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Providence City Manual 1917-18
Organization of the Municipal Government for the Years 1917 - 1918, Prepared by William C. Pelkey, City Clerk.

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Admiral Street Primary | Africa Street Primary | Almy Street Primary | Althea Street Primary | America Street Primary | Amherst Street Primary | Arnold Street Primary | Atwells Avenue Primary | Beacon Avenue Primary | Bellevue Avenue Primary | Benefit Street Primary | Berkshire Street Primary | Broad Street Grammar | Calhoun Avenue Primary | California Avenue Primary | Camp Street Primary | Candace Street Grammar | Carpenter Street Primary | Chalkstone Avenue Primary | Charles Street Primary | Chester Avenue Primary | Classical High | Cole Avenue Grammar | Courtland Street Primary | Covell Street Primary | Daniel Avenue Primary | East Street Primary | East Manning Street Primary | Eddy Street Primary | Elm Street Primary | English High | Federal Street Primary | Friendship Street Primary | Greeley Street Primary | Grove Street Primary | Hammond Street Primary | Harriet Street Primary | Harris Avenue Primary | Hendrick Street Primary | Highland Avenue Primary | Hope Street High | Ives Street Primary | Jenkins Street Primary |

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Admiral Street Primary School, Providence

Name	Title	Ref
Annie Mahoney	Principal	Pg 185
Katherine A. McCaffrey	Assistant	Pg 185
Emma M. E. Ward	Assistant	Pg 185
Cora A. Reed	Assistant	Pg 185
Frances G. Nolan	Assistant	Pg 185
Mary V. McCabe	Assistant	Pg 185

Africa Street Primary School, Providence

Name	Title	Ref
Martha E. Keily	Assistant	Pg 185
Elizabeth C. McCarthy	Assistant	Pg 185
Laura A. Moran	Principal	Pg 185
Olive G. M. Pillion	Assistant	Pg 185

Almy Street Primary School, Providence

Name	Title	Ref
Florence L. Cowdrey	Assistant	Pg 185
Sara M. Hennessy	Kindergarten	Pg 185
Marie R. McCusker	Assistant	Pg 185
Lena D. Sheldon	Principal	Pg 185

Althea Street Primary School, Providence

Name	Title	Ref
Lillian M. Congdon	Kindergarten	Pg 185
Isabella M. Connolly	Assistant	Pg 185
Agnes M. Dillon	Assistant	Pg 185
Annie C. Kenyon	Principal	Pg 185
Minnie E. Knight	Assistant	Pg 185
Mary C. McManus	Assistant	Pg 185
Gertrude I. Neary	Assistant	Pg 185
Lillian A. Page	Assistant	Pg 185

America Street Primary School, Providence

Name	Title	Ref
Katherine L. Campbell	Assistant	Pg 185
Helen J. R. Carmody	Assistant	Pg 185
Agnes C. Gormley	Principal & Critic	Pg 185
Helen V. Healey	Assistant	Pg 185
Marguerite A. Hoye	Assistant	Pg 185
Annie M. C. McElroy	Assistant	Pg 185
Mary J. Mulligan	Assistant	Pg 185
Helen J. O'Brien	Assistant	Pg 185
Henrietta M. Spargo	Assistant	Pg 185
Grace E. Thornton	Assistant	Pg 185
Isabelle A. G. Walsh	Assistant	Pg 185

Amherst Street Primary School, Providence

Name	Title	Ref
Louise M. Corcoran	Principal	Pg 185
Lucy E. Gannon	Assistant	Pg 185
Nora C. O'Brien	Assistant	Pg 185

Arnold Street Primary School, Providence

Name	Title	Ref
Mary F. Augustus	Assistant	Pg 186
Mary E. Bicknell	Principal & Critic	Pg 186
Elizabeth deC. Daley	Assistant	Pg 186
Mae T. Degnan	Assistant	Pg 186
Elizabeth G. Hale	Kindergarten	Pg 186
Jessie M. Kimball	Kindergarten	Pg 186
Susan McElroy	Assistant	Pg 186
Clara I. Parmenter	Assistant	Pg 186
Ruth J. Priest	Assistant	Pg 186

