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Formal title:: Department of Theatre Arts records
Extent:: 53.0 Linear feet
Date range:: circa 1875-2016
Abstract:: The collection comprises the records of the Department of Theatre Arts, the Committee on Dramatic Productions, the student performance groups Sock and Buskin, Komians, and Brownbrokers. The collection contains correspondence, scripts, audition cards, scrapbooks, programs, and publicity.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: OF.1Q.T1

Formal title:: Rhode Island School of Design. Museum of Art. Presidents' and Directors' correspondence.
Extent:: 6.0 linear feet
Date range:: 1889-1966 1900-1948
Abstract:: The Presidents' and Directors' correspondence documents their interaction with family, friends, gallery owners, art dealers, donors, collectors, artists, museum directors, and curators, 1889-1966, bulk 1900-1948. The records include correspondence, legal documents, inventories, photographs, invoices, receipts, and certificates of insurance, which document the consideration, acquisition, exhibition, conservation, and disposal of works of art, as well as the Museum of Art’s internal affairs.
Repository:: Rhode Island School of Design Archives
Collection call no:: 23.1.1

Formal title:: Rhode Island School of Design. Office of the Registrar records
Extent:: 42.25 linear feet
Date range:: 1878-1980s
Abstract:: The collection contains student enrollment, registration, and course records from the Registrar's Office, Rhode Island School of Design, 1878-1980s.
Repository:: Rhode Island School of Design Archives
Collection call no:: 14.0

Formal title:: Rhode Island School of Design Poster Collection
Extent:: 1000 item(s)
Date range:: 1895- (bulk 1980-)
Abstract:: Posters documenting activities and events of the students, faculty, and administration of RISD, the School and Museum, as well as non-RISD events taking place on the RISD campus.
Repository:: Rhode Island School of Design Archives
Collection call no:: 200

Formal title:: Rhode Island Theatre Collection
Extent:: 5.8 linear feet
Date range:: 1855-2006
Abstract:: The Rhode Island Theatre Collection contains handbill, performance programs, newspapers clippings, and personal notes related to theatres and theatre companies in Rhode Island from 1855-2006.
Repository:: Providence Public Library, Rhode Island Collection
Collection call no:: MSS 017

Formal title:: Uncle Tom’s Cabin advertisement
Extent:: 0.01 cubic feet.
Date range:: circa 1886-1910
Abstract:: Advertising card for A.R. Stover’s “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” at Webster Hall in Wareham, Massachusetts.
Repository:: Special Collections, James P. Adams Library
Collection call no:: MSS-0151

Formal title:: Gordon Franklin Peers papers
Extent:: 4.25 linear feet
Date range:: 1853-1988 bulk 1927-1988
Abstract:: Correspondence, memorabilia, slides, photographs, calendars, journals, essays, TV scripts and art catalogs document Gordon F. Peers' long career at RISD as an instructor in the Painting Department.
Repository:: Rhode Island School of Design Archives
Collection call no:: 10.02.3

Formal title:: Isaac C. Bates Scrapbook
Extent:: 1 Album containing 156 letters
Date range:: 1877-1887 bulk 1877-1883
Abstract:: The scrapbook of Isaac Comstock Bates, 1877-1887, contains letters from artists and dealers about the purchase of paintings and engravings.
Repository:: Rhode Island School of Design Archives
Collection call no:: 02.01.06

Formal title:: H. Adrian Smith papers
Extent:: 41 linear feet
Date range:: 1882-1999 (bulk 1910-1992)
Abstract:: The H. Adrian Smith papers (1752-1992) contain materials amassed over a lifetime of collecting magic-related materials and being involved in magic societies and magic performance. These materials include magic trick descriptions, playbills, posters, photographs of magicians and magic performances, publications, correspondence, and magic society materials. The collection also contains personal correspondence and photographs of Smith’s life in Providence, Rhode Island, and North Attleboro, Massachusetts with his wife Anna Fuller Smith.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.2011.001

Formal title:: John B. Archer Collection
Extent:: 1 linear foot
Date range:: circa 1912
Abstract:: This collection is comprised primarily of the work of John B. Archer. It contains scripts, arrangements, and sheet music of the various comic operas he wrote.
Repository:: Providence Public Library, Rhode Island Collection
Collection call no:: MSS023

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