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With Over 25 Years’ Experience, ASG Rhode Island
is #1 in Preserving Ocean State Cultural Surplus!
Our Work
The Anthropological Salvage Group (ASG) is Rhode Island’s premier vendor specializing in the recovery, conservation, and public exhibition of ephemera documenting the material and social histories of Rhode Island and its peoples. We partner with OPEN, a research-based projects organization in Valley, to build archives and exhibitions that promote literacy, foster curiosity, and champion an appreciation of analog media in Ocean State history.
Case Studies
Discovered in the basement of a beloved local restaurant and displayed at the Public Library, these tapes articulate one Rhode Islander’s sense of place and time.
Not Just Tapes
Built with support from the Rhode Island Council on the Humanities, this archive documents an intersection of telecom and folk art history in Rhode Island.
Rhode Island QSL Archive
Celebrating the field recordings of an often-forgotten record-lable-turned-bird-feeder company who held offices in Foster and Providence.
A Droll Yankees Archive
Home of the Cash for Your Cache
Guarantee!™
ASG’s “Cash for Your Cache” Guarantee™ ensures you can feel good about parting with Rhode Island-centric collections, ephemera, and historical materials.
As an organization with no actual income streams, we are able to offer a flat $1.00 in CASH for every collection accepted. By saving big on acquisitions themselves, we are able to devote more resources to preservation, research, and public display.
Let ASG be part of your legacy! Contact us today and learn how you can be a part of Rhode Island history!
ASG Rhode Island
50 Sims Avenue
Providence, R.I., 02906
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ASG is an independant organization wholly part from OPEN, with whom we have a limited-scope partnership. The views and opinions shared by OPEN do not necessarily reflect the mission, vision, and values of ASG.
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