Here we will list specific materials extracted from the surfaces (fabric) of Rhode Island Hall. These specific materialities will include: bits of stucco, carpet, wall, brass hinges, Wood from doors, paint layers from walls, etc.

Proposed list of materialities to be removed from the building and archived:

Basement

Tile from basement corridor
000 label

First Floor

Stucco samples from stucco testing in February
Old room number 118 on lintel
Newer 118
Unidentified brass fitting
Old light switch
Energy saving bulb in old fixture

Second Floor

Damaged bannister railing
Rubber doorstop for door opposite 201
Lock from door to the attic space
Light from above double doors to second floor corridor
Chalk board eraser from 201

Attics/Hidden Spaces

Insulation foam
Sample of the attic wall
Slate sample from under steps to attic
Plaster sample from under steps to attic]
Wood sample from under steps to attic
Interior lintel form attic space -'Turn Light Out'

Here is an update on the recovered material culture from RI Hall from August 2008 onwards The project is being officially continued in Whit Schroder's wiki, The Transformation of Rhode Island Hall, but the proposals for the removal of material culture made in Spring 2008 should be followed up on here.