Rhode Island Black Heritage Society Archives

Scope and Contents This collection contains booklets from eleven New England A.M.E Annual Conference meetings. These include seven ‘Journal of Proceedings’ and five ‘Minutes of the Annual Sessions”. These all take place between 1919-1930, the 68th-79th Annual Conferences.There are two other A.M.E related materials: The 28th General Conference A.M.E Church Official Programme, dated May 7-25, 1928, and the A.M.E Church Booklet: The Review Published Quarterly Issue #242, dated April-June 1970....

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A collection of four books of music donated by Beatrice Elizabeth Coleman (1904-2014), a 1925 graduate of Brown University from Providence.

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The Bethel AME Church collection spans about twenty years and primarily follows Bethel AME relocation from Meeting Street to Rochambeau Avenue, from 1961 to 1962. Included are personal letters from Pastor Oliver W.H. Childers, documents pertaining to the acquisition of Rochambeau Avenue properties, programs from Bethel AME Anniversaries and related items.

Scope and Contents The Cassie Banks papers consists of personal items belonging to Cassie, Mary Cromwell, Ivan Cromwell and George Banks Jr. The Cassie Banks series contains a variety of personal items. Things such as date books, envelopes and general correspondences are inside. There are some Greeting cards with messages inside and church related items such as handouts and verses. Notable items are invitations from Governor John Chaffee and Providence Mayor Joseph Doorley Jr. There are also...

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One box, two series Series 1: Personal items including newspaper clippings, letters, photographs and two scrapbooks Series 2: Materials related to Catherine Robinson's time in The Scitamard Players

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Nine Boxes, series A-Z, photographs, manuscripts, records collection, awards, collectibles, and newspapers. Spanning adult life of George L. Turville.

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The George T. Smith papers contain documents from his service in the Rhode Island Militia, dated between 1867 and 1887. They include promotions in rank and appointments to the positions of commissary and adjutant. The collection also contains a plot deed in Pocasset Cemetary in Cranston for Smith's wife, Lucy Ann Smith, and a deed to a property in Providence owned by his daughter, Gertrude E. Smith.

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Personal items from Richard Milo Graves, membership forms and postcards. C. 1917-1948

There are two American Legion medals and a medal of service from South Kingstown. 1917-1952

There are photos of the Graves family including Milo , Clarence, Marcileta and parents Cora and Robert Graves.

There is a collection of sheet music, both handwritten and printed.

Abstract The Higgins Family Collection consists of 350 items housed in three boxes, documenting the life and advocacy work of Bertha G. Higgins and her daughter, Prudence C.A. Higgins Irving. Box one contains materials from Bertha Higgins' life, including correspondence with notable political figures, documents related to her involvement in women's suffrage, African American employment equality, and her personal and professional life. The collection also features newspaper clippings, photographs, and...

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This collection includes inmate records from 1890 through 1952, board meeting minutes from 1890 through 1964, an accounting book with records from 1908 through 1951, annual reports from 1891, 1892, and 1978, and other materials from the Home for Aged Colored Women and the Bannister House.