The collection contains photographs of the Providence Public Library and includes images of the buildings, staff and programs. The bulk of the collection includes images of the building and staff of the Washington Street / Empire Street library (aka Central Branch). Also included are images of various branches, architectural drawings, negative and clippings. The collection is organized into five series: Central Branch, Branch Libraries, Miscellaneous...

The Rhode Island Postcard Collection contains postcards and viewbooks with images related to geographic locations, buildings, organizations and people in the State of Rhode Island. The Collection is arranged by subject, primarily geographically by town and then topically. Subjects are organized alphabetically. Within a subject, postcards are organized according to item number except in Providence Streets which is arranged alphabetically by street...