Tag: Little Compton Historical Society
R.I. Foundation awards $350K in grants to 48 Newport County organizations
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Foundation announced Monday that it has distributed more than $350,000 in grants to 48 Newport County-based nonprofit organizations through...
2 R.I. organizations receive American Association of State and Local History...
PROVIDENCE – The Lippitt House Museum and the Little Compton Historical Society each received a 2019 Leadership in History Award of Excellence from the...
Rhode Island Council for the Humanities announces $136K in grants
PROVIDENCE - Fourteen local organizations will share $136,429 in new Rhode Island Council for the Humanities grants, ranging in size from $12,000 to $5,000,...
Little Compton Historical Society wins Innovation in Humanities award
MARJORY O’TOOLE, managing director of the Little Compton Historical Society, discusses its recent exhibit, “If Jane Should Want to Be Sold,” which won the...
Is it time for some of the nearly 200 local groups...
More than 190 Rhode Island-based historical and heritage organizations call the smallest state in the union home, according to a 2013 count by the...
Too much of a good thing in R.I. history
Rhode Island has more than 190 historical and heritage organizations, one for every 5½ square miles of land.
Why? Based on interviews with those engaged...
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