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Blackstone: Single Family Home in Winter
A single family home in the Blackstone neighborhood on Providence’s East Side, photographed during the winter of 1974. The East Side is the oldest, and most affluent section of Providence, containing some of the states earliest settlements.
Cornelius Vanderbilt II House (The Breakers)
The Cornelius Vanderbilt II House was designed by Richard Morris Hunt in 1895 after its destruction in a fire in 1892. This home was originally a wood-frame house named The Breakers designed by Peabody and Stearns in 1877 and owned by Pierre…
Rural North Carolina
Smolski described this as being part of the "rural slums" of North Carolina. In the 1970s, rural North Carolina was poverty-stricken and held the larger populations of African-American families. This photo is an example of the economic distress and…
Saint Basil Academy (Formerly Jacob Ruppert's Private Estate)
Jacob Ruppert Jr.'s private estate at Eagle's Rest, in Garrison, NY. After his death in 1939, the estate was converted into a school for at-risk children called Saint Basil Academy, opening in 1944. Long before Ruppert or the Academy, the property…
Connecticut: Historic Saltbox House
A historical saltbox house in Litchfield, Connecticut. The saltbox style is a Colonial design that originated in New England in around 1650. They are characterized by having two stories in the front of the house and only one in the back, with a small…
Providence: Prescott O. Clarke House
This 2 1/2-story Tudor Revival house was designed by Prescott O. Clarke. Clarke was a principal in the architectural firm Clarke & Spaulding and designed the home for his own residence. The home was one of the first Tudor Revival houses in Providence…
South of Boston (Aerial)
An aerial photo showing scattered housing located to the south of Boston, Massachusetts. The photo seems to overlook the town of Brockton, with Waldo Lake and Thirtyacre Pond at the top of the frame and with what is now the West Middle School at the…
South of Boston (Aerial)
An aerial photo showing a housing subdivison located to the south of Boston, Massachusetts.
Milhaus Condos
The Millhaus at Mansfield is a condominium community near downtown Mansfield, Massachusetts. Built in the early 1970s, the community exemplifies a stage of urban development in Mansfield when the town was being urbanized and community housing…
Apartment Building and Store in Mansfield, MA
An apartment building with a convenience store on its first floor. This fusion of living and consumerism perhaps exemplifies a stage of urban development in Mansfield when the town was being urbanized and community housing encouraged.
Milhaus Condos
The Millhaus at Mansfield is a condominium community near downtown Mansfield, Massachusetts. Built in the early 1970s, the community exemplifies a stage of urban development in Mansfield when the town was being urbanized and community housing…
Milhaus Condos
The Millhaus at Mansfield is a condominium community near downtown Mansfield, Massachusetts. Built in the early 1970s, the community exemplifies a stage of urban development in Mansfield when the town was being urbanized and community housing…
Milhaus Condos
The Millhaus at Mansfield is a condominium community near downtown Mansfield, Massachusetts. Built in the early 1970s, the community exemplifies a stage of urban development in Mansfield when the town was being urbanized and community housing…
Milhaus Condos
The Millhaus at Mansfield is a condominium community near downtown Mansfield, Massachusetts. Built in the early 1970s, the community exemplifies a stage of urban development in Mansfield when the town was being urbanized and community housing…
Milhaus Condos
The Millhaus at Mansfield is a condominium community near downtown Mansfield, Massachusetts. Built in the early 1970s, the community exemplifies a stage of urban development in Mansfield when the town was being urbanized and community housing…
Milhaus Condos
The Millhaus at Mansfield is a condominium community near downtown Mansfield, Massachusetts. Built in the early 1970s, the community exemplifies a stage of urban development in Mansfield when the town was being urbanized and community housing…
Boston Landscape and Skyline (Aerial)
An aerial photo showing the skyline of the city Boston and the cloudy Quincy Bay to its right.
