Past Issues: RHODI Newsletters
Click the links below to browse our archive of RHODI Newsletters from Spring 2019-Winter 2020. Spring 2019 Newsletter Summer 2019 … Continue reading Past Issues: RHODI Newsletters
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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
Organization Spotlight: Blackstone Valley Tourism Council
Blackstone Valley Tourism Council By: Patti McAlpine, Marketing Associate and Dr. Robert Billington, President From Fall 2020 The Blackstone Valley … Continue reading Organization Spotlight: Blackstone Valley Tourism Council
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
Organization Spotlight: What Cheer Writers Club
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 Writers Club
Mystery Case
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
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
Slate Rock, The Landing Place of Roger Williams
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
Fruit Hill Detecting Society vs. Horse and Carriage Thieves
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
The Great September Gale of 1815
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