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What’s Up Newport: Newport Historical Society launches new digital database to highlight Black and Indigenous history

February 8, 2024

  By: Ryan Belmore, What’s Up Newport The Newport Historical Society (NHS) is launching a new digital database that will make it easier for people to ...

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Newport Buzz: Newport Historical Society Launches Groundbreaking Project to Amplify Black and Indigenous Voices in Local History

February 8, 2024

  By: Christian Winthrop, Newport Buzz The Newport Historical Society (NHS) unveiled its latest initiative Thursday, “Voices from the NHS Archives,” marking a significant milestone ...

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Newport Daily News: Flood in Newport Historical Society’s basement damages archives. How they’re being saved

January 16, 2024

By: Savana Dunning, Newport Daily News Hanging from a clothing line stretched across two sets of ladders, dozens, if not hundreds, of film negatives from ...

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Boston Globe: Newport Historical Society staff races to save archive of old photographs damaged in storm-related flooding

January 11, 2024

    By: Brittany Bowker, Boston Globe A collection of more than 8,000 treasured historic photographs and negatives from the Newport Historical Society were damaged Wednesday ...

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WPRI 12: Flooding damages 8,000 photos at Newport Historical Society

January 10, 2024

  By: Kate Wilkinson, WPRI 12 NEWPORT, R.I. (WPRI) — Historians discovered three inches of flooding in the basement of the Newport Historical Society on Wednesday, after a ...

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NBC 10: Floods at Newport Historical Society damages thousands of historical photographs

January 10, 2024

NBC10 News Flood waters reaching the Newport Historical Society caused severe damage on Wednesday. Staff said about 8,000 photographs were covered in water. The ...

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