SKPL Digital Collections


This collection contains images from a 1976 exhibit on the Narragansett Pier Railroad at the Peace Dale Library.

This collection from Robert Beverly Hale Library contains images of Matunuck dating from about 1900 to 1967.
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Joseph Peace Hazard Photographs
This collection contains images owned by Joseph Peace Hazard (1807-1892), with subjects ranging from the Hazard Castle, Druid's Dream, people he knew, and portrait photographs of himself. 


Joseph Peace Hazard
Dexter W. Hoxie Photographs
This collection contains images captured in and around Peace Dale, RI, c. 1900-1915, that are known or believed to have been taken by Dexter W. Hoxie (d. 1943). Hoxie served as a personal secretary to the Hazard family for many years. His work includes photographs of members of the family and their homes.
DH PD Library and fountain
Peace Dale Manufacturing Company
This small collection contains images of mill workers in the Peace Dale mill, c. 1900.
women mill workers in mill
Joseph Peace Hazard Diary
Joseph Peace Hazard (1807-1892) kept this handwritten ledger/diary of about 382 pages for many years. Some pages represent accounting of expenses; others contain narrative writings, with occasional newspaper articles pasted in. Not every page is currently represented here.
Hazard Diary 177
Peace Dale Library Artifacts
This developing collection contains images of various historical items in Peace Dale Library's collections or in the building. 
south county magazine photo
Peace Dale Library Postcard Collection
Historic postcards of local landmarks from Peace Dale Library's Photograph Collection. Front and back of of each postcard are included.  
Neighborhood Guild color postcard
The Weaver
Images of The Weaver sculpture by Daniel Chester French on the grounds of Peace Dale Library. Included are the earliest known photograph of The Weaver in place, c.1920, by Dexter W. Hoxie, and a series taken in 2002 by Joseph McGovern, shortly after the sculpture's conservation that year. 
Weaver closeup view