Index of Articles from the EP Historical Society Gazette (1995-2024) and Olde News (1988-1994)
President’s Letter by Cheryl and Jeff Faria, Co-Presidents
John Hunt House Museum Open Houses
State Preservation Grant
Roger Williams Park Botanical Center Tour
“Big Picture” Board Meeting
David O’Connell presents $58,000 gift from Len Iannacone estate
In memory of Jean Kesner
John Hunt House Museum Clean Out
“Men on the Move: Walking Hunt’s and the Local Area” with John Kostrzewa and Ernie Germani (announcement)
Spring Exhibit: “Bits and Pieces”
The Concordance
Gardening Tips from Jeff Faria, URI Master Gardener
Community Garden Seed Sorting Session
President’s Letter by Cheryl and Jeff Faria, Co-Presidents
Union Primary Tour
Visit by Paine and Sabin Descendants
John Hunt House Museum
East Providence Cultural Center
Headstones and History Bus Tour
Pleasant Street Bridge
Union Primary Tour Recap
General Meeting: Tom Brun Presents – “Love” at the Indoor Court (announcement)
Gardening Tips from Jeff Faria, URI Master Gardener
Community Gardens and Garden Center Clean Up
President’s Letter by Cheryl and Jeff Faria, Co-Presidents
John Hunt House Museum
Painting the Education Center
Weaver Library’s Block Party
A Mill at Hunt’s Mills?
ON-SITE Tour of Union Primary School Property! (announcement)
Note from Dave Sisson, Union Primary architect
Member Meeting (announcement)
Father and Son Share a Love for Crescent Park
Photo of Ten Mile River overflowing at Agawam Ball Field
Gardening Tips from Jeff Faria, URI Master Gardener
President’s Letter by Cheryl and Jeff Faria, Co-Presidents
John Hunt House Museum
Member Meeting: Tour of the Union Primary School (announcement)
Community Gardens
Gardening Tips from Jeff Faria, URI Master Gardener
Arts in the Village Concert Series 21st Season Preview 2023-2024 (announcement)
All Gazettes and an index of articles are now available on our web site
Green Jacket Shoal
In memory of… Virginia Neves Gonsalves, Mona L. Breault
President’s Letter by Cheryl and Jeff Faria, Co-Presidents
Thank you to our Long-Time Volunteers
John Hunt House Museum
Seeding Give-Away to the Community Gardeners
The India Point Railroad Bridge is no more!
Slate of Candidates for June Election (announcement)
The 90th Anniversary of the CCC & Its Work in RI by Marty Podskoch (announcement)
Learn More about EP Veterans Who Have War Memorials contributed by Susan Cady
Pomham Tours (announcement)
The Enchanted Cottage
An Invitation from the Sowam’s Heritage Area Group (announcement)
Strawberry Moon Thanksgiving (announcement)
Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener
President’s Letter by Cheryl and Jeff Faria, Co-Presidents
John Hunt House Museum
Unveiling of the New Welcome Sign
Opening the Community Gardens
The Garden Center
Some More Scenes of the Unveiling Of The New Welcome Sign (photos)
Changing of the Guard: Our Gazette Gets New Leadership
Slate of Candidates for June Election (announcement)
Newman and Littleneck Cemetery Cleanup and Stone Restoration
Thoughts on the Barrington/Veterans’ Parkway by Nancy Moore
2nd Annual EPHS Student Art Show (announcement)
Historical Architectural Landscapes and the Wildlife that Surrounds Them (announcement)
The 90th Anniversary of the CCC & Its Work in RI by Marty Podskoch
Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener
President’s Letter by Cheryl and Jeff Faria, Co-Presidents
John Hunt House Museum
New Welcome Sign
Americana Corner Grant
State Preservation Grant
In Memory of Caroline Chick
Walking down Memory Lane by Reinhard Wohlgemuth
Rumford Center
The Star Diner Aka Keenan’s Diner – China Star – Star Diner – Persy’s Place
Star Diner Preservation Project reprinted from November 2009
Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener
President’s Letter by Cheryl and Jeff Faria, Co-Presidents
John Hunt House Museum
Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor Awards
State Preservation Grant
Strategic Plan
Sadly we lost our longtime member Lowell Anness
Preservation News
Union Primary
Green Jacket Shoal
The HDC Needs You!
RI Audubon Society continues to spotlight birding at Hunt’s Mills: Reserve your “spot” now!
Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener
President’s Letter by Cheryl and Jeff Faria, Co-Presidents
John Hunt House Museum
MET High School Visit
State Preservation Grant
Strategic Plan
Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener
Bruce Remick Visit
“A True Riverside Soap Opera!”, A Jeff Howe Presentation
“Finding Your Roots” at the EPHS Education Center
A Legacy Well Placed (Len Iannacone’s artwork disposition)
Newman Church Service/Sowams 17th Century Marker: A Blessed Event
President’s Letter by Cheryl and Jeff Faria, Co-Presidents
John Hunt House Museum
Len Iannacone Art sale
Legislative Grant
RI Rebounds Grant
URI Garden Foundation Grant
ART SALE! Spaces and Places in Rhode Island (ad)
Art Sale Update: “Spaces and Places” – the Works of Len Iannacone
Bird Walk at Hunts Mills Park
Barrington Parkway Update
Some Art Sale Glimpses … (photos)
Presentations Are Back! (Jeffrey Howe on a Riverside genealogical mystery)
“Headstones and History”: Weaver Library Cemetery Tours are Back!
“Finding Your Roots” at the EPHS Education Center
Which East Providence Neighborhood Do You Live in?
Newman, UCC to Dedicate and Bless a Historical Marker To Acknowledge the Land of the Pokanoket Native American Tribe
Ring of the Green and settlement in the 17th Century (poster)
Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener
President’s Letter by Cheryl and Jeff Faria, Co-Presidents
John Hunt House Museum
Community Gardens
Ken Rix Dedication
Heritage Gardens
ONCE IN A LIFETIME ART SALE: “Spaces and Places in RI”
ART SALE! Spaces and Places in Rhode Island (ad)
ART SALE! (in case you missed the first two full-page announcements)
Preservation News since June
A Call for Your Memories and Photos! The Rexall Drugstore: Corner of Centre and N. Broadway
Squantum Association Tour
Pomham Lighthouse
Looff Art Fest
Friends of Newman Cemetery
Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener
Bird Walk at Hunts Mills Park
The Pleasant St. Bridge May Be OUT but We Are IN (photo)
President’s Letter by Cheryl and Jeff Faria, Co-Presidents
John Hunt House Museum
Community Gardens
Heritage Gardens
The “Back Door” Trolley
Exhibit (EP High School art show)
One of the Reasons to Build The “Back Door” Trolley (newspaper article)
Coming Attractions: “Ding, Ding, Ding Goes the Trolley”
Rumford Junction Band
Sightseeing at Squantum!
Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener
Plant Giveaway
Ten Mile River Waltz (song lyrics)
President’s Letter by Cheryl and Jeff Faria, Co-Presidents
John Hunt House Museum
Pat Henry Award
Community Gardens
Seed Starters
Heritage Gardens
Home School Group
Historical Architectural Landscapes (EP High School art show announcement)
Barrington Parkway – Part 2
Excerpts from the Second Annual Report of the Metropolitan Park Commissioners
Map of Proposed Barrington Parkway Improvements
Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener
Preservation News
EP Council Resolution (part of Sowams)
President’s Letter by Cheryl and Jeff Faria, Co-Presidents
John Hunt House Museum
RICHARG Grant
Community Gardens
Heritage Gardens
“Happy 200th Birthday, Frederick Law Olmsted!” Barrington Parkway Designer
Frederick Law Olmsted’s Narrative of the Area
A few views along the new Barrington Parkway (photos)
Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener
President’s Letter by Cheryl and Jeff Faria, Co-Presidents
John Hunt House Museum
Champlin Grant
RICHARG Grant
New State Preservation Grant!