Downtown Woonsocket (Aerial)
Downtown Woonsocket in 1979, featuring a view of Harris Pond and the Blackstone River. The Oak Hill Cemetery and the World War II Veterans Memorial Park can also be seen from the photo. Around the time this photo was taken, Woonsocket became the host…
Quincy Market
Faneuil Hall in Boston was expanded in 1826 to include Quincy Market, which was designed in the Greek Revival Style and later named after Major Josiah Quincy. The market became run-down in the mid 1900's, but was revitalized by Jim Rouse, architect…
Providence: Downtown
Downtown Providence in the early 1970s. Bovi's Records was an independent record store, owned by Bob Bovi, who was a contributor to the underground music scene in Providence in the 70s. He also ran a label called Bovi Records, owned another music…
Portland: Street Scene
A street scene of Old Port, the historic waterfront district in downtown Portland, Maine. The neighborhood is popular for its waterfront views, galleries, and restaurants. As of 2016, this storefront located at 9 Moulton St is occupied by Mexicali…
Transformation of Capital Center
This image shows the transformation of Capital Center in progress. Francis Street construction is complete up until the over-passed train tracks and the bridge over the Woonasquatucket River. The former train tracks have been removed, but the land…
Armory District: Cranston Street Armory
Ebenezer Knight Dexter bequeathed this large parcel to the Town of Providence upon his death. In the 1840s, this was only a 10-acre tract for militia training. At the turn of the century it was supplanted by the new building seen today. It is by far…
Union Trust Company Building
A 12-story, brick and stone sheathed, steel frame office building. Finished with a melange Renaissance and late Georgian Revival detailing. Corinthian column entrance, bas-relief figures of an Indian and a Puritan, carved by Daniel Chester French,…
Waterplace Park
The relocation of Providence
River Relocation Construction
River relocation in progress. Waterplace Park is being developed with its bridges (Exchange St., Francis St., and pedestrian walkways) built or under construction. Memorial Boulevard is for now a construction site. The Westin Hotel is being erected…
Athenaeum Row
Athenaeum Row located on Benefit Street, designed and constructed by Tallman & Bucklin in 1845. The row housing was built for Thomas Poyton Ives and provided income for his heirs.
Randall Square Mills after Fire
Randall Square was a site of dense industrial complexes which included these mills that were destroyed. Most of the land in this area was either underused or vacant much like many lands in Providence during the late 1960
John G. McIntosh House
207 Morris Avenue was built by John George McIntosh in 1892, and is known as the John G. McIntosh House. McIntosh purchased the plot of land in 1887 for $10 and built his home on the East Side. The house is pictured on the left of the…
Historic East Side
The East Side of Providence is populated with historic homes. The area known as College Hill and Benefit Street are particularly ripe with historic homes built in the late 18th century, before and after the American Revolution. The federal style of…
Historic Stephen Hopkins House (1974)
In 1743, Stephen Hopkins purchased a home built in 1707. Hopkins attached his own two-story house to the structure, built with a single ground floor room on either side of a central hallway and two chimneys
Historic Thomas Howard Heirs House, Benefit St. 1835
Benefit St. is the home of many of Rhode Island
Providence Downtown & CVS Facade
The Westminster Street shopping area was closed to vehicle traffic in the early 1960s in an effort to bring shoppers back to downtown Providence. The buildings in the area varied in architectural style. Some buildings have been removed, yet…
Georgia: The Westin Peachtree Plaza, Atlanta
Built in 1976, the Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel stood 73 stories tall as Atlanta
Greece: Village Near Corinth
This photograph was taken in Greece during the Greek military junta of 1967-1974. It was a time of unrest, military rule, and violence in Greece. Smolski notes,
Federal Hill
The Federal Hill neighborhood is home to approximately 8,000 residents and has been the traditional center of Rhode Island
Mayor Vincent "Buddy" Cianci Inauguration
On January 3, 1983, Vincent A. “Buddy” Cianci was inaugurated as Providence’s mayor for his third term. Having held office for more than 21 years, Buddy is the longest serving mayor of Providence, including during the city's, “Renaissance phase.”…
Bill from Colby & Rich, 1890-02-24
Bill listing books Joseph Peace Hazard ordered from Colby & Rich, publishers of "The Banner of Light." Titles include:
Ghosts & Other Lect.
