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Formal title:: Florence Perkins papers
Extent:: 0.2 cubic feet
Date range:: 1864-1903 (bulk 1895-1903)
Abstract:: The collection of a Rhode Island teacher and Rhode Island Normal School graduate (class of 1902).
Repository:: Special Collections, James P. Adams Library
Collection call no:: MSS-0016

Formal title:: Peterson’s Magazine fashion prints.
Extent:: 0.01 cubic feet
Date range:: 1870-1891
Abstract:: This collection contains various color fashion prints Peterson’s Magazine.
Repository:: Special Collections, James P. Adams Library
Collection call no:: MSS-0056

Formal title:: Pinkham family correspondence
Extent:: 0.25 Linear feet
Date range:: 1855-1877
Abstract:: The Pinkham family correspondence consists of letters between members of the Pinkham family, a prominent Nantucket family in the whaling business, and with their acquaintances. The letters, dating from 1855-1877, cover topics including family and social life in Nantucket, New Bedford, and Providence, with some discussion of national politics. This collection was originally part of a larger collection on whaling donated by Carleton D. Morse (Brown University Class of 1913).
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.85.16

Playbills collection

Formal title:: Playbills collection
Extent:: 6.0 Linear feet
Date range:: 1883-2012 (bulk 1905-2012)
Abstract:: Theater playbills from theaters in the United States. Also includes a few programs for ballet, burlesque, cabaret, elocution contests, ice follies, minstrel acts, movie advertisement booklets, pageants, and variety shows.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.2015.020

Plum Beach Light

Formal title:: Plum Beach Light
Extent:: 4 box(es)
Date range:: 1864-2000
Abstract:: The collection consists of print and audio/visual material regarding the construction, history, and restoration of the Plum Beach lighthouse.
Repository:: University Archives and Special Collections
Collection call no:: Mss. Gr. 138

Formal title:: William Carey Poland diaries and photographs
Extent:: 0.625 Linear feet
Date range:: 1860-1910 (bulk 1875-1910)
Abstract:: The William Carey Poland diaires and photographs consist of 9 diaries and 24 photographs dating from about 1860 to 1910. Two of the diaries are in Clara (Harkness) Poland’s hand and one is in William Jr.’s hand. Included in the photograph series are various images of the Poland family and of Prof. Poland at an archaeological site.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.2008.007

Formal title:: Postcards relating to cotton
Extent:: 0.01 cubic feet.
Date range:: circa 1897-1921
Abstract:: A collection containing photographic postcards which primarily depict cotton fields and people picking cotton.
Repository:: Special Collections, James P. Adams Library
Collection call no:: MSS-0153

Formal title:: George W. Potter and Alfred M. Williams Memorial Manuscript Collection
Extent:: 2 linear feet
Date range:: 1899-1981 (bulk 1949-1960)
Abstract:: The Potter MSS span the years 1899-1981 with a greater concentration on 1949-1960. It begins with Alfred M. Williams’s small collection of writings donated posthumously in 1899 and ends in 1981 with correspondence and related material to and from Providence Public Library’s Special Collections curator Virginia M. Adams.
Repository:: Providence Public Library Special Collections
Collection call no:: PotterMSS

Formal title:: Providence Athenaeum annual reports
Extent:: 9.4 linear feet
Date range:: 1837-2018
Abstract:: Providence Athenaeum's annual reports, presented at annual meetings each year and published between 1837 and the present.
Repository:: Providence Athenaeum
Collection call no:: Arch-004

Formal title:: Providence Athenaeum bulletins
Extent:: 2.7 linear feet
Date range:: 1895-1995
Abstract:: This collection consists of the Providence Athenaeum's bulletins, dating from 1895 to 1995.
Repository:: Providence Athenaeum
Collection call no:: Arch-006

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