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Commission to Revise and Digest Public Laws meeting minutes

 Series — Volume: Commission to Revise and Digest Public Laws meeting minutes, 1880-1881
Identifier: C#00372
Overview Minutes of meetings of the commission to revise and digest public laws of the State of RI. Included: Dates of meetings, number of meetings, names of members present, titles and chapters acted upon, other actions taken by the commissioners.
Dates: July 1, 1880-January 13, 1881
Found in: Rhode Island State Archives

Domestic/Family Violence: A Statistical and Narrative Report Highlighting Rhode Island and Nationwide Data and Information Report No. 20

 Item — Folder: 28. Domestic/Family Violence: A Statistical and Narrative Report Highlighting Rhode Island and Nationwide Data and Information Report No. 20 1986
Identifier: 1636-698
Dates: 1986
Found in: Rhode Island State Archives

Edward DiPrete campaign plans

 Series — Box: Edward DiPrete campaign plan 1984
Identifier: 2011-46
Scope and Contents Records consist of documents labeled as "DiPrete Campaign Plan" for the year 1984. It includes ten (10) sections which are: I. Introduction; II. Background; III. Profile of the Candidate; IV. Republican Nomination; V. Strategy Statement; VI. Tactics; VII. Media Strategy; VIII. Survey Research; IX. Budget and Addendum. The documents outline the DiPrete campaign strategy for the candidate's first successful run for Rhode Island Governor.
Dates: 1984
Found in: Rhode Island State Archives

General Implications of Oil Refinery Development Governor's Office, ERCC

 Item — Folder: 31 General Implications of Oil Refinery Development Governor's Office, ERCC, 1967
Identifier: 1636-735
Dates: 1967
Found in: Rhode Island State Archives

Governor Approval of Bond Issues

 Series — Folder: Governor Approval of Bond Issues, 1946-1976
Identifier: C#00892
Overview Letters to the Secretary of State from the Governor approving the issuance of bonds. Letters include names of the two general officers, purpose of the bond issue, date approved, and usually the amount of the bond issue.
Dates: 1946-1976
Found in: Rhode Island State Archives

Governor Edward D. DiPrete records

 Series — Box: 1-82. Governor Edward D. DiPrete records
Identifier: 1636-1500
Scope and Contents Records spanning tenure as governor primarily correspondence (incoming & outgoing) & subject files as relating to governor’s executive council, budget & legal offices, extraditions ordered, proclamations issued, memos, staff agendas, projects, etc.
Dates: 1986-1990
Found in: Rhode Island State Archives

Governor Herbert W. Ladd papers

 Series — Box: Governor Herbert W. Ladd papers, 1872-1894
Identifier: C#00081
Scope and Contents Record in incoming correspondence, personal notes & scrapbook of newspaper clippings relating to business & organizational dealings while serving as president of the Commercial Club of Providence & two non consecutive administrations as governor of Rhode Island, 1889 – 1890 & 1891 – 1892
Dates: 1872-1912
Found in: Rhode Island State Archives

Governor J. Joseph Garrahy records

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1636-1501-C#01781
Scope and Contents Administration files spanning terms both as lieutenant governor & governor. Includes memorabilia, photographs, correspondence, press releases, speeches & appointments made, certificates of engagement, newspaper clippings, account of trips taken while in office, material relating to state budgets, elections, the blizzard of 1978 or other newsworthy issues or highlights encountered during administration.
Dates: 1970-1985
Found in: Rhode Island State Archives

Governor letter register

 Series — Volume: Governor letter register, 1756-1765
Identifier: C#00480
Overview Function: To record the text of correspondence related to RI's participation in the war of Great Britain against France. Contents: Handwritten copies of correspondence and other documents related to the RI's efforts in concert with Great Britain in the war with France. The majority of the documents are addressed to the Governor. Bulk consists of correspondence to and from Great Britain concerning the raising of troops and settling of accounts between the colony and the crown. Most of the volume...
Dates: January 30, 1756-June 30, 1765
Found in: Rhode Island State Archives

Governor Lincoln D. Chafee records

 Series — Box: Governor Lincoln D. Chafee CD and audiotapes, Restricted
Identifier: 2015-01
Overview These are the records of the administration for Governor Lincoln D. Chafee for the years 2011-2015.
Dates: 2011-2015
Found in: Rhode Island State Archives

Governor's Auditing Committee Quartermaster General's Accounts audit

 Series — Volume: Governor's Auditing Committee Quartermaster General's Accounts audit, 1861
Identifier: C#00470
Overview Function: To record information of an audit of the Quartermaster General's office in 1861. Contents: Voucher list contains: month, day, year, voucher number, amount and a total for each column. Journal of expenses and receipts, list contains month, day, year, person who requisitioned money or returned excess funds, amount and a column total. List of notes issued to Quartermaster General includes: month, day, year, amount person who received the note, column total. Disbursements made by Quarter...
Dates: April 1, 1861-December 27, 1861
Found in: Rhode Island State Archives

Governor's Committees, Commissions & Task Forces

 Series
Identifier: 02.01.12
Dates: 1937-2001
Found in: Rhode Island State Archives

Governor's correspondence

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: C#00257-C#01183-C#01305
Scope and Contents Official communications received and copies of outgoing correspondence to/from various foreign governments, colonial, state, federal or military officials and departments, municipalities, individual citizens, religious groups or organizations.
Dates: 1731-1891
Found in: Rhode Island State Archives

