Your Providence Public Library
Providence Public Library is an essential agency of public education and crucial to the infrastructure of the Rhode Island community. We are one of the few major libraries in the United States that is a private not-for-profit institution governed by a Board of Directors, giving us the flexibility to respond to community need rapidly and effectively. More...
Image Collections
These image collections represent selections from Providence Public Library's unique and special collections.
BROWSE the Digital Gallery: Rhode Island Images
Arts & Literature, Architecture, Culture & Society, Rhode Island History, Maps, People, Industry & Technology, Printing & Graphics, Nature & Science, Local History Index
PPL Rhode Island Image Collection Galleries
Selections from the more than 700 ballads within the Providence Public Library's Caleb Fiske Harris Collection on the Civil War and Slavery.
Selections from Providence Public Library's Special Collection of 1,200 Glass Negatives.
The Providence Public Library 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. Parts of some of these collections have been digitized and the images presented here.
Need Help Downloading from E-Zone?
With downloadable media available 24/7 from the OSL E-Zone, your library is always open! But, could you use some help with downloading? Check out these HELP resources.
Guided Tour or Quick-Start Guide.
Narrated Tutorial for Downloading Adobe Digital Editions to Your Computer.
Guide for Using Adobe Digital Editions - Transferring your ebooks to your ereader.