From the summer of 1972 to the fall of 1973, Matthew Smith, then Archivist of Providence College, conducted a number of recorded interviews with Fighting Bob Quinn (1884-1975), a prominent Rhode Island politician of the mid-twentieth century. Quinn, who after serving in all 3 branches of Rhode Island government, capped his twenty-five career in Rhode Island politics with tenure as Chief Judge of the United States Court of Military Appeals. The interview tapes, which were roughly transcribed, cover all phases of his public service in the political arena of Rhode Island