Governor's day book

 Item — Volume: Governor's day book, 1853-1862
Identifier: C#00193
Overview The Governor's day book records actions of the governor in carrying out various functions of the office and consists of appointments (civil and military), pardons, orders to the Adjutant General, papers concerning paupers, invalids, and the insane. See table of contents for complete listing.
Dates: 1853-1862
Found in: Rhode Island State Archives

Governor's executive orders

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1997-14-2015-03
Scope and Contents Record of orders issued by the governor as head of the executive branch of government having status or rule of law and not requiring action by the state legislature
Dates: 1937-2014
Found in: Rhode Island State Archives

Governor’s Insurance Council minutes

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2019-12
Dates: 1986-2019
Found in: Rhode Island State Archives

Governor's Justice Commission records

 Series — Box: 1-8. Governor's Justice Commission records
Identifier: 2006-26
Dates: 1992-1996
Found in: Rhode Island State Archives

Governor's Messages and Legislative Addresses

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: C#01732-C#01187
Dates: 1732, 1739, 1744, 1755, 1812-1818, 1820-1821, 1841-1842, 1844, 1857, 1859, 1861-1862, 1864-1866, 1878-79, 1902, 1914, 1921, 1922, 1925-1930, 1931, 1933, 1941-1943, 1970-1980
Found in: Rhode Island State Archives

Governor's photographs

 Series
Identifier: C#01311
Dates: 1949-2009
Found in: Rhode Island State Archives

Governor's proclamations

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: C#00259-C#01310-2015-01-C#00574
Scope and Contents Record of official notifications, acknowledgments or accolades pertaining to specific celebrations & holidays, historical events, individuals, groups or entities as well as matters of local or national importance.
Dates: 1754-1994, 2011-2014
Found in: Rhode Island State Archives

Governor's publications

 Series
Identifier: 1636-41
Dates: 1978-2015
Found in: Rhode Island State Archives

Governor's renditions and extraditions (Fugitives from Justice)

 Series — Folder: Governor's renditions and extraditions, 1842-1868
Identifier: C#00038
Scope and Contents Record of extradition proceedings issued by governors under authority of the United States Constitution for the apprehension and/or removal of individuals deemed fugitives from justice for crimes committed in Rhode Island or other states / countries having jurisdiction. May contain supporting documentation including copies of affidavits, indictments, waivers to right of council or extradition proceedings against, authorizations & correspondence from attorney general, mug shots /...
Dates: 1842-2001, 2011-2014; Majority of material found within 1891-2001
Found in: Rhode Island State Archives

Governor's reports

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 02 02.010
Dates: 1868-1993
Found in: Rhode Island State Archives

Governor's vetoed legislation

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: C#00881-2020-06
Scope and Contents Record of disapproved legislation as passed by both houses of the General Assembly & transmitted to the governor for signature. May include attached committee roll call votes, substitutions & floor amendments as well as messages by governor respective.
Dates: 1950-2016
Found in: Rhode Island State Archives

John A. Notte Jr. records

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2010-25
Overview The John A. Notte Jr. records include correspondence, campaign-related papers, newspaper clippings and other records of John A. Notte Jr. over the course of his political career including his time as Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State and Governor.
Dates: 1935-1974; Majority of material found within 1950-1962
Found in: Rhode Island State Archives

NY, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company engineering report

 Item — Box: NY, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company engineering report
Identifier: C#00404
Overview Complete inventory of all the property belonging to the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad Company. Lists type of property, number of each t~e cost for replacement, and cost for replacement less depreciation.
Dates: 1914-1930
Found in: Rhode Island State Archives

Office of the the Governor scrapbooks

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: C#00079
Overview Book with blue cover has information on building of present State House. Information on railway is scattered throughout.
Dates: 1885-1895
Found in: Rhode Island State Archives

Papers relative to 1864 Immigration

 Collection — Folder: Papers relative to 1864 Immigration, c. 1862-1866
Identifier: C#01295
Overview The Papers relative to 1864 Immigration are a collection of documents of unknown provenance consisting of a copy of the Laws to Encourage Immigration and to Regulate the Carrying of Passengers publication; correspondence between the United States Department of State Bureau of Immigration and Rhode Island Governor James Y. Smith; two copies of "European Emigration: A New Scheme for its Encouragement" from the New York Times, January 15, 1866; and the Rhode Island Executive Department copy of An...
Dates: c. 1862-1865
Found in: Rhode Island State Archives

President Abraham Lincoln tribute subscriptions

 Series — Box: President Abraham Lincoln tribute subscriptions, 1865
Identifier: 1636-1636.1
Overview The President Abraham Lincoln tribute subscriptions consists of $1.00 donations made by Rhode Island residents to honor the memory of President Lincoln as part of a $100.00 tribute to be presented to Mrs. Lincoln and family by Governor James Y. Smith. Selected items include donations from Market Men of Providence, residents of East Providence and Pawtucket, employees of Sayles Bleachery, and the Bristol Steam Mill.
Dates: April- May 1865
Found in: Rhode Island State Archives

Proposed Newport Military Installation records

 Series — Box: Proposed Newport Military Installation (Rochefontaine) drawings and correspondence, 1794
Identifier: 2000-20
Scope and Contents The Military Installation records consist of eight (8) color ganache drawings by engraver Rochefontaine of proposed military installations or fortifications for Newport, Rhode Island. This series also includes a letter from Rochefontaine to Governor Fenner regarding the plans for the proposed fortifications dated August 16, 1794 (Boston).
Dates: 1794
Found in: Rhode Island State Archives

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