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Mar 23, 2020

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

Dec 19, 2020
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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

Oct 27, 2020

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

Oct 16, 2020
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  • wallpaper

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

Oct 8, 2020
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  • rocky point
  • summer
  • warwick

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

Aug 7, 2020

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

Aug 6, 2020
  • calling cards
  • etiquette
  • Victorian traditions
  • visiting cards

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

Aug 4, 2020
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  • Paul R. Campbell
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  • Rhode Island Historical Society Library

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

Aug 3, 2020
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  • Narragansetts
  • providence
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  • Roger Wiliams

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

Jul 30, 2020
  • detectives
  • horses
  • justice

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

Jul 9, 2020
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  • Hurricanes
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  • India Point
  • John Russell Bartlett
  • maritime
  • Market Square
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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

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