Special Collections Department

Special Collections blog: Notes for Bibliophiles: PPL Special Collections

The Special Collections Department is comprised of several distinct collections of over 40,000 books, manuscripts, pamphlets, ephemera, newspapers, maps, broadsides, art, and artifacts, representing over four thousand years of human history and culture. All materials are non-circulating, and must be used in the department (with the exception of the Rhode Island Collection). Use of the collections is by appointment, but visitors are welcome and will be accommodated as the Librarian’s schedule permits.

For more information about our holdings, please see the Collections page.

Contacts

Richard J. Ring
Special Collections Librarian
401-455-8021
rring@provlib.org

Betty Fitzgerald
Librarian of the Rhode Island Collection
401-455-8079
bfitzgerald@provlib.org

Reference Department
401-455-8005
pplref@provlib.org