Newspaper collection (newspaper)

The collection is comprised of several formerly discrete collections that were consolidated and EAD encoded in 2012 for ease of management and discovery. The Black Newspapers series contains runs of two prominent mid-20th century African-American owned newspaers in Boston, MA and Providence, RI. These two papers were specifically printed for the African American community and offered a powerful platform for promoting issues of importance for the community.

The Roosevelt clippings provide a snapshot of the days immediately after his passing and of the impact his death had on the nation and world events.

The New England Hurricane of 1938 remains the most powerful, costliest and deadliest hurricane in recent New England history, eclipsed in landfall intensity perhaps only by the Great Colonial Hurricane of 1635 and by most certainly the recent 2012 Hurricane Sandy.

The small number of clippings within the Irish Reunification series represents only a very small amount of material available for the researcher on the topic and should not be construed as comprehensive in any way. These clippings do however, provide a select record of opinion on then current events regarding the unification of Ireland.

World War I was a global war centered in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918. It involved all the world's great powers, which were assembled in two opposing alliances: the Allies, which was based on the Triple Entente of the United Kingdom, France and Russia and the Central Powers, based on the Triple Alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy. As these alliances reorganized, more than 70 million military personnel, including 60 million Europeans, were mobilized in one of the largest wars in history. More than 9 million combatants were killed and it was the sixth-deadliest conflict in world history, subsequently paving the way for various political changes, such as the Russian Communist revolution and the rise of Fascism in Europe. This series offers the researcher an American perspective on select events reported on in these newspapers.

Additional materials with in this collection include microfilm copies of the 19th century Woonsocket Patriot (1833-1836), the 18th century New-England Courant (1731-1735), the Weekly Rehearsal (1731-1735), and few odd original copies of early American newspapers.