RIAMCO

Rhode Island Archival and Manuscript Collections Online

For Participating Institutions

Florence Perkins papers (MSS-0016)

Special Collections

Rhode Island College
600 Mount Pleasant Ave
Providence, RI, 02908
Tel: 401-456-8380
email:digitalcommons@ric.edu

Scope & content

The collection contains the papers of Florence Perkins from her time as both a student and teacher in Rhode Island. The collection includes an invitation from the Rhode Island Normal School (RINS) addressed to Perkins regarding graduation, along with graduation programs. Also included in the collection are programs for Perkins’ classes at RINS; a letter from Perkins to a parent regarding their sick child when she was a teacher at the Eden Park School; as well as various book catalogs. The collection also contains copies of materials from Fisk Teaching Agencies and leaflets from Humane Education from the Rhode Island Teaching Institute and school notebooks.