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Notes on collections at the RIHS
The Great Swamp Massacre, a Conversation with James A. Warren
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 with James A. Warren
Tearing Down the Walls…Carefully
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 Walls…Carefully
Summer Memories
Did you ever spend sweet gleeful hours in the House of Horror, the Penny Arcade, and the Palladium? For many … Continue reading Summer Memories