 
Other
helpful sites and resources:
The Good 5 Cent Cigar
online
archives of URI's student run newspaper from 2001 to present. Narragansett
Times Index
Pettaquamscutt Historical Society
Political
Graveyard
Rhode Island Genealogy Project
Rhode
Island Historical Heritage and Preservation Commission
RI
Historical Records Repositories Directory
Rhode Island State Archives
Rhode Island State Library
Digital
Commons@URI
an online repository of URI publications ProQuest
Dissertations
view online, URI access only Digital
Map Imagery Historical
Map & Chart Project
of the Office of Coast Survey
Cartographic and Geospatial
Technology EXHIBITS:
Celebrating Our Creative Selves,
7th annual Library faculty staff and family art show Aug-Sep,
2008
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The collections
The Special Collections Unit of the
University Library has as its mission to provide access to unique research collections.
Collections of primary and secondary resources are acquired, organized, and
preserved by the Library and are made available to qualified researchers
according to the policies below. In
addition, the Unit maintains a working letterpress printing shop, the New
Leaves Press, established in 1976.
SEARCH
All print material in Special Collections is cataloged in the HELIN
library catalog. Access to information about the original records in the
archives, collections of personal papers, business records, political papers, and oral
histories is provided through the use of finding aids in the
Unit, many of which are available online. Many of our finding aids
are also cataloged in the HELIN library
catalog; a search for these cataloged finding aids can be combined
with a search for print materials in the HELIN system. Enter a keyword below to search the
finding aids, online exhibits, and lists of collections in Special
Collections. If you don't find what you are looking for, contact
us for further assistance.
Eligible users & restrictions on use
Any qualified person doing scholarly research is permitted to use material housed in the
Special Collections Unit.
Before beginning research, everyone is required to sign the
“Research and Guest Register.” A Research Form must be completed if the
researcher is using manuscript or archival collections. Collections are used under specific restrictions and may not be removed from the Reading
Room area or borrowed from the collections. Permission may be granted to obtain copies of items in the collections. A fee
is charged for
this service and the copying is performed by the staff.
Care must be exercised at all times when handling
materials. Consuming food or beverages, smoking, and the use of pens are not
permitted in the reading room.
Contact information
Hours of operation are 8:30 a.m.- 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.
Special Collections is closed weekends and State recognized holidays.
The Special Collections Unit is located on the second floor of the Library
adjacent to the central staircase. For directions and parking information, please
see Maps and Directions
to URI.
For reference questions or to arrange a
tour, email us
or call (401) 874-4632. The Acting Head of Special Collections, Assoc. Prof. Sarina Rodrigues Wyant, can
be reached by e-mail or
by telephone at (401) 874-2594.
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