RIAMCO

Rhode Island Archival and Manuscript Collections Online

For Participating Institutions

Irving Jay Fain papers (MSS-0003)

Special Collections

Rhode Island College
600 Mount Pleasant Ave
Providence, RI, 02908
Tel: 401-456-8380
email:digitalcommons@ric.edu

Scope & content

The collection largely reflects Fain’s interests in his civic activities. The collection primarily contains records relating to the Fair Housing Law in Rhode Island and the group he founded, Citizens United for a Fair Housing Law, as well as his studies on nutrition. The collection also includes tape recordings of his radio discussion on fair housing, as well as newspaper and journal articles relating to fair housing, urban development, and civil rights.