Series 1. State Home and School ledgers, 1885-1971
4 cubic feet
Note: Ledgers 4 and 28 are restricted for 72 years from the date of the last entry in the ledger due to the presence of sensitive information regarding persons who are still living. This parallels the schedule for release of federal census information. Ledger 2 is restricted for 100 years from the date of the last entry due to containing medical information. Photography or reproductions of the ledgers will not be allowed without the permission of the Rhode Island College Special Collections Librarian. Reproductions may be redacted by Special Collections staff prior to dissemination. The unrestricted portions of volumes which also contain restricted data may be viewed under close supervision of the Special Collections Librarian. Scholars who desire statistical information from the records may be, at the discretion of the Special Collections Librarian, permitted to view the records, though no notes may be taken regarding names of children. Photography of the restricted ledgers is not allowed.
Series 1. Subseries 1a. Visitors log, 1885-1918
0.2 cubic feet
The subseries contains a visitors log that includes the name of visitor, agency or town, position, and date of visit. Later entries include relationship to child, child’s name, and city or town. There is a time lapse in the log from 1905 to April 7, 1913. Later dates detail levels in changes of information on visitors’ relationship to children. In later entries, the date of the visit is not given, but instead visitors are grouped by the month in which they visited.
Ledger 1 |
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Visitors log
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1885 July 28- 1918 July 6 |
Series 1. Subseries 1b. Isolation register, 1936-1959
0.2 cubic feet
The subseries contains an isolation (due to illness) register that usually includes the name of the child, the date and reason for visit, and a file number; some entries also show action, such as if they were transfer to Exeter; and a discharge date. However, throughout the register, there are differences in the level of information provided.
Ledger 2 |
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Isolation register General Note: Restricted until 2059 due to the presence of medical information
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1936 October 24-1959 August 30 |
Series 1. Subseries 1c. Intake ledgers, 1885-1971
3.6 cubic feet
Names of ledgers taken from initial description and embossed titles on them. The listings in the ledgers often include the child’s name, reference number, town and state of origin, date committed, age, year of maturity, nativity, and religion. Some of the intake ledgers also detail the parents’ conditions, placements, and ability to care for children. Some include indentured information of children, including indenture case number, guardian name, town and city, and P.O. Box. Adoption and adoption name are also included. In most ledgers, there are additional remarks on the case on the right page, including whether the child was removed from the home and re-placed or whether the child was moved to Sockanosett. In items 5-10, children are listed alphabetically with cross-references to individual page numbers.
In items 11-18, 21, and 23-27, entries on individual pages include management issues at the facility, like ice cutting, as well as the hiring and discharging of staff. There are pages titled “Children received” which include case number, child name, arrival date, date of birth, and age of child. There are also records of children placed in homes, returned from homes, information on vacation leaves by staff, and those hired and those that left employment. However, items 17 and 21 exclude employee information.
Some ledgers include additional information not stated above, however this is noted in the individual item list when applicable.
Ledger 3 |
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Ledger Contents Note: The ledger contains account information of certain children at the facility. On the numbered pages, records show date, child’s name, account brought forward from another ledger, amount received, amount adjusted for expenses, and a balance for each account. Outstanding balances were given to children at discharge. There is a receipt signed by the Superintendent in the amount of $25. Individual records are shown for children with last names starting with BA to BL. All other pages (61-189) are missing.
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circa 1922 |
Ledger 4 |
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Large ledger Contents Note: Includes date of commitment, child’s name, worker initials, placement date, and return date. If applicable, dates to and from the infirmary, and if/when they ran away and if/when they returned. The ledger also includes information on placements at Sockanosett, Exeter, and the date the children’s information was sent to the Census Office. In a latter part of the ledgers, there are entries whether a letter was sent to the parent(s), date the child was sent to other institutions if applicable, and notations of religion and birthplace. General Note: Restricted until 2031
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1945 December- 1959 March |
Ledger 5 |
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History Contents Note: Includes information about casework, reasons for entry into the State Home and School, and difficulty of placing children. The information on indenture indicates places where people originated from to adopt the children.
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1885-1892 |
Ledger 6 |
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History No. 2
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1892-1898 |
Ledger 7 |
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History
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1898-1903 |
Ledger 8 |
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History No. 6
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1913-1916 |
Ledger 9 |
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History
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1916-1918 |
Ledger 10 |
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History
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1918-1921 |
Ledger 11 |
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Diary
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1906 |
Ledger 12 |
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Standard diary
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1907 |
Ledger 13 |
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Standard diary
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1910 |
Ledger 14 |
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Standard diary
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1911 |
Ledger 15 |
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Standard diary
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1912 |
Ledger 16 |
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Standard diary
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1913 |
Ledger 17 |
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Standard diary
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1914 |
Ledger 18 |
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Standard diary
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1915 |
Ledger 19 |
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Standard diary
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1916 |
Ledger 20 |
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Standard diary
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1917 |
Ledger 21 |
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Standard diary
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1919 |
Ledger 22 |
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Standard diary Contents Note: Most daily pages are blank. There are various lists at the end of the diary. “Children transferred” includes name of child, place child came from and where they were going, a file cross-reference number, and an indication whether the place was free (F) or boarding (B). “Children placed in home” includes name of child, where they were placed, date, and file cross-reference number. “Children placed in institutions” and “Returned from institutions” includes date, name of child, and institution name. “Officers hired” includes name, date hired, position filled, and rate paid. “Officers resigned” includes date, name, status, returned or “out at year end.” “Children committed” includes date, name, sex, commitment number, date of birth, case number, committed by, where child came from, relatives, and cottage assignment. “Children returned” includes date, child name, return address name, whether arrangement was free or boarding.
