2016-11-28
The Providence Public Library has opened a large compilation of Rhode Island genealogical material to researchers. The library acquired the James N. Arnold Collection in November 2015 and archivists have finished processing it. James N. Arnold published an eight-volume set of southern Rhode Island’s history and the first comprehensive set of vital records for the state. When he died, the collection of research, publications, personal papers, and personal library was given to the Knight Memorial Library in Providence.
Details may be found in the WPRO web site at https://goo.gl/zHAz5T.
My thanks to newsletter reader George C. Brown for telling me about this collection.
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