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Write Your Way to Hamilton Essay Contest Winners

 April 6, 2018

The Newport Historical Society’s essay contest, Big Ideas for a Changing World: Write Your Way to Hamilton, had a record number of entries this ...

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GoLocalProv Live! Interview with Ruth Taylor

 March 20, 2018

Ruth Taylor, Executive Director of the Newport Historical Society, was recently interviewed by Molly O’Brien on GoLocalProv Live! about Myth, Memory, History and Heritage, ...

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History needs a greater role in our schools

 April 17, 2015

By Ruth S. Taylor and C. Morgan Grefe Every day, we at the Rhode Island Historical Society and Newport Historical Society work to further ...

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History Bytes: Elizabeth Pabodie

 April 16, 2015

According to a monument in the Little Compton Commons Cemetery, Elizabeth Alden is believed to be the first white woman born in New England. ...

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History Bytes: Honora Pyne

 March 11, 2015

One of the oldest gravestones in St. Joseph’s Catholic churchyard on Barney Street was made for Honora Pyne (1765-1835), an Irish immigrant from Charleston, SC. ...

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Director’s Notes Spring 2015

 March 3, 2015

When historians engage in debate about the nature and importance of their work, does the public care? This year, historians are talking about whether ...

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