Atwells Avenue Primary School, Providence

Name	Title	Ref
Nora S. Coakley	Assistant	Pg 186
Marguerite I. Dorsey	Kindergarten	Pg 186
Alice H. Hanrahan	Kindergarten	Pg 186
Stella B. Healy	Principal	Pg 186
Rosella A. McCabe	Assistant	Pg 186
Elizabeth McEntee	Assistant	Pg 186
Theresa M. McGovern	Assistant	Pg 186
Margaret M. Reily	Assistant	Pg 186

Beacon Avenue Primary School, Providence

Name	Title	Ref
Ellen P. Brown	Assistant	Pg 186
Bertha L. Feeley	Principal	Pg 186
Pauline M. Gray	Assistant	Pg 186
Marjorie V. Lillibridge	Assistant	Pg 186
Bessie C. Lyon	Assistant	Pg 186
Helen B. Pettis	Kindergarten	Pg 186
Frances M. Quinn	Assistant	Pg 186
Imogene A. Truman	Principal, Critic	Pg 186

Bellevue Avenue Primary School, Providence

Name	Title	Ref
Amelia E. Berg	Principal	Pg 186
A. Gertrude Maynard	Kindergarten	Pg 186
Alice M. Robinson	Assistant	Pg 186
Luella B. Snow	Assistant	Pg 186

Benefit Street Primary School, Providence

Name	Title	Ref
Jennie E. Aull	Assistant	Pg 186
Annie P. Burdick	Assistant	Pg 186
Hattie D. Conley	Assistant	Pg 186
Catherine F. Doran	Assistant	Pg 186
Adelia S. Freeman	Pincipal, Critic	Pg 186
Ethel L. Lindsay	Assistant	Pg 186
Florence Mecorney	Kindergarten	Pg 187
Louise W. Potter	Kindergarten	Pg 187
Margaret B. Prendergast	Assistant	Pg 186
Jennie L. Rawson	Assistant	Pg 186
Jennie M. Reoch	Assistant	Pg 187

Berkshire Street Primary School, Providence

Name	Title	Ref
Mary F. Boylan	Assistant	Pg 187
Mary E. Clifford	Assistant	Pg 187
Rose G. Devlin	Assistant	Pg 187
Katharine K. Dockry	Kindergarten	Pg 187
Carrie E. Drew	Assistant	Pg 187
Mary I. Grant	Principal	Pg 187
Emma P. Hussey	Assistant	Pg 187
Sarah L. Kennedy	Kindergarten	Pg 187
Sarah T. McCabe	Assistant	Pg 187

Broad Street Grammar School, Providence

Name	Title	Ref
Estelle A. Barker	Assistant	Pg 179
Estelle C. Batchelder	Assistant	Pg 179
Gertrude L. Bicknell	Assistant	Pg 179
Katherine I. Conley	Assistant	Pg 179
Emely W. Cushman	Assistant	Pg 179
Edith R. Danielson	Assistant	Pg 179
Julia Geisel	Assistant	Pg 179
Alice E. Hennessey	Assistant	Pg 179
Barbara G. Keegan	Assistant	Pg 179
Alice C. Kelly	First Assistant	Pg 179
Mary deS. Louth	Assistant	Pg 179
Eva L. T. Matteson	Assistant	Pg 179
Elizabeth G. Smith	Assistant	Pg 179
Frank A. Spratt	Principal	Pg 179
Mary Williams	State Critic	Pg 179

Calhoun Avenue Primary School, Providence

Name	Title	Ref
Agnes T. Curren	Assistant	Pg 188
Mary H. Gaynor	Assistant	Pg 188
Florence S. Ryan	Assistant	Pg 188
Esther W. Tripp	Assistant	Pg 188
Mabel H. White	Principal	Pg 188

