Master List of Finding Aids

This guide lists the Society’s manuscript collections arranged by subject.  Each manuscript collection is listed here under one of fifty-four subject areas. Links to full finding aids are available for some of collections, with many more on the way. To find selected words or phrases in our inventories, use the search box in the sidebar on the left.

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This list is intended as a broad overview and does not replace the Manuscript Division’s card catalog, The Cabinet or the finding aids that have been written for individual collections that are only available in the Reading Room at this time.  If you have specific questions about our collections, please contact our Reference Staff  for assistance: reference@rihs.org.

For each collection, the following information is given:
1) The date range spanned by the large majority of the papers.
2) “MSS” catalog number.
3) Collection title.
4) Linear feet of shelf space, (lin. ft.)

Subject Group Categories

The finding aids are listed below under the following headings, scroll down to see the finding aids.

Business:

Agricultural | Banking/Financial | Construction/Architecture | Craftsman/Artisan | Entertainment | Estate/Property/Holding | Heavy Industry/Manufacturing | Insurance | Jewelry | Mercantile/Maritime | Professional/Law/Medical | Publishing/Printing | Retail/Food/Hotel | Textile | Transportation | Utility

Collections:

Shepley, Peck, etc.

Diaries:

Men’s | Women’s

Government:

County | Federal | Military | State | Town

Organizations: 

Agricultural | Arts/Crafts | Charitable | Civic | Clubs | Educational/Library | Ethnic/Cultural | Historical/Preservation | Labor | Medical/Mental Health | Military | Neighborhood | Political | Professional | Religious | Social Service/Activism | Women’s

People of Color Finding Aid

Personal:

Arts/Crafts | Business | Business: Buildings/Architecture | Business: Craftsmen | Business: Entertainment | Business: Estate/Property/Holding | Business: Extractive: Oil/Lumber/Mining | Business: Financial Banking | Business: Heavy Industry Manufacturing | Business: Mercantile | Business: Professional | Business: Retail/Food/Hotel | Business: Textile | Educational/Science | Family | Genealogical | Historical | Justice of Peace/Sheriff | Labor | Literary | Military | Organizations: Social Service/Activism | Women

