Records, 1973-1978 1975-1977.

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Records, 1973-1978 1975-1977.

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Committee records (1973-1977) include member list, correspondence, minutes, reports, budget requests, designs for the "URI-76" logo and a report to University President Frank Newman by the Narragansett Indian Sub-committee. Materials relating to individual projects (1973-1977), in particular the publication of the Cruising Guide to Historic Rhode Island, the Underwater Bicentennial Project to retrieve artifacts from two sunken British warships off Newport, R.I. and an archaeological dig at the Watson House on the URI campus, include project descriptions, reports, correspondence, photographs and news clippings. Printed and published materials include brochures and pamphlets describing historic sites and tourist attractions in Rhode Island used as research sources in compiling the cruising guide and publications of the Rhode Island Bicentennial Commission, the Division of Tourist Promotion of the Rhode Island Department of Economic Development and the American Revolution Bicentennial Commission. Memorabilia consists of flags, postcards, sheet music and printers' slugs commemorating the Bicentennial.

3.25 linear ft. (9 boxes)

University of Rhode Island Library, Kingston, University Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7446247

University of Rhode Island Library, Kingston, University Library

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Narragansett Indian Tribe of Rhode Island.

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Ross, Neil W.

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American revolution bicentennial commission

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The United States Bicentennial was a series of celebrations and observances during the mid-1970s that paid tribute to the historical events leading up to the creation of the United States as an independent republic. The Bicentennial culminated on Sunday, 4 July 1976, with the 200th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. From the guide to the American Revolution Bicentennial Commission papers MSS. 0074., 1974-1976, (W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The ...

University of Rhode Island Underwater Bicentennial Project.

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Newman, Frank, 1927-....

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Frank Newman, the thirteenth president of the University of Rhode Island, served from August 1, 1974 to July 31, 1983. Born on February 24, 1927, Newman earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Naval Science and Economics from Brown University in 1946, a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from Brown in 1949, a Master of Science in Business Administration from Columbia University in 1955, and a Ph.D. in American History from Stanford University in 1981. Newman cam...

University of Rhode Island. Marine Advisory Service

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Rhode Island Bicentennial Commission

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Watson House (Kingston, R.I.)

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Maslyn, David C.

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URI Bicentennial Committee.

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The URI Bicentennial Committee (1975-1977) sponsored and coordinated various events and projects in Rhode Island in celebration of the United States Bicentennial (1976). From the description of Records, 1973-1978 1975-1977. (University of Rhode Island Library, Kingston). WorldCat record id: 42190300 ...