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Records created, received and held by the State House Commission. The Commission was responsible for the care and maintenance of the newly built Rhode Island State House located in Providence.

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Consists of 9 postcards and 1 commermorative plate all depicting the Rhode Island State House.

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This series consists of two notebooks containing entries for State Infirmary Admissions and Discharges.

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This series consists of State Infirmary inmate registers spanning the period 1874-1927. There are few entries for the 1870s.

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Maps of Water, Steam & Gas Pipes, Sewers and Underground construction of the State Farm, Rhode Island for the Board of State Charities and Corrections.
Engineer: Wm Dexter
Scale 16., 40., and 400., ft per inch
1895-1903 - 64 plans per index
Copy 1 - missing 2,3,5,31-32, 40-46, 48-54, 56-60, 62-64
Copy 2 - missing 1-7, 16-34, 37-54, 56-64
Includes 5 blue line prints from 1917 Nos. 1, 10, 14, 16 & 18
Scale 40 ft = 1 inch

Content Description 2020-09 - Correspondence (1990-1998); State Archives relocation (1991-1993; State Archives and Records Management law (1972-1981; State Library and State Publications (Clearinghouse, 1979-1982).2022-12 - Correspondence and subject files of State Librarian Tom Evans. Includes Document Distribution, Rhode Island Historical Society, Department of State Library Services library plan, Council for Preservation of Research Resources minutes 1991, ADA Equipment Committee 1995, Consortium...

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Consists of reports containing color photographs taken as part of appraisals done by John A. Woods, Appraisers for the Department of Administration or the Secretary of State.

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State of Rhode Island Militia Law 1840, Militia Law Passed at the Special Session of the General Assembly Held at Providence, August 1862 with the Laws Relating to Volunteers, Bounties, Exemptions, Provision for Families of Soldiers, Etc. Etc., Militia Laws Revised 1872, Militia Law also Extracts from the Constitution and Laws of the United States and this State in Relation Thereto 1875 and Militia Law 1883

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Records consist of requests, approvals, public works requests, agendas and meetings minutes for the State Properties Committee from 1981-1992.

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To recapitulate expenditures for fiscal year 1933 and estimate requirements for fiscal year 1935. Contains name of bureau or division, line number from the budget, expenditure classification, expenditures for fiscal year 1933, appropriations for fiscal year 1933 and 1944, estimated requirements for fiscal year 1935, explanation of any changes in proposed budget, total expenditures for each division.

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The State Public Welfare Commission scrapbook includes black-and-white photographs (5 1/2" x 3 1/2") of properties at the State Farm, State Asylum, and the House of Corrections at the Howard complex in Cranston, Rhode Island.

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This series documents activites of the State Board of Elections from 1943-1983 relative to conducting elections.

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Microfilm copies of voter registrations for the management of the central voter register.

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Statistics of the Board of Parole, State of Rhode Covering Period from April 8, 1915 - December 31, 1925 Inclusive and December 1925 - December 31, 1927 Also Summary of Years 1915 - to 1927 Inclusive

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The Rhode Island Statute Consolidated Commission records consist of a series of correspondence spanning the years 1949 to 1957 which illustrates the process of compiling and annotating a complete revision of the 1938 General Statutes.

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Statutes at Large from Magna Charta to the end of the Eleventh Parliament of Great Britain, 1761 to Public General Acts Passed in the twenty sixth year of the reign of His Majesty King George the Fifth & the First Year of the Reign of His Majesty King Edward the Eighth, 1936

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This series consists of annual reports filed by the commissioners with the General Assembly.