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1. Rhode Island Folklife Project collection, 1979

   17,309 items.. manuscripts and photographs: 13 containers, linear feet.. color slides: 38 containers.. 128 sound tape reels : analog, 7 1/2 ips ; 7 in.. 10 sound tape reels : analog, 3 3/4 ips; 7 in.. 60 sound cassettes : analog.. approximately 7542 slides : color ; 35 mm. approximately 24 transparancies : color ; 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 in.. approximately 9289 photographs : film negatives, black and white ; 35 mm. approximately 256 photographs : film negatives, black and white ; 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 in.. -- American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   American Folklife Center field project which documented ethnic, regional, and occupational traditions of Rhode Island, especially ethnic arts (African American, French-Canadian, Greek, Irish, Jamaican, Polish, Portuguese, Ukrainian, Italian, Lithuanian, Narragansett, and others), maritime activities, material culture, and local history. Documentation was created by fieldworkers Peter Bartis, Michael E. Bell, Thomas A. Burns, Carl Fleischhauer, Henry Horenstein, Geraldine Niva Johnson, and Kenneth S. Goldstein, project director, from July 15 to December 31, 1979. Sound recordings include interviews and documentation of a play, church services, music and dance, and other events. Subjects of photographs include Rhode Island houses, barns, beaches, yards, gardens, orchards, churches, cemeteries, street scenes, landscapes, sea scapes; religious processions; recreation, including baseball, horseshoes, sailing; restaurants and foodways; picnics; textile mills, sawmills; businesses; markets; Jamaican migrant workers; woodworking; boatbuilding; fishing, clamming; gunsmithing; taxidermy; arts and crafts; sand sculptures; musicians and dancing; and other subjects.

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   Access restrictions apply.

   Some or all content stored offsite.

2. Rhode Island General Assembly records, 1653-1747

   24 items. 6 containers. 2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Minutes, acts, and proceedings of Rhode Island's colonial legislature sitting in various towns.

3. Thomas A. Jenckes papers, 1836-1878

   42,000 items. 73 containers plus 1 oversize. 29.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Jurist, state legislator and adjutant general, and U.S. representative from Rhode Island. Correspondence, journals, ledgers, diaries, account books, patent papers, legal briefs and related papers, law library catalog, and photographs pertaining to Jenckes's political and legal career in Rhode Island and the U.S. House of Representatives.

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   Some or all content stored offsite.

4. James D. Lee papers, 1852-1890

   200 items. 3 containers. 1.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   United States Navy officer. Correspondence and other papers relating primarily to Lee's military service during the American Civil War.

5. Charles Follen McKim papers, 1838-1929

   4,200 items. 14 containers. 5.6 linear feet. 14 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Architect. Correspondence, letterbooks, memoranda, diary, notes, legal and financial records, sketches, drawings, photographs, and other papers relating chiefly to the architectural firm of McKim, Mead, & White, New York, N.Y.

6. Markham Starr collection, 2005-2019

   1751 items. 18 documents : digital, pdf, doc, xls, and txt. 1665 photographs : digital, tif, jpg, black-and-white. 8 audio files : digital, wav. 56 video files : digital, mov, mp4, m2t, m2ts, avi. 4 volumes (.3 linear feet). -- American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Collection of 1747 digital files of graphic, moving image, sound recording, and manuscript format documentary works created by Markham Starr and four of his published monographs. The collection primarily documents northeastern fishermen and the fishing industry. Some records also document farming and dairy production. A majority of the works are part of larger themed documentary projects, and others are independent works.