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Through an Opalescent Lens: John La Farge’s Stained Glass in Newport

July 24, 2025

This is a guest blog post by Rebecca Dawson, a rising senior studying American History and Cultural & Historic Preservation, Salve Regina University. Rebecca ...

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“Great Suffering for Lack of Fuel”: Hardship on the Home Front in the Winter of 1917-1918

July 17, 2025

This is a guest blog post by Evelyn Daigneault, a rising senior studying history and English at Brown University. Evelyn is a 2025 Buchanan ...

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Black Newporters in the Archives: The Family Photographs of Florence Jackson Jenkins

July 9, 2025

This is a guest blog post by Eliza Anderson, a recent graduate of Fordham University, where she earned a B.A. in History and French ...

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“To my friend Mary Appleton”: Queer Potential in the Records

July 2, 2025

This is a guest blog post by Erika Herman, a recent graduate of New York University, where she earned a master’s degree in museum ...

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“Let the Dead Rest”: The Tumultuous History of the Arnold Burying Ground

June 24, 2025

This is a guest blog post by Rebecca Dawson, a rising senior studying American History and Cultural & Historic Preservation, Salve Regina University. Rebecca ...

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“A Sewer for the Filth, Foulness and Dirt”: Newport Confronts the Ku Klux Klan

June 20, 2025

This is a guest blog post by Evelyn Daigneault, a rising senior studying history and English at Brown University. Evelyn is a 2025 Buchanan ...

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