University Archives and Special Collections collects and preserves unique, rare, and primary source research materials and facilitates their use by URI students, faculty, and staff and the local and scholarly research communities.
Materials are available for research in a supervised reading room open to the public by appointment, Monday-Friday.
Contact UASC at
401.874.4632
archives-group@uri.edu
Currently on display
“URI Celebrates the Bicentennial,” curated by intern Sharon Hecht ‘26
Collections
In addition to maintaining the University’s institutional records, we hold diverse research materials including rare books, family and personal papers, local history, manuscripts, political papers, and records collections. Our collections focus on the University of Rhode Island and on the social, cultural, economic, and political life of Rhode Island.
Research and Use
Published material in University Archives and Special Collections is cataloged in the main Library catalog. Information about archival records, collections of personal papers, business records, political papers, and oral histories is provided through the use of finding aids, many of which are available online in the Rhode Island Archives and Manuscripts Online database and linked from this site.
To schedule a research appointment or assistance from afar, please contact us via the form linked below or email archives-group@uri.edu
