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"Printed Collection"

Mar 18, 2016
  • Alcohol
  • Printed Collection
  • Temperance

Tools of the Temperance Movement

Oh the stories we can tell after a night of fun and celebration! Sometimes those stories turn into warnings for … Continue reading Tools of the Temperance Movement

Nov 28, 2013
  • 18th century
  • Broadsides
  • Colonial Rhode Island
  • Faith & Freedom
  • French & Indian War
  • Peace of Paris
  • Printed Collection
  • Printing History
  • rhode island
  • Treaty of Paris 1763

"to render Sincere THANKS"

Three hundred and fifty years ago, Great Britain, France and Spain concluded a world war with a Treaty signed on … Continue reading "to render Sincere THANKS"

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

May 23, 2012
  • Gregory Dexter
  • Printed Collection
  • Printing History
  • Roger Williams

RIHS Ink: Why So Old

While most of the Society’s library materials start with 1636, the date of the founding of the Providence, the Printed … Continue reading RIHS Ink: Why So Old

Oct 28, 2011
  • anthems
  • Bernard J. Tiemann
  • Music
  • Printed Collection
  • songs

Song of Rhode Island

Picture a lonely night in Omaha. Maybe it’s raining. And the heart of one soul longs for…..Rhode Island! This little … Continue reading Song of Rhode Island

Mar 29, 2011
  • Abolitionists
  • brown university
  • Fugitive Slave Law of 1850
  • Horace Mann
  • Printed Collection
  • Slavery in America

Who’s the Mann?

People are most familiar with Horace Mann (1796-1859) for his dedicated work for public education. But he applied the same … Continue reading Who’s the Mann?

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