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Trinity Rep was founded when a small group of Rhode Island citizens sought to create a professional resident theater company in Providence. Incorporated as "The Foundation for Repertory Theater of Rhode Island, Inc." on March 21, 1963, [6] the group hired Adrian Hall, a New York-based director originally from Texas.
Funded by the Colonial Office and organized by Peter Mott, the survey was carried out by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. [1] [2] The expedition was based at Deception Island and utilized the Oluf Sven, two Canso flying-boats, and several helicopters.
Oliver Chace (August 24, 1769 – May 21, 1852) was an American 18th and 19th-century businessman. He was the founder of several New England textile manufacturing companies in the early 19th century, including the Valley Falls Company, the original antecedent of Berkshire Hathaway, which as of 2019 is one of the largest and most valuable companies in the world.
Malcolm G. Chace IV, his siblings and their children allege that the late Kim Chace was unduly influenced to alter his will just days before his death. One of RI's richest families roiled by new ...
He moved to Central Falls, Rhode Island and engaged in cotton manufacturing; he was a member of the Rhode Island Senate in 1876-1877 and was elected as a Republican to the Forty-seventh and Forty-eighth Congresses and served from March 4, 1881, to January 26, 1885, when he resigned.
Chace played on various other hockey teams over a decade-long career, including the St. Nicholas Hockey Club in New York. [5] He was one of the financial backers of New York's St. Nicholas Rink. [5] In 1932, Chace rescued the Rhode Island Auditorium, then Providence's professional and amateur hockey arena, from foreclosure. [6]
Arnold was born November 10, 1845, in Cumberland, Rhode Island. [2] His paternal grandfather Oliver Chace was founder of the Valley Falls textile company, which later became Berkshire Hathaway . His parents Samuel Buffington Chace and Elizabeth Buffum Chace were Quakers and prominent anti-slavery activists. [ 3 ]
Oliver Chace's Thread Mill is an historic mill building at 505 Bay Street in Fall River, Massachusetts. It is the remains of a much larger complex. The small building was used as an office and later for storage. The building was constructed by Oliver Chace in 1840 as part of the adjacent Chace Thread Mill