The new exhibit in the library show unusual envelopes in the JHS collection, ranging from late 19th century bills from Jamestown’s summer hotels that used drawings of the hotel as return addresses to fancy cancels in honor of Jamestown events.
At a talk at the Jamestown Library on July 24, Sue Maden and Rosemary Enright spoke about their new book The 1874 Diary of Providence Reform School Inmate No. 2067: Dr. William Lincoln Bates of Jamestown, RI which was published by the historical society.
The Jamestown Historical Society, working with the Newport Pell Bridge 50 th anniversary committee, has mounted two exhibits in the Jamestown Philomenian Library to celebrate the 50 th anniversary of the Newport-Pell Bridge.
Our Summer 2019 exhibit tells the story of Bates’ life and hospital.
2019 summer exhibit at the Jamestown Historical Society museum at 92 Narragansett Avenue, Dr. William Lincoln Bates & The Bates Sanitarium, opened on Friday, June 21, with an opening night party for society members.
The latest Members Only Tour of Prescott Farm on May 15, 2019 was Fantastic. Prescott Farm is a 40 acre 18th century farm preserved by The Newport Restoration Foundation established by Doris Duke.
The Members Only Tour of the exhibit John James Audubon: Obsession Untamed, at Rosecliff on April 4, 2019 was exceptional.
Rhode Island’s Revolutionary War history may not share the luster of nearby Massachusetts’, but the smallest colony was the site of one of the largest battles of the war.
Manuel Dutra Lewis (1873-1968) and his wife Clara Silveira Furtado (1886-1923) were born in Fayal, the Azores. They met in Jamestown and were married here in 1906.
The Vault Volunteers took a trip to the Redwood Library to see the Claggett Clocks one of which is the Carr Clock which is know for having been “stolen” and retrieved by a family member.
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The Jamestown
Historical Society
PO Box 156
Jamestown, RI
02835