Rhode Island's Islands Rhode Island's Islands 1985-1986

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Rhode Island's Islands Rhode Island's Islands 1985-1986

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The collection consists of interviews with residents of three of Rhode Island's islands: Block Island, Conanicut Island, and Prudence Island. The interviews attempt to define the islands culturally and socially, rather than geographically, through oral history.

5 box(es); (2.5 linear feet)

eng,

University of Rhode Island Library Special Collections and Archives Unit

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SNAC Resource ID: 6359005

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Wood, Linda

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Under the sponsorship of the Rhode Island Historical Society and the Jamestown Historical Society and a grant from the Rhode Island Committee for the Humanities, Linda Wood and Michael E. Bell interviewed residents of Conanicut Island (Jamestown), Prudence Island, and Block Island during 1985 and 1986. A total of 64 interviews were conducted with residents whose ages ranged from 55 to 98. An eight page newspaper format publication, Island Voices, was distributed to 100,0...

Quinney, Valerie

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The oral history project was conducted by students in Prof. Valerie Quinney's History Research Methods class (Hist. 395A) during the spring of 1979. The students interviewed ten fishermen of Galilee, conducted additional research, and wrote research papers on various aspects of the fishermen’s lives or work. Six research papers are in the collection and cover the topics of fishing women; the Champlin families; technological changes in the industry; history of the Fisherman’s Co-operative; weathe...