Professor R.W. Prisco

Selected Bibliography: Rhode Island History

Research Resources: Comp II for Liberal Arts (1985-2005)

African American Arts Bibliography

http://anacostia.si.edu/Resources.htm

Albee, Grace: An American Printmaker

http://www.nmwa.org/news/news.asp?newsid=36

American Art/ Nineteenth Century

http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks5.html

American Art Museum Research Databases (Smithsonian)

http://www.siris.si.edu/saam.htm

Click on http://www.americanart.si.edu/art_info/

America’s Cup Websites

http://www.americascup.com

American Diner Museum

http://www.americandinermuseum.org/

American Musical Theatre

http://library/csun.edu/jkrantz/theatre.html/

Websites – Broadway.com

Playbill On-Line

Stage Agent

New York Times Theatre section

American Quilts

http://anacostia.si.edu/

1. Click on Resources

2. Scroll down to Reading Lists

3. Click on Always There: The African American Presence in American Quilts

http://www.si.edu/resource/faq/nmah/always.htm

Archaeology: Cemetery Resources

http://www.rihphc.state.ri.us/archaeology/cemeteries.html

Archaeology: RI Native American Archaeology Bibliography

http://www.rihphc.state.ri.us/archaeology/bibliography.html

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Art

http://www.artstor.org

Architecture: Providence

http://www.providencearchitecture.org

Architecture: Rhode Island (also Timeline of American Architecture)

http://www.greatbuildings.com/places/ri.html

Art in Ruins

http://www.artinruins.com

Ask/ART.com

http://www.askart.com

Barker Playhouse

http://www.angelfire.com/ri2/theplayers/about.htm

Black Community of Rhode Island: Revolutionary War

http://www.providenceri.com/RI_BlackHeritage/

Click on the Rhode Island Black Regiment

Blithewold Mansion and Gardens

http://www.blithewold.org

Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor

http://www.nps.gov/blac/

Canvas Creations

http://www.canvascreations.com/

Chronology: Rhode Island Historical (1636-1799)

http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ri/state/richron.html

Cornell, Sarah Maria

Murder of Sarah Maria Cornell

http://www.swarthmore.edu/SocSci/bdorsey1/48syl.html#Heading5

http://www.brown.edu/Facilities/University_Library/exhibits/leaves/koop

Crescent Park Carousel

http://www.crescentparkcarousel.com

Diocese of Providence: A History

http://www.dioceseofprovidence.org/

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Dorr, Thomas Wilson

http://www.factmonster.com/re6/people/A0815916.html

Federal Hill House Association

http://www.federalhillhouse.org/

Click on Links then on History

Folklore of Rhode Island

http://www.quahog.org/factsfolklore/index.php?id=82

Gallery Night Providence

http://www.gallerynight.info/

Greene, Major General Nathanael

http://members.aol.com/JonMathbie/NatGreene.html

Click on Resources

Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology, Brown University

http://www.brown.edu/Facilities/Haffenreffer/

Harvard University Art Museums

http://www.artmuseums.harvard.edu

Harvard University: Radcliffee for Advanced Study: Schlesinger Library

http://www.radcliffe.edu/schles/

Herreshoff Marine and America’s Cup Museum

http://www.herreshoff.org

Historical Attractions of RI: Very Extensive List

http://www.visitrhodeisland.com/attractions/index.aspx

Historical Societies of RI: A List – Very Extensive

http://www.rootsweb.com/~rigenweb/soclist.html

Hunter House

http://www.newportmansions.org/page3551.cfm

Hutchinson, Ann

http://www.annehutchinson.com Then click on the following:

a. The Trial

b. Biography

c. The Creed

d. Bibliography

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Images and Brief History of Providence

http://www.domesticdiva.org Then click on any one of the following:

a. History of Providence

b. Pictures of Providence

c. Providence Photo Collection

Images of Rhode Island

http://www.provlib.org/ Then click on the following:

a. Electronic Resources

b. Electronic Resources from home

c. Images of Rhode Island

d. The Providence Public Library RI Image Collection

e. Other RI Local History Image Collection

Jewelry: History and Photographs

http://www.domesticdiva.org Next scroll through essay, “Three and One Half Centuries at a Glance.” Then click on Useful Links. From there, click on Community Links and go to Jewelry District. Finally click on District

Jews in Rhode Island: A Brief Timeline

http://www.rootsweb.com/~rigenweb/history.html

Jones, Sissieretta: A Biography

http://www.lkwdpi.org/wihohio/Jones-sts

King Phillip’s War

http://riroads.com/ri/king_phillips_war.html

http://www.militaryhistoryonline.com/ Then click on: King Phillip’s War

http://www.bio.umass.edu/biology/conn.river/philip.html

Note bibliography at end of essay, “King Phillip’s War”

Labor History/RI

The Rhode Island Labor History Society

http://www.rilhs.org/

The Library: A Catalog (Excellent Bibliography on RI Topics)

http://www.smithcastle.org/collections/text/library.htm

Library of Congress: American Memory

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/

Linden Place

http://www.lindenplace.org

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Literature

a. Bienes Center for the Literary Arts

http://www.broward.org/library/ click on Online Resources

b. Thomas, Jonathan

“Fear and Laughing in Rhode Island: A History of Providence Literature.” Providence Arts and Culture

http://www.providenceri.com/as220/lithist.html

c. RI Literary Sources: Susan Huelteman

http://www.ncteamericancollection.org/litmap/ri_lit_sources.htm

d. Romance Novels by Brown & Rhode Island Authors

digital projects @brownuniversitylibrary

http://128.148.7.229:591/romance/about.html

Lovecraft

The H.P. Lovecraft Archive

www.hplovecraft.com/

Very good Click on Internet Resources

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._P._Lovecraft

Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center – Libraries and Archives