Home School Group
Community Gardens
Dr. Ken Rix
In Memory Of Dr. Kenneth Rix, Cornelia Sturgis
EPVME Wrap-up by Nancy Moore
Scenes from City Hall Display Honoring East Providence Veterans (photos)
Preservation Updates
Historic District Commission
Barrington Parkway
Phillipsdale/Oceanstate Steel
Fish Count Reminder
New Exhibit: “Ding, Ding, Ding Went the Trolley”
President’s Letter by Cheryl and Jeff Faria, Co-Presidents
John Hunt House Museum
Children’s Day at the Museum
New Grant for Museum Self-Guidance!
Hunts Mills Community Gardens
East Providence and Seekonk Library Tours
Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener
Little Neck Cemetery War Memorials by Gordon Hubbard
East Providence Honors Her Veterans (event announcements)
And the Winners Are!!!!!
1) Len Iannacone Legacy Fund
2) NPS Hartzog Award
3) Community Garden Certificate
4) Dave Kelleher Portrait
BRAVO! (to the Rumford Junction Band)
One Day Only (Ruth Major’s traveling library exhibit)
President’s Letter by Cheryl and Jeff Faria, Co-Presidents
John Hunt House Museum
Hunts Mills Community Gardens
Preservation Updates
ProJo: Walking RI
Case Cemetery
Phillipsdale Man Wins Coveted Preservation Award
Historic District Commission
3 Sisters Garden
Sowams Art Exhibit at Weaver
EP Veterans Memorial Expressway Re-dedication (event announcements)
Historic Public School Survey (report)
Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener
President’s Letter by Cheryl and Jeff Faria, Co-Presidents
John Hunt House Museum
Painting the Museum
The Len Iannacone Legacy Fund
Hunt’s Mills Community Gardens
In Memory Of Twyler Boyce, Elizabeth “Bonnie” Warren
EP Veterans Honor Roll
Warren Town Council Proclamation
Passages: Elizabeth “Bonnie” Warren
Jesse Albright Collection
Some Samples of His Trolley and Train Collection
Riding in Style
Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener
President’s Letter by Cheryl and Jeff Faria, Co-Presidents
John Hunt House Museum
Hunt’s Mills Community Gardens
Rumford Junction
Rhode Island, Living in Riverside: First 80 Years 1870-1950 by Bruce Remick
Slate of Officers
Not Hunt’s Mills, but … (photo)
!! ONE NIGHT ONLY !! Irene and Vernon Castle at Hunt’s Mills!
Docent Spotlight: Pat Henry
Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener
3 Sisters Garden: A Coordinated Effort
Len Iannacone Retrospective
President’s Letter by Cheryl and Jeff Faria, Co-Presidents
John Hunt House Museum
Hunt’s Mills Community Gardens Grand Opening!
“2nd Sunday” Spring Open House: May 9 (announcement)
Raymond R. Medeiros Seaman First Class, WWII, U. S. Navy by Valerie Medeiros in August 2020
The East Providence Military Service Honor Roll (project announcement)
Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener
Some Points of Interest … by Nancy Moore
The Friends of Pomham Light
Paul Bettencourt’s passing
Metacomet Update
Monroe Dairy opens The Sacred Cow
President’s Letter by Cheryl and Jeff Faria, Co-Presidents
John Hunt House Museum
The Great Rumford Bake-Off
Hunt’s Mills Community Gardens
Covid Redoux (announcement)
Happy Birthday, Nancy (Stevens)
Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener
Pomham Rocks Celebrates its 150th by Dennis Tardiff, Chairman
Pomham Anniversary Events
Follow the Lighthouse
Metacomet Demolition: The End of an Era in East Providence
Come Back to the Future: The 35th RIHPC Preservation Conference (announcement)
President’s Letter by Cheryl and Jeff Faria, Co-Presidents
The Great Rumford Bake-Off
In Memory Of Florence Adams, Rachel Agren, Gladys Panzarella, Elizabeth F. Socha
Florence Adams, 1930-2021
The Civilian Conservation Corps by Leo Caisse
A Young Man’s Adventure
Go West, Young Man
Cowboys and Mountain Lions
Preservation Updates
1. Pomham Rocks Lighthouse
2. Fallen war hero sign replacement
3. Odd Fellows Hall
4. Metacomet Golf Course
5. Great Blues return to their roosts
President’s Letter by Cheryl and Jeff Faria, Co-Presidents
John Hunt House Museum
Hunt’s Mills Community Gardens
Looff on Tour
Touchless a Truck Day
Len Iannacone
Gazette and Website
President’s Letter by Cheryl Faria, Co-President
John Hunt House Museum
Hunt’s Mills Community Gardens
“Touchless a Truck Day”
In Memory Of Leo Caisse
1st Lt Thomas J Tubman by Mary Lu Tubman McNulty
Fall Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener
President’s Letter by Cheryl Faria, Co-President
Len Iannacone
Hunt House Front Door
Hunt’s Mills Community Gardens
Silent Auction: A chance to own an Iannacone print!
Len Iannacone
Can Blue Herring be taught new tricks?
Ten Mile River
Ten Mile River Fish Ladders (map)
The Nick and Nancy DeShetler Rumford Collection
Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener
President’s Letter by Cheryl Faria, Co-President
John Hunt House Museum
Looff on Tour
The Great Rumford Bake Off (announcement)
Hunt House Front Door Damaged
Hunt’s Mills Community Gardens
In Memory Of Jean Henderson
Metacomet Country Club – A Brief History of the Area
Proposed Land Use after Re-zoning of the Metacomet Golf Course (chart)
Evolution of the Club House (photos)
Littleneck Cemetery – an Update
Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener
President’s Letter by Cheryl Faria, Co-President
John Hunt House Museum
The Great Rumford Bake Off (announcement)
A Day in the Life of a Child in 1751
June Picnic Postponed (announcement)
East Providence Community Gardening Project!
The Covid Story Project – 2020
Aunt Vic by Nancy Moore
Mother’s Day at the Hunt House
Also at Hunt’s Mills … (“quiet contemplation” and photos by Mark Fisher)
Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener
President’s Letter by Cheryl Faria, Co-President
John Hunt House Museum
The Great Rumford Bake Off – Saturday, May 16, 2020!! (announcement)
A Day in the Life of a Child in 1751
Volunteers-In-Parks Skills Workshop Series Fish Counting (announcement)
In Memory Of Clarissa Porter
Count Rumford to Sell Hunt House! Financing Available
November Open House Was a Rare Opportunity to See the Pump House
Something for Everyone at the December Open House
Always Popular Hay Ride
Thanks for the Help
Who says a visit to the museum is boring?
General Meeting (announcement)
“Your Chance to Volunteer in a National Park Setting!” by Suzanne Buchanan
East Providence High School Art Club (announcement)
The Curious Curator (Collection Harbor)
Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener
President’s Letter by Cheryl Faria, Co-President
Strategic Plan Update
A Day in the Life of a Child in 1751
Historic House Marker
Pump House Viewing on November 10!! (announcement)
Walker Descendant Visits
Hayride Sunday! (announcement)
Special Visitors to the Hunt House!