Slave Trade in Rhode Island Finding Aid

Business: Agricultural
Date range	Collection #	Collection title	Lin. ft.
1851 – 1930	Mss 483 sg 20	Broad Rock Farm Records	0.5 lin. ft.
1868 – 1870	Mss 9 sg 6	Allen & Son Records	0.25 lin. ft.
1880 – 1929	Mss 864	Seth Wood Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1893 – 1933	Mss 6 sg 12b	Sayles Farm Records	1.5 lin. ft.
1895 – 1958	Mss 483 sg 17	American Fish Culture Records	7.0 lin. ft.
1906 – 1925	Mss 6 sg 6	Butterfly Farm Records	3.5 lin. ft.
1929 – 1933	Mss 483 sg 18	Aguadero Corporation Records	5.25 lin. ft.
1930 – 1935	Mss 483 sg 45	Timonel Farms Records	0.25 lin. ft.
Business: Banking/Financial
Date range	Collection #	Collection title	Lin. ft.
1728 – 1759	Mss 526	Land Bank Records, 1728 – 1759	0.25 lin. ft.
1814 – 1925	Mss 80	Manufacturers Trust Records	1.0 lin. ft.
1814 – 1890	Mss 765	Union Bank of Providence Records	0.5 lin. ft.
1816 – 1845	Mss 690	Roger Williams Bank Records	0.5 lin. ft.
1818 – 1858	Mss 528	Landholders Bank Records, 1818 – 1862	0.5 lin. ft.
1818 – 1865	Mss 394	Eagle Bank Records	0.25 lin. ft.
1819 – 1956	Mss 943	Old Stone Bank Records	156.0 lin. ft.
1820 – 1837	Mss 361	Burrillville Bank Records	0.25 lin. ft.
1823 – 1870	Mss 592	North Kingston Bank Records	2.0 lin. ft.
1834 – 1928	Mss 111	Wakefield Trust Company Records	2.5 lin. ft.
1851 – 1902	Mss 619	Phenix Iron Foundry Records	0.5 lin. ft.
1886 – 1979	Mss 847	People’s Bank Scrapbooks	7.5 lin. ft.
Business: Construction/Architecture
Date range	Collection #	Collection title	Lin. ft.
1820 – 1855	Mss 110	Clark Sayles Papers	2.0 lin. ft.
1865 – 1963	Mss 1110	Murphy, Hindle & Wright Architects Records	2.0 lin. ft.
1880 – 1910	Mss 585	Newman Construction Co. Records	0.25 lin. ft.
1906 – 1929	Mss 740	Stone, Carpenter & Sheldon Records	1.25 lin. ft.
1909 – 1910	Mss 6 sg 24	Pawtucket Granolithic Construction Records	0.25 lin. ft.
1909 – 1911	Mss 6 sg 34	Washburn & Burton Co. Records	0.25 lin. ft.
1917 – 1925	Mss 6 sg 29	Sayles Engineering Records	1.0 lin. ft.
1918 – 1923	Mss 6 sg 7	Central Construction Records	4.0 lin. ft.
1919 – 1961	Mss 142 sg 5	Fuller Building Company Records	0.5 lin. ft.
1934 – 1971	Mss 1018	Bowerman Brothers Records	2.0 lin. ft.
1939 – 1969	Mss 512	Jamestown Bridge Commission Records	4.0 lin. ft.
1960 – 1977	Mss 850	Turoff Papers	13.0 lin. ft.
1977 – 1999	Mss 1059	Joseph R. Muratore Records	1.0 lin. ft.
Business: Craftsman/Artisan
Date range	Collection #	Collection title	Lin. ft.
1750 – 1797	Mss 283	William Barker Account Books	0.25 lin. ft.
1799 – 1838	Mss 412	Joseph J. Fenner Papers	4.0 lin. ft.
1822 – 1846	Mss 928	William Boyd Accounts	0.25 lin. ft.
1826 – 1852	Mss 737	Jonah Steere Account Books	0.75 lin. ft.
1851 – 1893	Mss 987	Stukely B. Wickes Records	0.75 lin. ft.
1930 – 1950	Mss 483 sg 27	LaLuz Clay Products Records	4.0 lin. ft.
1933 – 1933	Mss 1071	Frank B. Grover Records	0.25 lin. ft.
Business: Entertainment
Date range	Collection #	Collection title	Lin. ft.
1928 – 1971	Mss 409	Fay Theatre Records	2.5 lin. ft.
1930 – 1944	Mss 152	Strand Theatre Records	5.0 lin. ft.
1959 – 1985	Mss 1000	WPRI-TV Records	0.75 lin. ft.
Business: Estate/Property/Holding
Date range	Collection #	Collection title	Lin. ft.
1681 – 1897	Mss 591	North Burial Ground Records	1.0 lin. ft.
1705 – 1742	Mss 634	Providence Proprietors Records	0.5 lin. ft.
1761 – 1761	Mss 545	John Henry Lydius Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1808 – 1850?	Mss 337	Central Bridge Company Records	1.0 lin. ft.
1822 – 1873	Mss 328	Canal Market Company Records	0.5 lin. ft.
1824 – 1947	Mss 817	Woonasquatucket River Corporation Records	0.25 lin. ft.
1829 – 1923	Mss 263	Arcade Company Records	2.0 lin. ft.
1849 – 1878	Mss 476	William H. Haines Field Books	0.75 lin. ft.
1850 – 1922	Mss 8	Butler – Duncan Papers	8.0 lin. ft.
1850? – 1950?	Mss 9 sg 11	Brown & Ives 1982 Accession	2.0 lin. ft.
1857 – 1934	Mss 88	George A. Howard Papers	2.0 lin. ft.
1865 – 1928	Mss 646	Providence Land & Wharf Records	0.75 lin. ft.
1875 – 1914	Mss 385	Walter M. Dexter Field Survey Books	1.0 lin. ft.
1882 – 1931	Mss 483 sg 39	Providence Warehouse Company Records	1.5 lin. ft.
1894 – 1926	Mss 6 sg 3	Estates At Will Records	3.0 lin. ft.
1895 – 1916	Mss 483 sg 24	Hudson River Bridge and Railway Records	2.0 lin. ft.
1896 – 1900	Mss 976	Lucius Darling Account Book	0.25 lin. ft.
1897 – 1913	Mss 793	Weaver Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1899 – 1949	Mss 1032	Beverly Land Company Records	9.0 lin. ft.
1910 – 1947	Mss 483 sg 19	Anna Hazard Land Company Records	2.0 lin. ft.
1913 – 1918	Mss 1120	Mason Freeman Cocroft Papers	0.25 ft.
1913 – 1947	Mss 483 sg 40	Rhode Island Estates Company Records	7.5 lin. ft.
1917 – 1953	Mss 483 sg 41	R. Hazard Estate Company Records	2.5 lin. ft.
1917 – 1919	Mss 483 sg 47	South County Cooperative Association Records	0.25 lin. ft.
1929 – 1949	Mss 483 sg 42	Rowland Third Incorporated Records	1.0 lin. ft.
1929 – 1964	Mss 483 sg 37	Peace Dale Offices Records	2.5 lin. ft.
1932 – 1949	Mss 483 sg 46	Hazard Trust Records	0.5 lin. ft.
1933 – 1942	Mss 1088	Rhode Island Development Conference Records	0.25 lin. ft.
1959 – 1967	Mss 950	Foxes Hill Corporation Records	1.0 lin. ft.
1966 – 1994	Mss 901	Hill Realty Company Records	1.0 lin. ft.
Business: Extractive Oil/Lumber/Mining
Date range	Collection #	Collection title	Lin. ft.
1848 – 1859	Mss 704	Sayles & Potter Records	1.0 lin. ft.
1865 – 1926	Mss 335	Cascade Petroleum and Land Association Records	0.25 lin. ft.
1868 – 1893	Mss 483 sg 28	Mine la Motte Records	1.0 lin. ft.
1874 – 1903	Mss 839	William H. Sheldon Notebooks	0.25 lin. ft.
1940 – 1962	Mss 483 sg 21	Cave Company Records	0.5 lin. ft.
Business: Heavy industry/Manufacturing
Date range	Collection #	Collection title	Lin. ft.
1907 – 1985	Mss 1069	J & H Electric Company Records	1.75 lin. ft.
1790 – 1987	Mss 362	Congdon & Carpenter Company Scrapbooks	1.0 lin. ft.
1833 – 1994	Mss 826	Brown & Sharpe Company Records	39.0 lin. ft.
1837 – 1919	Mss 142 sg 3	Fuller Iron Foundry Records	0.75 lin. ft.
1844 – 1945	Mss 89	Providence Tool Company Records	4.0 lin. ft.
1845 – 1924	Mss 429	Franklin Machine Company Records	0.5 lin. ft.
1846 – 1854	Mss 691	Roger Williams Foundry and Machine Company Records	1.0 lin. ft.
1849 – 1961	Mss 7 sg 1	Builders Iron Foundry Records	38.0 lin. ft.
1853 – 1909	Mss 15	Henry M. Chase Company Records	2.0 lin. ft.
1853 – 1951	Mss 13 sg 2	Rumford Chemical Company Records	33.0 lin. ft.
1864 – 1869	Mss 843	American Screw Company Records	0.5 lin. ft.
1871 – 1921	Mss 587	Nicholson File Company Records	5.0 lin. ft.
1873 – 1947	Mss 123	I.P. Richards Company Records	6.0 lin. ft.
1880 – 1890	Mss 481	William A. Harris Steam Engine Company Records	6.0 lin. ft.
1881 – 1956	Mss 891	Pawtucket Manufacturing Company Records	50.0 lin. ft.
1882 – 1931	Mss 483 sg 25	Providence Saw Works Records	0.25 lin. ft.
1888 – 1906	Mss 7 sg 2	Diamond Machine Company	5.0 lin. ft.
1890 – 1946	Mss 441	Gladding Fire Apparatus Records	0.75 lin. ft.
1892 – 1920	Mss 483 sg 43	Solvay Process Company Records	1.0 lin. ft.
1895 – 1982	Mss 867	Taft – Peirce Records	5.0 lin. ft.
1901 – 1959	Mss 775	Wanskuck Company Records	3.0 lin. ft.
1902 – 1928	Mss 6 sg 11	Erie Specialty Company Records	4.0 lin. ft.
1912 – 1930	Mss 6 sg 8	Champion Horseshoe Company Records	9.0 lin. ft.
1913 – 1916	Mss 6 sg 16	Huile Company Records	1.0 lin. ft.
1929 – 1945	Mss 852	Grinnell Company Records	0.5 lin. ft.
1934 – 1974	Mss 70	Fairmont Foundry Records	13.0 lin. ft.
Business: Insurance
Date range	Collection #	Collection title	Lin. ft.
1799 – 1948	Mss 22	Providence Washington Insurance Company Records	12.5 lin. ft.
1802 – 1835	Mss 575	Mutual Fire Society Records	0.5 lin. ft.
1805 – 1844	Mss 159	Warren Insurance Company Records	3.5 lin. ft.
1807 – 1857	Mss 5	Providence Mutual Insurance Records	18.0 lin. ft.
1880 – 1960	Mss 174	Title Guarantee Company of Rhode Island Records	68.0 lin. ft.
1960 – 1963	Mss 837	Firemans’ Mutual Insurance Records	0.25 lin. ft.
Business: Jewelry
Date range	Collection #	Collection title	Lin. ft.
1883 – 1915	Mss 357	W.R. Cobb & Company Records	1.0 lin. ft.
1925 – 1958	Mss 237	Coro Company Records	12.0 lin. ft.
Business: Mercantile/Maritime
Date range	Collection #	Collection title	Lin. ft.
1744 – 1865	Mss 828	Ships’ Logs Collection	18.0 lin. ft.
1746 – 1753	Mss 919	John Banister Account Books	1.5 lin. ft.
1752 – 1877	Mss 1131	Joshua Rathbone Family Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1774 – 1789	Mss 573	Gideon Mumford Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1778 – 1795	Mss 354	Clark & Nightingale Records	1.0 lin. ft.
1786 – 1830	Mss 459	E & C Greene Records	2.5 lin. ft.
1789 – 1809	Mss 353	Clarke & Hammond Records	1.0 lin. ft.
1795 – 1797	Mss 383	Edward Dexter Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1798 – 1838	Mss 19	Jacob Babbitt Papers	1.0 lin. ft.
1799 – 1813	Mss 423	James Foster Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1803 – 1827	Mss 1060	Jonathan Adams Papers	1.0 lin. ft.
1806 – 1812	Mss 155	Whaling Company of East Greenwich Records	1.0 lin. ft.
1811 – 1829	Mss 799	Samuel Wetmore Records	1.0 lin. ft.
1815 – 1878	Mss 395	William Earle & Company Records	10.0 lin. ft.
1833 – 1841	Mss 797	Wetmore, Hoppin & Company Records	1.0 lin. ft.
1850? – 1950?	Mss 951	Brown & Ives Collection	1.5 lin. ft.
1852 – 1855	Mss 767	United States and Paraguay Navigation Company Records	1.5 lin. ft.
Business: Professional/Law/Medical
Date range	Collection #	Collection title	Lin. ft.
1813 – 1844	Mss 3	Metcalf Marsh Papers	2.0 lin. ft.
1864 – 1919	Mss 829	Boyce Brothers Records	1.0 lin. ft.
1894 – 1922	Mss 568	Harold Metcalf Account Books	1.5 lin. ft.
1921 – 1923	Mss 906	Rhode Island Legal Briefs Collection	4.0 lin. ft.
1975 – 1978	Mss 877	Edwards and Angell Research Notes on the Narragansetts	1.5 lin. ft.
Business: Publishing/Printing
Date range	Collection #	Collection title	Lin. ft.
1809 – 1821	Mss 670	Rhode Island Republican Records	0.25 lin. ft.
1831 – 1838	Mss 648	Providence Mercantile Newsroom Records	1.0 lin. ft.
1880 – 1975	Mss 1028	Providence Lithograph Company Records	5.0 lin. ft.
1901 – 1922	Mss 430	E.L. Freeman Company Records	0.75 lin. ft.
Business: Retail/Food/Hotel
Date range	Collection #	Collection title	Lin. ft.
1742 – 1756	Mss 485	James Helme Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1758 – 1803	Mss 924	Simeon Borden Accounts	0.5 lin. ft.
1790 – 1840	Mss 274	Rowse Babcock Records	0.5 lin. ft.
1794 – 1869	Mss 753	George Thurston & Son Records	2.5 lin. ft.
1795 – 1825	Mss 755	Thomas Tillinghast, Jr. Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1798 – 1811	Mss 439	Benjamin T. Chandler Family Records	1.5 lin. ft.
1803 – 1856	Mss 561	John G. Mawney Account Books	1.0 lin. ft.
1805 – 1848	Mss 411	Jerry A. Fenner Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1806 – 1832	Mss 920	Nathan Ballou Account Books	0.5 lin. ft.
1809 – 1848	Mss 517	Sterry Jenckes Papers	1.0 lin. ft.
1809 – 1826	Mss 804	Peleg Wilbur Account Books	1.5 lin. ft.
1811 – 1859	Mss 910	Robert Angell Account Books	0.25 lin. ft.
1813 – 1837	Mss 410	Charles A. Farnum Papers	1.0 lin. ft.
1815 – 1817	Mss 1091	Brown & Turner Records	0.5 lin. ft.
1819 – 1825	Mss 1092	Ezra Ramsdel Records	0.25 lin. ft.
1820 – 1821	Mss 1090	Jonathan Hopkins Records	0.5 lin. ft.
1834 – 1873	Mss 986	Edward Stanhope Records	0.25 lin. ft.
1840 – 1851	Mss 25	Almy and Evans Records	1.5 lin. ft.
1849 – 1880	Mss 660	Rathbone & Gardner Account Books	2.5 lin. ft.
1851 – 1967	Mss 1137	Benjamin F. Brown Records	1.75 lin. ft.
1866 – 1895	Mss 347	City Hotel Records	2.0 lin. ft.
1871 – 1877	Mss 518	J.D. Jones & Son Records	1.5 lin. ft.
1872 – 1930	Mss 13 sg 3	H.M. Anthony & Company Records	1.0 lin. ft.
1886 – 1951	Mss 1013	E. Morgan & Sons Records	3.0 lin. ft.
1887 – 1889	Mss 6 sg 5	Arlington Hay & Grain Company Records	0.5 lin. ft.
1890 – 1903	Mss 1105	Charles H. Sparks Records	1.5 lin. ft.
1902 – 1978	Mss 95	Allen & Reed Records	3.5 lin. ft.
1902 – 1968	MSS 1072	Gladding’s Inc. Records	1.0 lin. ft.
1903 – 1947	Mss 878	Bovier, Girouard & Company Records	8.5 lin. ft.
1903 – 1905	Mss 880	Elsbree – Valleau Company Records	1.0 lin. ft.
1911 – 1991	Mss 103	Tilden – Thurber Records	6.0 lin. ft.
1911 – 1965	Mss 1024	Willey’s Inc. Records	2.5 lin. ft.
1912 – 1939	Mss 115	Saunderstown Hotel Association Records	1.5 lin. ft.
1913 – 1923	Mss 6 sg 12a	French River Inn Records	0.5 lin. ft.
1913 – 1970	Mss 447	Governor Dyer Cooperative Market Records	0.5 lin. ft.
1918 – 1933	Mss 1075	Constant Family Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1922 – 1930	Mss 483 sg 48	Eastern Trout Growers Association Records	0.5 lin. ft.
1925 – 1969	Mss 99	Tyson’s Book Shop Records	1.5 lin. ft.
1934 – 1960	Mss 551	Manville Provision Company Records	1.0 lin. ft.
1936 – 1977	Mss 903	Outlet Company Records	5.5 lin. ft.
1940? – 1970?	Mss 866	Arnold Bakery Records	1.0 lin. ft.
1956 – 1992	Mss 1036	Narragansett Brewing Company Records	1.0 lin. ft.
1957 – 1962	Mss 483 sg 44	Trout Growers Co-Operative Association Records	0.75 lin. ft.
Business: Textile
Date range	Collection #	Collection title	Lin. ft.
1740 – 1835	Mss 352	Clarke & Cundall Records	1.0 lin. ft.
1763 – 1860	Mss 678	C. & W. Rhodes Company Records	1.0 lin. ft.
1789 – 1846	Mss 29	Almy & Brown Records	9.5 lin. ft.
1790 – 1834	Mss 269	James U. Arnold Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1806 – 1829	Mss 255	Almy Brown and Slaters Records	1.0 lin. ft.
1807 – 1836	Mss 269	Utter Manufacturing Company Records	1.0 lin. ft.
1808 – 1935	Mss 9 sg 1	Blackstone Manufacturing Company Records	135.5 lin. ft.
1812 – 1883	Mss 471	Greene Manufacturing Company Records	7.0 lin. ft.
1815 – 1990	Mss 264	Arkwright Company Records	2.25 lin. ft.
