Browse Collections (38 total)

God and Government: On the Appropriate Role Between Religious Beliefs and Public Policy

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Funds support a panel discussion at Bryant University bringing together experts from the fields of philosophy, journalism, religious studies, history…

Holocaust Survivors of Rhode Island: Their Testimony and Their Testament

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A record of the testimony of the Rhode Island Holocaust Survivors, meant to counteract distortions and diminishments and record the truth.

Contributors: Pearson, Don, Slafsky, Joan, Thomas, John L., Rueschemeyer, Marilyn, Ewens, Thomas, Penn, Charlotte

I WAS THERE: Stories of Immigration, School Days and Neighborhood Life

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Funds support the implementation of an oral history-based, intergenerational theater project that aims to bridge and strengthen community ties in…

Interface: Providence, Sense of Community

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Funds supported research and a public discussion on the possibility of transforming Providence into a pedestrian city led by a team of professors from…

Kerosene Lamp Church

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A slide show talk on the collaboration of Central Congregational Church with ex-whaler immigrant Cape Verdean Manuel Ricardo Martin in establishing…

Masters of the Craft: Gallery of Memory

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Funds support the installation of “Masters of the Craft: Gallery of Memory (Photo Exhibit)” at the Gallery at City Hall commemorating the 80th…

Oral History/Life story Theatre Project with Hispanic Older Adults

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An oral history of, booklet about, and performance with Hispanic older adults

Contributors: Riter, Barbara, McKeon, Kathy, Aronne-Amestoy, Lida, Belcher, John, Davis, Martha, Heath, Dwight, Cousineau, Suzanne, Pavlow, Rose, Sansbury, Gail, Spindell, Marcia, Fretwell, Marsha

Professor Chester Smolski Slide Archive, Digitization and Public Scholarship Project

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Funds support a digitization and dissemination project with the goal to bring scholarship and images related to architecture and urban transformation…

Providence Waterfront Slide Show

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In 1985, funds supported a lecture chronicling the role of, and results of, informed and involved public participation in the city and environmental…

Pursuit of Happiness: An Indigenous View

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"The Narragansett express how they have pursued Happiness - Culture and Spirituality, Language, Family, Land, Education, Sovereignty, and Natural…

Contributors: Spears, Loren, Thomas, Matthew, Wilicox, Lloyd, Sekatau, Ella, Spears, Sylvia, Dove Jennings, Paulla, Lester, Joan, Harris, Thawn, Harris, Eleanor, Weeden, Tall Oak