General Meeting (announcement)
“The Civilian Conservation Corps; A Guide to their Works in Rhode Island” by Leo Caisse
Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener
Public Meeting (announcement)
Roger Williams Revisited by US Park Ranger John McNiff
Thomas Willett/Viall Homestead
Another Wonderful Gift to EPHS
A 40 Year Mystery Solved! by Nancy Moore
Newsflash! 2019 RI Preservation Awards
Watchemoket Square Day (announcement)
Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener
President’s Letter by Cheryl Faria, Co-President
The Bake-Off / Family Fun Day / Ed Center Dedication
Memories of Wayside Furniture Company Inc. by Mike Fink
Thanks for the Help at the Family Fun Day
Public Meeting (announcement)
“A Lighthouse is Much More than a Beacon” by Jeremy D’Entrement
Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener
Conference Wrap-up by Nancy Moore
Old Fashioned Family Fun Day / The Great Rumford Bake Off (announcement)
President’s Letter by Nancy Moore, Co-President
General Meeting (announcement)
“East Providence’s Sabin Point: Its Importance in the History of Narragansett Bay” by Jeffrey Howe
Picnic (announcement)
Strategic Plan Six Month Report by Cheryl Faria, Co-President
We are Invited! (announcement)
Conference Visitors at the Library Tour (photos)
Slate of Candidates for Election (announcement)
President’s Letter by Nancy Moore, Co-President
April 2019 Conference Update
Old Fashioned Family Fun Day / The Great Rumford Bake Off (announcement)
America’s original Magic Kingdom by Daniel F. Harrington
In Memory Of V. Ruth Pierce
April Public Meeting (announcement)
Some More Scenes from Vanity Fair
Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener
Preservation, Recreation and Sport (announcement)
President’s Letter by Nancy Moore, Co-President
April 2019 Conference Update
A Neighborhood Gas Station by Bill McWeeney
Public Meeting (announcement)
Larry Oliver and Marc Paiva, Army Corps of Engineers
Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener
Preservation, Recreation and Sport (announcement)
President’s Notes by Nancy Moore, President
2019 Conference Update: October 21st – the Rhody Awards
Presidents’ Friendly Reminder
Kayak Photos
Public Meeting
“Shadowboxing the Apocalypse: The WW1 Correspondence of Dr. Theo Hascall, 103 Field artillery, 26th Yankee Division”, Author Shawn Pease
FALL “2nd SUNDAY” Open House (announcement)
Shadowboxing the Apocalypse – the WW1 Correspondence of Dr. Theo Hascall, 103rd F.A. 26th Yankee Division by Shawn Pease
Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener
Three-Year Strategic Plan!! by Cheryl Faria, Co-President
How You Can Get Involved
2nd Sunday Fall Open Houses (announcement)
The Great Gale of 1938 by Leo Caisse
Fall Open Houses
Sowams Lunch
Public Meeting (announcement)
“Crossing to Sowams”, Dr. David Weed of the Warren Preservation Society
“How the Rumford Company “barreled” its Baking Powder” by Reinhard Wohlgemuth
2019 Conference Update
Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener
Presidents’ Letter by Nancy Moore
Sowams Heritage Area to Be Launched on September 9th
Public Meeting (announcement)
“How the Rumford Company “barreled” its Baking Powder” with master cooper Tom Kelleher of Old Sturbridge Village (announcement)
APPLAUSE! APPLAUSE!
NEMA Publications Competition Award for “All Quiet on the Rappahannock Tonight”
Green Jacket Shoal Update
FREE – FREE – FREE Smithsonian Day
2nd Sunday Fall Open Houses (announcement)
Montesorri Field Day at Hunt’s (photos)
Annual Picnic and Election Vignettes (photos)
The Pear Tree by Andy Valerio
Easy Walks and Paddles in the Ten Mile River Watershed (advertisement)
Watchemoket Square Day (announcement)
“Crossing to Sowams”
Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener
Presidents’ Letter by Nancy Moore
Award Photos (Sandra Turgeon)
General Meeting (announcement)
“Welcome to the USS Rumford”: The Rumford Rifle Range by Leo Caisse (announcement)
Remembering Private First Class Eugene A. Fontes by Susan Cady
Picnic (announcement)
Election (announcement)
Issues for Discussion at Picnic
Museum Exhibit
“It’s Back! The Rumford Baking Powder Company Original Museum Collection”
“All Quiet on the Rappahannock Tonight: the Civil War Service of Lt. Peter Hunt
The Curious Curator
PayPal Button
John Hunt House Heritage Gardens
Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener
Presidents’ Letter by Nancy Moore
Thank you from Susan Cady for Andrews Brothers exit sign
Exhibit
“It’s Back! The Rumford Baking Powder Company Original Museum Collection”
“All Quiet on the Rappahannock Tonight: the Civil War Service of Lt. Peter Hunt
General Meeting (announcement)
“Made It” by Bernie Mulligan
2nd Sunday Spring Open Houses (announcement)
In Memory Of Bruce B. Chick, Frances M. Gross
The First Providence Airport in Seekonk by Leo Caisse
Green Jacket Shoal Update
Hat Trick for “All Quiet”?
Master Gardeners’ 2018 “Walks and Talks” (announcement)
Wine and Weeding 2018 Schedule
Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener
President’s Letter by Nancy Moore
Museum Exhibit
“All Quiet on the Rappahannock Tonight: the Civil War Service of Lt. Peter Hunt
“It’s Back! The Rumford Baking Powder Company Original Museum Collection”
Historical House Markers
2nd Sunday Spring Open Houses (announcement)
March 26 Meeting (announcement)
Tour of Building #11
Newman Church 375th Anniversary. (announcement)
Celebrating Rehoboth through Genealogy at Carpenter Museum (announcement poster)
Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener
President’s Letter by Nancy Moore
General Meeting (announcement)
“The Hunts of Hunt’s Mills Send a Son to War – 1861-1864” Part 3
Current Museum Exhibit
“All Quiet on the Rappahannock Tonight: the Civil War Service of Lt. Peter Hunt
Ed Center Update
2nd Sunday Fall Open Houses (announcement)
An Old World Christmas by Reinhard Wohlgemuth
Bank of America Volunteer Day
President’s Letter by Nancy Moore
Current Museum Exhibit
“All Quiet on the Rappahannock Tonight: the Civil War Service of Lt. Peter Hunt
WORK DAYS! WE NEED YOU! (announcement)
2nd Sunday Fall Open Houses (announcement)
Ed Center Update
Trading Places by Leo Caisse
Providence in the Time of Roger Williams (map)
General Meeting (announcement)
“The Hunts of Hunt’s Mills Send a Son to War – 1861-1864”
Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener
President’s Letter by Nancy Moore
4 part Cable TV series based in part on “All Quiet on the Rappahannock Tonight: the Civil War Letters of Lt. Peter Hunt”
Wonderful Special News about the Ed Center Heating System
Our New Ed Center Update
General Meeting (announcement)
“The Hunts of Hunt’s Mills Send a Son to War 1861-1864”
In Memory Of Joseph Andrews, Gustave (Gus) Mills
Smithsonian National “Free Museum” Day (announcement)
Exhibit: “All Quiet on the Rappahannock Tonight: the Civil War Letters of Peter Hunt”
7th Annual WSD (announcement)
2nd Sunday Fall Open Houses (announcement)
Looking at … Our Last Season … And Hoping You Didn’t Miss Anything (photos)
Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener
President’s Letter by Nancy Moore
Picnic (announcement)
Elinora St. Marker
2nd Sunday Summer Open Houses (announcement)
Exhibit: HUNT’S MILLS – A PHOTOGRAPHY RETROSPECTIVE – 1905-2016
In Memory Of Cecilia Beckett
Welcome Aboard the USS Rumford by Leo Caisse
Members Meeting (announcement)
Blackstone National Park, Head Ranger Kevin Klyberg
Plant of the Month by Jeff Faria, master gardener
Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener
President’s Letter by Nancy Moore
2nd Sunday Spring Open Houses (announcement)
Exhibit: Hunt’s Mills: A 100 Year Retrospective Through the Lens of a Camera
