RIAMCO

Rhode Island Archival and Manuscript Collections Online

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Maurice and Vera Vendettuoli papers (MSS-0004)

Special Collections

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

Scope & content

The collection contains documents created and collected by Maurice and Vera Vendettuoli, a majority of which relate to their response to and protest of desegregated busing and the Providence Desegregation Plan. The collection includes correspondence, newspaper and magazine clippings, Mount Pleasant Parents and Citizens Council records, and other materials relating to the Vendettuoli’s interests, including their opposition to desegregated busing, as well as education and taxation.