Ingersoll's Field Dis.
Ingersoll on Blasphemy
Orthodoxy
Prose Poems Selections
Gods Other…
Ghosts & Other Lect.
Ingersoll's Field Dis.
Ingersoll on Blasphemy
Orthodoxy
Prose Poems Selections
Gods Other…
Letter to Joseph Peace Hazard, 1886-04-20
Letter relaying message from Joseph Peace Hazard's recently deceased brother Thomas. Includes query regarding $600 Thomas had put up to bail out a medium.
Letter to Joseph Peace Hazard, 1889-02-12
Letter describing "needy and sick Spiritualists and mediums" and recommending working mediums. Includes instructions to send lock of hair to a healing medium if medical treatment is needed.
Letter to Joseph Peace Hazard, 1889-02-16
Letter acknowledging Hazard's donation to "God's Poor Fund" and relaying message from Hazard's brother Thomas, "now a resident of the Spirit World" who "would like to communicate privately" through Colby's office's new medium, Mrs. Smith.
Letter to Joseph Peace Hazard, 1889-04-09
Letter responding to inquiry regarding Mrs. Hull, who holds private sittings in Boston. Includes post-script regarding Dr. Slade, a "drunk" medium in Maine: "What a pity it is that our psychics, after - like an unruly cow - giving plenty of milk,…
Letter to Joseph Peace Hazard, 1889-05-01
Letter regarding persona article Hazard sent, which Colby does not wish to print. Includes message from "Spirit brother Thomas":
"While answering your note, I get this communication from your Spirit brother Thomas. He says, (which I copy below)…
"While answering your note, I get this communication from your Spirit brother Thomas. He says, (which I copy below)…
Letter to Joseph Peace Hazard, 1889-05-09
Letter defending medium Miss Debar, who is accused of "swindling" Judge Marsh. Includes note regarding "ascended brother Thomas":
"Whenever your ascended brother Thomas reports, I will send you whatever he communicates. He is somewhat annoyed…
"Whenever your ascended brother Thomas reports, I will send you whatever he communicates. He is somewhat annoyed…
Letter to Joseph Peace Hazard, 1889-11-04
Letter in which Colby describes divided state of Spiritualism:
"We are being kicked, as usual, by Spiritualists, who want to boss us, but can't - as well as by enemies of the Cause. I am getting tired of this sort of life. Do you…
"We are being kicked, as usual, by Spiritualists, who want to boss us, but can't - as well as by enemies of the Cause. I am getting tired of this sort of life. Do you…
Letter to Joseph Peace Hazard, 1889-11-19
Letter regarding mediums in Boston, including a healing medium who cured Colby of pneumonia while 100 people died in the care of "'regular' medical practitioners".
Cape Verdean Oral History Project: Interview with Johnetta Cole by Alberto Torres Pereira
Interview conducted May 18, 1973.
Italian Women and Girls: Interview with Carmen Conte by Carmela Santoro
This is an audio file with a transcript. The interview has been catalogued as 4 of 24 from box 7 in the Ethnic Heritage Studies collection. The original audio recording, made for the series, 'Italian Women and Girls,' is located on audio cassette 04.
Italian Women and Girls: Interview with Lisette Conte by Carmela Santoro
This is an audio file with a transcript. The interview has been catalogued as 5 of 24 from box 7 in the Ethnic Heritage Studies collection. The original audio recording, made for the series, 'Italian Women and Girls,' is located on audio cassette 04.
Federal Hill Project: Interview with Anthony Corlini by Peter Pulcini (audio)
Interview discusses the life of Anthony Corlini in Italy and their experience since moving to the United States of America. Topics include religion, gender, business, and the Federal Hill neighborhoods in Providence, Rhode Island.
Keywords:oral…
Keywords:oral…