Master Gardeners “Walks & Talks”
Life in the 1930s of an A. P. Hoyt Grammar School Student Recalled by Joseph F. Andrews, Jr. to Susan Cady [2017]
Slate of Candidates for June Election (announcement)
Members Meetings (announcement)
Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener
President’s Letter by Nancy Moore
2nd Sunday Spring Open Houses (announcement)
Exhibit: Hunt’s Mills: A 100 Year Retrospective Through the Lens of a Camera
Members Meeting (announcement)
Birds of the Blackstone by Rosanne Sherry
Hikes at Hunts (announcement)
Atwater/Donnely Duo (announcement)
What Cheer Airport by Leo Caisse
Public Utilities Commission Hearings
Current Museum Exhibit: Hunt’s Mills – a Photography Retrospective 1905-2016
In Memory Of Sophie Frederick, Albert Lee
Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener
President’s letter by Nancy Moore, President
FALL “2nd SUNDAY” Open House (announcement)
Open House Exhibit: East Providence Early Fire Department: 1880-1930
November Members’ Meeting (announcement)
East Providence Fire Department
“Green Jacket Shoal: The Case for National Register Status” by David Robinson
Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener
President’s Notes by Nancy Moore
Early Days in the EP Volunteer/Paid Fire Dept 1880s-1930s
Watchemoket Square Day
“Keep Me Warm One Night” – a Fond Farewell (announcement)
David Kelleher Gets Honored by the City Council and EP Citizens (announcement)
Moments in Time by Andy Valerio
The Ragman (Part II)
In Honor of Dave Kelleher by Sarah Zurier (HPHC)
Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener
President’s Letter by Nancy Moore
Members Meeting (announcement)
In Memory Of Joan Hanlon
Moments in Time by Andy Valerio
The Ragman (Part I)
Quilt Show (announcement poster)
Smithsonian National “Free Museum” Day
“Keep Me Warm One Night” An Exhibit of Antique Quilts
2nd Sunday Fall Open Houses (announcement)
Early Days in the EP Volunteer/Paid Fire Dept
Plant of the Month by Jeff Faria, master gardener
Watchemoket Square Day (announcement)
President’s Letter by Nancy Moore
2nd SUNDAY SUMMER OPEN HOUSES (announcement)
“Keep Me Warm One Night” An Exhibit of Antique and New Quilts”
Rotors Over Rumford? Will this idea “fly?”
In Memory Of John W. McBride, Sr.
National Trails Day (announcement)
Picnic and Elections (announcement)
Slate of Candidates
Arts Festival at Hunt’s Mills (announcement)
Pump House Windows: We Need You!
The Curious Curator by Deb Omerod
May Public Meeting (announcement)
“Laff in the Dark”: The Spooky Spaces of Crescent Park
Remembering the VFW Post # 5385 and Veterans of East Providence, RI by Mary Mello and Susan Cady
Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener
“Keep Me Warm One Night” An Exhibit of Antique and New Quilts
Historic Homes Bus Tour “Ring of the Green” (announcement poster)
Historic Homes Bus Tour Ring of the Green
March General Meeting (announcement)
Quilting: the Art Which Never Fails to Warm our Hearts
April General Meeting (announcement)
Pomham Rocks Lighthouse “We Got the Grant – Now What?”
Education Center Coming to Life!!!
Education Center Update
EP Historical Society 2nd Sunday Spring Open Houses and Special Events (announcements)
More Quilts Currently on Display at the Hunt House Museum (photos)
Native Plant Highlight by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener
Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener
Ginny Berwick Keeping Room
Education Center Coming to Life!!!
In Memory Of Gwendolynne Johnston, Diana McLean, Daniel Wood
EP Historical Society Spring Open Houses and Special Events (announcements)
“Keep Me Warm One Night” An Exhibit of Antique and New Quilts at Hunt House
Financial Update by Dot Thornly, Treasurer
“Ring of the Green” Coach Bus Tours
March General Meeting (announcement)
Quilting: the Art Which Never Fails to Warm our Hearts
Native Plant Highlight by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener
Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener
President’s letter by Nancy Moore, President
Jesse Albright
FALL “2nd SUNDAY” Open House (announcement)
Open House Exhibit: Early School Days in East Providence
Education Center Challenge for You All!
Leadership RI Strengths Convention
In Memory Of Jesse H. Albright, Marilynn R. Brewer, Suzanne L. Dearnley
On the Road: Indianapolis and the Rumford/Hulman Companies by Nancy Moore
Rumford Collection Background by Todd Stockwell
The Curious Curator by Deb Omerod, Curator
Sea Grant Talk
November Members’ Meeting (announcement)
Inside a Postcard Souvenir Folder of Riverside
Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener
Weather Wreaks Havoc with Watchemoket Square Day
October Members’ Meeting (announcement)
What Lies Beneath?
WSD (Watchemoket Square Day) Thank Yous
RI SCF (State Cultural Facilities) Grant Update
A Challenge for You All!
In Memory Of Keith Costa, Mary McManus
November members’ Meeting (announcement)
Inside a Postcard Souvenir Folder of Riverside
Queries: Can You Help with Answers?
Schools of the Last Century
FALL “2nd SUNDAY” Open House (announcement)
Open House Exhibit: Early School Days in East Providence
Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener
Open House Exhibit: Early School Days in East Providence
September Members’ Meeting (announcement)
What Hung in the Hunt Family Closets?
October Members’ Meeting (announcement)
What Lies Beneath?
Congratulations!!
In Memory Of Donald A. Bowden, Robert F. Poyton, Ernest M. Socha
Fall 2nd Sundays (announcement)
National Smithsonian “Free Museum Day” (announcement)
Watchemoket Square Day (announcement)
On the Plate
Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener
Native Plant Highlight by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener
Memories of Walking in 1940s to Grove Ave. School by Marilyn (Sinclair) Lewis
“Tommy’s Wife” by Marion B. Horton from the 1912 Crimson
Summer Notes by Nancy Moore, President
Library, 1st Baptist Tour
PICNIC ALERT (announcement)
Nominating Committee Report
Proposed Slate of Officers
The Curious Curator
“2nd Sunday” Summer Open Houses (announcement)
Hunt House and Grounds Will Be Open Three More Days in June (announcement)
Fish Tale 2015
Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener
We Are Sorry … (photo correction)
Spring Notes by Nancy Moore, President
New Education Center
“2nd Sunday” Spring Open Houses (announcement)
Genealogy Workshops (announcement)
2015 Fish Story Update: A Herring of a Tale Part III
May Members Meeting (announcement)
April Members’ Meeting (announcement)
Church of the Epiphany Hall
Civil War Buff Alert! Exhibit at the RI State Archives
Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener
Native Plant Highlight by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener
Join the Master Gardeners This Spring (announcement)
Spring Notes by Nancy Moore, President
March Members’ Meeting (announcement)
Tracking Your Elusive Ancestors
Spring “2nd Sunday” Open House (announcement)
The Curious Curator by Deb Omerod, Curator
Visit the new EPHS web site at www.ephist.org
April Members’ Meeting
Tour of the Old Rumford Library and the 1st Baptist Church
May Members’ Meeting
Ed Serowik on OTHER amusement parks in East Providence
SPECIAL DELIVERY! Lions Club Ornament: Rumford Building 38!
Attention All EPHS Gardeners!
November Members’ Meeting (announcement)
A Case History: A Grave Matter
December Members’ Meeting (announcement)
“Cakes and Concerts”
“NOTEWORTHY” To Perform at “Cakes and Concerts”
Coming up December 14: Last of the Fall 2nd Sundays
Fall Notes
October Recap: Tockwotten on the Waterfront
Completed since 2004
In Permitting Process
In the “Dream” stage
We Want You!