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1920 |
Ledger 23 |
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Standard diary
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1921 |
Ledger 24 |
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Standard diary
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1922 |
Ledger 25 |
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Standard diary
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1923 |
Ledger 26 |
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Standard diary
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1924 |
Ledger 27 |
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Standard diary
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1926 |
Ledger 28 |
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Ledger General Note: Restricted until 2043.
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1959-1971 |
Ledger 29 |
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Daily report of children at the school
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1896-1897 |
Ledger 30 |
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History General Note: Blank/Never used
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undated |
Series 2. Historical information and related projects, 1912, 1940-2008
2.1 cubic feet
The series contains assorted documents pertaining to the State Home and School, including clippings, journal articles, research projects, programs, and recollections. Some information may reference the Oral History Project. Recorded footage of news segments and interviews regarding the State Home and School Project are also included.
Box 1, Folder 1 |
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A Road to the Past
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2002 |
Box 1, Folder 2 |
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Reports
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1940 September 11-1963 December 5 |
Box 1, Folder 3 |
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Photograph: Opening of new cottage
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1953 January 27 |
Box 1, Folder 4 |
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Clippings
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undated, 2007 |
Box 1, Folder 5 |
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Rhode Island College: Walking Tour into History
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circa 2004 |
Box 1, Folder 6 |
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R.I. Laws on the Placing Out of Children and Licensing and Regulation of Children’s Boarding Homes
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1949 December 31 |
Box 1, Folder 7 |
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Rhode Island College: Honoring the Past to Ensure the Future
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2002 |
Box 1, Folder 8 |
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“The Emergence of Child Welfare at the State Home and School, Rhode Island’s Public Orphanage”
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2007 |
Box 1, Folder 9 |
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“A Simple Wish”
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undated |
Box 1, Folder 10 |
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The Children of the Rhode Island State Home and School
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undated |
Box 1, Folder 11 |
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The Journal of Heritage Stewardship: The Rhode Island State Home and School Project
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2008 |
Box 1, Folder 12 |
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The Rhode Island State Home and School Project: “A Collaboration of the Arts, Archeology, and Child Welfare in the Study of a Post-Civil War Orphanage”
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undated |
Box 1, Folder 13 |
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“Painful and hopeful things: Artifacts within an oral history of the State Home and School Project”
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undated |
Box 1, Folder 14 |
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“The Need to Belong: The Story of the Rhode Island State Home and School for Dependent Children”
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2005 |
Box 1, Folder 15 |
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“Telling the story: Moving beyond the archives”
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2005 November 3 |
Box 1, Folder 16 |
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Oral transcript
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undated |
Box 1, Folder 17 |
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“Voices of the Past: A Study into the Cultural and Social Treatment of Rhode Island’s Dependent Children from the Rhode Island State Home and School and the O’Rourke Children’s Center”
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2002 February 5 |
Box 1, Folder 18 |
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Research briefs
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undated, 2003 |
Box 1, Folder 19 |
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“From Production to Protection: The evolution of a child welfare system”
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2003 January 15 |
Box 1, Folder 20 |
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“All for the Union: The Civil War Diary and Letters of Elisha Hunt Rhodes” and “The Children’s Civil War”
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2003 |
Box 1, Folder 21 |
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AASLH History News: “The State Home and School, Providence, R.I”
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2003 |
Box 1, Folder 22 |
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Bridgewater State College
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2002 June |
Box 1, Folder 23 |
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“History of the Dr. Patrick I. O’Rourke Children’s Center”
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undated |
Box 1, Folder 24 |
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Records relating to the Rhode Island State Home and School for Children at the Rhode Island State Archives
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undated |
Box 1, Folder 25 |
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Recollections
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undated |
Box 1, Folder 26 |
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Bibliography
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2005 October 21 |
Box 1, Folder 27 |
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Correspondence
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2002 October 23 |
Box 1, Folder 28 |
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“What a Place: Disciplines Dig into Rhode Island Children’s Home and School”
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undated, 2001 |
Box 1, Folder 33 |
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Correspondence to Mrs. Grace E. Church from RI State Home and School superintendent W.A. Risk regarding the illnesses and deaths of Church’s two children, Stillman and John
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1912 April |
Oversize Folder 1, Item 1 |
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Resident songs from the 1920s: “Mrs. McKay” and “State Home Sluggers” [poster board created through the Rhode Island State Home and School Project]
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undated |
Oversize Folder 1, Items 2-3 |
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“Changes in the Children’s Center: 1900-2000”
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undated |