1815 – 1921	Mss 128	Providence Dyeing Bleaching and Calendaring Company Records	1.0 lin. ft.
1819 – 1874	Mss 734	A. & W. Sprague Records	0.75 lin. ft.
1822 – 1919	Mss 483 sg 36	Peace Dale Manufacturing Company Records	2.0 lin. ft.
1830 – 1859	Mss 393	Samuel Dunster Records	1.0 lin. ft.
1831 – 1946	Mss 9 sg 2	Lonsdale Company Records	45.0 lin. ft.
1831 – 1837	Mss 4	S. Arnold & Company Records	0.25 lin. ft.
1831 – 1943	Mss 1046	Lippitt Woolen Company Records	0.25 lin. ft.
1833 – 1834	Mss 9 sg 7	Massasoit Manufacturing Company Records	0.25 lin. ft.
1837 – 1841	Mss 9 sg 9	Brown & Ives Records	(0 ft.)
1844 – 1957	Mss 9 sg 3	Hope Company Records	11.0 lin. ft.
1844 – 1864	Mss 703	Otis and Leonard Sayles Records	0.5 lin. ft.
1847 – 1906	Mss 6 sg 1	Sayles Bleacheries Records	48.0 lin. ft.
1852 – 1952	Mss 9 sg 10	Goddard Brothers Records	6.0 lin. ft.
1855 – 1865	Mss 483 sg 23	Carolina Mills Records	1.25 lin. ft.
1858 – 1900	Mss 185	Allen Print Works Records	0.25 lin. ft.
1863 – 1924	Mss 9 sg 5	Berkeley Company Records	5.5 lin. ft.
1867 – 1927	Mss 953	S.H. Greene & Sons Records	0.75 lin. ft.
1868 – 1954	Mss 6 sg 18	Lorraine Manufacturing Company Records	35.0 lin. ft.
1868 – 1918	Mss 6 sg 30	Slater Manufacturing Company Records	14.5 lin. ft.
1869 – 1888	Mss 1045	Henry Lippitt & Co. Records	0.25 lin. ft.
1872 – 1885	Mss 9 sg 4	Fitchville Manufacturing Company Records	1.0 lin. ft.
1873 – 1890	Mss 6 sg 22	Moss Manufacturing Company Records	1.5 lin. ft.
1880 – 1964	Mss 114	Lebanon Mills Records	1.0 lin. ft.
1880? – 1920?	Mss 392	Dunnell Manufacturing Company Sample Books	0.25 lin. ft.
1882 – 1883	Mss 698	Saint Croix Mill Records	1.0 lin. ft.
1883 – 1938	Mss 6 sg 13	Glenlyon Dye Works Records	23.0 lin. ft.
1885 – 1935	Mss 6 sg 15	Hamlet Mills Records	11.5 lin. ft.
1887 – 1957	Mss 6 sg 35	Sayles Finishing Plants Ephemera	1.5 lin. ft.
1888 – 1898	Mss 6 sg 9	Crefeld Mills Records	2.0 lin. ft.
1888 – 1897	Mss 6 sg 20	Moshassuck Felt Mills Records	0.25 lin. ft.
1891 – 1927	Mss 6 sg 27	River Spinning Company Records	29.0 lin. ft.
1892 – 1924	Mss 141	Joslin Manufacturing Company Records	3.75 lin. ft.
1893 – 1894	Mss 6 sg 14	E. Read Goodridge Manufacturing Company Records	0.25 lin. ft.
1897 – 1928	Mss 6 sg 12	French River Textile Company Records	15.0 lin. ft.
1898 – 1949	Mss 6 sg 18a	Lorraine Manufacturing Company of New York Records	1.0 lin. ft.
1898 – 1926	Mss 1057	Frank Wood Records	1.0 lin. ft.
1899 – 1931	Mss 6 sg 17	L.A. Lockwood Company Records	0.25 lin. ft.
1901 – 1959	Mss 775	Wanskuck Company Records	3.0 lin. ft.
1904 – 1983	Mss 97	Falls Yarn Records	14.0 lin. ft.
1906 – 1971	Mss 6 sg 2	Sayles Finishing Plant Records	49.0 lin. ft.
1910 – 1918	Mss 6 sg 23	National Tracing Cloth Records	10.5 lin. ft.
1912 – 1929	Mss 6 sg 18b	Lortex Corporation Records	0.5 lin. ft.
1912 – 1952	Mss 1040	Enterprise Dye Works Records	4.5 lin. ft.
1915 – 1926	Mss 6 sg 31	Slater Yarn Records	9 lin. ft.
1915 – 1920	Mss 6 sg 4	American Raw Silk Company Records	2.0 lin. ft.
1915 – 1922	Mss 6 sg 19	Metropolis Silk Records	0.5 lin. ft.
1917 – 1918	Mss 6 sg 26	Rumford Textile Company Records	0.25 lin. ft.
1920 – 1925	Mss 6 sg 33	TARSCO Records	1.5 lin. ft.
1921 – 1960	Mss 6 sg 28	Sayles Biltmore Bleacheries Records	3.0 lin. ft.
1926 – 1946	Mss 550	Manville Jenckes Company Records	2.0 lin. ft.
1926 – 1945	Mss 483 sg 22	Caro Cloth Corporation Records	3.0 lin. ft.
1931 – 1950	Mss 6 sg 32	Special Fabrics Company Records	3.0 lin. ft.
1945 – 1983	Mss 97	Falls Yarn Records	4.0 lin. ft.
Business: Transportation
Date range	Collection #	Collection title	Lin. ft.
1807 – 1871	Mss 543	Louisquisset Turnpike Records	0.25 lin. ft.
1810 – 1873	Mss 630	Powder Mill Turnpike Corporation Records	0.5 lin. ft.
1827 – 1847	Mss 656	Providence and Pawcatuck Turnpike Records	0.5 lin. ft.
1836 – 1838	Mss 582	New York, Providence and Boston Railroad Records	1.25 lin. ft.
1841? – 1841?	Mss 657	Providence Washington Bridge Society Records	0.25 lin. ft.
1842 – 1849	Mss 296	Blackstone Canal Company Records	0.5 lin. ft.
1863 – 1869	Mss 300	Boston, Newport and New York Steamboat Company Records	0.5 lin. ft.
1876 – 1931	Mss 6 sg 21	Moshassuck Valley Railroad Records	1.0 lin. ft.
1880 – 1907	Mss 483 sg 33	Narragansett Pier Navigation Company Records	0.25 lin. ft.
1902 – 1926	Mss 483 sg 34	Narragansett Pier Railroad Company Records	0.5 lin. ft.
1909 – 1910	Mss 579	Narragansett Transportation Company Records	0.25 lin. ft.
1918 – 1929	Mss 13 sg 4	Marine Engineering and Dry Dock Company Records	0.25 lin. ft.
1922 – 1923	Mss 844	Anchor – Donaldson Records	0.25 lin. ft.
1935 – 1963	Mss 94	United Transit Company and United Electric Railway Records	15.0 lin. ft.
1944? – 1950?	Mss 60	United Traction & Electric Company Records	0.5 lin. ft.
Business: Utility
Date range	Collection #	Collection title	Lin. ft.
1772 – 1923	Mss 131	Rawson Fountain Society Records	3.0 lin. ft.
1855 – 1894	Mss 9 sg 8	Ponagansett Reservior Company Records	0.5 lin. ft.
1889 – 1958	Mss 1121	Newport Electric Corporation Records	0.25 lin. ft.
1892 – 1921	Mss 6 sg 25	Putnam Light & Power Records	1.0 lin. ft.
1902 – 1932	Mss 6 sg 10	East Providence Water Company Records	5.0 lin. ft.
1906 – 1950	Mss 524	Kent County Water Company Records	0.5 lin. ft.
Government: County
Date range	Collection #	Collection title	Lin. ft.
1729 – 1833	Mss 229	Providence County Records Collection	0.75 lin. ft.
1730 – 1823	Mss 230	Washington County Records Collection	0.25 lin. ft.
1755 – 1784	Mss 227	Kent County Records Collection	0.25 lin. ft.
1764 – 1769	Mss 228	Newport County Records Collection	0.25 lin. ft.
Government: Federal
Date range	Collection #	Collection title	Lin. ft.
1764 – 1884	Mss 232 sg 6	Post Office Records Collection	1.0 lin. ft.
1789 – 1940	Mss 28 sg 1	United States Custom House Records, Providence	303 lin. ft.
1790 – 1882	Mss 28 sg 2	United States Custom House Records, Bristol – Warren	69 lin. ft.
1790 – 1950	Mss 232 sg 1	United States Governmental Records Collection	8.5 llin. ft.
1790 – 1880	Mss 232 sg 2	United States Censuses Collection	12 lin. ft.
1791 – 1803	Mss 232 sg 5	United States Collector of Revenue Records	1 lin. ft.
1791 – 1802	Mss 232 sg 3	Distillery Excise Tax Records	0.5 lin. ft.
1798 – 1815	Mss 232 sg 4	Direct Tax Records	1.5 lin. ft.
1939 – 1946	Mss 117	Quonset Point – Davisville Records	3.5 lin. ft.
1943 – 1944	Mss 113	Christopher Delsesto Papers	11 lin. ft.
1951 – 1977	Mss 231 sg 4	Adult Correctional Institution Records	7.5 lin. ft.
Government: Military
Date range	Collection #	Collection title	Lin. ft.
1687 – 1774	Mss 673 sg 1	Colonial Militia Records	0.25 lin. ft.
1775 – 1783	Mss 673 sg 2	Revolutionary War Military Records	7 lin. ft.
1785 – 1898	Mss 673 sg 13	Miscellaneous Military Records	0.25 lin. ft.
1801 – 1970	Mss 673 sg 12	Providence Marine Corps of Artillery Records	4 lin. ft.
1812 – 1815	Mss 673 sg 3	War of 1812 Military Records	1 lin. ft.
1818 – 1952	Mss 673 sg 5	First Light Infantry Records	5.25 lin. ft.
1853 – 1942	Mss 673 sg 6	Kentish Artillery Records	0.75 lin. ft.
1861 – 1865	Mss 673 sg 4	Civil War Military Records	10 lin. ft.
1871 – 1963	Mss 673 sg 8	Westerly Militia Records	1 lin. ft.
1885 – 1930	Mss 673 sg 10	First Machine Gun Battery Records	1 lin. ft.
Government: State
Date range	Collection #	Collection title	Lin. ft.
1640? – 1800?	Mss 527	Land Evidences Collection	2 lin. ft.
1661 – 1979	Mss 231 sg 3	Rhode Island State Records Collection	5.5 lin. ft.
1774 – 1920	Mss 673 sg 7	Rhode Island State Militia Records	1.75 lin. ft.
1780? – 1800	Mss 231 sg 5	Rhode Island Court Records Collection (Sicard Gift)	6 lin. ft.
1782 – 1865	Mss 231 sg 2	Rhode Island State Censuses	5.5 lin. ft.
1784 – 1790	Mss 231 sg 6	Newport Intendant of Trade	0.25 lin. ft.
1822 – 1832	Mss 1009	Massachusetts State Militia Records	0.25 lin. ft.
1844 – 1851	Mss 830	Massachusetts and Rhode Island Commissioners Appointed to Settle the Boundary Line Records	0.5 lin. ft.
1885 – 1944	Mss 231 sg 1	Rhode Island State Institutions Records	6.5 lin. ft.
1970 – 1972	Mss 178	Rhode Island Department of State Library Services Records	1 lin. ft.
1982 – 2000	Mss 1058	Cool Moose Party Records	5.5 lin. ft.
Government: Town
Date range	Collection #	Collection title	Lin. ft.
1639 – 1832	Mss 214 sg 1	Providence Town Papers	52 lin. ft.
1642 – 1800	Mss 778	Warner Papers	3 lin. ft.
1647 – 1844	Mss 221	Warwick Town Records Collection	2.5 lin. ft.
1662 – 1844	Mss 204	Little Compton Town Records Collection	0.25 lin. ft.
1669 – 1823	Mss 224	Westerly Town Records Collection	0.5 lin. ft.
1680 – 1825	Mss 188	Bristol Town Records Collection	0.25 lin. ft
1681 – 1922	Mss 219	Tiverton Town Records Collection	0.25 lin. ft.
1682 – 1822	Mss 207	New Shoreham Town Records Collection	0.5 lin. ft.
1689 – 1858	Mss 195	East Greenwich Town Records Collection	0.25 lin. ft.
1696 – 1840	Mss 662	Rehoboth Town Papers	3 lin. ft.
1700? – 1750?	Mss 705	Scituate and Foster Land Evidences Card Index	0.5 lin. ft.
1705 – 1853	Mss 201	Jamestown Town Records Collection	0.25 lin. ft.
1721 – 1823	Mss 209	North Kingstown Town Records Collection	0.25 lin. ft.
1729 – 1829	Mss 208	Newport Town Records Collection	0.5 lin. ft.
1731 – 1892	Mss 217	Smithfield Town Records Collection	0.5 lin. ft.
1733 – 1846	Mss 218	South Kingstown Town Records Collection	0.25 lin. ft.
1741 – 1869	Mss 222	West Greenwich Town Records Collection	0.5 lin. ft.
1744 – 1825	Mss 187	Barrington Town Records Collection	0.25 lin. ft.
1748 – 1912	Mss 216	Scituate Town Records Collection	1 lin. ft.
1759 – 1889	Mss 202	Johnston Town Records Collection	2.5 lin. ft
1760 – 1900	Mss 198	Foster Town Records Collection	5.5 lin. ft.
1765 – 1876	Mss 220	Warren Town Records Collection	0.25 lin. ft.
1770 – 1900	Mss 214 sg 12	Providence Miscellaneous Records	1.5 lin. ft.
1775 – 1832	Mss 192	Coventry Town Records Collection	0.5 lin. ft.
1778 – 1823	Mss 199	Glocester Town Records Collection	0.25 lin. ft.
1780 – 1881	Mss 191	Charlestown Town Records Collection	0.25 lin. ft.
1780 – 1840	Mss 197	Exeter Town Records Collection	12 lin. ft.
1780 -1925	Mss 193	Cranston Town Records Collection	5 lin. ft.
1780 – 1911	Mss 194	Cumberland Town Records Collection	0.25 lin. ft.
1780 – 1830	Mss 200	Hopkinton Town Records Collection	0.25 lin. ft.
1790 – 1832	Mss 214 sg 10	Providence Town Tax Records	2 lin. ft.
1791 – 1882	Mss 214 sg 6	Providence Census Collection	1 lin. ft.
1795 – 1823	Mss 205	Middletown Town Records Collection	0.25 lin. ft.
1799 – 1832	Mss 214 sg 9	Providence Town Council Minutes	1.5 lin. ft.
1800 – 1932	Mss 214 sg 4	Providence Public School Records	3.5 lin. ft.
1800 – 1847	Mss 214, sg 11	Providence Town Freemen Minutes	1 lin. ft.
1800 – 1907	Mss 215	Richmond Town Records Collection	1.5 lin. ft.
1812 – 1833	Mss 212 sg 1	Pawtucket Engine Company No. 2 Record Book	0.25 lin. ft.
1814 – 1842	Mss 214 sg 14	Providence Voter Lists	0.25 lin. ft.
1814 – 1814	Mss 214 sg 13	Providence Direct Tax: 1814	1 lin. ft.
1818 – 1823	Mss 213	Portsmouth Town Records Collection	0.25 lin. ft.
1819 – 1865	Mss 210	North Providence Town Records Collection	0.25 lin. ft.
1822 – 1868	Mss 189	Burrillville Town Records Collection	0.25 lin. ft.
1828 – 1936	Mss 214 sg 2	Providence Fire Department Records	1 lin. ft.
1836 – 1855	Mss 620	Pioneer Fire Company Records	0.5 lin. ft.
1838 – 1873	Mss 211	North Smithfield Town Records Collection	0.25 lin. ft.
1844 – 1857	Mss 190	Central Falls Town Records Collection	0.25 lin. ft.
1844 – 1932	Mss 214 sg 7	Providence Police Department Collection	1 lin. ft.
1850 – 1880	Mss 214 sg 3	Providence Reform School Records	1 lin. ft.
1879 – 1970	Mss 36	Narragansett Fire Engine Company Records	1.5 lin. ft.
1914 – 1928	Mss 116	Providence Water Supply Board Records	1.5 lin. ft.
1917 – 1921	Mss 214 sg 8	Providence Public Buildings Department Records	0.5 lin. ft.
1944 – 1965	Mss 214 sg 5	Providence City Planning Commission Records	2.5 lin. ft.
1964 – 1966	Mss 212 sg 2	Pawtucket Zoning Study Committee Records	0.25 lin. ft.
Organizations: Agricultural
Date range	Collection #	Collection title	Lin. ft.
1876 – 1942	Mss 669	Rhode Island Poultry Association Records	1.5 lin. ft.
Organizations: Arts/crafts
Date range	Collection #	Collection title	Lin. ft.
1820? – 1830?	Mss 658	Psallonian Society Records	0.5 lin. ft.
1829 – 1978	Mss 256	American Brass Band Records	1.5 lin. ft.
1879 – 1984	Mss 958	Chopin Club Records	4 lin. ft.
1889 – 1918	Mss 483 sg 30	Narragansett Choral Society Records	0.5 lin. ft.
1903 – 1949	Mss 902	Providence Keramic Club Records	0.5 lin. ft.
1904 – 1963	Mss 477	Handicraft Club Records	2.25 lin. ft.
1906 – 1988	Mss 671	Rhode Island Short Story Club Records	2 lin. ft.
1915 – 1983	Mss 90	Schubert Club Records	0.5 lin. ft.
1931 – 1971	Mss 638	Providence Community Concert Association Records	2.5 lin. ft.
1946 – 1968	Mss 570	Monday Morning Music Club Records	0.5 lin. ft.
1947 – 1952	Mss 792	Weavers’ Guild of Rhode Island Records	0.5 lin. ft.
1956 – 1986	Mss 1064	Barrington Boys’ Choir Records	11 lin. ft.
1964 – 1972	Mss 483 sg 49	Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra Records	0.5 lin. ft.
1979 – 1981	Mss 897	United Arts Foundation Records	7 lin. ft.
Organizations: Charitable
Date range	Collection #	Collection title	Lin. ft.
1828 – 1956	Mss 67	Dexter Asylum Records	27 lin. ft.
1838 – 1993	Mss 653	Providence Shelter for Colored Children Records	2 lin. ft.
1857 – 1902	Mss 79	Providence Charitable Fuel Records	1 lin. ft.
1864 – 1867	Mss 664	Rhode Island Association For Freedmen Records	0.25 lin. ft.
1872 – 1973	Mss 30	Sophia Little Home Records	1.5 lin. ft.
1892 – 1994	Mss 654	Providence Society for Organizing Charity Records	5 lin. ft.
1916 – 1985	Mss 937	American Red Cross Records	6 lin. ft.
1920 – 1965	Mss 759	Tockwotton Home Records	0.25 lin. ft.