Queries: Can You Help with Answers?
Heaps of Praise from Our Visitors
East Providence’s Early History up for Sale!
The Daggett House
The Jacobs House
Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener
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Meet Your New Officers and Board Members
Smithsonian National Free Museum Day (announcement)
September Members’ Meeting (announcement)
Crescent Park on the Ten Mile: “On the Road”
Markers Committee
Life Member Visit (Pat McGrail)
The Curious Curator
Summer Notes by Nancy Moore, President
Picnic Poll
Slater Mill Board Trip
Carpenter Museum Board Visit
Board Thanks
Wow! What a Wonderful Exhibit! (Crescent Park on the Ten Mile)
Watchemoket Square Day Volunteer Opportunity – This Could Mean YOU
Memories of Walking to James Street School by Marilyn (Sinclair) Lewis
EPHS at WHATCHAMACALLIT Square Day (announcement)
In case you missed the picnic… (photos)
End of Year by Nancy Moore
Proposed Bylaw Change (dues)
many Thanks! (for treats)
Errata
Farmer’s Market (announcement)
Jewelie, the full size carousel horse on display at Hunt House (photo)
New Exhibit: Crescent Park on the Ten Mile
Which color scheme is correct?
Native Plant Highlight by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener
Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener
Herring of a Tale – Part III by Nancy Moore
Nominating Committee Report: Proposed Slate of Officers
April Speaker Recap
Summer “2nd Sunday” Open House (announcement)
New Exhibit: Crescent Park on the Ten Mile
Thank You, Pat Henry!
Help Wanted
Remembering Five Valued Members and Friends
Virginia Berwick: One in a Million by Nancy Moore
Native Plant Highlight by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener
Bylaws Change Proposed
May Members’ Meeting (announcement)
Crescent Park: Fun in the Sun With Ed Serowik
Queries: Can You Help with Answers?
Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener
Edna Anness: EPHS Forever in Her Debt by Nancy Moore
Prints Available for Sale (announcement)
“bird’s eye” view of Riverside
1799 map of Providence
Bylaws Change Proposed (dues)
Help wanted!
Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener
A Surprise Visit
Attention All Fish Counters (You Know Who You Are!)
Curating News: The Curator Is Looking for Help!!
Summer “2nd Sunday” Open House (announcement)
Ed Serowik/EPHS collection showcasing Crescent Park/Looff Carousel
April Members’ Meeting (announcement)
Chip Bishop, author of “The Lion and the Journalist”
May Members’ Meeting (announcement)
Ed “Mr. Carousel” Serowik presenting a comprehensive history of Crescent Park
Queries: Can You Help with Answers?
A New Home at the Rumford for The Count by Nancy Moore
Dues Change Proposal!
For Sale: 1799 Providence/East Providence Map
Spring “2nd Sunday” Open House (announcement)
In Memory Of: Gloria Peterson
Queries: Can You Help with Answers?
Members meeting and annual potluck. (announcement)
Pomham Rock – How Did It Get Its Name?
Teddy Bears at the Freezing Point – A Very Cool Idea!
Native Plant Highlight by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener
Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener
Rededication of Count Rumford: Back to Square One! by Nancy Moore
2nd Sunday Open House – Dec. 8 (announcement)
The “Teddy” (Roosevelt) Bear Hunt
Dinner “With Bells On”: EPHS Presents the Wheeler School Ringers (announcement)
Three New Historic Districts Proposed for East Providence
November EPHS General Meeting (announcement)
“King Philip’s War Sites”
A Midwinter night by George Kent
Treasurer’s Report for October 2012 through September 2013
EPHS Fall “2nd Sunday” Open Houses at John Hunt House (announcement)
Ring in the Holidays with family, friends, a delicious turkey dinner and the Concert Handbell Ringers of Wheeler School (announcement)
Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener
Native Plant Highlight by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener
The Life and Times of Count Rumford Born Benjamin Thompson by Nancy Moore
Count Rumford Dialogue
Smithsonian Day and Evening by Nancy Moore
EPHS Fall “2nd Sunday” Open Houses John Hunt House Museum (announcement)
October members’ meeting (announcement)
“Watchemoket – Commercial Gateway to East Providence”
EPHS at Watchemoket Square Day
November December Meetings (announcement)
King Philip’s War
!!Newsflash!! Free Boat Tours on Watchemoket Square Day
Holiday Dinner and Concert (announcement)
Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener
Native Plant Highlight by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener
“The Rumford” Smithsonian Evening by Nancy Moore (announcement)
Smithsonian Magazine National Free Museum Day (announcement)
Wanted: New Webmaster
Watchemoket Square Day at Tockwotten (announcement)
Members’ Meeting (announcement)
Watchemoket Square History With Ned Connors
Call for Member Volunteers for Smithsonian Day and Watchemoket Square Day!!!!
EPHS Fall “2nd Sunday” Open Houses John Hunt House Museum (announcement)
Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener
President’s Letter, Maggie Dooley, President
A Huge Thank You! from Mona
A Herring Tale: Part III
Master Gardener Tour (announcement)
The Rumford Rifle Range
Hunt House Museum Is Open This Summer …
Odd Fellows Hall
Don’t Miss the Annual Picnic And Elections (announcement)
Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener
A Cemetery at Uncle Tony’s?
Nominating Committee Report / Proposed Slate of Officers (announcement)
May / June Open Houses (announcement)
May Members’ Meeting
Rolling on U. S. Route 6
Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener
A Herring of a Tale: Part II by Nancy Moore
Gone Fishing by John Agren (reprinted from the September 2006 Gazette)
Wanted: New Webmaster
In Memory Of: George Chalko, Helen Smith, Virginia Williams
Mona Breault Steps Down as Membership Chair
Notes from the President’s Desk … by Maggie Dooley, President
May Open House (announcement)
A Thank You for the Telephone Committee from Pat Henry
April Members’ Meeting (announcement)
Once around the Bogs: Tracing the History of the Edaville Railroad with Postcards, Pictures and Other Ephemera
Once around the Bogs: Tracing the History of the Edaville Railroad by Reinhard Wohlgemuth
May Members’ Meeting (announcement)
Old Route 6: Where Did the Road Originally Run?
A Herring of a Tale: From the Seekonk to the Turner Reservoir by Nancy Moore
Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener
Notes from the President’s Desk … by Maggie Dooley, President
Newsflash!!! (herring will run at Hunts Mills Dam)
Museum News by Deb Omerod
In Memory Of: Hope Yeau
‘Footsteps in History’ Quilt by Rose Marie Sirenski
East Providence Hall of Famer: Our Own Dave Kelleher
March Members’ Meeting (announcement)
Potluck and ‘Fish’
Down Memory Lane in East Providence: McCormick QUARRY
Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener
Watchemoket Square Day 2012 by Nancy Moore
Sneak Peek for WSD 2013
Where Did All That Dirt Go?
November Members’ Meeting (announcement)
The Antiques Roadshow – Books
Notes from the President’s Desk … by Maggie Dooley, President
Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener
Fresh Greenery, Fresh Butter and Fresh Biscuits!
Holiday Party (announcement)
East Providence’s “Big Dig”
Notes from the President’s Desk … by Maggie Dooley
An Invitation
November Members’ Meeting (announcement)
Ray Rickman: Rare Books
Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener
Smithsonian Day “Show and Tell” At Weaver Memorial Library (announcement)
Museum News
Second Annual Watchemoket Square Day (announcement)
Smithsonian Magazine’s Museum Day Live At Hunt House (announcement)
President’s letter, Nancy Moore, President
What’s in Your Reading Pile for This Summer? A History Book?
