emily Saville by her cousin Constance Grosvenor Alexander Contents Note: Item is also available to view online in RWU’s Jstor collections. |
1924 |
| Box 1 | Collected papers on the inscribed rocks of Narragansett Bay - Edmund B. Delabarre |
1925 |
| Box 1 | The story of Pettaquamscutt - Mary Kenyon Huling |
1936 |
| Box 1 | Other Indian events of New England: a collection of interesting incidents in the lives of the early settlers and the Indians of this country, with reproductions of old prints and photographs, volume II - Allan Forbes |
1941 |
| Box 1 | A brief history of the colonial wars in America from 1607 to 1775 - Herbert Treadwell Wade |
1948 |
| Box 1 | Rhode Island Quakers in the American Revolution, 1775-1790 |
1976 |
| Box 1 | The Yale man up-to-date with character sketches - Jean Pardee |
1976 |