1922 – 1922	Mss 1073	Block-Aid Records	0.25 lin. ft.
1927 – 1970	Mss 483 sg 26	Hazard Memorial Trust Records	1 lin. ft.
1950 – 1980	Mss 1004	Robert H.I. Goddard Jr. Papers	3 lin. ft.
Organizations: Civic
Date range	Collection #	Collection title	Lin. ft.
1830 – 1893	Mss 432	Fruit Hill Detecting Society Records	0.25 lin. ft.
1860 – 1937	Mss 692	Roger Williams Monument Association Records	1 lin. ft.
1862 – 1865	Mss 270	Association for the Relief of R.I. Soldiers and Sailors Records	0.25 lin. ft.
1863 – 1866	Mss 764	Union League Records	0.25 lin. ft.
1868 – 1970	Mss 1027	Providence Board of Trade Records	6.5 lin. ft.
1875 – 1960	Mss 729	Sons of Temperance Records	1 lin. ft.
1881 – 1888	Mss 322	Burnside Monument Association Records	0.5 lin. ft
1901 – 1901	Mss 675	Rhode Island Pan-American Commission Records	1 lin. ft.
1914 – 1919	Mss 773	Voters’ League Records	0.25 lin. ft.
1917 – 1919	Mss 257	American Citizenship Campaign Records	1 lin. ft.
1920 – 1929	Mss 483 sg 31	Narragansett Improvement Records	1 lin. ft.
1920? – 1940?	Mss 883 sg 1	American Legion: Providence Post 1	3 lin. ft.
1924 – 1932	Mss 813	Womens’ Rhode Island Committee for Law Observance and Enforcement Records	0.5 lin. ft.
1927 – 1933	Mss 883 sg 2	American Legion: Auburn Post 21	0.25 lin. ft.
1941 – 1946	Mss 768	United Service Organizations Records	0.25 lin. ft.
1969 – 1993	Mss 1101	India Point Park Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1976 – 1980	Mss 1005	Records of the Bicentennial Council of the Thirteen Original States	8 lin. ft.
1982 – 1997	Mss 1008	English-Speaking Union Records	1 lin. ft.
Organizations: Clubs
Date range	Collection #	Collection title	Lin. ft.
1838 – 1985	Mss 577	Narragansett Boat Club Records	4.5 lin. ft.
1867 – 1884	Mss 431	Friday Evening Club Records	0.5 lin. ft.
1870 – 1933	Mss 586	Newport Clubs Collection	0.5 lin. ft.
1873 – 1992	Mss 507	Independent Order of Odd Fellows Records	5.5 lin. ft.
1875 – 1969	Mss 861	Hope Club Records	7.5 lin. ft.
1876 – 1923	Mss 1074	Records of the Free and Accepted Masons	0.25 lin. ft.
1882 – 1890	Mss 327	Calumet Club Records	0.5 lin. ft.
1883 – 1963	Mss 589	Ninigret Country Club Records	0.5 lin. ft.
1884 – 1980	Mss 271	Audubon Society Records	4 lin. ft.
1885 – 1934	Mss 262	Ann Eliza Club Records	5 lin. ft.
1890 – 1953	Mss 1052	Rhode Island Society of the Sons of the American Revolution	0.75 lin. ft.
1901 – 1924	Mss 483 sg 38	Peace Dale Tennis Club Records	0.25 lin. ft.
1906 – 1953	Mss 667	Rhode Island Field Naturalists Club Records	1 lin. ft.
1912 – 1946	Mss 784	Washington Park Yacht Club Records	0.5 lin. ft.
1920 – 1936	Mss 1116	Harrisville Glee Club Records	0.25 lin. ft.
1927 – 1989	Mss 639	Providence County Garden Club Records	1 lin. ft.
1927 – 1980	Mss 823	Primrose Garden Club Records	1 lin. ft.
1933 – 1940	Mss 510	Jacobs Hill Hunt Club Records	1 lin. ft.
1934 – 1940	Mss 355	Clock Club Records	0.25 lin. ft.
1937 – 1952	Mss 397	East Side Skating Club Records	1.5 lin. ft.
1940 – 1957	Mss 870	Plum Beach Garden Club Records	0.25 lin. ft.
1952 – 1999	Mss 1050	University Society of Providence Records	0.25 lin. ft.
1960 – 1969	Mss 640	Providence Debutante Assembly Records	1 lin. ft.
Organizations: Educational/Library
Date range	Collection #	Collection title	Lin. ft.
1769 – 1952	Mss 317	Brown University Collection	0.5 lin. ft.
1800 – 1932	Mss 214 sg 4	Providence Public School Records	3.5 lin. ft.
1808 – 1833	Mss 796	Westminster School Society Records	0.25 lin. ft.
1826 – 1922	Mss 162	Providence Franklin Society Records	1 lin. ft.
1832 – 1911	Mss 157	Franklin Lyceum Records	1.75 lin. ft.
1861 – 1864	Mss 791	Wayland Literary Association Records	0.25 lin. ft.
1874 – 1926	Mss 396	East Greenwich Academy Records	0.25 lin. ft.
1882 – 1912	Mss 158	Providence Free Kindergarten Association Records	1.5 lin. ft.
1892 – 1990	Mss 993	Pawtucket Day Nursery Records	16.5 lin. ft.
1898 – 1970	Mss 972	Riverside Free Public Library Association Records	0.25 lin. ft.
1900 – 1917	Mss 651	Providence Public Education Association Records	2.25 lin. ft.
1917 – 1962	Mss 483 sg 32	Narragansett Library Association Records	0.5 lin. ft.
1933 – 1993	Mss 240	St. Dunstan’s Day School Records	2 lin. ft.
1939 – 1975	Mss 785	Watchemoket Library Association Records	0.5 lin. ft.
1956 – 1958	Mss 782	Warwick Council Parent – Teacher Association Scrapbook	1 lin. ft.
1974 – 1978	Mss 581	New England Foreign Language Association Records	0.5 lin. ft.
Organizations: Ethnic/Cultural
Date range	Collection #	Collection title	Lin. ft.
1854 – 1987	Mss 239	Turnverein Records	4 lin. ft.
1891 – 1894	Mss 820	World’s Columbian Exposition Records	1 lin. ft.
1934 – 1980	MSS 1097	Brahms Club Records	0.75 lin. ft.
1942 – 1957	Mss 425	France Forever Records	1 lin. ft.
1962 – 1969	Mss 616	People to People of Rhode Island Records	0.5 lin. ft.
Organizations: Historical/Preservation
Date range	Collection #	Collection title	Lin. ft.
1775 – 1895	Mss 724	Society of the Cincinnati Records	1.25 lin. ft.
1822 – 1999	N/A	RIA Rhode Island Historical Society Archives	188 lin. ft.
1865 – 1873	Mss 578	Narragansett Club Records	0.75 lin. ft.
1883 – 1918	Mss 677	Rhode Island Citizens’ Historical Association Records	1 lin. ft.
1900? – 1928?	Mss 726	Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims Records	0.25 lin. ft.
1905 – 1940	Mss 725	Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Rhode Island	(8 ft?)
1907 – 1919	Mss 580	Nathanael Greene Memorial Association Records	0.5 lin. ft.
1936 – 1979	Mss 576	Narragansett Archaeological Society of Rhode Island Records	0.5 lin. ft.
1936 – 1941	Mss 502	Historic American Building Survey Records	3 lin. ft.
1963 – 1968	Mss 483 sg 29	Museum of Primitive Culture Records	0.25 lin. ft.
1970 – 1993	Mss 241	Providence Preservation Society Records	80 lin. ft.
1987 – 1998	Mss 1030	Rhode Island Supreme Court Historical Society Records	0.5 lin. ft.
Organizations: Labor
Date range	Collection #	Collection title	Lin. ft.
1856 – 1944	Mss 56	International Typographical Union Records	7 lin. ft.
1885 – 1980	Mss 53	Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Records	22 lin. ft.
1889 – 1918	Mss 42	Newport Trades Council Records	0.5 lin. ft.
1892 – 1927	Mss 47	United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners District Council of Newport County	0.5 lin. ft.
1892 – 1972	Mss 44	United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners – Local l76	2.5 lin. ft.
1898 – 1975	Mss 167	Pattern Makers League of America Records	1 lin. ft.
1899 – 1982	Mss 51	Barbers and Beauticians Records	6 lin. ft.
1902 – 1930	Mss 40	Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators and Paperhangers of America Records	0.5 lin. ft.
1902 – 1926	Mss 45	United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners – Local 1245	1 lin. ft.
1904 – 1934	Mss 41	Newport Central Labor Union Records	1 lin. ft.
1907 – 1911	Mss 93	Brotherhood of Railway Clerks Records	0.25 lin. ft.
1909 – 1914	Mss 46	United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners – Local l695	0.25 lin. ft.
1910 – 1955	Mss 1048	International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Asbestos Workers’ Union – Local No. 31 Records	0.5 lin. ft.
1913 – 1970	Mss 1014	International Photo-Engravers Union Records	0.75 lin. ft.
1917 – 1930?	Mss 52	Bricklayers Union Records	0.25 lin. ft.
1919 – 1934	Mss 58	Loomfixers Union – Woonsocket Records	0.25 lin. ft.
1919 – 1994	Mss 1114	Amalgamated Lace Operatives of America Records	4.5 lin. ft.
1923 – 1934	Mss 57	Loomfixers Union – Pawtucket Records	0.25 lin. ft.
1925 – 1973	Mss 55	International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers – Local 268	1.5 lin. ft.
1927 – 1938	Mss 54	Central Federated Union Records	0.25 lin. ft.
1927 – 1939	Mss 48	United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners – Providence District Council	0.25 lin. ft.
1931 – 1969	Mss 49	Amalgamated Transit Union Records	2.5 lin. ft.
1938 – 1945	Mss 43	United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners – Local 94	0.25 lin. ft.
1938 – 1991	Mss 235	Teamsters – Local 64 Records	7 lin. ft.
1939 – 1970	Mss 105	Meat Cutters and Food Store Workers Union – Local 328	1 lin. ft.
1940 – 1980	Mss 180	Granite Cutters International Association Records	0.5 lin. ft.
1944 – 1985	Mss 1051	Rhode Island AFL-CIO Records	6 lin. ft.
1945 – 1975	Mss 934	International Stereotypers’ and Electrotypers’ Union – Providence Electrotypers Union 53 Records	1.5 lin. ft.
1947 – 1949	Mss 1053	Textile Workers Union of America Records – Local 28	0.75 lin. ft.
1947 – 1963	Mss 106 sg 1	Hotel and Restaurant Employees and Bartenders International Union Records – Local 307	0.25 lin. ft.
1955 – 1975	Mss 106 sg 3	Hotel and Restaurant Employees and Bartenders International Union Records – Local 285	0.25 lin. ft.
1959 – 1981	Mss 996	International Jewelry Workers Union – Local 18 Records	10 lin. ft.
1973 – 2000	Mss 1138	Rhode Island Committee on Occupational Safety and Health (RICOSH) Records	5 lin. ft.
1976 – 1996	Mss 106 sg 2	Hotel and Restaurant Employees and Bartenders International Union Records – Local 217	3 lin. ft.
1976 – 1981	Mss 107	Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union Records	9 lin. ft.
1977 – 1989	Mss 173	Service Employees International Union Records	50 lin. ft.
1984 – 1991	Mss 935	Providence Newspaper Guild Records	0.25 lin. ft.
Organizations: Medical/Mental Health
Date range	Collection #	Collection title	Lin. ft.
1900 – 1997	Mss 1068	Records of VNA of Rhode Island	33 lin. ft.
1900 – 1962	Mss 655	Providence Tuberculosis League Records	2 lin. ft.
1917 – 1946	Mss 643	Providence Floating Hospital Records	0.5 lin. ft.
1982 – 1999	Mss 1034	Julian Mitchell Papers	2 lin. ft.
Organizations: Military
Date range	Collection #	Collection title	Lin. ft.
1798 – 1951	Mss 647	Providence Marine Society Records	1 lin. ft.
1867 – 1960?	Mss 448 sg 5	Grand Army of the Republic / Sons of Veterans	20 lin. ft.
1867 – 1924?	Mss 448 sg 2	Grand Army of the Republic: Prescott Post	2.5 lin. ft.
1869 – 1940	Mss 1007	First Light Infantry Veteran Association Records	1.25 lin. ft.
1873 – 1912	Mss 709	Second Regiment Rhode Island Veterans’ Association Records	0.25 lin. ft.
1875 – 1875	Mss 448 sg 6	Grand Army of the Republic: Slocum Post	0.25 lin. ft.
1875 – 1898	Mss 723	Soldiers and Sailors Historical Society Records	0.75 lin. ft.
1879 – 1923	Mss 1006	First Regiment and First Battery Rhode Island Detached Militia Veteran Association Records	1 lin. ft.
1890 – 1893	Mss 448 sg 1	Grand Army of the Republic: Rhode Island Department	0.25 lin. ft.
1894 – 1894	Mss 448 sg 3	Grand Army of the Republic: Rodman Post	0.25 lin. ft.
1898 – 1900	Mss 676	Rhode Island Sanitary and Relief Association Records	0.25 lin. ft.
1907 – 1934	Mss 766	United Spanish-American War Veterans Records	2 lin. ft.
1927 – 1971	Mss 505	Infantry Lodge Inc. Records	0.5 lin. ft.
Organizations: Neighborhood
Date range	Collection #	Collection title	Lin. ft.
1893 – 1911	Mss 297	Blackstone Improvement Society Records	0.25 lin. ft.
1962 – 1986	Mss 960	North Benefit Street Association Records	0.5 lin. ft.
Organizations: Political
Date range	Collection #	Collection title	Lin. ft.
1850 – 1860	Mss 380	Democratic Party of Rhode Island Records	0.25 lin. ft.
Organizations: Professional
Date range	Collection #	Collection title	Lin. ft.
195 – 1966	Mss 674	Rhode Island Press Club Records	0.75 lin. ft.
1789 – 1913	Mss 635	Providence Association of Mechanics and Manufacturers Records	5 lin. ft.
1851 – 1999	Mss 1112	Providence Medical Association Records	2.5 lin. ft.
1875 – 1970	Mss 154	American Institute of Architects – R.I. Chapter Records	8 lin. ft.
1898 – 1961	Mss 566	Medical Science Club Records	0.25 lin. ft.
1903 – 1953	Mss 668	Rhode Island Library Association Records	0.5 lin. ft.
1925 – 1981	Mss 38	Rhode Island Medical Society Records	56 lin. ft.
1925 – 1981	Mss 38	Rhode Island Medical Society Member Files	9.5 lin. ft.
1934 – 1974	Mss 751	Thirty – Four Club Records	0.25 lin. ft.
1953 – 1978	Mss 914	Association of Rhode Island Health Science Librarians	0.25 lin. ft.
1962 – 1982	Mss 1113	Providence Association of Medical Assistants Records	1.5 lin. ft.
1972 – 1982	Mss 168	National Secretaries Association Records	5 lin. ft.
Organizations: Religious
Date range	Collection #	Collection title	Lin. ft.
1676 – 1999	N/A	New England Yearly Meeting of Friends Archives (pdf)	400 lin. ft.
1681 – 1978	Mss 584	Newman Congregational Church Records	3.5 lin. ft.
1692 – 1716	Mss 289	Louisa Prosser Bates Papers	1 lin. ft.
1695 – 1743	Mss 711	Sermons Collection	0.25 lin. ft.
1720 – 1974	Mss 139	Plymouth Union Congregational Church Records	8 lin. ft.
1722 – 1945	Mss 419	First Congregational Church of Providence Records (also First Unitarian Church of Providence)	16 lin. ft.
1728 – 1810	Mss 708	Second Congregational Church of Newport Records	0.25 lin. ft.
1743 – 1917	Mss 145	General Six Principle Baptist Archives	4 lin. ft.
1745 – 1814	Mss 291	Beneficient Congregational Church Records	0.25 lin. ft.
1754 – 1830	Mss 418	First Congregational Church of Newport Records	0.5 lin. ft.
1768 – 1996	Mss 417	First Baptist Church in America Records	45 ft.
1777 – 1818	Mss 148	New England Yearly Meeting of the Society of Friends	4 lin. ft.
1792 – 1952	Mss 130	First Baptist Church in Pawtucket Records	1.25 lin. ft.
1813 – 1913	Mss 922	Rhode Island Bible Society Records	0.25 lin. ft.
1820 – 1904	Mss 120	Fourth Baptist Church Records	1.5 lin. ft.
1821 – 1915	Mss 129	Rhode Island Free Baptist Association Records	2 lin. ft.
1823 – 1941	Mss 119	First Free Baptist Church of Olneyville Records	2.5 lin. ft.
1824 – 1859	Mss 136	Third Baptist Church of Providence Records	0.5 lin. ft.
1825 – 1862	Mss 672	Rhode Island Sunday School Union Records	0.5 lin. ft.