Bibliographies and Finding Aids

http://www.pequotmuseum.org/Home/LibrariesArchives/

Click on the Following:

a. Research Library

b. Archives

c. Special Collections

d. Children’s Library

Museum of Work and Culture

http://www.rihs.org

Click on Museums and Scroll down to Museum of Work and Culture

National Register: Rhode Island Properties: Very Extensive

http://www.rihphc.state.ri.us/national/list.html

The Navy and Rhode Island: A History

http://www.nuwc.navy.mil/hq/

Click on History

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Newport Historical Society

http://www.newporthistorical.com/

New England Quilt Museum

http://www.nequiltmuseum.org

Newport Notables

http://www.redwoodlibrary.org/notables/howe_bib.htm

Official State Links:

1. RI Government http://www.ri.gov/
2. OLIS Library: RI Office of Library and Information Service

http://www.lri.ri.gov/services/olislib.php

3. The Rhode Island Historical Society

http://www.rihs.org

4. The Heritage Harbor Museum

http://www.heritageharbor.org/AboutHHM/index.html

5. The Museum of Natural History and Planetarium

http://www.osfn.org/museum

6. The Rhode Island State Archives and Public Records

http://www.state.ri.us/archives/

7. Parks and Recreation: State of Rhode Island Environmental Management

http://www.riparks.com/

8. Rhode Island’s Official State Tourism Website

http://www.visitrhodeisland.com/

Old Stone Mill

http://www.redwood1747.org/tower/millmenu.htm

Providence Art Club

http://www.providenceartclub.org/

Providence Athenaeum

http://www.providenceathenaeum.org/

Click on About and then click on History.

Providence City Hall: History and Photographs

http://www.domesticdiva.org Click on history and scroll down to end of section, then click on history and facts. The following will be found:

a. Providence Postcard Collection

b. Tour of Providence City Hall

c. Brief History

d. Providence History Online

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Providence Photo Collection

http://www.providenceri.com/ArtCultureTourism/

Scroll down to Photo Collections

Providence Public Library

http://www.provlib.org

Providence, Rhode Island

http://www.providenceri.com/

Click on History and facts

Click on Useful links

Click on Community Resources

Providence Sculpture

http://www.providenceri.com/arts/sculptures.html

Redwood Library and Athenaeum

http://www.redwood1747.org/

Click on Related Links

Rhode Island and the American Revolution

http://www.u-s-history.com/

Click on Eras then Revolutionary America

Rhode Island: Extensive Sites

http://www.rootsweb.com

Click on State Resources

Rhode Island Historic Sites Open to the Public

http://www.rihphc.state.ri.us/resources/historic_sites.html

Rhode Island Historical Society

http://www.rihs.org/

Rhode Island History at Questia Online

http://www.questia.com/library/history/united-states-history/states-and-cities/rhode-island-history.jsp-35k

Rhode Island Literary Sources. Susan Huelteman

http://www.ncteamericancollection.org/litmap/ri_lit_sources.htm

Rhode Island School of Design

http://www.risd.edu/museum.cfm

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Sentinelle Affair/Quebec Nationalism

http://www2.marianopolis.edu/quebecthistory/events/sentinel.htm

Slater Mill

http://www.slatermill.org/index/index.html

Slavery in Rhode Island

http://www.slavenorth.com/rhodeisland.htm

Sprague Mansion

http://www.cranstonhistoricalsociety.org/mansion.html

Sprague Mansion: A Murder at

http://riroads.com/members/sprague.htm

Stadium Theatre Performing Arts Center

http://www.stadiumtheatre.com/

Swann Point

http://www.brown.edu/courses/ACO125/11-2.htm

Click on Resources, Extensive Bibliography

Click on Material Culture, Additional Bibliography

Click on Links, Helpful Information

Symbols of Rhode Island

http://www.visitrhodeisland.com/facts_history/statesymbols.aspx

Theatre Books in Print (Amazon.com)

http://www.vl-theatre.com/a.html

Theatre: Guide to Selected Resources

http://wally.rit.edu/pubs/guides/theatre.html

Touro Synagogue (History, Washington Letter, Photo Gallery)

http://www.tourosynagogue.org/SiteMap.php

Townsend-Goddard Furniture Makers of Newport

http://www.igavel.com/iart/?itemid=31

www.metmuseum.org

Click on More Special Exhibitions

Scroll down to John Townsend: Newport Cabinetmaker

Treasures of Rhode Island

http://www.quahog.org/factsfolklore/index.php?id=68

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University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries Women’s History Resources

http://www.library.wisc.edu/libraries/WomensStudies/

Virtual Library: Museums in the USA

http://www.museumca.org/usa/

Waterfire Providence

http://www.waterfire.org/index.html

http://www.pps.org/topics/programs/program_features/waterfire

Roger Williams

http://www.rogerwilliams.org/

Click on Biography

A Woman’s Role in the Slave Trade – in film

Traces of the Trade

http://www.tracesofthetrade.org

Woonsocket/Books Images of America: Rhode Island and Other Topics

http://www.payday-cash.net/all-about-woonsocket.php

WPA Life Histories From Rhode Island

http://www.cyndislist.com/ri.htm#people

Click on WPA Life Histories

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