Tag: Providence Athenaeum
Ghadessi named Wheaton College’s new provost
NORTON – Touba Ghadessi, an art history professor at Wheaton College who has been the college’s interim provost for the past year, has been...
U.S. District Court in Providence paring back amid coronavirus; other closings,...
PROVIDENCE – The U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island on Friday announced steps to mitigate spread of the coronavirus, including closing...
Editor’s Choice: Poe and the athenaeum
EDITOR’S CHOICE
Poe and the athenaeum THE PROVIDENCE ATHENAEUM will host a fundraiser, titled “A Midnight Dreary.” The event, themed around Edgar Allen Poe...
There’s a cost to preserving history. Is R.I. willing to pay...
Rhode Island’s state archives, which include pre-1650 artifacts, have sat in nondescript commercial office space in a Providence flood zone, lacking proper preservation technology,...
Providence Athenaeum announces gift, fountain use prior to annual meeting
PROVIDENCE - The Providence Atheanaeum has much to celebrate at its 2018 annual meeting, which will be held Friday.
In a statement made Monday, the...
Athenæum receives $346.8K to replace roofs
PROVIDENCE - The Providence Athenæum has received $346,782 to replace its roofs, the nonprofit, member-supported library announced Thursday.
The Athenæum received $224,820 from the Champlin...
Providence Athenaeum announces spring 2018 schedule
PROVIDENCE – The spring 2018 Providence Athenaeum schedule includes lectures by The New York Times best-selling author Anita Shreve and Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Gordon...
Providence Athenaeum receives $50K planning grant
PROVIDENCE – The National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded the Providence Athenaeum a planning grant totaling $50,000 to assess and preserve its historical...
Providence Athenaeum logs record year
PROVIDENCE - The Providence Athenaeum has reported its performance this past fiscal year included record breaking fundraising, membership and visitors.
Contributions to the library’s annual...
R.I. Foundation awards $16K to promote access to historical records
PROVIDENCE - The Rhode Island Foundation awarded nine grants, over $16,000, to nonprofits to promote public access to historical records, the R.I. Foundation announced...
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