Tag Archives: maps
Tale of Two Books
When is the same book not the same book? One of my greatest joys at the Library has been cataloging the unparalleled Rhode Island Imprint Collection of books printed in … Continue reading
New Policy! Cameras allowed starting July 1 at the RIHS Library!
Credit: BigTallGuy, from Flickr New Policy! Cameras allowed starting July 1 at the RIHS Library! The Rhode Island Historical Society has in its mission a kind of paradox. Our responsibilities … Continue reading
Providence Vaudeville
“Spring of ’17“, an online resource created by Micah Salkind, recreates the topography of Providence theaters in the early twentieth century. The site offers six walking tours (use the historic … Continue reading
Grog O’ Clock (Martin Page, part I)
Faced with a diary or a memoir or a collection of someone’s correspondence, it’s a natural impulse to try to recreate an image of what that person might have been … Continue reading
