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The Newport Folk Festival as a Reflection of the American Sixties

July 9, 2024

This is a guest blog post by Sarah Kraus, BA in History, Salve Regina University. Sarah is a 2024 John E. McGinty Fellow (Salve ...

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“That Awful Spectacle”: Masking the City-by-the-Sea’s Piratical Past

July 3, 2024

This is a guest blog post by Emily DeFazio, BA in History, minor in Italian and Digital Marketing, Notre Dame. Emily is a 2024 ...

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“Miss Cushman is a very dangerous young man”: The Meteoric Rise and Posthumous Erasure of a 19th Century Celebrity

June 24, 2024

This is a guest blog post by Bianca Scialabba, MA in History and Museum Studies at Tufts University. Bianca is a 2024 Buchanan Burnham ...

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History Bytes: Newport on Film

June 20, 2024

This is a guest blog post by Trinity Kendrick, MSc in Preservation Practices, Roger Williams University. Trinity is a 2024 Buchanan Burnham Fellow. Newport ...

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‘A Name, a Voice, a Life’: New exhibit centers the history and experiences of Black Newporters

June 6, 2024

By: Luis Hernandez, The Public’s Radio Through art and historical records, the exhibit showcases the stories of people of African descent who lived in Newport ...

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The Rhode Show: Newport Historical Society upcoming events

June 5, 2024

By: Audrey McClelland, WPRI 12 We’re thrilled to have the Executive Director of the Newport Historical Society, Becca Bertrand here to share about upcoming ...

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