Other Thoughts
Anyone Home? by Dot Thornley
Slate of Candidates for the Year 2012/2013 (announcement)
‘Wet Archeology’ by Reinhard Wohlgemuth
Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener
President’s letter, Nancy Moore, President
Fish Ladder update
Museum News by Edna Anness, Acting Curator
Museum Committee Meeting
Some First Settlers of Wannamoisett by Jeffrey Howe (announcement)
Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener
President’s Letter, Nancy Moore, President
A Few News Items
Museum Open House
Museum News by Edna Anness
Museum Committee Meeting
In Memory Of: Sophie Allen, Anne Britton, Helen Dorr
General von Steuben – The Ship (announcement)
Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener
President’s letter, Nancy Moore, President
501C3 Update
Other Thoughts
Thanks (for November & December dinner meetings)
March Program (announcement)
Vanity Fair – A Scrapbook Rises from the Ashes!
A Farewell and Great Thanks to Our Gazette Gal Friday
In Memory Of: Dorothy Midgley, Thomas Stringfellow
Museum Committee Members (list)
Museum News by Edna Anness
Hunt House Museum closed until May!
Proposed Amendments to the Articles of Incorporation
Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener
President’s letter by Nancy Moore, President
November Program: Book Discussion With Chip Bishop
December Program: Patricia Perry
President’s letter by Nancy Moore, President
Watchemoket Square Day (announcement)
Fall Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener
Watchemoket Square Day (announcement)
Gone But Not Forgotten: Victorian Funeral and Mourning Customs (announcement)
A Midwinter Night by G. E. Kent
The CRIMSON: East Providence High School Yearbook (announcement)
President’s letter by Nancy Moore, President
Board Change
Great Thanks To
Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener
Carousel Corner
President’s Letter by Nancy Moore, President
Slate of Officers for 2011-2012
Museum News
General Meeting and Picnic (announcement)
Fish Ladder Update
Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener
President’s letter by Nancy Moore, President
Museum News by Edna Anness
The Lost Films Recovered! (Rumford Company)
Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener
What is the NATIONAL REGISTER? by Dwight Young (from the May-June 2011 issue of PRESERVATION magazine)
“In” or “On”?
Go to the Source
SLATE OF OFFICERS FOR 2011-2012
President’s letter by Nancy Moore, President
Museum News
One Year By-Law Amendment
Experience the Cape Verdean Museum
Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener
Fish Ladder Progress
President’s letter by Nancy Moore, President
Members’ Meeting (announcement)
Why Create a Local Historic District?
In Memory Of: June Brewster, Robert Radway
Where is Virginia Yuro now? by Virginia (Yuro) Walker and Susan Cady
Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener
Election of Officers
President’s letter by Nancy Moore, President
Members’ Meeting (announcement)
Roger Williams – The Man and RI’s National Memorial
Member Spotlight: Mary McManus
November Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener
Florence Adams – Resignation
Holiday Party (announcement)
Hunt House Decorating
Remember when … you booked your Holiday party at the Glenlyon Club? (postcard)
President’s letter by Nancy Moore, President
Museum News
Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener
Members’ Meeting (announcement)
Diners: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
1720 Farnum House For Sale
President’s Letter by Nancy Moore, President
Telephone Committee by Florence Adams, Facilitator
Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener
Members’ Meeting (announcement)
What’s So Special About The Blackstone Valley?
Historic District Commission
President’s letter by Nancy Moore, President
A Special Note From One Of Our Long Distance Members
Request From Susan Cady
2009-2010 GRATEFUL LIST
Canoeing at Hunts Mills (postcard)
President’s letter by Nancy Moore, President
Annual Meeting / Election of Officers / Picnic (announcement)
Then And Now …
Union Primary School
The Dam At Hunt’s Mills
Museum News by Edna Anness, Curator
President’s letter by Nancy Moore, President
Restoration of Pomham Rocks Lighthouse
Candidates for Office (announcement)
Museum News by Edna Anness, Curator
Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener
Newman Church Spire Octagonal Base
President’s letter by Nancy Moore, President
Nominating Committee (announcement)
Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener
Members Meeting (announcement)
Roger Williams National Memorial Park
Museum News by Edna Anness, Curator
President’s Letter by Nancy Moore, President
Hunt House Museum Wish List
Nominating Committee (announcement)
Members Meeting (announcement)
Growing Up In The Lesser Known Germany – Part II
Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener
Union Primary School (photos)
President’s letter by Nancy Moore, President
From the Museum by Edna Anness, Museum Curator
Growing Up In The Lesser Known Germany – Part II
Rumford center after a storm (photo)
President’s Letter / Nancy Moore, President
Footsteps In History
Rumford Center
Star Diner
Gluhwein (recipe)
German Cheese Pie (recipe)
Gardening Tips / Jeff Faria, Master Gardener
President’s Letter / Nancy Moore, President
Gardening Tips / Jeff Faria, Master Gardener
Growing Up In The Lesser Known Germany – Part I
In Memory Of: Earl Berwick, Sr.
Wightman’s Diner postcard
President’s letter / Nancy Moore, President
Hurricane of 1938 (announcement)
Weaver Library News Flash: Free Seminar for Homeowners!! (announcement)
East Bay Bike Path Documentary (announcement)
Gardening Tips / Jeff and Cheryl Faria, Master Gardeners
In Memory Of: Austin Butterworth, Joe MacDougald, Gordon Wolfe
Museum Training / Edna Anness, Museum Curator
Rumford Cookbooks (list of ones we do not have)
Boyden Heights postcard
President’s Letter / Nancy Moore, President
Garden Tour Update / Jeff and Cheryl Faria
Gardening Tips / Jeff Faria, Master Gardener
Need scrap wood for kindling? (announcement)
President’s Letter / Kris Rose, President
Annual Meeting / Election of Officers / Picnic (announcement)
Gardening Tips / Jeff Faria, Master Gardener
Museum News
President’s Letter / Kris Rose, President
“The Convict Ship ‘Success’ – Fact or Fiction?” by Reinhard Wohlgemuth (announcement)
Gardening Tips / Jeff Faria, Master Gardener
President’s Letter / Kris Rose, President
Composting and Recycling by Jeff and Cheryl Faria (announcement)
“Step over the Threshold Day” – Statewide Open Houses of Historical Interest (announcement)
Heritage Gardens Update / Cheryl Faria, Master Gardener
Hunts Mills Dam Report / Nancy Moore, Historical Society Preservation
‘Scoop Day’ at Omega Pond (announcement)
Gardening Tips / Jeff Faria, Master Gardener
President’s Letter / Kris Rose, President
Pot Luck Supper / Yankee Swap / Members Meeting (announcement)
Nominating Committee (announcement)
Twentieth Anniversary of the Museum
Gardening Tips / Jeff Faria, Master Gardener
Holiday pictures from the Hunt House
President’s Letter / Kris Rose, President
Holiday Party (announcement)
President’s Letter / Kris Rose, President