California Avenue Primary School, Providence

Name	Title	Ref
Mary E. Lincoln	Principal, Critic	Pg 188
Belle M. Rich	Assistant	Pg 188
Adelaide A. Wheeler	Kindergarten	Pg 188

Camp Street Primary School, Providence

Name	Title	Ref
Mary A. Farrell	Principal	Pg 188
Katharine R. Moore	Assistant	Pg 188
Mary E. Tempest	Assistant	Pg 188

Candace Street Grammar School, Providence

Name	Title	Ref
Anna L. Burns	Assistant	Pg 179
M. Davitt Carroll	Principal	Pg 179
Emily A. Crosby	Assistant	Pg 179
Mary L. Farrell	Assistant	Pg 179
Mary C. Greene	Critic	Pg 179
Margaret L. Kane	Assistant	Pg 179
Grace E. Kelleher	Assistant	Pg 179
Sarah E. Kelly	First Assistant	Pg 179
Mary E. McElroy	Assistant	Pg 179
Anna J. McGovern	Assistant	Pg 179
Elizabeth B. McLeod	Assistant	Pg 179
Elizabeth J. Molloy	Assistant	Pg 179
Katherine C. Molloy	First Assistant	Pg 179
Katherine E.G. O'Neill	Assistant	Pg 179
Catherine A. O'Reilly	Assistant	Pg 179

Carpenter Street Primary School, Providence

Name	Title	Ref
Agnes R. Mainey	Assistant	Pg 188
Theresa V. McKenna	Principal	Pg 188
Maude L.F. Sweet	Assistant	Pg 188
Agnes M. Walsh	Assistant	Pg 188

Chalkstone Avenue Primary School, Providence

Name	Title	Ref
Hannah S. Bowen	Assistant	Pg 188
Margaret M.W. Carr	Assistant	Pg 188
Gertrude M. Durrell	Assistant	Pg 188
Georgia F. Fiske	Kindergarten	Pg 188
Ellen L. Killoran	Assistant	Pg 188
Florence G. Nolan	Assistant	Pg 188
Mary S. Raftery	Assistant	Pg 188
Mary F. Towle	Kindergarten	Pg 188
Mary G. Walsh	Principal, Critic	Pg 188

Charles Street Primary School, Providence

Name	Title	Ref
Mary C. Buckley	Assistant	Pg 188
Margaret A. Dawson	Principal, Critic	Pg 188
Mary J. Gorman	Assistant	Pg 188
M. Josephine Healey	Assistant	Pg 188
Mary S. Houghton	Assistant	Pg 188
Ethel G. Laughlin	Kindergarten	Pg 188
Rose M. McCardell	Assistant	Pg 188
Mary C. McKenna	Assistant	Pg 188
Evelyn Staples	Assistant	Pg 188

Chester Avenue Primary School, Providence

Name	Title	Ref
Mary L. Chapin	Assistant	Pg 188
Edith E. Heyworth	Assistant	Pg 188
Mary Mackie	Assistant	Pg 188
Rosa Martin	Principal	Pg 188

