14 10 1657 https://ricovidarchive.rihs.org/files/original/179aeffbc1062ed45ad3e9e36b8a3e5a.m4a 9ae35a45703331b1d744c761981e2c95 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? Cityside at Wheeler Description What is it all about? The Cityside program at the Wheeler School is a a year-long interdisciplinary experience embedded in the City of Providence for 8th graders. The program leverages Providence’s 25 neighborhoods, working with various NGOs, non-profit organizations, community groups, and branches of government to provide a rich curriculum for civic engagement, project-based learning, inquiry, and research. Cityside supports students in their exploration of interests as they form meaningful partnerships with collaborating organizations including Waterfire Providence, as well as other Providence artists, activists, local business owners, environmental experts and city officials, to develop projects of relevance to the student, to create value for the community, and to leave a positive impact on the city and student. For the 2020-2021 school year, students were asked to focus on the impact of COVID-19 on the City of Providence. Creator Who created this item? Wheeler School Sound Could include oral histories, music or other recorded sounds. Date When was this created? 5/18/22 Location Where was this item created? Providence Language What language is it in? English Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? How Covd-19 affected me in my daily life. Creator Who created this item? Jack Gaudioso Description What is it all about? This is a personal podcast about me where I talk about how I was affected during this tough time and what I did. Even though there were lots of troubles I found out a fun way to do them during quarantine. https://ricovidarchive.rihs.org/files/original/cf39f7b526879f13fbfcd5fd062d78d1.mp3 fe9c91ec1b4b31581a38ac4e79b13791 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? Cityside at Wheeler Description What is it all about? The Cityside program at the Wheeler School is a a year-long interdisciplinary experience embedded in the City of Providence for 8th graders. The program leverages Providence’s 25 neighborhoods, working with various NGOs, non-profit organizations, community groups, and branches of government to provide a rich curriculum for civic engagement, project-based learning, inquiry, and research. Cityside supports students in their exploration of interests as they form meaningful partnerships with collaborating organizations including Waterfire Providence, as well as other Providence artists, activists, local business owners, environmental experts and city officials, to develop projects of relevance to the student, to create value for the community, and to leave a positive impact on the city and student. For the 2020-2021 school year, students were asked to focus on the impact of COVID-19 on the City of Providence. Creator Who created this item? Wheeler School Sound Could include oral histories, music or other recorded sounds. Date When was this created? 5/5/2022 Location Where was this item created? Providence Language What language is it in? English Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? Podcast on how Covid affected small businesses of Providence, RI. Creator Who created this item? Gennaro F, Jack G, Alex M, Dante F, Description What is it all about? Our project talks about the small businesses of Providence and what they have gone through in order to succeed. We interviewed three businesses and we got very different answers from each individual. https://ricovidarchive.rihs.org/files/original/f9142c26073c016a58f8b227d1f1eb87.pdf 11bc91e31ed73728e444252209edcace Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? Recrudescence (Pandemic Journal 2020-2022) Description What is it all about? As the pandemic continued month after month and the isolation became unbearable but still necessary, I found that I no longer gained enough intellectual satisfaction from creating classical music compositions (my forte), especially since my newest works probably would not be performed until Covid-19 was conquered. So instead I wrote and gathered together diary-like essays, literary critiques, philosophical musings, poetry, short stories, and narratives from contemporary experience as well as from deep in memory. I had written them each month to send to friends, with no thought of continuity—they would range where ever my mind and imagination wanted to go. I preferred to stay away from discussions about the coronavirus of which I knew little, the care givers who appeared to be so heroic, or the victims of the disease who were even more confined than I was and whose desperate circumstances were so frightening. Nor was I thinking of it as being a diary—my hermetic life was not interesting enough for that type of documentation. No, my writings were meant to be a diversion, to take one away from the horrific plague that in 2020-22 ingulfed us. I must confess that I have made no attempt to stick with subjects that I think would interest a general public. I am not even sure I