RIAMCO

Rhode Island Archival and Manuscript Collections Online

For Participating Institutions

Quonset Point Naval Air Station collection (rppc_qpnas)

Providence College

Archives and Special Collections
1 Cunningham Square
Providence, RI 02918
Tel: 401-865-2578
Fax: 401-865-1578
Email: pcarchives@providence.edu
Website: https://pml.providence.edu/

Administrative Information

ABOUT THE COLLECTION  
Acquisition: In 1974, Kenneth Shey, a liaison between the Department of State and the Department of the Navy, and Edward S. Klapka, the last commanding officer of the Quonset Point base, arranged to have the collection donated to Providence College. Additional materials were bequeathed by Frederick A. Gilchrist in 1984 and by Everett Holman in 1985.
ABOUT THE FINDING AID  
Author: Finding aid prepared by Jane M. Jackson and Mary-Frances Paolino.
Encoding: Finding aid encoded by Meeghan Mercurio and Shannon McNamara 2009 October 19
Descriptive rules: Finding aid based on Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)