Guide to the Early Recordings of Rhode Island State College , 1948-1950

University of Rhode Island Library, Special Collections and University Archives
15 Lippitt Road
Kingston, RI 02881-2011
Tel: 401-874-4632
E-mail: archives@etal.uri.edu
Website: http://www.uri.edu/library/special_collections/

Published in 2007

Collection Overview

Title:	Early Recordings of Rhode Island State College
Date range:	1948-1950
Creator:	Rhode Island State College
Extent:	1 box(es) (0.25 linear feet)
Abstract:	Contains twenty-two 78 rpm phonograph records of lectures on agricultural topics.
Language of materials:	English
Repository:	University of Rhode Island Library, Special Collections and University Archives
Collection number:	Rec. Gr. 143

Scope & content

The collection consists of twenty-two 78 rpm phonograph records of lectures on agricultural subjects made between August 10, 1948 and June 9, 1950 by professors in the Agricultural School at Rhode Island State College
.

Access Points

Subject Names

• Allbritten, Herbert
• Bell, Robert
• Bond, George
• Christopher, Everett P. (Everett Percy), 1904-
• Delaplane, John P.
• Higgins, Thomas Craven
• Kerr, Theodore W. (Theodore William), 1912-
• Kneeland, Charles
• Laar, John
• Ladd, John E.
• Larmie, Walter Esmond
• Odland, Theodore Eugene, 1892-
• Palmer, Eugene
• Stuart, Homer Ohliger, 1903-
• Tennant, John L.
• Salomon, Milton

Subject Organizations

• Rhode Island State College. Extension Service
• Rhode Island State College
• Rhode Island State College. Agriculture Dept.

Subject Topics

• Agriculture
• Education

Arrangement

The collection is arranged into one series as follows:

• 1. Recordings

Historical note

The origin of the recordings in this collection is unknown. Members of the faculty in the Rhode Island State College School of Agriculture
recorded the lectures from 1948 through 1950. The lectures may have been used as part of regular radio broadcasts by the Cooperative Extension Service
of the College.

Access & Use

Access to the collection:	Any qualified person doing scholarly research is permitted to use material housed in the Special Collections Unit.
Use of the materials:	Terms governing use and reproduction: Photocopying and scanning of materials is a fee based service available in the repository and is allowed at the discretion of the Archivist when in compliance to the Unit's policy on copyright and publication.
Preferred citation:	Early Recordings of Rhode Island State College, Rec. Gr. 143, University of Rhode Island.
Contact information:	University of Rhode Island Library, Special Collections and University Archives 15 Lippitt Road Kingston, RI 02881-2011 Tel: 401-874-4632 E-mail: archives@etal.uri.edu Website: http://www.uri.edu/library/special_collections/

Administrative Information

ABOUT THE COLLECTION
Acquisition:	It is not known when the records were acquired by the University Archives.
Processing information:	The records were processed in October 2007 by David Sherman. The phonograph records had been stored in brittle paper sleeves, and had dirt and some inactive mold on the discs. The discs were cleaned using RCA D4+ record cleaning solution, and were re-housed in polyethylene sleeves.
ABOUT THE FINDING AID
Author:	Finding aid prepared by David Sherman.
Encoding:	Finding aid encoded by David Sherman 2007 October 18, updated by Erin C. Mullen on 2012 May 24
Descriptive rules:	Finding aid based on Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)

Additional Information

Related material:

See also the Everett P. Christopher Papers, Mss. Gr. 80, and the Rachel and Tom Higgins Papers, Mss. Gr. 192, for more information on two of the lecturers in the collection, and the Records of the Agricultural Experiment Station, Rec. Gr. 73, for information on agricultural research at Rhode Island State College and the University of Rhode Island.

Inventory

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