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"cataloging"

May 14, 2015
  • Brig Attentive
  • cataloging
  • Correspondence
  • Cuba
  • Mauran Family
  • murder
  • Oroondates Mauran
  • pirates
  • shipping

Object Thursday: Pirates Off Cuba! 1829

Many Rhode Islanders’ letters and records document foreign lands and more particularly their waters. The Collections of the Rhode Island … Continue reading Object Thursday: Pirates Off Cuba! 1829

Aug 8, 2013
  • Benjamin R. Howland
  • biographies
  • biography
  • cataloging
  • James Manning
  • literary journals
  • miniatures
  • Printed Collection
  • providence
  • rhode island

Object Thursday: Rhode Island Literary Repository

As we digitize and expand the catalog records for the miniatures in the Society’s museum collection, we make connections to … Continue reading Object Thursday: Rhode Island Literary Repository

Jul 18, 2013
  • audiovisual preservation reformatting
  • cataloging
  • news film
  • wjar
  • WPRI
  • wsbe
  • wtev

Object Thursday – A Box Full of Donuts

Well, these are not exactly the kind of sweet and delicious donuts that you pickup at your local coffee shop. … Continue reading Object Thursday – A Box Full of Donuts

Apr 11, 2013
  • accessions
  • American Revolutionary War
  • British Army
  • cataloging
  • Colonial Rhode Island
  • costume
  • curation
  • Grenadiers
  • military history
  • research
  • rhode island
  • uniforms

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

Feb 17, 2010
  • American Revolutionary War
  • Broadsides
  • cataloging
  • early printing
  • ephemera

Talk of the Town, 18th Century-Style

Thanks to the generous support from the following organizations: Rhode Island Society of the Sons of the Revolution Rhode Island … Continue reading Talk of the Town, 18th Century-Style

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