RIAMCO

Rhode Island Archival and Manuscript Collections Online

For Participating Institutions

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Providence, Rhode Island Branch collection (US-RPPC_naacp)

Providence College

Archives and Special Collections
1 Cunningham Square
Providence, RI 02918
Tel: 401-865-2578
Fax: 401-865-1578
Email: pcarchives@providence.edu
Website: https://pml.providence.edu/

Scope & content

The bulk of collection documents the Providence branch of the NAACP from 1960s to the mid 1970s. The collection includes official correspondence, personal correspondence, inter-office, regional, and national memorandum. Additional materials include meeting minutes and recaps, newspaper and media clippings, pamphlets, miscellaneous documents, and materials relating the organization's regional and national conventions.