Members Meeting (announcement)
RI Public Broadcasting System presents “THE RUMFORD”
PRESERVATION NEWS FLASHING
Caleb Williams House & Rumford Complex
Dinner Meeting
Wheeler School Concert Handbell Ringers
Master Gardeners, Jeff and Cheryl Faria
Members Meeting (announcement)
Viall/Farnum House Tour
Footsteps around Turner Reservoir (announcement)
In Memory Of: Ethyl Coyle
Thank You Letter from Virginia Berwick
Members Meeting (announcement)
Tours of “The Rumford” and Fire House #3 plus Pot Luck Picnic
President’s Letter / Kris Rose, President
Preservation News
Caleb Williams Cottage
Union Primary School Micro Memories / Joe MacDougald, Society Member
Master Gardeners, Jeff and Cheryl Faria
President’s Letter / Kris Rose, President
In Memory Of: Lois Driscoll, Ernest Tuckerman, Elmer Yeaw
“New England Portrait – The Rumford (Baking Powder Company) Story” DVD Available
August Gardening Tips / Master Gardener, Jeff Faria
President’s Letter / Kris Rose, President
Annual Meeting / Election of Officers / Picnic (announcement)
Current Exhibit
“Historic Houses of East Providence: Those Still Standing – Those Gone Forever”
Roger Williams Paddle (announcement)
Background on the Ten Mile River Watershed Council
President’s Letter / Kris Rose, President
Members Meeting (announcement)
Walker House/Rumford Center Tour
Current Exhibit
“Historic Houses of East Providence: Those Still Standing – Those Gone Forever”
Cape Verdean Museum
Candidates for Office (announcement)
Preserve American Grant
Gardening Tips / Master Gardener, Jeff Faria
President’s Letter / Kris Rose, President
Members Meeting (announcement)
History of Old Barrington Road
Nominating Committee (announcement)
May is Historic Preservation Month
Tour of Historic East Providence (announcement)
Heritage Gardens Project (announcement)
Gardening Tips / Master Gardener, Jeff Faria
President’s Letter / Kris Rose, President
Cape Verdean Heritage Hall of Fame Banquet and Awards Ceremony (announcement)
Nominating Committee (announcement)
Hunt House Museum News
Tour of Historic East Providence (announcement)
Gardening Tips / Master Gardener, Jeff Faria
President’s Letter / Kris Rose, President
Christmas Dinner Party (announcement)
Meeting (announcement)
Roger Williams: his life on Omega Cove and the East Bay, National Park Ranger John McNiff
Ide House Alert
“Colonial Christmas” / Yankee Volunteer Fife and Drum Corp by Virginia Berwick, Museum Chairman
President’s Letter / Kris Rose, President
Members Meeting (announcement)
“This Old (Weaver) House”
Tribute to Donald Brothers Memory
A Significant Event by John Agren
In Memory of: Donald Brothers, Hazel Johnston
Holiday Party (announcement)
President’s Letter / Kris Rose, President
Members Meeting (announcement)
The Indoor Tennis Court, East Providence
A Short Story about Gertrude Fiske
Blackstone Valley National Heritage Corridor (photos)
“Footprints in History” Celebration (photos)
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President’s Letter / Nancy Moore, President
Annual Meeting / Election of Officers / Picnic (announcement)
A Matching Grant Opportunity for Us All
President’s Letter / Nancy Moore, President
The Hearthstone House: Up Close and Personal (announcement)
Rhode Island Clam Bake (announcement)
Oakland Beach Carousel Foundation (thank you letter)
The White Rock Spring by George Kent
Nominating Committee (announcement)
Find Your Family (announcement)
President’s Letter / Nancy Moore, President
Members Meeting (announcement)
History of Scituate Reservoir / “Ice Cream Social”
Tour of Historic East Providence (announcement)
Nominating Committee (announcement)
Merry-Go-Round by Joe MacDougald
Rhode Island Clam Bake (announcement)
President’s Letter / Nancy Moore, President
March Members Meeting (announcement)
Pot Luck Supper / Carousel Carver
Hunts Mills Gains Local Historic District Status
Nominating Committee (announcement)
Industrial-Strength East Providence Bus Tour (announcement)
East Providence City Council Meeting Alert for EPHS Members
President’s Letter / Nancy Moore, President
Oral History Project (announcement)
Thanks! (Christmas party)
Members Meeting (announcement)
“Tea for More Than Two”
President’s Letter / Nancy Moore, President
In Memory of… Melora Allen
Holiday Party (announcement)
Happenings (announcements)
President’s Letter / Nancy Moore, President
Members Meeting (announcement)
Hidden History of Rhode Island
Community Programs (announcement)
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President’s Letter / Nancy Moore, President
American Chemical Society Award Ceremony
Annual Meeting/Picnic (announcement)
President’s Letter / Nancy Moore, President
Pomham Rocks Lighthouse: Re-lighting (announcement)
Acknowledgment of the June 12th American Chemical Society Award from Clarissa Penny Porter and George Wilson Penny III
Congratulations on becoming a National Chemical Historic Landmark from Richard Marshall
President’s Letter / Nancy Moore, President
Members Meeting (announcement)
Rumford Baking Powder Revisited
Nominating Committee (announcement)
Wish List for 2006
Rumford Chemical Works Award Ceremony (announcement)
Historic East Providence Bus Tour (announcement)
American Chemical Society and East Providence Historical Society invitation to award ceremony
Rumford Baking Powder building postcard
President’s Letter / Nancy Moore, President
Members Meeting (announcement)
“State of Mine”: Armchair Adventure into Massachusetts
Nominating Committee (announcement)
Cape Verdean Museum (announcement)
Wish List for 2006: Short Term
Preservation Committee / David Kelleher, Chairman
Rumford Chemical Works Award: Congratulatory Page (announcement)
Rumford Chemical Works Plaque / Edna Anness, Acting Curator
Annual Historic East Providence Bus Tour (announcement)
President’s Letter / Nancy Moore, President
Members Meeting (announcement)
Bayside Tap Company / Pot Luck Supper
In Memory of: Marian Craven
Source of $1,000.00 Gift (correction)
Wish List for 2006: Short Term
Important News (announcement about the award to the Rumford Chemical Works)
President’s Letter / Nancy Moore, President
Preservation Committee / Dave Kelleher, Chairman
In Memory of: Alice Benson & Maude Fulton
Marker Committee / Kris Rose, Chairman
Pomham Rocks Lighthouse
Free Masons Hall
Emergency at the Library (bookshelf collapse)
Lunch Stand on Knowlton Street in 1892 (photo)
Holiday Tea, Hunt House Museum (photo)
Members Meeting (announcement)
Pomham Rocks Lighthouse
Preserve RI Honors Edna Anness
President’s Letter / Nancy Moore, President
“Deck the Halls with Fruit and Veggies…”
In Memory of: George Murdock and Robert Tefft, MD
Grounds Committee / Jeff Faria, Chairman
Holiday Tea (announcement)
Holiday Party (announcement)
Preservation Committee / Dave Kelleher, Chairman
Museum Face Lift
President’s Letter / Nancy Moore, President
Members Meeting (announcement)
The Rumford Center
Rumford Chemical Mill Site to be Designated “National Chemical Historic Landmark”
Holiday Tea (announcement)
Holiday Party (announcement)
Birthday Party (Rumford Library 100th)
Babcock & Dolly by Robert Tetreault
President’s Letter / Nancy Moore, President
Members Meeting (announcement)
History and Tour of the Masonic Temple
Hunt House Memory by Sister Mary McManus, S.S.C.
