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Zenas Kevorkian photographs and other material (MSS.42)

Special Collections

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

Collection Overview

Title: Zenas Kevorkian photographs and other material
Date range: 1923-1988, (bulk 1930-1950)
Creator: Kevorkian, Zenas
Extent: 2.33 linear feet (3 boxes)
Abstract: Zenas Kevorkian (1910-1991) was a career educator, a United States Naval Officer during World War II, and a hobbyist photographer in Rhode Island. The bulk of this collection consists of Kevorkian’s personal photographs, which document his life, family, and community mostly in and around Providence and Cranston, Rhode Island from the 1920s through about 1960. The collection also includes correspondence while Kevorkian was in naval training in 1942, as well as publications of Providence Technical High School and Roger Williams Junior High School.
Language of materials: English.
Repository: Special Collections, James P. Adams Library
Collection number: MSS.42