Classical High School, Providence

Name	Title	Ref
Bessie W. Allen	Third Assistant	Pg 174
Elizabeth L. Angell	Third Assistant	Pg 174
Arthur H. Berry	Third Assistant	Pg 174
Ruth E. Cooke	Third Assistant	Pg 174
Flora M. Cotton	Third Assistant	Pg 174
Anne Marjorie Day	Third Assistant	Pg 174
Herbert E. Drake	First Assistant	Pg 174
Harriet P. Fuller	First Assistant	Pg 174
Elizabeth C. Grant	Second Assistant	Pg 174
E. Helena Gregory	First Assistant	Pg 174
Harriet M. Hathaway	Second Assistant	Pg 174
Frederick E. Hawkins	Second Assistant	Pg 174
Emelia A. Hempel	Third Assistant	Pg 174
Elizabeth G Hoyt	First Assistant	Pg 174
Agnes Jonas	Clerk	Pg 174
Mabel S. LeValley	Third Assistant	Pg 174
Bessie A. Loud	Third Assistant	Pg 174
Rachel G. McAuliffe	Third Assistant	Pg 174
Ida M. Nichols	Third Assistant	Pg 174
Charles E. Paine	Second Assistant	Pg 174
William T. Peck	Principal	Pg 174
A. Forest Ranger	Third Assistant	Pg 174
Constance B. Rose	Third Assistant	Pg 174
Maude E. Sears	Third Assistant	Pg 174
Alice R. Sheppard	Second Assistant	Pg 174
Laura R. Sherman	Third Assistant	Pg 174
Helen L. Sullivan	Third Assistant	Pg 174
J. Herbert Ward	Second Assistant	Pg 174
Henry H. Waterman	Second Assistant	Pg 174

Cole Avenue Grammar School, Providence

Name	Title	Ref
Josephine Bishop	Assistant	Pg 179
Annie L. Church	Kindergarten	Pg 179
Helen M. Cooper	Assistant	Pg 179
Agnes A. Foster	Assistant	Pg 179
Hazel B. Gates	Assistant	Pg 179
Katharine M. Hurley	Assistant	Pg 179
Harry H. Lowry	Principal	Pg 179
Gladys L. McGee	Assistant	Pg 179

Courtland Street Primary School, Providence

Name	Title	Ref
Charlotte A. Barry	Assistant	Pg 189
Irene M. Blessing	Assistant	Pg 189
Catharine L. Brown	Assistant	Pg 189
Helen S. Jenckes	Assistant	Pg 189
Florence R. Kenyon	Assistant	Pg 189
Martha J. Marshall	Assistant	Pg 189
Florence L. R. Reaves	Assistant	Pg 189
Margaret E. Tally	Assistant	Pg 189
Katherine Turbitt	Pincipal	Pg 189

Covell Street Primary School, Providence

Name	Title	Ref
Elizabeth A. Mahoney	Assistant	Pg 189
Minnie W. Mason	Principal	Pg 189
Genevieve S. McNiff	Assistant	Pg 189
Ellen M. Shanley	Assistant	Pg 189

Daniel Avenue Primary School, Providence

Name	Title	Ref
Katherine G. Dean	Kindergarten	Pg 189
Lizzie L. Gurry	Principal	Pg 189
Mary E. McEnanly	Assistant	Pg 189
Margaret A. McGrath	Assistant	Pg 189

East Street Primary School, Providence

Name	Title	Ref
Anna T. Brennan	Assistant	Pg 189
Belle Burton	Assistant	Pg 189
Katharine M. Dwyer	Principal	Pg 189
Mary D. Rickard	Assistant	Pg 189
Eliza F. W. Taft	Kindergarten	Pg 189

East Manning Street Primary School, Providence

Name	Title	Ref
Mary L. Cawley	Principal	Pg 189
Josephine Dillion	Assistant	Pg 189
Mary A. Gorman	Assistant	Pg 189
M. Eliza Hurley	Assistant	Pg 189

Eddy Street Primary School, Providence

Name	Title	Ref
Alice G. Brady	Assistant	Pg 189
Helen J. Cole	Assistant	Pg 189
Grace A. Kennedy	Assistant	Pg 189
Anella V. Remington	Principal	Pg 189

Elm Street Primary School, Providence

Name	Title	Ref
Syvilla R. Buchart	Assistant	Pg 189
Jane S. Dix	Principal	Pg 189
Anna L. Gunnison	Kindergarten	Pg 189
Anna M. Killian	Assistant	Pg 189
Sarah L. Norton	Assistant	Pg 189
S. Frances Pike	Assistant	Pg 189
Harriet F. Robinson	Kindergarten	Pg 189
Mary L. Young	Assistant	Pg 189