1828 – 1938	Mss 134	Westminster Congregational Society Records	3 lin. ft.
1831 – 1906	Mss 133	First Congregational Church in Scituate Records	0.5 ft.
1832 – 1835	Mss 927	American Tract Society Records	0.25 lin. ft.
1837 – 1854	Mss 636	Providence Association of Sabbath School Teachers Records	0.5 lin. ft.
1838 – 1963	Mss 84	Rhode Island Universalist Convention Records	3 lin. ft.
1839 – 1974	Mss 140	Rhode Island Congregational Conference Records	4 lin. ft.
1845 – 1878	Mss 164	Ministry at Large Records	0.75 lin. ft.
1849 – 1926	Mss 137	Congregational Club Records	1 lin. ft.
1851 – 1947	Mss 69	Elmwood Church Records	2 lin. ft.
1860 – 1960	Mss 637	Providence Baptist Theological Circle Records	0.25 lin. ft.
1867 – 1942	Mss 812	Women’s City Missionary Society Records	0.5 lin. ft.
1867 – 1946	Mss 342	Channing Conference of Unitarian Ministers Records	1 lin. ft.
1868 – 1919	Mss 132	Pilgrim Congregational Church Records	1 lin. ft.
1874 – 1941	Mss 699	Saint Thomas Episcopal Church Records	1 lin. ft.
1875 – 1912	Mss 287	Baptist Ministers Meeting of Providence and Vicinity	0.5 lin. ft.
1875 – 1994	Mss 936	Congdon Street Baptist Church Records	7 lin. ft.
1877 – 1916	Mss 153	Woman’s Baptist Home Mission Society Records	1 lin. ft.
1883 – 1925	Mss 483 sg 35	Peace Dale Congregational Church Records	0.5 lin. ft.
1885 – 1924	Mss 135	Academy Avenue Congregational Church Records	1 lin. ft.
1887 – 1933	Mss 932	Christian Endeavor Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1890 – 1912	Mss 121	Highland Congregational Church Records	0.5 lin. ft.
1895 – 1969	Mss 138	United Congregational Church Records	2.5 lin. ft.
1903 – 1990	Mss 387	Dodeka Society Records	0.75 lin. ft.
1905 – 1992	Mss 420	First Universalist Church of Providence Records	12 lin. ft.
1906 – 1950?	Mss 815	Woodbury Union Church Records	0.5 lin. ft.
1906 – 1960	Mss 666	Rhode Island Council of United Church Women Records	0.75 lin. ft.
1909 – 1950	Mss 697	Saint Andrews Chapter Records	1 lin. ft.
1928 – 1969	MSS 1096	Rainbow Circle of the King’s Daughters Records	0.5 lin. ft.
1930? – 1959?	Mss 371	Cranston Street Roger Williams Baptist Church Records	1 lin. ft.
1932 – 1940	Mss 1049	Sutcliffe School of Radiant Living Records	0.25 lin. ft.
1936 – 1936	Mss 633	Presbyterian Church History	0.25 lin. ft.
1945 – 1945	Mss 863	Religious Census	1 lin. ft.
1946 – 1987	Mss 992	Church Women United of Rhode Island	1.5 lin. ft.
1956 – 1968	Mss 781	Warwick Congregational Church Records	2 lin. ft.
1972 – 1981	Mss 565	Mediator Fellowship Records	0.5 lin. ft.
Organizations: Social Service/Activism
Date range	Collection #	Collection title	Lin. ft.
1818 – 1973	Mss 14	Rhode Island Peace Society Records	0.5 lin. ft.
1878 – 1965	Mss 39	Vocational Resources Records	3 lin. ft.
1884 – 2001	Mss 1122	Nickerson House Records	4 lin. ft.
1931 – 1976	Mss 1020	Planned Parenthood of Rhode Island Records	4.5 lin. ft.
1965 – 1973	Mss 233	Blackstone Valley Community Action Program Records	0.5 lin. ft.
1970 – 1983	Mss 156	Women’s Liberation Union of Rhode Island Records	1.75 lin. ft.
1970 – 1986	Mss 367	Council for Community Services Records	1.5 lin. ft.
1973 – 1984	Mss 143	Rhode Islanders for Safe Energy Records	3 lin. ft.
1978 – 1989	Mss 101	CLOC Records	6 lin. ft.
1980 – 1986	Mss 845	Narragansett Bay Commission Records	2.5 lin. ft.
1986 – 1995	Mss 965	Direct Action for Rights and Equality (D.A.R.E.) Records	35 lin. ft.
Organizations: Women’s
Date range	Collection #	Collection title	Lin. ft.
1799 – 1952	Mss 642	Providence Female Charitable Society Records	1.5 lin. ft.
1850 – 1861	Mss 649	Providence Physiological Society Records	0.25 lin. ft.
1867 – 1980	Mss 100	Young Women’s Christian Association Records	72 lin. ft.
1867 – 1942	Mss 812	Women’s City Missionary Society Records	0.5 lin. ft.
1875 – 1971	Mss 811	Woman’s Christian Temperance Union Records	11 lin. ft.
1876 – 1964	Mss 35	Rhode Island Women’s Club Records	3 lin. ft.
1877 – 1916	Mss 153	Woman’s Baptist Home Mission Society Records	1 lin. ft.
1882 – 1924	Mss 448 sg 4	Grand Army of the Republic: Tower Post	3.25 lin. ft.
1893 – 1977	Mss 21	League of Women Voters Records	8 lin. ft.
1894 – 1978	Mss 10	Rhode Island State Federation of Women’s Clubs Records	8 lin. ft.
1894 – 1944	Mss 702	Saturday Club Records	0.5 lin. ft.
1898 – 1968	Mss 77	Embreaso Club Records	2 lin. ft.
1899 – 1935	Mss 374	Daughters of Hope Records	0.25 lin. ft.
1900 – 1956	Mss 694	Rushlight Club Records	0.5 lin. ft.
1903 – 1993	Mss 989	Edgewood Women’s Club Records	2 lin. ft.
1904 – 1931	Mss 540	Local Council of Women of Rhode Island Records	0.5 lin. ft.
1906 – 1960	Mss 666	Rhode Island Council of United Church Women Records	0.75 lin. ft.
1908 – 1925	Mss 1044	Sarah E. Doyle Club Records	0.5 lin. ft.
1912 – 1946	Mss 33	American Homemaker League Records	1.5 lin. ft.
1912 – 1986	Mss 848	Elmwood Women’s Club	2.5 lin. ft.
1913 – 1981	Mss 125	Narragansett Council of Campfire Girls Records	3 lin. ft.
1916 – 1953	Mss 650	Providence Plantations Club Records	0.25 lin. ft.
1916 – 1919	Mss 923	Bien Etre du Blesse Records	0.25 lin. ft.
1917 – 1918	Mss 104	National League for Woman’s Service Records	0.5 lin. ft.
1920 – 1970	Mss 438	Girl’s City Club Records	7 lin. ft.
1926 – 1959	Mss 908	Providence Plantations Club Realty Company Records	1 lin. ft.
1970 – 1983	Mss 156	Women’s Liberation Union of Rhode Island Records	1.75 lin. ft.
Personal
Date range	Collection #	Collection title	Lin. ft.
1639 – 1669	Mss 808	Roger Williams Collection	0.5 lin ft.
1666 – 1668	Mss 700	Peleg Sanford Collection	0.25 lin. ft.
1698 – 1746	Mss 483 sg 1	Thomas Hazard II Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1721 – 1745	Mss 483 sg 2	Robert Hazard Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1733 – 1803	Mss 629 sg 1	Elisha Reynolds Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1742 – 1793	Mss 483 sg 3	Thomas “College Tom” Hazard Papers	0.5 lin ft.
1742 – 1743	Mss 948	James Browne (1724 – 1750) Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1746 – 1823	Mss 424	Theodore Foster Papers	2.5 lin. ft.
1750 – 1818	Mss 308	Elisha Brown Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1753 – 1829	Mss 407	William Ellery Collection	0.5 lin. ft.
1754 – 1817	Mss 746	Benjamin Talbot Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1760 – 1836	Mss 313	Moses Brown Collection	12.5 lin. ft.
1763 – 1841	Mss 483 sg 4	Rowland and Mary (Peace) Hazard Papers	2 lin. ft.
1766 – 1781	Mss 985	Nathanael Greene Research Collection	0.5 lin. ft.
1770 – 1792	Mss 629 sg 9	Joseph Perkins Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1771 – 1840	Mss 607	Earl D. Pearce Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1772 – 1820	Mss 1015	Oliver Gardner Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1773 – 1822	Mss 520	William Jones Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1775 – 1826	Mss 18	Jeremiah Olney Papers	1.5 lin. ft.
1775 – 1803	Mss 312	John Brown of Providence Papers	2 lin. ft.
1775 – 1813	Mss 462	Jacob Greene Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1780 – 1832	Mss 310	James Brown IV Collection	1 lin. ft.
1780 – 1800	Mss 465	Ray Greene Collection	0.5 lin. ft.
1782 – 1830	Mss 456	Christopher Greene Papers (1782 – 1830)	0.5 lin. ft.
1783? – 1860?	Mss 496	David Howell Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1785 – 1792	Mss 991	Stephen Randall Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1790 – 1834	Mss 268	Henry Arnold Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1790 – 1845	Mss 557	Elisha Mathewson Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1790? – 1815?	Mss 941	Obadiah Moses Brown Papers	1 lin. ft.
1791 – 1825	Mss 406	Christopher Ellery Collection	0.25 lin. ft.
1796 – 1857	Mss 499	John Howland Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1798 – 1818	Mss 967	Job Smith Diaries	0.25 lin. ft.
1803 – 1821	Mss 913	Samuel Arnold Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1805 – 1882	Mss 254	Zachariah Allen Papers	7 lin. ft.
1806 – 1832	Mss 952	Samuel Ward Greene Papers	0.75 lin. ft.
1817 – 1868	Mss 841	Edward Wilkingson Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1819 – 1888	Mss 483 sg 5	Rowland G. and Caroline (Newbold) Hazard Papers	22.5 lin. ft.
1819 – 1851	Mss 769	Leander Utley Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1819 – 1873	Mss 790	John Robinson Waterman Papers	1.5 lin. ft.
1820 – 1891	Mss 483 sg 13	Joseph P. Hazard Papers	2 lin. ft.
1820 – 1859	Mss 959	Peleg R. Angell Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1825 – 1879	Mss 472	Joseph H. Griffin Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1825 – 1886	Mss 483 sg 14	Thomas R. “Shepherd Tom” Hazard Papers	1.5 lin. ft.
1826 – 1849	Mss 1129	Daniel Stedman Diary	0.25 lin. ft.
1826 – 1883	Mss 286	John Russell Bartlett Papers	1 lin. ft.
1830 – 1832	Mss 458	Elihue Greene Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1832 – 1889	Mss 160	Arthur M. Kimball Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1832 – 1909	Mss 629 sg 5	William H. Potter Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1833 – 1866	Mss 142 sg 1	Frederick Fuller, Sr. Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1833 – 1890	Mss 629 sg 4	Thomas M. Potter Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1834 – 1904	Mss 629 sg 6	James B.M. Potter Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1834 – 1846	Mss 805	Edward Wilcox Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1838 – 1880	Mss 761	William C. Townsend Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1839 – 1871	Mss 971	John F. Jolls Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1844 – 1886	Mss 961	William Pick Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1845 – 1918	Mss 483 sg 6	Rowland Hazard II Papers	20.5 lin. ft.
1848 – 1895	Mss 495	John Howe Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1850 – 1873	Mss 421	Capt. Robert W. Foster Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1853 – 1865	Mss 1082	William Z. Polleys Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1854 – 1922	Mss 346	William W. Chapin Papers	1 lin. ft.
1855 – 1875	Mss 597	Smith Owen Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1865 – 1889	Mss 161	Andrew A. Kimball Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1866 – 1889	Mss 733	William Sprague Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1866 – 1866	Mss 498	George Howland Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1866 – 1915	Mss 807	Edward B. Williams Diaries	0.5 lin. ft.
1867 – 1943	Mss 483 sg 7	Rowland G. and Mary (Bushnell) Hazard II Papers	20.75 lin. ft.
1868 – 1916	Mss 142 sg 2	Frederick Fuller, Jr. Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1868 – 1908	Mss 628	Arthur R. Potter Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1868 – 1873	Mss 444	Jabez Gorham Family Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1869 – 1912	Mss 978	Thomas W. Bicknell Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1870 – 1933	Mss 182	Fred Talcott Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1870? – 1890?	Mss 539	Gov. Alfred H. Littlefield Papers	1 lin. ft.
1872 – 1902	Mss 402	Lloyd Eddy Diaries	0.25 lin. ft.
1876 – 1920	Mss 687	Richard Austin Robertson Papers	1 lin. ft.
1878 – 1930	Mss 760	Joseph H. Tompson Diaries	1 lin. ft.
1882 – 1896	Mss 1107	Samuel Adoniram Hayward Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1885 – 1909	Mss 614	John C. Pegram Papers	0.75 lin. ft.
1885 – 1917	Mss 865	William H. Perry Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1886 – 1903	Mss 474	John Mason Gross Diaries	0.5 lin. ft.
1888 & 1898	Mss 1080	Reuben Guild Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1890 – 1948	Mss 473	E. Tudor Gross Papers	2 lin. ft.
1891 – 1952	Mss 683	William G. Richards Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1895 – 1933	Mss 443	Newell D. Goff Collection	0.25 lin. ft.
1895 – 1915	Mss 478	Frederick Harcourt Papers	3 lin. ft.
1896 – 1932	Mss 869	Herbert Dorrance Diaries	0.5 lin. ft.
1896 – 1950	Mss 933	Nathan Lewis Cass Moore Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1897 – 1919	Mss 398	C.R. Easton Papers	1 lin. ft.
1898 – 1922	Mss 299	William Carpenter Bliss Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1901 – 1915	Mss 860	Mary L. (Seagrave) Downes Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1907 – 1926	Mss 574	Wilfred Munro Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1909 – 1931	Mss 931	Roswell S. Burchard Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1915 – 1964	Mss 483 sg 9	Thomas “Pierre” and Anne (Cope) Hazard Papers	20 lin. ft.
1920 – 1925	Mss 483 sg 8	Rowland “Roy” Hazard III Papers	2.5 lin. ft.
1934 – 1959	Mss 849	Paul Metcalf Papers	1 lin. ft.
1937 – 1976	Mss 822	George Metcalf Papers	0.75 lin. ft.
1948 – 1973	Mss 544	William Lownes Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1950 – 1960	Mss 142 sg 4	Rufus Clinton Fuller Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
Personal: Arts/Crafts
Date range	Collection #	Collection title	Lin. ft.
1790 – 1845	Mss 490	Herreshoff Music Collection	2 lin. ft.
1830 -1891	Mss 537	James S. Lincoln Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1900? – 1940?	Mss 825	Robert N. Austin Sheet Music and Scrapbooks	2 lin. ft.
1922 – 1976	Mss 1001	Gino E. Conti Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1930 – 1950	Mss 1102	Ruth E. Tripp Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1937 – 1970	Mss 122	Jean and Francis Madeira Papers	23 lin. ft.
1943 – 1978	Mss 594	Ida Kay O’Brien Papers	0.75 lin. ft.
1946 – 1981	Mss 124	Arlan Coolidge Papers	3.25 lin. ft.
1950? – 1960?	Mss 899	Thomas Raso Papers	2 lin. ft.
1975? – 1990?	Mss 436	Gigi Berger Rhode Island Jazz Collection	0.5 lin. ft.
