Faith and Freedom Friday: Workers' Association for Guaranteed Employment (WAGE)
Mark Toney, a Vallejo, California native, came in 1978 to study at Brown University and became active in the peace … Continue reading Faith and Freedom Friday: Workers' Association for Guaranteed Employment (WAGE)
Object Thursdays: Preservation Matters
This week, April 21st through the 27th, is the American Library Association’s National Preservation Week. In the lobby of the … Continue reading Object Thursdays: Preservation Matters
Faith & Freedom Friday: Sweet Sampler
Once upon a time on Benefit Street stood a church that looked like this. The First Congregational Church, now the … Continue reading Faith & Freedom Friday: Sweet Sampler
Faith & Freedom Friday: Pew Rental
These two prayer benches (or kneeling benches) belonged to John Snow of Providence, where he used them in the Second … Continue reading Faith & Freedom Friday: Pew Rental
Object Thursday: Not at Bunker Hill– A British Officer’s Cap
Every object tells a story, and sometimes more than one. In the RIHS Museum collection, we have a very beautiful … Continue reading Object Thursday: Not at Bunker Hill– A British Officer’s Cap
Faith & Freedom Friday:A Petticoated Dorrite
In a time when women were rarely published and could not vote, Catherine Read Williams was a self-supporting author and … Continue reading Faith & Freedom Friday:A Petticoated Dorrite
Object Thursday: Reading the Unreadable – 2 inch Quad Videotape in the Stacks
In our column, Object Thursday, we highlight many of the cool collection items that we care for and make accessible … Continue reading Object Thursday: Reading the Unreadable – 2 inch Quad Videotape in the Stacks