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The Society has the largest and most important historical Rhode Island collection within its main library and two museums. The Society's collections include some 25,000 objects, 5,000 manuscripts, 100,000 books and printed items, 400,000 photographs and maps, and 9 million feet of motion-picture film.
president of the Rhode Island Equal Suffrage Association [50] Mary Emma Woolley (1863–1947) 2007 one of America's youngest college presidents [51] M. Therese Antone: 2006 President of Salve Regina University [52] Nancy Gewirtz (1945–2004) 2006 Co-founder of The Poverty Institute and the Rhode Island Campaign to Eliminate Childhood Poverty ...
This article provide a List of National Historic Landmarks in Rhode Island. ... to the Rhode Island Historical Society. 2: ... post established by Roger Williams. 12:
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in an online map.
The early Rhode Island inhabitants named in the Rhode Island Royal Charter, dated July 8, 1663 and signed with the royal seal by King Charles II; this charter was the basis for Rhode Island's government for nearly two centuries: [38] Author: John Clarke; Governor: Benedict Arnold; Deputy Governor: William Brenton; Assistants: William Baulston ...
A 5-foot-tall stone pillar marks the trailhead at the Rhode Island/Connecticut border. To mark the 20th anniversary of the little border dispute, The Providence Journal is looking at how Rhode ...
Rhode Island Historical Society; T. Template:New England historical societies This page was last edited on 11 October 2023, at 20:58 (UTC). Text is available under ...
Rhode Island Historical Society, Call# Map 1393-1394, 1872-1873. [ citation needed ] In A Walking Tour of Buttonwoods Beach, written by Robert O. Jones of the Rhode Island Historical Preservation and Heritage Commission, he reports that the “shore bordering the Greene Farms at Nassauket (actually Baker’s Creek) became a popular destination ...