Oversize Folder 1, Items 4-5 |
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“Rhode Island’s Forgotten Children” Providence Sunday Journal article
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2001 April |
Box 2, Item 1 |
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Memorial Dedication Reunion (audiocassette)
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2003 April 6 |
Box 2, Item 2 |
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The State Home and School Project (audiocassette)
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2002 July 22 |
Box 2, Item 3 |
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RIC 150th Children’s Home Restoration interview with John Nazarian (VHS)
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2003 April 17 |
Box 2, Item 4 |
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RIC 150th Children’s Home Restoration RIC Dedication Event and Interviews (VHS)
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2003 April 6 |
Box 2, Item 5 |
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RIC 150th Children’s Home Restoration Interviews tape 1 of 2 (VHS)
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2003 March 26 |
Box 2, Item 6 |
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RIC 150th Children’s Home Restoration Interviews tape 2 of 2 (VHS)
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2003 March 26 |
Box 2, Item 7 |
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RIC 150th Children’s Home Restoration Interview and Leather Books (VHS)
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2003 April 2 |
Box 2, Item 8-10 |
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“Let us build a home for such children:” Stories from the State Home and School (CD)
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undated |
Box 2, Item 11-13 |
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Dedication Ceremony (VHS)
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2003 |
Box 2, Item 14 |
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Sesquicentennial Fashion Show
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2003 May 9 |
Box 3, Item 1-4 |
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Channel 10 News footage (VHS)
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2003 April 6 |
Box 3, Item 5-7 |
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The Yellow Cottage Projections, Lisa Delmonico (DVD)
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2005 May 4 |
Box 3, Item 8 |
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The Yellow Cottage Projections, Lisa Delmonico (VHS)
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2005 May 4 |
Box 3, Item 9 |
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The Yellow Cottage Projections clip, Lisa Delmonico
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2005 May 4 |
Box 3, Item 10 |
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“Honoring the Past to Ensure the Future” (VHS)
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2003 May |
Box 3, Item 11 |
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“Honoring the Past to Ensure the Future” (VHS)
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2003 May |
Box 3, Item 12 |
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“Honoring the Past to Ensure the Future” (VHS)
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2003 May |
Box 3, Item 13 |
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“Honoring the Past to Ensure the Future” (VHS)
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2003 May |
Box 3, Item 14 |
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“Honoring the Past to Ensure the Future” (DV)
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2003 May |
Box 3, Item 15 |
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State Home and School (DVD)
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undated |
Box 3, Item 16 |
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“Honoring the Past to Ensure the Future” (VHS)
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2003 May |
Box 6 |
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Adornments from iron gate to the superintendent’s mansion; brick removed from restoration of the Yellow Cottage in 2006; Call bell presumably from the State Home and School; RIC State Home and School project mug
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undated |
Series 3. Oral history project records, 2001-2006
0.95 cubic feet
The first four folders in the series were originally consolidated in a three-ring binder; all documents in the folders relate to the State Home Oral History Project, including meeting minutes, correspondence, invoices, programs, resident gathering notes, and documents regarding the Yellow Cottage. Recordings and transcripts of interviews from Rhode Island College’s Oral History Project are also included.
Box 1, Folder 29 |
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Oral history project (folder 1 of 4)
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2002-2006 |
Box 1, Folder 30 |
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Oral history project (folder 2 of 4)
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undated, 2002-2005 |
Box 1, Folder 31 |
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Oral history project (folder 3 of 4)
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undated, 2001-2005 |
Box 1, Folder 32 |
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Oral history project (folder 4 of 4)
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undated, 2002-2005 |
Box 4, Folder 1 |
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Oral history project transcript 1 General Note: Restricted
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2003 August 26 |
Box 4, Folder 2 |
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Oral history project transcript 2
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2005 January 4 |
Box 4, Folder 3 |
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Oral history project transcript 3
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2005 January 12 |
Box 4, Folder 4 |
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Oral history project transcript 4
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2003 August 15 |
Box 4, Folder 5 |
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Oral history project transcript 5
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2003 September 10 |
Box 4, Folder 6 |
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Oral history project transcript 6
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2004 June 12 |
Box 4, Folder 7 |
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Oral history project transcript 7 General Note: Restricted
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2003 August 18 |
Box 4, Folder 8 |
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Oral history project transcript 8
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2003 November 19 |
Box 4, Folder 9 |
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Oral history project transcript 9
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2004 June 18 |
Box 4, Folder 10 |
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Oral history project transcript 10
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2004 October 14 |
Box 4, Folder 11 |
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Oral history project transcript 11
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2004 June 11 |
Box 4, Folder 12 |
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Oral history project transcript 12
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2003 August 21 |
Box 5 |
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CDs and cassettes of oral history project interviews
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2003-2005 |