History Bytes: Politicizing the Personal in Revolutionary Newport

August 7, 2023

This is a guest blog post by Sam Dinnie (they/them), a PhD student in early American history at The George Washington University. Sam is ...

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History Bytes: Reading between the Lines for Obour Tanner

July 28, 2023

This is a guest blog post by Amelia Yeager (she/her), a first year Master’s student in public history at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, ...

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Solidarity with the South: Newport NAACP’s Boycotts in 1960

July 21, 2023

This is a guest blog post by Lindsey Smith (she/her), a recent graduate of Salve Regina University with a BA in history (concentration in ...

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Freedom of the (Printing) Press: Reading Between the Lines of the Loyalist-Patriot Divide

July 11, 2023

This is a guest blog post by Sam Dinnie (they/them), a PhD student in early American history at The George Washington University. Sam is ...

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History Bytes: Phillis Wheatley’s Newport Mercury Connection

July 3, 2023

This is a guest blog post by Amelia Yeager (she/her), a first year Master’s student in public history at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, ...

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History Bytes: Katherine Prescott Wormeley

May 5, 2023

Katherine Prescott Wormeley (1830-1908) was a reformer, author and philanthropist who served as superintendent of the Lovell Civil War Hospital at Portsmouth Grove, RI, ...

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