New Beginnings: 188th Annual Meeting of the Rhode Island Historical Society

On Wednesday, November 4, 2009, the Rhode Island Historical Society will hold its 188th Annual Meeting to renew the past year and celebrate our progress and achievements, looking to our new beginnings for the future! This year, we are delighted to have highly successful and noted historian, Dr. Maury Klein as our keynote speaker. Join us to hear his fascinating discussion entitled “1929 and 2008: Similarities and Differences.” Maury Klein is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Rhode Island. He is the author of fifteen books and numerous articles in scholarly journals and magazines. A reception will immediately follow the conclusion of the business meeting and speaking program.



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Sunday, November 1 – Sunday, February 14, 2010

Gallery Exhibit

Museum of Work & Culture

42 South Main Street, Woonsocket

For more information: Ray Bacon

(401) 769-9675 or rbacon@rihs.org



Rhode Island in the Time of Lincoln

The RIHS will continue celebrating the bicentennial of President Abraham Lincoln’s birth with an exhibit that takes a look at life in Rhode Island during the 1860s. Though Lincoln made only two stops in RI, they were widely attended and remembered. But what did the RI that Lincoln visited look like? Come see the exhibit and learn of the people, places, and attitudes of the times. Sponsored by the RI Foundation and the RI Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission.



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Saturday, November 7

10:00 a.m. -12:30 p.m.

Rhode Island Historical Society Library

121 Hope Street, Providence

To Register: (401) 273-8107 x12



Caring for Your Family Papers

Many of the Historical Society’s most important collections would not exist today if someone in the past had not taken the time to organize and preserve them. Your own family records are important too, and you can take steps to ensure that your family’s papers last well into the future. Join us for the first session of a two-part series in which you will learn techniques to care for your family records. Library staff will discuss options for arranging and storing documents. The second session, which will take place during the spring, will focus on caring for books. The fee is $30 for RIHS members, $35 for non-members. The cost of registration includes an archiving starter kit with sample archival materials. Please register in advance by calling 273-8107 x12. Space is limited to 20 participants.



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Thursday, November 12, 6:30 p.m.

Rhode Island Historical Society Library

121 Hope Street, Providence

Free Admission, To R.S.V.P: Lee Teverow

(401) 273-8107 x10 or lteverow@rihs.org



Wolves and Oysters: Historical Societies in the Early United States

Between the American Revolution and the Civil War, historical societies created a tradition of historic preservation in the United States. Among the first in action and one of the most pro-active of the state historical societies, the RIHS worked to preserve Rhode Island's storied past, from Roger Williams to the taking of the Gaspee, inside and outside of the state... and across the Atlantic Ocean. Alea Henle has worked in legal and academic libraries from the District of Columbia to Colorado and is completing a doctorate in history at the University of Connecticut. As a recipient of a New England Regional Fellowship Consortium award, she spent much time at the RIHS Library pursuing research on her dissertation, “Preserving the Past, Making History: Historical Societies, Editors and Collectors in the Early Republic.”



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Thursday, November 19, 6:30 p.m.

Gallery Night

John Brown House Museum

52 Power Street, Providence

Free Admission, To R.S.V.P.: Dalila Goulart

(401) 331-8575 x45 or programs@rihs.org



If These Walls Could Talk…. RI Reds Hockey: Its Past and Present

The Rhode Island Reds haven’t played a hockey game in 32 years, but there’s still a group of fans cheering for them: the Rhode Island Reds Heritage Society. Join us in welcoming Buster Clegg, a former Reds general manager and the group’s current president, to share the team’s history and the growth of its Heritage Society today.