Guides and Resources
The Rhode Island COVID-19 Archive was launched in April 2020 in response to the COVID-19 global pandemic and was closed to submissions on June 30, 2023. The site and all contributions will be preserved by Providence Public Library and Rhode Island Historical Society.
Who can contribute to the Rhode Island COVID-19 Archive? Anyone with a story to tell about life during the time of COVID-19 in Rhode Island! Are you in need of ideas of what kinds of content would be interesting? We’ve got more information for specific kinds of users.
- Guides and Prompts for Individuals
- Classroom Resources for Educators
- Recommended Links for More Resources
What can you contribute? We are interested in your experiences and memories of living through COVID-19 in whatever form you want to express that.
The site can accept almost any digital file type, but the below work the best. The upload file size limit is 256MB, so if you have something bigger, please contact us.
- Written: PDF will guarantee that your formatting is preserved, but you can also type directly into the contribution form
- Mixed Media (text with images, handwritten time capsule, slide show, etc): PDF
- Photo/Still Image: JPG/JPEG
- Video: MP4
- Audio: MP3