Personal: Business
Date range	Collection #	Collection title	Lin. ft.
1779 – 1860	Mss 944	Isaac Winsor Accounts	0.25 lin. ft.
1787 – 1818	Mss 470	Col. William Greene (1764-1829) Papers	1 lin. ft.
1790 – 1834	Mss 269	James U. Arnold Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1800? – 1900?	Mss 494	William A. Howard Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1816 – 1829	Mss 912	John W. Arnold Account Books	0.25 lin. ft.
1837 – 1930	Mss 1	Grosvenor Papers	13.5 lin. ft.
1847 – 1898	Mss 331	Charles Earl Carpenter Papers	2.5 lin. ft.
1856 – 1900	Mss 530	Benjamin N. Lapham Papers	1 lin. ft.
1860 – 1892	Mss 856	Peleg Hall Papers	7.5 lin. ft.
1867 – 1878	Mss 981	George Church Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1873 – 1885	Mss 400	Charles F. Eaton Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1898 – 1921	Mss 483 sg 50	George Spencer Merrill Papers	1 lin. ft.
Personal: Business: Building/Architecture
Date range	Collection #	Collection title	Lin. ft.
1830? – 1870?	Mss 973	Wiliam Cole Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1848 – 1861	Mss 24	Thomas Tefft Papers	1 lin. ft.
1851 – 1860	Mss 1125	William O. Cooke Records	0.75 lin. ft.
1882 – 1912	Mss 688	Jerome P. Robinson Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
Personal: Business: Craftsmen
Date range	Collection #	Collection title	Lin. ft.
1832 – 1840	Mss 553	Charles Mason Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1900 – 1947	Mss 1106	Joseph P. Fox Papers(inventor)	0.75 lin. ft.
Personal: Business: Entertainment
Date range	Collection #	Collection title	Lin. ft.
1885 – 1945	Mss 479	Randall A. Harrington Papers	1 lin. ft.
1926 – 1949	Mss 532	Laudati Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1931 – 1975	Mss 905	Warren Walden Papers	1.5 lin. ft.
1937 – 1998	Mss 1029	Walter “Salty” Brine Papers	1 lin. ft.
Personal: Business: Estate/Property/Holding
Date range	Collection #	Collection title	Lin. ft.
1818 – 1826	Mss 68	Elisha Dyer Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1849 – 1867	Mss 454	Albert G. Greene Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1881 – 1921	Mss 483 sg 52	Ozias Goodwin Papers	0.75 lin. ft.
Personal: Business: Extractive-Oil/Lumber/Mining
Date range	Collection #	Collection title	Lin. ft.
1885 – 1907	Mss 955	Oliver P. Sherman Family Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
Personal: Business: Financial/Banking
Date range	Collection #	Collection title	Lin. ft.
1903 – 1924	Mss 483 sg 10	Barclay Hazard Papers	31 lin. ft.
1933 – 1933	Mss 918	Latimer Ballou Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
Personal: Business: Heavy Industry/Manufacturing
Date range	Collection #	Collection title	Lin. ft.
1837 – 1868	Mss 529	Thomas P. Lanphear Papers	0.75 lin. ft.
1917 – 1967	Mss 875	Augustus Rose Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1936? – 1972?	Mss 840	Alexander Cook Papers	1 lin. ft.
1945 – 1946	Mss 871	Wallace Pond Scrapbooks	0.25 lin. ft.
Personal: Business: Mercantile
Date range	Collection #	Collection title	Lin. ft.
1719 – 1739	Mss 309	James Brown II Collection	1 lin. ft.
1728 – 1796	Mss 610	Jonathan Peck Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1740 – 1762	Mss 315	Obadiah Brown I Collection	5 lin. ft.
1740 – 1786	Mss 588, sg 1	Samuel Nightingale I Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1746 – 1820	Mss 20	Christopher Champlin Papers	4 lin. ft.
1752 – 1816	Mss 71	William Arnold Papers	6 lin. ft.
1756 – 1783	Mss 541	Aaron Lopez Collection	0.5 lin. ft.
1756 – 1798	Mss 1140	James Card Family Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1759 – 1802	Mss 588 sg 2	Samuel Nightingale II Papers	2 lin. ft.
1760? – 1791?	Mss 314	Nicholas Brown Collection	0.5 lin. ft.
1775 – 1826	Mss 469	William Greene (1743-1826) Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1779 – 1844	Mss 360	Thomas Coles Papers	.25 lin. ft.
1785 – 1824	Mss 75	Stephen Arnold Papers	2 lin. ft.
1790 – 1847	Mss 16	Nicholas Peck Papers	1 lin. ft.
1790 – 1845	Mss 382	DeWolf Papers	2.5 lin. ft.
1791 – 1811	Mss 588 sg 4	William F. Megee Papers	1.5 lin. ft.
1791 – 1862	Mss 599	Martin Page Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1794 – 1821	Mss 74	Perry G. Arnold Papers	0.75 lin. ft.
1798 – 1822	Mss 997	James Warner Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1800 – 1818	Mss 572	Benjamin Mumford Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1800? – 1821?	Mss 76	Thomas Arnold Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1802 – 1863	Mss 339	John Barnet Chace Collection	0.5 lin. ft.
1803 – 1815	Mss 2	James Mason Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1806 – 1823	Mss 588 sg 3	Samuel Nightingale III Papers	1 lin. ft.
1807 – 1828	Mss 503	Charles Leonard Hyatt Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1808 – 1816	Mss 12	Abel Jones Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1810 – 1857	Mss 333	Carrington Papers	122 lin. ft.
1812 – 1848	Mss 81	Samuel Larned Papers	1 lin. ft.
1813 – 1825	Mss 23	Edward Spalding Papers	1 lin. ft.
1814 – 1874	Mss 37	Charles Nicholls Talbot Papers	1 lin. ft.
1817 – 1825	Mss 588 sg 5	Edwin T. Jenckes Papers	1.5 lin. ft.
1819 – 1895	Mss 32	Richard James Arnold Papers	4 lin. ft.
1820 – 1831	Mss 558	Henry Mathewson Papers	1.5 lin. ft.
1825 – 1869	Mss 611	Viets G. Peck Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1840 – 1849	Mss 946	Hezekiah Willard Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
Personal: Business: Professional
Date range	Collection #	Collection title	Lin. ft.
1760 – 1819	Mss 341	Channing – Ellery Papers	5 lin. ft.
1780 – 1805	Mss 165	Isaac Senter Papers	3.75 lin. ft.
1797 – 1834	Mss 403	Samuel Eddy Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1799 – 1874	Mss 144	Richard Ward Greene Papers	35 lin. ft.
1804 – 1863	Mss 452	Albert Collins Greene Papers	16 ft.
1823 – 1854	Mss 715	William A. Shaw Records	0.25 lin. ft.
1870? – 1914?	Mss 399	Amasa M. Eaton Papers	4.5 lin. ft.
1879 – 1953	Mss 276	Baker Papers	1.5 lin. ft.
1883 – 1939	Mss 343	Charles Value Chapin Papers	11 lin. ft.
1888 – 1890	Mss 404	S.O. Edwards Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1889 – 1909	Mss 118	Willard Kent Papers	1 lin. ft.
1905 – 1939	Mss 835	G.S. Bullock Papers	1 lin. ft.
1934 – 1942	Mss 293	John B. Bernard Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1945 – 1975	Mss 894	Dr. Seeburt Goldowsky Papers	24 lin. ft.
1955 – 1957	Mss 962	John T. Barrett Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
Personal: Business: Retail/Food/Hotel
Date range	Collection #	Collection title	Lin. ft.
1752 – 1801	Mss 72	Preserved Pearce Papers	2 lin. ft.
1804 – 1831	Mss 707	Henry Sarle Records	0.75 lin. ft.
1850 – 1875	Mss 930	Walter S. Brownell Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1873 – 1892	Mss 882	Albert N. Brown Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1916 – 1953	Mss 184	B.F. Spooner Papers	2 lin. ft.
1921 – 1936	Mss 964	Duncan A. Hazard Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
Personal: Business: Textile
Date range	Collection #	Collection title	Lin. ft.
1793 – 1895	Mss 64	Joseph Bucklin Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1810 – 1853	Mss 266	Aza Arnold Papers	1 lin. ft.
1811 – 1848	Mss 719	Samuel Slater Collection	0.5 lin. ft.
1812 – 1848	Mss 26	John Slater Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1813 – 1844	Mss 483 sg 12	Isaac P. Hazard Papers	6 lin. ft.
1815 – 1856	Mss 1134	Granville S.W. Olney Records	0.5 lin. ft.
1818 – 1871	Mss 108	Christopher A. Whitman Papers	1.5 lin. ft.
1839 – 1850	Mss 1084	Crawford Allen Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1845 – 1858	Mss 563	Daniel McCarthy Swatch Books	2 lin. ft.
1895 – 1916	Mss 970	Robert W. Neff Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1935 – 1958	Mss 356	William Coates Papers	2.5 lin. ft.
1949 – 1957	Mss 1035	Alvin E. Mitchell Papers	1 lin. ft.
Personal: Educational/Science
Date range	Collection #	Collection title	Lin. ft.
1758 – 1800	Mss 794	Benjamin West Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1815? – 1825?	Mss 701	William Sarle Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1830? – 1870?	Mss 285	Henry Barnard Scrapbook	0.25 lin. ft.
1850 – 1906	Mss 324	James Bushee Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1941 – 1982	Mss 859	Willard S. Winslow, Jr. Papers	0.75 lin. ft.
1956 – 1995	Mss 1041	Max Flaxman Papers	5 lin. ft.
Personal: Family
Date range	Collection #	Collection title	Lin. ft.
1639 – 1831	Mss 413	Field Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1640 – 1860	Mss 17	Harris Family Papers	3.75 lin. ft.
1641 – 1757	Mss 350	Clarke Indian Manuscripts	.5 lin. ft.
1650 – 1800	Mss 461	Henry Whitman Greene Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1660 – 1880	Mss 351	Clarke Family Collection	2.5 lin. ft.
1663 – 1891	Mss 1017	Marcus Morton, IV Scrapbook	1 lin. ft.
1664 – 1825	Mss 408	Esten Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1664 – 1898	Mss 770	Updike Papers	6 lin. ft.
1673 – 1800	Mss 957	Stafford Family Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1677 – 1700	Mss 480	William Harris Papers	0.75 lin. ft.
1681 – 1946	Mss 1135	Tillinghast-Waterman Family Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1683 – 1859	Mss 278	Ballou Family Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1685 – 1907	Mss 598	William J. Pabodie Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1686 – 1904	Mss 86	Winsor Family Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1686 – 1933	Mss 632	Pray Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1687 – 1885	Mss 294	Gabriel Bernon Papers	1.5 lin. ft.
1690? – 1790?	Mss 306	Jahleel Brenton Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1690 – 1972	Mss 661	Read Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1690 – 1800	Mss 982	Joseph Crawford Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1693 – 1919	Mss 463	Lucy E. Greene Family Papers	1 lin. ft.
1700? – 1839?	Mss 621	Pierce Family Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1710 – 1832	Mss 267	Arnold – Holden Family Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1713 – 1913	Mss 1033	Joshua Winsor Family Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1714 – 1840	Mss 500	John Humphrey Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1714 – 1840	Mss 789	Richard Waterman Family Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1720 – 1835	Mss 366	Cooper Family Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1720 – 1875	Mss 659	Randall Family Deeds	0.5 lin. ft
1720 – 1781	Mss 787	Benoni and John Waterman Family Papers	1 lin. ft.
1721 – 1813	Mss 680	Thomas Rice Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1728 – 1825	Mss 549	Malbone Family Collection	0.5 lin. ft.
1729 – 1865	Mss 484	Heath Family Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1732 – 1890	Mss 728	Rufus Spencer Family Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1733 – 1876	Mss 631	Power and Whitman Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1734 – 1865	Mss 583	Newell Family Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1739 – 1916	Mss 112	Benjamin C. Harris Papers	5 lin. ft.
1739 – 1950	Mss 483 sg 16	Hazard Family Miscellaneous Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1743 – 1791	Mss 954	Rouse Family Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1747 – 1843	Mss 731	Oliver Spink Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1747 – 1906	Mss 876	Richmond Family Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1750? – 1950?	Mss 803	Whipple – Sweet Family Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1753 – 1846	Mss 325	Butler Family Papers Collection	0.75 lin. ft.
1756 – 1890	Mss 186	James N. Phetteplace Family Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1756 – 1849	Mss 1026	Thomas G. Hazard Family Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1756 – 1869	Mss 776	Ward Family Papers	3.5 lin. ft.
1757 – 1873	Mss 819	Woonsocket Deeds Collection	0.25 lin. ft.
1759 – 1869	Mss 718	Simmons Family Papers	0.75 lin. ft.
1760? – 1850?	Mss 451	William Green Roelker Family Papers	1 lin. ft.
1761 – 1845	Mss 612	Peck Family Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1762 – 1927	Mss 442	Goddard Family Papers	1.25 lin. ft.
1762 – 1831	Mss 629 sg 8	Gardiner Family Papers	1 lin. ft.
1762 – 1811	Mss 754	Joseph Tillinghast Family Papers	1.25 lin. ft.
1766 – 1834	Mss 301	Bowen Family Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1767 – 1833	Mss 588 sg 7	Borland Family Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1768 – 1878	Mss 302	Charles W. Bowen Family Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1768 – 1930	Mss 34	Elijiah Williams Papers	4.5 lin. ft.
178 – 1900	Mss 1128	Armington Family Papers	0.75 lin. ft.
1769 – 1840	Mss 552	Marchant Papers	5 lin. ft.
1770 – 1830	Mss 945	Isaac Wilbour Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1771 – 1916	Mss 739	Stillwell Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1771 – 1870	Mss 629 sg 11	Davis Family Papers	1.5 lin. ft.
1772 – 1849	Mss 170	Thomas Lloyd Halsey Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1772 – 1822	Mss 449	Caleb Green Family Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1773 – 1865	Mss 615	Pendleton Papers	0.75 lin. ft.
1773 – 1821	Mss 999	Martin Family Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1773 – 1807	Mss 1011	Eliab Wilkinson Family Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1774 – 1866	Mss 151	Durfee Family Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1776 – 1973	Mss 538	Lippitt Family Papers	2.5 lin. ft.
