Tag Archives: Brown University
Object Thursday: Brunoniana
This week in Providence there is music in the air. That and tens of thousands of parents and alumni of Brown University, the first college established in the Colony of … Continue reading
Rhode Island Begins
In the beginning, there were Wampanoag and Narragansett people, among others. There were villages and crops, the ocean and the Bay. The Native Americans who lived in what is now … Continue reading
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 fire to his orations against the Fugitive Slave Law of … Continue reading
Chronicles of Brunonia
A fascinating collection of student-produced historical narratives (a number of them using materials from the Rhode Island Historical Society’s collections) are available at Brown University’s Chronicles of Brunonia website. The … Continue reading
