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Harris Broadsides

Harris Broadsides A collection of broadsides from the Harris Collection of American Poetry and Plays. Website Status: Complete

Radical America

Radical America A digital edition of Radical America, a periodical published by Students for Democratic Society from 1966-1999. The original intent was to bring about the beginnings of a learning process inside SDS ranks about the radical traditions of this country and to provide a forum for students of American radicalism to exchange views on Radical America

RIAMCO: Rhode Island Archival & Manuscript Collections Online

RIAMCO: Rhode Island Archival & Manuscript Collections Online The Rhode Island Archival and Manuscript Collections Online (RIAMCO) is the gateway to information about archival collections at Brown University and repositories across Rhode Island. Search the finding aids to discover what historical materials are available for research and where those collections are located. Website Status: Ongoing RIAMCO: Rhode Island Archival & Manuscript Collections Online

World War I Sheet Music

World War I Sheet Music A collection of over 1,700 pieces of sheet music published during World War I, including works written by Irving Berlin, George M. Cohan, and performed by Al Jolson and the Ziegfeld Follies. Website Status: Completed

Yiddish Sheet Music

Yiddish Sheet Music A collection of sheet music with focus on the Yiddish-language musical stage from the 1880s through the 1940s, and including many photographs of composers and performers. Website Status: Ongoing

African American Sheet Music

African American Sheet Music This collection of African-American sheet music features many songs from the heyday of antebellum black face minstrelsy in the 1850s, and chronicles the rise of African-American musical theater. Website Status: Complete Contributors to this project include Rosemary Cullen (PrimaryInvestigator) Funding for this project came from Library of Congress/Ameritech

Alcohol, Temperance & Prohibition

Alcohol, Temperance & Prohibition Brown’s collections of materials on alcohol, alcoholism, temperance and prohibition are among the largest of their type in the country. This digital collection includes broadsides, sheet music, pamphlets, and government publications, providing perspective on the temperance and prohibition movements in the United States. Website Status: Complete Contributors to this project include Alcohol, Temperance & Prohibition

Archives of the Ladd Observatory

Archives of the Ladd Observatory COMING SOON. Materials from the archives of Ladd Observatory, including eclipse expedition scrapbooks, slides, and associated materials from Charles H. Smiley. Status: Ongoing Archives of the Ladd Observatory is a project of Ladd Observatory Contributors to this project include Dave Huestis, Michael Umbricht (Primary Investigator)

Perry In Japan

Perry In Japan Materials for use in cross-cultural evaluation of Perry’s encounter with the Japanese. Perry In Japan is a project of the Department American Studies Contributors to this project include Susan Smulyan (Faculty lead)