English High School, Providence

Name	Title	Subject	Ref
Adelaide H. Arnold	Third Assistant		Pg 173
Rose M. Bancroft	Third Assistant		Pg 173
M. Elsie Bennett	Third Assistant		Pg 173
Susan S. Brayton	First Assistant		Pg 173
Agnes G. Brown	Third Assistant		Pg 173
Ethel E. Brown	Non-Academic		Pg 173
Mary E. Budlong	Third Assistant		Pg 173
Anna Burnside	Third Assistant		Pg 173
Alice S. Carroll	Third Assistant		Pg 173
James H. Chase	Second Assistant		Pg 173
Blanche M. Crapo		Salesmanship	Pg 173
Howard D. Day	First Assistant		Pg 173
William H. Eddy	Principal		Pg 173
Maude Farnum	Third Assistant		Pg 173
Marion P. Harley	Third Assistant		Pg 173
Eva J. Hesse		Elocution	Pg 173
David W. Hoyt	Principal Emeritus		Pg 173
Ethel C. Jameson	Third Assistant		Pg 173
Russell C. Lowell	First Assistant		Pg 173
Alice H. Manchester	Clerk		Pg 173
Forrest E. Mathewson	Clerk		Pg 173
Edith T. Matthews	Third Assistant		Pg 173
Isabel McMurtry	Third Assistant		Pg 173
Lilian B. Miner	Second Assistant		Pg 173
Jeannette B. Moffitt	Third Assistant		Pg 173
Alice D. Mumford	First Assistant		Pg 173
Katharine Upham Peirce	First Assistant		Pg 173
Harriet E. Pierce	Second Assistant		Pg 173
Asa G. Randall		Drawing	Pg 173
Frederick H. Read	Second Assistant		Pg 173
Sidney A. Sherman	First Assistant		Pg 173
Abby M.B. Slade	First Assistant		Pg 173
Augustus T. Swift	Second Assistant		Pg 173
John C. Swift	First Assistant		Pg 173
Henry O. Tripp	Third Assistant		Pg 173
Wallace M. Turner	Second Assistant		Pg 173
Bertha E. H. Wilcox	Third Assistant		Pg 173
Florence A. Williams	First Assistant		Pg 173
Nora G. Wright	Second Assistant		Pg 173

Federal Street Primary School, Providence

Name	Title	Ref
Florence M. Donahey	Assistant	Pg 189
Anna C. Geary	Assistant	Pg 189
Genevieve M. O'Reilly	Assistant	Pg 189
Teresa A. Sullivan	Principal	Pg 189

Friendship Street Primary School, Providence

Name	Title	Ref
Grace M. Barry	Principal	Pg 190
Charlotte M. Bradford	Asst.	Pg 190
Belle L. Lyons	Asst.	Pg 190
Barbara A. MacDougall	Asst.	Pg 190

Greeley Street Primary School, Providence

Name	Title	Ref
Mary F. Babcock	Kindergarten	Pg 190
Louise F. Brooke	Kindergarten	Pg 190
Gertrude M. Clark	Asst.	Pg 190
Katherine T. Connolly	Asst.	Pg 190
Eliza P. Hayes	Kindergarten	Pg 190
M. Lucia Heck	Asst.	Pg 190
Edna P. Moore	Asst.	Pg 190
Elizabeth T. O'Brien	Asst.	Pg 190
Agnes F. Poland	Asst.	Pg 190
Helen A. Reynolds	Principal	Pg 190
Catherine A. Riordan	Asst.	Pg 190

Grove Street Primary School, Providence

Name	Title	Ref
Elizabeth I. Ballard	Asst.	Pg 190
Catherine V. Coleman	Asst.	Pg 190
Angela P. Collins	Asst.	Pg 190
Margaret M. Colton	Principal & Critic	Pg 190
Ellen A. McGuirk	Asst.	Pg 190
Mary J. Quinn	Asst.	Pg 190

