The Directory serves to provide contact information for institutions that hold historical records in Rhode Island. It is the result of the Historical Records Repository Survey completed by the Board. To view specific information about an organization on this page, please click the “Contact an Organization” button to view a list with links and more information provided by the organizations.
Sheet 1: 2019 Voluntary update (60 Organizations)
Sheet 2: Previous Data – Compiled organizational information pre-dating 2019
State & Local Government Agencies
- Rhode Island State Archives and Public Records Administration
- Rhode Island Department of Health, Division of Vital Records
- Supreme Court Judicial Records Center
Town/City Clerks’ Offices:
- Bristol Town Hall
- Burrillville Town Hall
- Central Falls City Hall
- Charlestown Town Hall
- Coventry Town Hall
- Cranston City Hall
- Cumberland Town Hall
- East Greenwich Town Hall
- East Providence City Hall
- Exeter Town Hall
- Foster Town Hall
- Glocester Town Hall
- Hopkinton Town Hall
- Jamestown Town Hall
- Johnston Town Hall
- Lincoln Town Hall
- Little Compton Town Hall
- Middletown Town Hall
- Narragansett Town Hall
- New Shoreham (Block Island) Town Hall
- Newport City Hall
- North Kingstown Town Hall
- North Providence Town Hall
- North Smithfield Town Hall
- Pawtucket City Hall
- Portsmouth Town Hall
- Providence City Hall and Archives
- Richmond Town Hall
- Scituate Town Hall
- Smithfield Town Hall
- South Kingstown Town Hall
- Tiverton Town Hall
- Warren Town Hall
- Warwick City Hall
- West Greenwich Town Hall
- West Warwick Town Hall
- Westerly Town Hall
- Woonsocket City Hall
Academic Libraries and Archives
- Brown University Archives
- Brown University Special Collections
- Bryant University, Douglas and Judith Krupp Library
- John Carter Brown Library, Brown University
- Johnson and Wales University, Culinary Archives and Museum
- Naval War College, Naval Historical Collection
- Providence College, Archives and Special Collections
- Rhode Island College, R.I. Archaeology Collections
- Rhode Island College, Special Collections
- Rhode Island Marine Archaeology Project
- Rhode Island School of Design Archives
- Roger Williams University
- Salve Regina University Archives
- University of Rhode Island, National Sea Grant Library
- University of Rhode Island, Rhode Island Natural History Survey
- University of Rhode Island, Special Collections
Historical & Preservation Societies
- American-French Genealogical Society
- Audubon Society of Rhode Island
- Barrington Preservation Society
- Blackstone Valley Historical Society
- Bristol Historical and Preservation Society
- Burrillville Historical and Preservation Society
- Coventry Historical Society
- Cranston Historical Society
- East Greenwich Historic Preservation Society
- East Providence Historical Society
- Elizabeth J. Johnson Pawtucket History Research Center
- First Baptist Church in America
- Foster Preservation Society
- Glocester Heritage Society
- Historical Society of Smithfield
- Hopkinton Historical Society
- Jamestown Historical Society
- Johnston Historical Society
- Little Compton Historical Society
- Massasoit Historical Association
- Middletown Historical Society
- Newport Historical Society
- Newport Restoration Foundation
- North Smithfield Heritage Association
- Pawtuxet Valley Preservation and Historical Society
- Portsmouth Historical Society
- Preservation Society of Newport County
- Providence Preservation Society
- Prudence Island Historical & Preservation Society
- Rhode Island Black Heritage Society
- Rhode Island Family History Center
- Rhode Island Genealogical Society
- Rhode Island Historical Society Library
- Rhode Island Jewish Historical Association
- Rhode Island Marine Archaeology Project
- Richmond Historical Society
- South County History Center
- Steamship Historical Society of America
- Warwick Historical Society
- West Greenwich Historical Preservation Society
- Westerly Historical Society
- Woonsocket Historical and Preservation Society
Public and Private Libraries
- Ashaway Free Library
- Bristol- Rogers Free Library
- Burrillville- Jesse M. Smith Memorial Library
- Cranston Public Library
- Cumberland Public Library
- East Greenwich Free Library
- East Providence Public Library
- East Smithfield Public Library
- Hopkinton- Langworthy Public Library
- Lincoln Public Library
- Middletown Public Library
- Narragansett Public Library
- New Shoreham- Island Free Library
- Newport Public Library
- North Kingstown Free Library
- North Kingstown- Davisville Free Library
- Richmond- Clark Memorial Library
- North Scituate Public Library
- Pawtucket Public Library
- Providence Athenaeum
- Providence Public Library, Rhode Island Collection
- Providence Public Library, Special Collections
- Redwood Library and Athenaeum, Special Collections
- South Kingstown Public Library
- Tiverton Public Library
- Warren- George Hail Library
- Warwick Public Library
- Weavers’ Guild of Rhode Island
- West Warwick Public Library
- West Greenwich- Louttit Library
- Westerly Public Library
- Woonsocket- Woonsocket Harris Public Library
Museums and Armories
- American Diner Museum
- Bristol Train of Artillery Armory/Museum
- Cape Verdean Museum Exhibit
- Daggett House, Daughters of the American Revolution: Pawtucket Chapter
- Friends of the Kingston Station
- Gilbert Stuart Museum
- Gloucester Light Infantry, R.I. Militia
- Governor Stephen Hopkins House, National Society of Colonial Dames in RI
- Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology, Brown University
- Herreshoff Marine Museum
- Holocaust Education and Resource Center of Rhode Island
- International Tennis Hall of Fame
- Museum of Natural History
- Museum of Newport Irish History
- Museum of Primitive Art and Culture
- Museum of Work and Culture
- Naval War College Museum
- New England Wireless and Steam Museum
- Newport Art Museum
- Providence Jewelry Museum
- Slater Mill Historic Site
- Smith’s Castle, Cocumscussoc Association
- South County Museum
- Tomaguag Indian Memorial Museum
- Touro Synagogue
- Varnum Memorial Armory Museum
- Washington Lodge No.3, Free and Accepted Masons
- Westerly Armory
- Whitehall Museum House, National Society of Colonial Dames in RI
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