1776 – 1920	Mss 564	McGregor Family Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1776 – 1949	Mss 1062	Julia Lippitt Mauran Family Papers	2.25 lin. ft.
1777 – 1887	Mss 722	Harris Smith Diaries	1 lin. ft.
1779 – 1889	Mss 493	Hoppin Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1790 – 1977	Mss 1127	Clark/Church Family Records	1 lin. ft.
1783 – 1865	Mss 349	John Innes Clark Papers	2 lin. ft.
1783 – 1864	Mss 738	Steere Family Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1783 – 1921	Mss 487	Herreshoff – Lewis Family Papers	5.5 lin. ft.
1783 – 1812	Mss 450	Timothy Green Family Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1783 – 1901	Mss 426	Francis Family Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1783 – 1853	Mss 1043	Greene Family Miscellaneous Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1790 – 1840	Mss 336	Carter – Danforth Papers	4 lin. ft.
1790 – 1845	Mss 712	Thomas Sessions Family Papers	3.75 lin. ft.
1790 – 1860	Mss 806	Caleb and Edward S. Williams Papers	1 lin. ft.
1790 – 1806	Mss 757	Tillinghast Papers	1.5 lin. ft.
1793 – 1900	Mss 259	Samuel Ames Family Papers	1.75 lin. ft.
1794 – 1885	Mss 62	Bradford Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1795 – 1859	Mss 752	Thompson Papers	1 lin. ft.
1797 – 1890	Mss 629 sg 10	Hagadorn – Wells Family Papers	1 lin. ft.
1797 – 1926	Mss 1119	David Lake Family Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1799 – 1844	Mss 390	Sullivan Dorr Collection	0.75 lin. ft.
1800 – 1897	Mss 509	Ives – Gammell – Safe Family Papers	4 lin. ft.
1800? – 1900?	Mss 482	Harris – Hawes Family Papers	4 lin. ft.
1800? – 1900?	Mss 801	Wheaton Family Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1801 – 1894	Mss 625	William R. Pitman Family Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1804 – 1888	Mss 596	Jeremiah M.C. Olney Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1805 – 1909	Mss 1111	Willis H. White Family Papers	0.75 lin. ft.
1805 – 1914	Mss 522	Kendall Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1809 – 1889	Mss 1047	Asa Steere Family Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1810 – 1885	Mss 560	Mauran Family Papers	1 lin. ft.
1810 – 1836	Mss 1063	Manchester – Phetteplace – Stone Family Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1811 – 1916	Mss 363	Congdon Family Papers	3 lin. ft.
1811 – 1882	Mss 506	Ingraham Family Collection	1 lin. ft.
1812 – 1918	Mss 735	Sprague Papers	1 lin. ft.
1813 – 1953	Mss 1065	Alfred U. Collins Family Papers	3.5 lin. ft.
1814 – 1943	Mss 373	Danielson Family Papers	0.25 liln. ft.
1815 – 1884	Mss 783 sg 2	Fessenden Family Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1816 – 1865	Mss 311	John Brown of Warren Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1816 – 1930	Mss 816	Alva Woods Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1817? – 1900?	Mss 127	Thomas A. Jenckes Family Papers	22 lin. ft.
1818 – 1954	Mss 386	Diman Family Papers	1.75 lin. ft.
1818 – 1889	Mss 1056	Nicholas Congdon Family Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1820? – 1890?	Mss 345	Chapin Family Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1820 – 1865	Mss 862	Frances Rogers Arnold Papers	5 lin. ft.
1822 – 1933	Mss 626	John T. Pitman Family Papers	3 lin. ft.
1824 – 1899	Mss 818	Asa A. Woolley Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1828 – 1850	Mss 663	Reynolds Family Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1829 – 1909	Mss 681	Rice Family Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1830 – 1944	Mss 340	Zecharaiah Chafee Family Papers	2.5 lin. ft.
1830 – 1854	Mss 1003	Christopher A. Greene Family Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1831 – 1862	Mss 716	John M. Shaw Family Papers	5 lin. ft.
1831 – 1881	Mss 836	Walter S. Burges Papers	1.5 lin. ft.
1832 – 1906	Mss 149	Dean Family Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1833 – 1907	Mss 284	Amos C. Barstow Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1837 – 1903	Mss 169	Comstock Family Papers	1 lin. ft.
1839 – 1875	Mss 1010	Reuel P. Smith Family Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1839 – 1920	Mss 889	James W.C. Ely Family Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1840 – 1848	Mss 909	Adams Family Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1840 – 1893	Mss 1054	Samuel G. and Louisa G. Arnold Papers	3 lin. ft.
1842 – 1871	Mss 364	Cooke Family Correspondence	0.5 lin. ft.
1842 – 1984	Mss 868	Watson Family Papers	2.25 lin. ft.
1843 – 1924	Mss 1021	Matteson Family Papers	1.5 lin. ft.
1846 – 1892	Mss 295	Birckhead Family Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1847 – 1885	Mss 234	Amos D. and James Y. Smith Collection	2 lin. ft.
1849 – 1876	Mss 166	James H. Remington Papers	6.5 lin. ft.
1849 – 1902	Mss 534	John B. Lewis Family Papers	4.5 lin. ft.
1852 – 1861	Mss 608	Pearson Family Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1852 – 1896	Mss 1086	Pendleton Family Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1854 – 1918	Mss 384	Henry B. Dexter Papers	3 lin. ft.
1856 – 1887	Mss 925	Boutelle Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1857 – 1969	Mss 521	Kalloch Papers	1 lin. ft.
1858 – 1921	Mss 968	Crawford – Newell Family Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1860 -1900	Mss 87	Aldrich Family Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1860 – 1944	Mss 1076	Edwin Howland Family Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1861 – 1964	Mss 176	Lester P. Fales Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1862 – 1945	Mss 516	Gilbert Family Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1862 – 1898	Mss 618	Benjamin Phelon Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1863 – 1909	Mss 942	Julian Herreshoff Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1866 – 1998	Mss 1019	Whiting – Woolhouse – Webster Family Papers	1.5 lin. ft.
1866 – 2002	Mss 1117	Richard Brown Baker Family Papers	8 lin. ft.
1868 – 1968..	Mss 288	Charles A. Bassett Family Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1868 – 1955	Mss 377	DeCoppet Papers	2 lin. ft.
1869 – 1942	Mss 689	William G. Roelker Papers	3.25 lin. ft.
1871 – 1956	Mss 984	Claflin Family Papers	2.5 lin. ft.
1872 – 1953	Mss 1037	Compston Family Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1873 – 1913	Mss 588 sg 6	Nightingale Family Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1873 – 1928	Mss 988	William H. Myrick Family Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1873 – 1916	Mss 762	Nathan H. Truman Papers	2.5 lin. ft.
1878 – 1986	Mss 1079	Joseph W. Blaine Family Papers	9 lin. ft.
1880 – 1951	Mss 483 sg 54	Bacon Family Papers	6 lin. ft.
1880 – 1931	Mss 1108	DiSandro Family Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1880 – 1921	Mss 1078	Wetmore – Sherman Family Papers	2 lin. ft.
1880 – 1921	Mss 998	Chace Family Papers	1 lin. ft.
1880? – 1920?	Mss 929	Antoinette Percival Brayton Scrapbooks	0.25 lin. ft.
1881 – 1934	Mss 489	Herreshoff – DeWolf Family Papers	2 lin. ft.
1881 – 1951	Mss 890	Henry Martin Brown Family Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1881 – 1946	Mss 879	Girouard Family Papers	1 lin. ft.
1883 – 1919	Mss 748	Thayer – Hawkins – Jackson Family Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1883 – 1934	Mss 783 sg 3	Wood – Goff Family Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1884 – 1940	Mss 994	Madeline Bengston Family Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1885 – 1974	Mss 326	Cady Family Papers	5 lin. ft.
1885 – 1941	Mss 783 sg 1	Washburn Family Papers	1.25 lin. ft.
1886 – 1996	Mss 1022	Thomas K. Winsor Family Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1887 – 1970	Mss 893	Clara Schacht Papers	1 lin. ft.
1889 – 1976	Mss 898	Beckwith Family Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1890 – 1932	Mss 92	Madison Family Papers	1 lin. ft.
1892 – 1952	Mss 63	Daniel Russell Brown Family Papers	2.5 lin. ft.
1893 – 1998	Mss 1025	Laurence and Mildred Tilley Papers	2 lin. ft.
1895 – 1922	Mss 483 sg 53	Blake Family Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1900 – 1976	Mss 744	Bradford F. Swan Papers	12.5 lin. ft.
1905 – 1957	Mss 102	Wosko – Sutcliffe Papers	1.5 lin. ft.
1909 – 1944	Mss 833	Johns Hopkins Congdon Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1912 – 1936	Mss 956	David C. Scott Family Papers	2.5 lin. ft.
1914 – 1949	Mss 1085	Sweet Family Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1918 – 1969	Mss 1070	Elizabeth Nicholson White Family Papers	1 lin. ft.
1928 – 1930	Mss 483 sg 56	Witherby Family Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1928 – 1975	Mss 907	Lewis Metcalfe Walling Papers	7.5 lin. ft.
1930 – 1936	Mss 590	Charles J. Norris Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1941 – 1946	Mss 260	Anderson Family Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
Personal: Genealogical
Date range	Collection #	Collection title	Lin. ft.
1700? – 1900?	Mss 370	Coventry Gravestone Index	0.25 lin. ft.
1894 – 1956	Mss 433	George W. Gardiner Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1930? – 1950?	Mss 706	Scituate Graves Index	0.5 lin. ft.
1940? – 1960?	Mss 600	Charles Chase Page Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1950? – 1970?	Mss 895	Anna L. Scott Papers	27 lin. ft.
Personal: Historical
Date range	Collection #	Collection title	Lin. ft.
1772 – 1772?	Mss 434	Gaspee Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1775 – 1790	Mss 855	Hillman Bishop Papers	6.5 lin. ft.
1800 – 1900	Mss 821	Mabel Wylie Index to Rhode Island Printers and Imprints	1 lin. ft.
1820? – 1840?	Mss 319	Henry Bull Papers	1 lin. ft.
1824 – 1883	Mss 854	Edwin Martin Stone Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1832 – 1882	Mss 629 sg 3	Elisha R. Potter Jr. Papers	6.5 lin. ft.
1840? – 1890?	Mss 721	David W. Smith Dorr War Notes	0.25 lin. ft.
1853 – 1912	Mss 730	William A. Spicer Scrapbooks	2.5 lin. ft.
1862 – 1943	Mss 629 sg 12	William Davis Miller Papers	0.75 lin. ft.
1862 – 2001	Mss 1115	Martha B. (Wilson) Day Collection	0.5 lin. ft.
1876 – 1879	Mss 742	George Champlin Mason Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1876 – 1910	Mss 717	William P. Sheffield Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1880? – 1910?	Mss 359	Frederick B. Cole Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1880? – 1900?	Mss 379	Frederick Denison Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1880? – 1900?	Mss 389	Henry Dorr Literary Manuscripts	0.5 lin. ft.
1880? – 1900?	Mss 831	Josiah P. Bowditch Manuscripts	0.25 lin. ft.
1880? – 1920?	Mss 842	William Foster Papers	1.5 lin. ft.
1890 – 1920	Mss 685	Sidney Smith Rider Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1890 – 1906	Mss 1023	Abigail Sprague’s History of Cumberland	1.5 lin. ft.
1894 – 1914	Mss 338	Henry R. Chace Papers	6 lin. ft.
1898 – 1913	Mss 348	Franklin C. Clark Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1898 – 1903	Mss 602	George T. Paine Manuscripts on Native American Vocabulary	2 lin. ft.
1899 – 1943	Mss 508	Norman Morrison Isham Papers	5 lin. ft.
1900? – 1960?	Mss 316	W. Alden Brown Collection of Rhode Island Artists	2 lin. ft.
1900 (ca.)	Mss 83	James N. Arnold Papers	1 lin. ft.
1903 – 1938	Mss 344	Howard Millar Chapin Papers	2 lin. ft.
1920? – 1930?	Mss 911	Fred A. Arnold Research Notes	0.25 lin. ft.
1921 – 1949	Mss 1016	Paul C. Nicholson Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1923 – 1984	Mss 1081	Garrett D. Byrnes Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1924 – 1944	Mss 881	John W. Haley Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1925 – 1935	Mss 851	George Leland Miner Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1940? – 1980?	Mss 523	Robert W. Kenny Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1940? – 1980?	Mss 939	L. David Halberstadt Research Notes	2.25 lin. ft.
1941? – 1941?	Mss 745	Harrison S. Taft Papers	1 lin. ft.
1945? – 1955?	Mss 736	Florence Simister Research Notes	0.25 lin. ft.
1950 – 1990	Mss 98	Antoinette Downing Papers	16 lin. ft.
1950? – 1965?	Mss 562	Charles Gregory Maytum Manuscript	0.5 lin. ft.
1950? – 1960?	Mss 1038	Nora Scott Papers	1 lin. ft.
1961 – 1994	Mss 1103	Joseph K. Ott Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1964 – 1992	Mss 511	Sidney V. James Manuscripts	6 lin. ft.
1970 – 1990	Mss 181	D. Scott Molloy Papers	16 lin. ft.
1973 – 1973	Mss 892	Marvin M. Gettleman Research Notes on the Dorr Rebellion	5 lin. ft.
1975-2002	Mss 1123	Walter K. Schroder Research Notes	2.5 lin. ft.
1976 – 1985	Mss 369	Paul Campbell Research Notes	8 lin. ft.
1980? – 1993?	Mss 238	Albert T. Klyberg Collection	2.5 lin. ft.
1981 – 1995	Mss 1042	Larry Budner Research File on Brown & Sharpe	0.25 lin. ft.
Personal: Justice of Peace/Sheriff
Date range	Collection #	Collection title	Lin. ft.
1740 – 1792	Mss 109	Beriah Brown Papers	3 lin. ft.
1772 – 1821	Mss 265	Elijah Armstrong Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1827 – 1834	Mss 305	George A. Brayton Papers	1.5 lin. ft.
Personal: Labor
Date range	Collection #	Collection title	Lin. ft.
1913 – 1944	Mss 358	Joseph M. Coldwell Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1919 – 1945	Mss 824	Thomas F. McMahon Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1936 – 1982	Mss 31	Lawrence Spitz Papers	17 lin. ft.
1960 – 1972	Mss 172	Earl E. Green, Jr. Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1979 – 1985	Mss 171	Albert Hoban Papers	2 lin. ft.
1984 – 1993	Mss 1093	Louise M. Cywin Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
Personal: Literary
Date range	Collection #	Collection title	Lin. ft.
1836 – 1865	Mss 279	Carlos Banning Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1930 – 1975	Mss 605	David Patten Papers	9 lin. ft.
