PPL Spec Collection

Providence Public Library Special Collections is comprised of over 60,000 books, manuscripts and more, representing over 4000 years of history and culture.

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We have a great online event lined up next week for anyone interested in printing. We'll be hearing from artist Lois Harada in an event co-sponsored by @printinghistory The event is free, but registration is required: https://t.co/dFzakr6Bq7

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Announcing PPL’s 2023 Creative Fellow https://t.co/NRkxwKTyCQ

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Our typography lecture with Don Tarallo is tonight. Still time to register here: https://t.co/v7VTlYXQSy

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Autumn is typography season at PPL, and this year we're thrilled to welcome Don Tarallo on October 20th for a virtual talk about his design process (free, but registration required). https://t.co/v7VTlYXQSy

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We're looking for a part time reading room attendant in Special Collections, so take a look if you're interested in working with us!
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Now Accepting Applications for 2023 Creative Fellowship https://t.co/FaTa7ZJl0V

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Creative Fellowship Digital Reading Room https://t.co/M5PuYv8uuM

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We're excited to welcome everyone to the Wanderground Exhibition, curated by Mev Miller and now open in our Rhode Island Room gallery. https://t.co/5kBPNNeoA4

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Creative Fellow Artist’s Talk – May 14, 2022 https://t.co/hwynZHCnHI

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Here's a bit of fashion from the past for this month's #ChronAmParty (The Providence News. June 16, 1905)

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“Black Cat Meow Meow Shadow” (Morgan Press)

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Creative Fellow Carmen Ribaudo’s work on display https://t.co/WJabIpLfX4

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RI student book collectors: There's still time to enter this year's Stillwell Prize for book collection. The deadline is next Monday (11th), and first prize is $600. https://t.co/iQ1FF7nCgU

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From Billy Jean King to the Girl Scouts. (Thanks to @TennisHalloFame @GirlScoutsEMass @BosChildMuseum )

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It's time to visit our Tomboy exhibition! Open today through the end of June: https://t.co/iyThlhg6Cb

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New exhibit: Tomboy on view April 1 – June 30, 2022 https://t.co/fkBqTVmzLy

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Get ready for our next exhibition, Tomboy, coming April 1st!
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“Friends print nice” (Gujarati Type Foundry, circa 1928)

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It's always such a pleasure to see people putting our digitized materials to use. This is a great blog post from @Thespidae about the kind of story our whaling collection is full of: https://t.co/sLA2F73YQc

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$20,000 in scholarships available for #rbms22! Info on the conference website: https://t.co/SHnWs2pSGl