A Lively Experiment

Notes on collections and events at the RIHS

Newspapers Conquer America!

Ever dreamed you could visualize the growth of the Newspaper Trade across the country? Well our day has come. This video is based on data from the Library of Congress … Continue reading

16 September 2011 · Leave a Comment

ON THE SECOND DAY AFTER IRENE — ALL IS WELL (AND DRY) IN THE RIHS LIBRARY

As we enter Hurricane Season in Providence we count ourselves lucky to have seen Hurricane  IRENE pass by without causing much more damage other than trees down and power outages.  … Continue reading

30 August 2011 · Leave a Comment

The Nukelace

From the 29 September 1961 Pawtucket Times:

24 January 2011 · Leave a Comment

Nineteenth-Century Twitter

Cultural critics have gone back and forth about the effect that technologies like text messaging or Twitter are having on the future of communication, asking, for instance, whether Twitter’s 140-character … Continue reading

21 May 2009 · 1 Comment

Stanton Beldon’s 1862 Diary on Twitter!

  • Weather continues dry- visited Prov. this P.M. Frank and Annie here on a visit. 23 hours ago
  • I have finished my planting to-day. Frank and Annie here on a visit. The weather is very dry- vegetation beginning to suffer. 1 day ago
  • Weather very warm and dry. Still engaged in planting. McClelland is still marching on to Richmond. 2 days ago

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