RIAMCO

Rhode Island Archival and Manuscript Collections Online

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John A. Lima papers (MSS-0135)

Special Collections

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

Administrative Information

ABOUT THE COLLECTION  
Acquisition: The collection was given to the Special Collections in 2013 by Marie Fraley, Director of the Institute for Portuguese and Lusophone World Studies at Rhode Island College.
Custodial history: The collection was given to Marie Fraley by John A. Lima, Jr., while Fraley was Director of the Institute for Portuguese and Lusophone World Studies at Rhode Island College, with the intention of adding the collection to the Special Collections.
Processing information: The collection was described by Chinasa Corbie, Special Collections intern, and Veronica L. Denison, Digital Archivist and Special Collections Librarian, in 2024. Corbie also transcribed the ledger and translated the transcription from Portuguese to English. The Institute for Portuguese and Lusophone World Studies at Rhode Island College funded Corbie’s work on the collection.
ABOUT THE FINDING AID  
Author: Finding aid prepared by Chinasa Corbie and Veronica L. Denison.
Encoding: This finding aid was encoded by Veronica L. Denison, 2024.
Descriptive rules: Finding aid based on Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)