This interview with Rhode Island author James A. Warren was conducted over email in December 2020, anticipating the 345th anniversary … Continue reading The Great Swamp Massacre, a Conversation...
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Blackstone Valley Tourism Council By: Patti McAlpine, Marketing Associate and Dr. Robert Billington, President From Fall 2020 The Blackstone Valley … Continue reading Organization Spotlight: Bl...
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Nowadays conversations about wallpaper are normally about computer desktops. For hundreds of years, however, honest-to-goodness paper wallpaper was a highly … Continue reading Tearing Down the ...
Did you ever spend sweet gleeful hours in the House of Horror, the Penny Arcade, and the Palladium? For many … Continue reading Summer Memories
What Cheer Writers Club By: Jodie Vinson, Program Manager From Summer, 2020 What Cheer Writers Club supports Rhode Island’s creators … Continue reading Organization Spotlight: What Cheer Writ...
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In the basement of the John Brown House, in a white-tiled storage room, in an archival box of men’s personal … Continue reading Mystery Case
In Memoriam: Paul R. Campbell 1948-2020 The Rhode Island Historical Society joins the Rhode Island research community to mourn the … Continue reading In Memoriam: Paul R. Campbell
Although it is now largely forgotten, Rhode Islanders of the nineteenth century considered Slate Rock to be one of … Continue reading Slate Rock, The Landing Place of Roger Williams
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While reading through a 1916 guide to the RIHS’ old Cabinet building, I came upon an item which piqued my … Continue reading Fruit Hill Detecting Society vs. Horse and Carriage Thieves
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The Great September Gale of 1815 by John Russell Bartlett (Rhix5262) Recently, we have been reminded of our own … Continue reading The Great September Gale of 1815