RIAMCO

Rhode Island Archival and Manuscript Collections Online

For Participating Institutions

John J. Wilkinson collection (MSS-0026)

Special Collections

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

Scope & content

The collection consists of Dr. John J. Wilkinson’s collected research and documents regarding the expansion of vocational-technical public education in Rhode Island school districts, including reports, publications, pamphlets, and clippings. Most of the documents pertain to the first vocational-technical schools established in Rhode Island in the twentieth century.