1950? – 1970?	Mss 888	Charles R. Maxfield Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1952 – 1954	Mss 872	Leonard W. Horton Papers	1.25 lin. ft.
1967 – 1984	Mss 809	Roger B. Wilson Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1993 – 1996	Mss 995	Stephan Brigidi Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
Personal: Military
Date range	Collection #	Collection title	Lin. ft.
1725 – 1826	Mss 788	Nathaniel Waterman Family Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1750 – 1777	Mss 491	Esek Hopkins Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1761 – 1837	Mss 261	John Andrews Papers	1 lin. ft.
1766 – 1788	Mss 786	Asa Waterman Papers	2.25 lin. ft.
1770 – 1786	Mss 464	Major General Nathanael Greene Collection	1 lin. ft.
1774 – 1803	Mss 27	Simeon Thayer Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1775 – 1777	Mss 365	Nicholas Cooke Collection	0.5 lin. ft.
1775 – 1805	Mss 747	Silas Talbot Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1775 – 1822	Mss 980	Israel Angell Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1775? – 1782?	Mss 915	Samuel Aborn Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1776 – 1781	Mss 455	Col. Christopher Greene Collection	0.5 lin. ft.
1777 – 1780	Mss 802	Abraham Whipple Collection	0.25 lin. ft.
1777 – 1787	Mss 1132	Noah Robinson Diaries	0.25 lin. ft.
1778 – 1779	Mss 743	Gen. John Sullivan Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1780 – 1783	Mss 546	Daniel Lyman Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1780? – 1850?	Mss 368	Benjamin Cowell Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1782 – 1830	Mss 921	William Barton Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1808 – 1812	Mss 401	Amasa Eddy Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1811 – 1840	Mss 617	Oliver Hazard Perry Collection	0.25 lin. ft.
1812 – 1868	Mss 604	Usher Parsons Collection	0.5 lin. ft.
1815 – 1819	Mss 466	F. & S.W. Greene Records	2 lin. ft.
1829 – 1903	Mss 772	Nelson Viall Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1831 – 1897	Mss 460	George Sears Greene Collection	0.5 lin. ft.
1842 – 1877	Mss 627	Joseph S. Pitman Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1842 – 1872	Mss 917	Joseph Balch Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1853 – 1865	Mss 304	Charles Ray Brayton Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1857 – 1867	Mss 713	Charles A. Shaw Papers	.25 lin. ft.
1857 – 1865?	Mss 810	Silas A. Winchester Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1861 – 1879	Mss 298	George N. Bliss Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1861 – 1861	Mss 277	Sullivan Ballou Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1861 – 1864	Mss 85	Henry T. Blanchard Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1861 – 1865	Mss 82	Harry C. Cushing Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1861 – 1864	Mss 282	William C. Barker, 2nd Papers	0.75 lin. ft.
1861 – 1865	Mss 515	Charles E. Perkins Letters	0.25 lin. ft.
1861 – 1862	Mss 695	Frederick Sackett Letters	0.25 lin. ft.
1861 – 1865	Mss 679	Elisha H. Rhodes Diary Manuscript (typed copy)	0.25 lin. ft.
1861 – 1865	Mss 1089	Elisha Hunt Rhodes Papers	2.5 lin. ft.
1861 – 1895	Mss 763	George M. Turner Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1862 – 1863	Mss 272	John F. Austin Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1862 – 1874	Mss 321	Ambrose E. Burnside Collection	2 lin. ft.
1862 – 1863	Mss 571	William A. Mowry Letter Books	0.25 lin. ft.
1862 – 1864	Mss 732	Henry Joshua Spooner Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1862 – 1903	Mss 613	Stephen Farnum Peckham Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1862 – 1865	Mss 440	Charles F. Gladding Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1863 – 1893	Mss 252	Joshua Addeman Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1864 – 1904	Mss 714	Gen. James Shaw, Jr. Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1900 – 1935	Mss 682	John J. Richards Papers	1.25 lin. ft.
1935 – 2003	Mss 1130	Gustavus R. Ide Jr. Papers	1.5 lin. ft.
1940 – 1945	Mss 475	Roland L. Guillet Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1941 – 1945	Mss 1099	John Rowland Barker Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1942 – 1945	Mss 179	Rev. Elbridge B. Welch World War II Letters	0.25 lin. ft.
1942 – 1964	Mss 900	J.M. Beardsley Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1943 – 1945	Mss 519	Walter S. Jones Scrapbooks	4 lin. ft.
1943 – 1960	Mss 1100	Conrad A. Desautels Family Papers	.25 lin. ft.
1964 – 1964	Mss 281	Harold Richards Barker Manuscript	0.5 lin. ft.
Personal: Organizations: Ethnic/Cultural
Date range	Collection #	Collection title	Lin. ft.
1895 – 1915	Mss 1012	Guiseppe Zambarano Papers	1 lin. ft.
Personal: Political
Date range	Collection #	Collection title	Lin. ft.
1729 – 1758	Mss 1118	William Greene (1695-1758) Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1737 – 1796	Mss 468	Governor William Greene (1731-1809) Collection	0.25 lin. ft.
1747 – 1775	Mss 492	Stephen Hopkins Collection	0.5 lin. ft.
1774 – 1808	Mss 11	Benjamin Bourne Papers	1 lin. ft.
1787 – 1835	Mss 629 sg 2	Elisha R. Potter, Sr. Papers	2 lin. ft.
1794 – 1833	Mss 323	James Burrill, Jr. Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1800 – 1884	Mss 606	Dutee J. Pearce Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1812 – 1843	Mss 963	Joseph L. Tillinghast Collection	0.25 lin. ft.
1820 – 1847	Mss 150	Job Durfee Papers	1 lin. ft.
1823 – 1853	Mss 977	Thomas F. Carpenter Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1831 – 1852	Mss 391	Thomas Wilson Dorr Collection	0.25 lin. ft.
1832 – 1882	Mss 629 sg 3	Elisha R. Potter, Jr. Papers	6.5 lin. ft.
1843 – 1844	Mss 603	Daniel Paine Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1868 – 1915	Mss 938 sg 1	Nelson and Abby Aldrich Papers	0.75 lin. ft.
1869 – 1933	Mss 388	Michael F. Dooley Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1880 – 1921	Mss 798	George Peabody Wetmore Papers	6 lin. ft.
1887 – 1896	Mss 375	John W. Davis Collection	0.25 lin. ft.
1897 – 1956	Mss 1077	Isabelle Ahearn O’Neill Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1899 – 1909	Mss 990	Frederick H. Jackson Papers	1 lin. ft.
1908 – 1956	Mss 467	Theodore Francis Green Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1908 – 1938	Mss 609	Frederick Stanhope Peck Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1910? – 1930?	Mss 381	John F. Devlin Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1919 – 1926	Mss 1104	Felix A. Toupin Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1922 – 1928	Mss 422	Gov. William Flynn Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1924 – 1924	Mss 559	Edgar E. Matteson Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1930? – 1980?	Mss 846	Helen DeJong Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1941 – 1941	Mss 593	Vernon C. Norton Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1947 – 1980	Mss 73	Giovanni Folcarelli Papers	7 lin. ft.
1950 – 1974	Mss 938 sg 3	Winthrop W. and Harriet Aldrich Papers	17 lin. ft.
1951 – 1953	Mss 975	J.A. Migel Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1956 – 1997	Mss 1067	Joseph R. Weisberger Papers	4 lin. ft.
1957 – 1974	Mss 1039	Gordon L. Belsey Papers	1 lin. ft.
1959 – 1991	Mss 146	Raymond J. Pettine Papers	2.5 lin. ft.
1964 – 1968	Mss 800	Edmund Wexler Papers	1 lin. ft.
1985 – 1994	Mss 969	M. Charles Bakst Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
Personal: Religious
Date range	Collection #	Collection title	Lin. ft.
1638 – 1732	Mss 273	Isaac Backus Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1665 – 1708	Mss 696	John Saffin Diary	0.25 lin. ft.
1670? – 1670?	Mss 446	Samuel Gorton’sExposition on the Lord’s Prayer	0.25 lin. ft.
1714 – 1792	Mss 445	John Gorton Papers	1 lin. ft.
1726 – 1726	Mss 947	James Browne (1666 – 1732) Papers	.25 lin. ft.
1769 – 1803	Mss 78	Enos Hitchcock Papers	1 lin. ft.
1776 – 1822	Mss 622	Rev. John Pitman (1751 – 1822) Diaries	0.75 lin. ft.
1786 – 1853?	Mss 290	Rev. David Benedict Papers	1 lin. ft.
1815 – 1855	Mss 414	Moses Fifield Sermons	0.25 lin. ft.
1818 – 1855	Mss 547	James A. McKenzie Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1832 – 1972	Mss 1109	William Worthington Family Papers	1 lin. ft.
1840 – 1910	Mss 777	Stephen S. Wardwell Papers	1 lin. ft.
1843 – 1952	Mss 1133	John P.K. Henshaw Diaries	0.25 lin. ft.
1917 – 1927	Mss 949	Oscar O. Hyden Scrapbook	0.25 lin. ft.
1930 – 1974	Mss 665	Sister Mary Mercedes Quinton Scrapbooks	0.25 lin. ft.
1950 – 1970	Mss 858	Arthur Wilson Papers	18.5 lin. ft.
Personal: Social Service/Activism
Date range	Collection #	Collection title	Lin. ft.
1965 – 1975	Mss 595	Jessie O’Connor Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1973 – 1982	Mss 904	Emma Sacco Papers	5 lin. ft.
1977 – 1986	Mss 966	Mark Toney Papers	2.75 lin. ft.
Personal: Women
Date range	Collection #	Collection title	Lin. ft.
1806 – 1838	Mss 457	Deborah Ward Greene Papers	1 lin. ft.
1826 – 1830	Mss 483 sg 15	Mary P. Hazard Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1830 – 1856	Mss 555	Sarah B. Mason Ruggles Eaton Diaries	0.25 lin. ft.
1834 – 1891	Mss 629 sg 7	Mary E. Potter Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1842 – 1860	Mss 940	Georgianna Alden Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1858 – 1890	Mss 1002	Elizabeth Buffum Chace Family Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1862 – 1890	Mss 334	Candace C. Carrington Diaries	0.5 lin. ft.
1864 – 1921	Mss 65	Sarah B. Bullock Diaries	1 lin. ft.
1869 – 1922	Mss 483 sg 51	Dotha Bushnell Papers	1 lin. ft.
1872 – 1872	Mss 292	Harriet F. Bennett Diary	0.25 lin. ft.
1876 – 1945	Mss 483 sg 11	Caroline Hazard Papers	5 lin. ft.
1876 – 1910	Mss 873	Sarah B. Kingsbury Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1877 – 1902	Mss 774	Lydia F. Walker Papers	0.75 lin. ft.
1879 – 1890	Mss 437	Charlotte Perkins Gilman Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1880 – 1912	Mss 874	Mabel T. (Kingsbury) Appleby Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1882 – 1899	Mss 979	Marion M. Burgess Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1884 – 1907	Mss 320	Marie Louise Burge Diaries	0.25 lin. ft.
1887 – 1972	Mss 686	Ethel Colt Ritchie Papers	2.5 lin. ft.
1890 – 1910	Mss 280	Harriet Banning Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1892 – 1953	Mss 693	Mary E.S. Root Papers	0.75 lin. ft.
1896 – 1955	Mss 486	Frances Evelyn Henley Papers	0.75 lin. ft.
1896 – 1950	Mss 535	Harriet Sprague Watson Lewis Family Papers	1.5 lin. ft.
1901 – 1938	Mss 531	Florence B. Lafarge Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1903 – 1974	Mss 601	Emily H. Paine Papers	0.75 lin. ft.
1903 – 1906	Mss 501	Alice W. Hunt Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1905 – 1931	Mss 938 sg 4	Minnie A. MacFadden Papers	.25 lin. ft.
1907 – 1985	Mss 96	Elizabeth G.L. Allen Papers	1 lin. ft.
1908 – 1915	Mss 525	Edna Kroener Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1912 – 1978	Mss 405	Mary M. Eldridge Scrapbooks	0.5 lin. ft.
1915 – 1957	Mss 569	Louise D. Metcalf Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1918 – 1919	Mss 303	Gertrude Bray Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1920? – 1930?	Mss 497	Alice Merrill Howland Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1920 – 1954	Mss 938 sg 2	Lucy T. Aldrich Papers	2.5 lin. ft.
1921 – 1948	Mss 177	Theresa Sodini Paolinelli Papers	1 lin. ft.
1924 – 1989	Mss 1066	Mary S. (Chafee) (Card) Andrews Account Books	1 lin. ft.
1928 – 1940	Mss 483 sg 55	Jeanne Jandrier Papers	0.5 lin. ft.
1930 – 1940	Mss 251	Margaret Ackroyd Papers	2 lin. ft.
1930 – 1974	Mss 665	Sister Mary Mercedes Quinton Scrapbooks	0.25 lin. ft.
1931 – 1945	Mss 983	Helen Clarke Grimes Diaries	0.25 lin. ft.
1940 – 2000	Mss 1094	Mary E.G. Robinson Papers	12 lin. ft.
1943 – 1987	Mss 183	Elizabeth Gallup Myer Papers	2.5 lin. ft.
1943 – 1992	Mss 1061	Mary Blecharczyk Papers	2 lin. ft.
1945 – 1964	Mss 926	Iris W. Booth Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
1956 – 1964	Mss 1126	Mirene P. Hazebrouck Papers	0.25 lin. ft.
Collections
Date range	Collection #	Collection title	Lin. ft.
1639 – present	Mss 9001	Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection	150 lin. ft.
1636 – 1850	Mss 9003	Rhode Island Historical Society Manuscripts	15 lin. ft.
1636 – 1857	Mss 9005	Peck Collection	5 lin. ft.
1651 – 1850	Mss 9004	Rhode Island Manuscripts	2.5 lin. ft.
1700? – 1800?	Mss 378	Deed Books	3 lin. ft.
1700? – 1900?	Mss 9006	Shepley Collection	8 lin. ft.
1700? – 1850?	Mss 9009	Channing Autograph Collection	0.25 lin. ft.
1700? – 1900?	Mss 9008	Autograph Collections	1.5 lin. ft.
1700 – 1900	Mss 245	Postal Cover Collection	5 lin. ft.
1701 – 1852	Mss 533	“Legal Papers”	1 lin. ft.
1740? – 1820?	Mss 554	“Mason’s Newport” (G.C. Mason Extra illustrated Manuscript)	2 lin. ft.
1760 – 1820	Mss 542	Lottery Ticket Collection	0.5 lin. ft.
1775 – 1865	Mss 246	Rhode Island Currency Collection	5 lin. ft.
1800 – 1900	Mss 245	Rhode Island Postal Cover Collection	5 lin. ft.
1847 – 1931	Mss 244	Slater Postal History Collection	1 lin. ft.
Diaries
Guide to Women’s Diaries in the Manuscript Collection of the Rhode Island Historical Society Library Guide to Men’s Diaries in the Manuscript Collection of the Rhode Island Historical Society Library
People of Color
Guide to Manuscripts in the Rhode Island Historical Society Relating to People of Color
Slave Trade in Rhode Island
The Slave Trade in Rhode Island Guide to the Papers of the American Slave Trade Part 1: Brown Family Papers Guide to the Papers of the American Slave Trade Part 2: Selected Collections