would know what these would be. So, my suggestion is to only read those entries which excite your own imagination or generate some curiosity. About the Author Geoffrey D. Gibbs, Professor Emeritus of Music Composition at the University of Rhode Island, received a DMA degree in composition and voice from the Eastman School of Music (University of Rochester, NY) in 1974. Born in 1940, Dr. Gibbs began his music training at age seven and was soon composing his own pieces. In high school he studied composition privately with Elie Siegmeister noted for championing American folk music. At Eastman he studied composition with Howard Hanson and Bernard Rogers. He began teaching composition and related subjects at URI in 1965 and has remained in Rhode Island since that time. He retired from URI in 2001 to devote all of his energies to creative projects. His interest in literature blossomed when he typed, edited, and annotated a thousand of his father’s poems and many essays. During his years of retirement three operas of his were premiered. His works were performed in Boston, Providence, Dartmouth College, the University of Rhode Island, Vibe of the Venue, Aurea Ensemble, Verdant Vibes Ensemble and the Fall River Symphony. As well he has had works performed at the Kennedy Center (Washington, DC) and as far away as Russia and South America. As mentioned above, it was during the last two years when it was difficult to present concerts, that Geoffrey Gibbs devoted much of his time to creating his pandemic journal. Creator Who created this item? Geoffrey Gibbs Date When was this item created? 2020-2021 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? War Issue (April 2022) Description What is it all about? This issue is devoted to war, not only in foreign lands but war against our own citizens by depriving them of civil rights and particularly the vote, their most precious possession. Strange that war arrives just as winter is ending and spring is on the way. There is a terrible sadness to this because as the planet wakes up, there should be rejoicing. But that is not to be in 2022. One would have thought that a third year of a pandemic was enough for us to deal with. In most respects we can forgive Gaia for natural disasters, but there is no way to excuse human beings who turn away from what is good, in order to pursue evil aims. It is nothing new—but one might have hoped that by this time, with all our cultural and scientific advances, that we could exhibit more of what was best in us. In advance I apologize if in any way it appears that I am trivialize the current calamity which faces millions of people. I can only write about what I know or at least perceive. And if I appear to be too opinionated, it is just a rashness brought on by current events. Creator Who created this item? Geoffrey Gibbs Date When was this item created? April 2022 Language A language of the resource English Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Kingston, RI https://ricovidarchive.rihs.org/files/original/c92d8d660666dfafe0cbc0f94c7fb089.wav ca0661e2fe78538e966eb277cd49d425 https://ricovidarchive.rihs.org/files/original/86687f130ad6280c50c248e556cb4252.pdf 759874903e481c18e98e7054132d6d37 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? Public Contributions Description What is it all about? Crowdsourced stories, images and recordings that reflect the individual experiences of Rhode Islanders during the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020. Sound Could include oral histories, music or other recorded sounds. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? Charles V. Chapin Description What is it all about? Rhody Voices consists of Nancy Carroll, singer and song writer, and David McNally, keyboard player and accompanist. Nancy searches the archives of libraries and historical societies for Rhode Islanders, forgotten or well-known, and sets their stories into folk songs. They are the Rhody Voices. She and Dave perform the songs throughout Rhode Island. You can find them at rhodyvoices.com. During a 2018 performance at the Kingston Free Library, Nancy mentioned her quest to find a fourth RI citizen who had changed the course of civilization. Already, Roger Williams, Joseph Rogers Brown and Lucian Sharpe were noted. When the performance ended, a kind and elderly man of presence stopped to say," Nancy, you might like to look into Dr. Charles V. Chapin. He may be what you're looking for." I did, and was astonished by the doctor's accomplishments and accolades, the use of Brown University's laboratory (and microscope,) the graduate students who tested the crises of a century, his global travels toward indigenous illness, his discoveries and their cures, his rules and his writings. That in 1917 his "How to Avoid Infection" was selected by global scholars as "being culturally important as part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it." Every time we see or hear Dr. Jha and his staff at Brown University, we connect with Dr. Charles Value Chapin. The enclosed song is the result of that encounter. When COVID-19 came