Hammond Street Primary School, Providence

Name	Title	Ref
Jennie M. Eddy	Kindergarten	Pg 190
Mary L. Pratt	Asst.	Pg 190
Margaret M. Shea	Asst.	Pg 190
Mabel M. Stratton	Asst.	Pg 190
Madeleine T. Sullivan	Asst.	Pg 190
Alice B. Wittemore	Principal	Pg 190

Harriet Street Primary School, Providence

Name	Title	Ref
Sarah L. Stenson	Principal	Pg 190
Elizabeth Schaffer	Asst.	Pg 190
Martha E. Feeley	Asst.	Pg 190
Julia P. Ward	Kindergarten	Pg 190
Dorothea B. Ruoff	Kindergarten	Pg 190

Harris Avenue Primary School, Providence

Name	Title	Ref
Katherine M. Murray	Principal	Pg 190
Marion E. Macdonald	Asst.	Pg 190
Helen E. Essex	Asst.	Pg 190
Marion C. Meegan	Asst.	Pg 190

Hendrick Street Primary School, Providence

Name	Title	Ref
Catharine A. Denny	Asst.	Pg 190
Mary T. Haran	Asst.	Pg 190
Catherine J. McGrath	Principal	Pg 190
Mary E. O'Conner	Asst.	Pg 190

Highland Avenue Primary School, Providence

Name	Title	Ref
Jennie T. Coffey	Principal & Critic	Pg 191
Annie U. Doran	Asst.	Pg 191
Alice A. Evison	Asst.	Pg 191

Hope Street High, Providence

Name	Title	Subject	Ref
Francis G. Allen	Non-Academic		Pg 177
Juliet A. Allen	Clerk		Pg 177
Sabra M. Anderson	Junior Course		Pg 177
Jesse L. Beers	First Assistant		Pg 176
Ruth K. Benton	Student Teacher	English	Pg 177
Henrietta C. Brazeau	Second Assistant		Pg 177
Susanna Y. Cushing	Second Assistant		Pg 176
Charles E. Dennis	Principal		Pg 176
Theodore E. Dexter	Third Assistant		Pg 177
Emma M. Donnelly	Non-Academic		Pg 177
Richard O. Dummer	Third Assistant		Pg 177
Claus E. Ekstrom	Student Teacher	History	Pg 177
J. Madison Gathany	Second Assistant		Pg 176
M. Catherine Mahy	Second Assistant		Pg 176
James A. Murphy	Student Teacher	Chemistry	Pg 177
Harold C. Newton	Third Assistant		Pg 177
Mary I. O'Brien	Student Teacher	Latin	Pg 177
Eliza M. Peirce	Second Assistant		Pg 176
Royal P. Richardson	Third Assistant		Pg 177
Roger S. Robinson	Third Assistant		Pg 177
Carrie M. Searle	Second Assistant		Pg 177
Henry K. Sears	Second Assistant		Pg 177
Florence H. Slack	Third Assistant		Pg 177
Ida B. Smith	Non-Academic		Pg 177
Walter J. Towne	First Assistant		Pg 176
Bessie S. Warner	Second Assistant		Pg 176
Anne T. Weeden	First Assistant		Pg 176

Ives Street Primary School, Providence

Name	Title	Ref
Genevieve T. Barry	Asst.	Pg 191
Mary E. Cashman	Asst.	Pg 191
Theresa G. Furlong	Principal	Pg 191
Lucy L. Hurley	Asst.	Pg 191

Jenkins Street Primary School, Providence

Name	Title	Ref
Margaret M. M. Coffey	Asst.	Pg 191
Annie F. Cooney	Asst.	Pg 191
Marian L. Cooper	Asst.	Pg 191
Hattie J. Mann	Asst.	Pg 191
Isabelle M. McKenna	Asst.	Pg 191
Annie L. Munnegle	Principal & Critic	Pg 191
Lillian G. Munnegle	Asst.	Pg 191

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