to Rhode Island, Charles Chapin's efforts and the data he gathered assured me that once again, a century later, we would beat the new virus. A surprise completes this story. The elderly man of presence mentioned above was Dr. Walter R. Thayer, once the Head of the Gastroenterology Department at Brown University Medical School, where he began a Residency Program. He was also the Chief of that department at Rhode Island Hospital. A beloved trainer of hundreds of young doctors, Dr. Thayer loved his patients and they loved him. Who would send a plane to Rhode Island for an unscheduled appointment with him? The Shah of Iran. Ever active, athletic and adventurous, he challenged everything, including swimming in all of our planets' five oceans and seven seas. Walter Thayer died on January 8th of this year. I would like to dedicate to him this donation to the COVID-19 RIHS Archive Project. Creator Who created this item? Nancy Carroll Language A language of the resource English Date When was this item created? January - March 2020 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Narragansett, RI https://ricovidarchive.rihs.org/files/original/1a0ddff751bfea77a9844a339b407bae.pdf 8c65bb487649656905250feac75ed370 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? Recrudescence (Pandemic Journal 2020-2022) Description What is it all about? As the pandemic continued month after month and the isolation became unbearable but still necessary, I found that I no longer gained enough intellectual satisfaction from creating classical music compositions (my forte), especially since my newest works probably would not be performed until Covid-19 was conquered. So instead I wrote and gathered together diary-like essays, literary critiques, philosophical musings, poetry, short stories, and narratives from contemporary experience as well as from deep in memory. I had written them each month to send to friends, with no thought of continuity—they would range where ever my mind and imagination wanted to go. I preferred to stay away from discussions about the coronavirus of which I knew little, the care givers who appeared to be so heroic, or the victims of the disease who were even more confined than I was and whose desperate circumstances were so frightening. Nor was I thinking of it as being a diary—my hermetic life was not interesting enough for that type of documentation. No, my writings were meant to be a diversion, to take one away from the horrific plague that in 2020-22 ingulfed us. I must confess that I have made no attempt to stick with subjects that I think would interest a general public. I am not even sure I would know what these would be. So, my suggestion is to only read those entries which excite your own imagination or generate some curiosity. About the Author Geoffrey D. Gibbs, Professor Emeritus of Music Composition at the University of Rhode Island, received a DMA degree in composition and voice from the Eastman School of Music (University of Rochester, NY) in 1974. Born in 1940, Dr. Gibbs began his music training at age seven and was soon composing his own pieces. In high school he studied composition privately with Elie Siegmeister noted for championing American folk music. At Eastman he studied composition with Howard Hanson and Bernard Rogers. He began teaching composition and related subjects at URI in 1965 and has remained in Rhode Island since that time. He retired from URI in 2001 to devote all of his energies to creative projects. His interest in literature blossomed when he typed, edited, and annotated a thousand of his father’s poems and many essays. During his years of retirement three operas of his were premiered. His works were performed in Boston, Providence, Dartmouth College, the University of Rhode Island, Vibe of the Venue, Aurea Ensemble, Verdant Vibes Ensemble and the Fall River Symphony. As well he has had works performed at the Kennedy Center (Washington, DC) and as far away as Russia and South America. As mentioned above, it was during the last two years when it was difficult to present concerts, that Geoffrey Gibbs devoted much of his time to creating his pandemic journal. Creator Who created this item? Geoffrey Gibbs Date When was this item created? 2020-2021 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? Go West, Christina (March 2022) Description What is it all about? A novella based on a true family story from the 19th century. Creator Who created this item? Geoffrey Gibbs Date When was this item created? March 2022 Language A language of the resource English Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Kingston, RI https://ricovidarchive.rihs.org/files/original/36248f5a0e5cc9fe77223422250dd504.png 6799b7192da552033c071e4d9a62fe75 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? Public Contributions Description What is it all about? Crowdsourced stories, images and recordings that reflect the individual experiences of Rhode Islanders during the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020. Still Image This could include any kind of visual item. For example: photographs, paintings, drawings or maps. Creator Who created this item? This might be you or someone else. Please list the full name or "anonymous" if you prefer Claire Zhao Date When was this created? fall 2020 Location Where was this item created? La Salle Academy, 612 Academy Ave, Providence, RI 02908 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? Distance Description What is it all about? People's isolation and determination to keep their activities going during the middle of the pandemic. https://ricovidarchive.rihs.org/files/original/dcd6cf0d99722a22837564c8e55f66d4.pdf 21a463f46ab82dec6219748cab7a59c4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? Recrudescence (Pandemic Journal 2020-2022) Description What is it all about? As the pandemic continued month after month and the isolation became unbearable but still necessary, I found that I no longer gained enough intellectual satisfaction from creating classical music compositions (my forte), especially since my newest works probably would not be performed until Covid-19 was conquered. So instead I wrote and gathered together diary-like essays, literary critiques, philosophical musings, poetry, short stories, and narratives from contemporary experience as well as from deep in memory. I had written them each month to send to friends, with no thought of continuity—they would range where ever my mind and imagination wanted to go. I preferred to stay away from discussions about the coronavirus of which I knew little, the care givers who appeared to be so heroic, or the victims of the disease who were even more confined than I was and whose desperate circumstances were so frightening. Nor was I thinking of it as being a diary—my hermetic life was not interesting enough for that type of documentation. No, my writings were meant to be a diversion, to take one away from the horrific plague that in 2020-22 ingulfed us. I must confess that I have made no attempt to stick with subjects that I think would interest a general public. I am not even sure I would know what these would be. So, my suggestion is to only read those entries which excite your own imagination or generate some curiosity. About the Author Geoffrey D. Gibbs, Professor Emeritus of Music Composition at the University of Rhode Island, received a DMA degree in composition and voice from the Eastman School of Music (University of Rochester, NY) in 1974. Born in 1940, Dr. Gibbs began his music training at age seven and was soon composing his own pieces. In high school he studied composition privately with Elie Siegmeister noted for championing American folk music. At Eastman he studied composition with Howard Hanson and Bernard Rogers. He began teaching composition and related subjects at URI in 1965 and has remained in Rhode Island since that time. He retired from URI in 2001 to devote all of his energies to creative projects. His interest in literature blossomed when he typed, edited, and annotated a thousand of his father’s poems and many essays. During his years of retirement three operas of his were premiered. His works were performed in Boston, Providence, Dartmouth College, the University of Rhode Island, Vibe of the Venue, Aurea Ensemble, Verdant Vibes Ensemble and the Fall River Symphony. As well he has had works performed at the Kennedy Center (Washington, DC) and as far away as Russia and South America. As mentioned above, it was during the last two years when it was difficult to present concerts, that Geoffrey Gibbs devoted much of his time to creating his pandemic journal. Creator Who created this item? Geoffrey Gibbs Date When was this item created? 2020-2021 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? Ella Sarrow (February 2022) Description What is it all about? A reconstruction of a tragic novella in verse by Alonzo Gibbs Creator Who created this item? Geoffrey Gibbs Date When was this item created? February 2022 Language A language of the resource English Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Kingston, RI https://ricovidarchive.rihs.org/files/original/da6bd50e313434318939f169fa30822b.jpg 26c1968d2e6ba1a5438cb99539dbe84a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? Public Contributions Description What is it all about? Crowdsourced stories, images and recordings that reflect the individual experiences of Rhode Islanders during the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020. Still Image This could include any kind of visual item. For example: photographs, paintings, drawings or maps. Creator Who created this item? This might be you or someone else. Please list the full name or "anonymous" if you prefer Philip Eil Date When was this created? January 6, 2022. Location Where was this item created? Eastside Marketplace in Providence. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? "Rhode Island Mask Order" Sign at Eastside Marketplace Description What is it all about? This is a photo of a sign, spotted outside the entrance of Eastside Marketplace supermarket in Providence, reminding customers of new regulations imposed by Governor Dan McKee on December 15, 2021. This mandate was a re-tightening of restrictions after they were loosened (due to the availability of vaccines) earlier in the pandemic. https://ricovidarchive.rihs.org/files/original/6888e0785e1c73a84796da0ef8a5dbc5.jpg 8c3cfa4918e5b1055f27430db863e9b5 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? Public Contributions Description What is it all about? Crowdsourced stories, images and recordings that reflect the individual experiences of Rhode Islanders during the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020. Still Image This could include any kind of visual item. For example: photographs, paintings, drawings or maps. Creator Who created this item? This might be you or someone else. Please list the full name or "anonymous" if you prefer Philip Eil Date When was this created? January 8, 2022. Location Where was this item created? CVS on Angell Street, in Wayland Square. Providence. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? "No Covid Tests In Stock" Sign at CVS Description What is it all about? This is a photo of a sign that reads "NO COVID TESTS IN STOCK." The sign was posted on January 8, 2022 near the pharmacy section of the CVS store on Angell Street in Providence. https://ricovidarchive.rihs.org/files/original/13418b4a8f93cb4df2573fa0c78bb241.pdf 38f25dee2e2c323c2aa156d96e12e2d4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? Recrudescence (Pandemic Journal 2020-2022) Description What is it all about? As the pandemic continued month after month and the isolation became unbearable but still necessary, I found that I no longer gained enough intellectual satisfaction from creating classical music compositions (my forte), especially since my newest works probably would not be performed until Covid-19 was conquered. So instead I wrote and gathered together diary-like essays, literary critiques, philosophical musings, poetry, short stories, and narratives from contemporary experience as well as from deep in memory. I had written them each month to send to friends, with no thought of continuity—they would range where ever my mind and imagination wanted to go. I preferred to stay away from discussions about the coronavirus of which I knew little, the care givers who appeared to be so heroic, or the victims of the disease who were even more confined than I was and whose desperate circumstances were so frightening. Nor was I thinking of it as being a diary—my hermetic life was not interesting enough for that type of documentation. No, my writings were meant to be a diversion, to take one away from the horrific plague that in 2020-22 ingulfed us. I must confess that I have made no attempt to stick with subjects that I think would interest a general public. I am not even sure I would know what these would be. So, my suggestion is to only read those entries which excite your own imagination or generate some curiosity. About the Author Geoffrey D. Gibbs, Professor Emeritus of Music Composition at the University of Rhode Island, received a DMA degree in composition and voice from the Eastman School of Music (University of Rochester, NY) in 1974. Born in 1940, Dr. Gibbs began his music training at age seven and was soon composing his own pieces. In high school he studied composition privately with Elie Siegmeister noted for championing American folk music. At Eastman he studied composition with Howard Hanson and Bernard Rogers. He began teaching composition and related subjects at URI in 1965 and has remained in Rhode Island since that time. He retired from URI in 2001 to devote all of his energies to creative projects. His interest in literature blossomed when he typed, edited, and annotated a thousand of his father’s poems and many essays. During his years of retirement three operas of his were premiered. His works were performed in Boston, Providence, Dartmouth College, the University of Rhode Island, Vibe of the Venue, Aurea Ensemble, Verdant Vibes Ensemble and the Fall River Symphony. As well he has had works performed at the Kennedy Center (Washington, DC) and as far away as Russia and South America. As mentioned above, it was during the last two years when it was difficult to present concerts, that Geoffrey Gibbs devoted much of his time to creating his pandemic journal. Creator Who created this item? Geoffrey Gibbs Date When was this item created? 2020-2021 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? Land and Sea Escape (January 2022) Description What is it all about? "Introduction" (a rather disorganized assessment of where we are these days) "Visiting Trustom Pond" (going further afield with a fellow music lover) "Trustom Frolics" (a little epic poem about simple things) "Nature’s Wedding Dress" (a poem about the joys of Winter) "Chickening Out at Long Pond" (accepting one’s own limitations) "Why?" (an evaluation as to why so many people refuse to be vaccinated or wear masks) Creator Who created this item? Geoffrey Gibbs Date When was this item created? January 2022 Language A language of the resource English Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Kingston, RI