President’s Letter / Nancy Moore, President
“This Old House” for Sale
Farnum House and Lyceum Hall
Planned Walk of Phillipsdale (announcement)
Wilson Grammar School by John Agren
Preservation Report / David Kelleher, Chairman
Annual Meeting/Picnic (announcement)
President’s Letter / Kris Rose, President
Rumford Memory by James Robinson
Photos From The Hunt House Museum Colonial Tea
Members Meeting (announcement)
East Providence Post Cards: Bookmarks in the Pages of Time (Part II)
President’s Letter / Kris Rose, President
Nominating Committee (announcement)
Preservation Committee / David Kelleher, Chairman
Hunt House Museum Colonial Tea (announcement)
Members Meeting (announcement)
Ham and Bean Supper/Brown Bag Auction
Nominating Committee (announcement)
Memories of Riverside transcribed by Jeffrey Howe from his father, Gordon Howe
A Humorous Incident by Frances Miller
Members Meeting (announcement)
East Providence Post Cards: Bookmarks in the Pages of Time (Part I)
Preservation Committee / David Kelleher, Chairman
Nominating Committee (announcement)
In Memory of: Jewel Drickamer
Mondo and “Col-leej” by Doreen Bonney
Third Annual Bus Tour of Historic East Providence (announcement)
February Members Meeting (announcement)
Pot Luck Supper/Brown Bag Auction
President’s Letter / Kris Rose, President
Preservation Committee / David Kelleher, Chairman
Hunt House Museum News Contributed by Edna Anness
The Snow Storm by George E. Kent
The Third Annual Bus Tour of Historic East Providence (announcement)
January Members Meeting (announcement)
Pot Luck Supper/Brown Bag Auction
President’s Letter / Kris Rose, President
Preservation Committee / David Kelleher, Chairman
The Slide Rule by John Agren
In Memory of: Lewis Brewer, Arlene Hauk, Robert McCarthy
Members Meeting (announcement)
Rhode Island Girls’ Lives in 1799: Diaries as Historical Records
President’s Letter / Kris Rose, President
Holiday Party (announcement)
Preservation Committee / David Kelleher, Chairman
Rainbow Girl by Doreen Bonney
Members Meeting (announcement)
Providence Journal History: 175 Years
President’s Letter / Kris Rose, President
Preservation Committee / David Kelleher, Chairman
The Ball Point Pen by John Agren
Vote ‘Yes’ on #11 for Preservation and Heritage in Rhode Island (announcement)
Hunt House Museum Harvest Tea (announcement)
Members Meeting (announcement)
Rochambeau/Washington Revolutionary War March (exhibit by David R. Wagner)
President’s Letter / Kris Rose, President
In Memory of: Hazel Ward
Hunt House Museum Harvest Tea (announcement)
President’s Letter / Kris Rose, President
Preservation Report / David Kelleher, Chairman
A Bulova Watch by John Agren
Program Committee / Ray Anderson, Chairman
Annual Meeting/Election of Officers/Picnic (announcement)
Preservation Report / David Kelleher, Chairman
A Great Little Car by John Agren
Members Meeting (announcement)
The Rehoboth Minute Company 13th Continental Regiment
Nominating Committee Report
Alhambra Cabaret (announcement)
Nominating Committee
Preservation Committee / David Kelleher, Chairman
East Providence Historic Sites Bus Tour (announcement)
Tag Sale Fundraiser (announcement)
March Members Meeting (announcement)
Early New England Clockmakers
Preservation Committee / David Kelleher, Chairman
East Providence Historic Sites Bus Tour (announcement)
Grounds Committee / Ray Anderson, Chairman
February Members Meeting (announcement)
Shadows of Providence
Preservation Committee / David Kelleher, Chairman
Preserve Rhode Island (Winter 2003)
PRI’s Philip Walker House Becomes a Center for Preservation Education
Dendrochronology Study Helps Shed Light on the Philip Walker House
Did You Know… (Roger Williams)
The Ice Man by John Agren (part 2)
January Members Meeting (announcement)
The Rehoboth Minute Company 13th Continental Regiment
President’s Letter / Kris Rose, President
George Newman Bliss by Edna Anness
The Ice Man by John Agren (part 1)
November Members Meeting (announcement)
Cooking – 1790-1850
President’s Letter / Kris Rose, President
Holiday Party (announcement)
In Memory of: Len Erickson
“We Thought You’d like to Know”
Charles Bullock, Veteran of the Civil War by Clinton Sellew
Preservation Committee / David Kelleher, Chairman
Fish Ladder Meeting report by Ray Anderson
Tea Cup Collection
Holiday High Tea (announcement)
Grounds Committee / Ray Anderson, Chairman
October Members Meeting (announcement)
History of Funeral Practices in the United States
President’s Letter / Kris Rose, President
In Memory of: George Rodrigues
Letters from Our Readers
Luella Holmes (Clifton) Mountain, re: genealogy (continued from September Gazette)
Jeffrey Howe, re: Thomas Manchester Reed
Jean F. Barnett, re: Paine family tour of Hunt House
Upcoming Programs (announcements)
Letters of Interest from the East Providence Post
Edna Anness, re: Freedom Green Park
David J. Kelleher, re: response to letter concerning Freedom Green Park
September Members Meeting (announcement)
Making ‘WAVES’ (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service): Women in World War Two
Lura Sellew Mayflower Medal (announcement)
President’s Letter and Board Briefs / Kris Rose, President
Grounds Committee Report
Markers Committee Report
Museum Committee Report
Program Committee Report
Publicity Committee Report
Membership Committee Report
East Providence Historic Preservation Study Commission / David Kelleher, Chairman
Museum Visitors (Paine and Abell descendants)
RI Treasures Exhibit Volunteers
Eastside Marketplace Old Time Almanack doing story about Historical Society & Hunt House
Letters from Our Readers
Luella Holmes (Clifton) Mountain, re: genealogy
President’s Letter / Kris Rose
Members Meeting (announcement)
Making ‘WAVES’ (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service): Women in World War Two
Are You a Writer or a Wannabee? / Richard Wohlgemuth, Society Webmaster
‘COOL’ Thought for a HOT Day: Christmas Party (announcement)
Annual Meeting/Election of Officers/Picnic (announcement)
In Memory of: Lura Sellew
President’s Letter / David Kelleher
Grounds Chairman / Ray Anderson
May Members Meeting (announcement)
Miss Lucy and the Bandits
President’s Letter / David Kelleher
Nominating Committee (announcement)
In Memory of: Norman Williams
Rhode Island Treasures Exhibition (announcement)
“Mad Hatter in Our Midst (tea party for the Red Hats)
April Members Meeting (announcement)
Alhambra Cabaret
President’s Letter / David Kelleher
Nominating Committee (announcement)
In Memory of: Ray Johnston
Rhode Island Treasures Exhibition (announcement)
March Members Meeting (announcement)
The Life of Billy Yank of East Providence in the Civil War
President’s Letter / David Kelleher
Praises for Appraisal Day Volunteers
February Members Meeting (announcement)
Flags of the United States and the Important Role They Have Played in the Nation’s History
President’s Letter / David Kelleher
Appraisal Day Update
From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator
Antique Appraisal Day (poster)
Programs for 2003 (announcements)
January Members Meeting (announcement)
Crescent Park
President’s Letter / David Kelleher
Antique Appraisal Day (announcement)
From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator
In Memory of: Virginia Sollitto
November Members Meeting (announcement)
Historical Society Plaque Houses
Christmas Party (announcement)
President’s Letter / David Kelleher
Thank you note from family of George Adams
From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator
In Memory of: George Adams
October Members Meeting (announcement)
Coca Cola Company from a Collector’s Viewpoint
RI Historic Preservation Bond Issue (announcement)
President’s Letter / David Kelleher
Upcoming Programs (announcements)
From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator
September Members Meeting (announcement)
Squantum Association Tour and History
President’s Letter / David Kelleher
Open House celebrating the completion of the Restoration (announcement)
Upcoming Programs (announcements)
President’s Letter / David Kelleher
From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator
Save this Date: Squantum Club Tour and History
Annual Meeting/Election of Officers/Picnic (announcement)
From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator
Nominating Committee Report / Florence Adams, Chairman
President’s Letter / David Kelleher
Members Meeting
Recreating 18th Century Slate Gravestones
The Pleasant Gardens of Rumford (tour announcement)
From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator
Nominating Committee Report / Florence Adams, Chairman
President’s Letter / David Kelleher
Annual Ballroom Memories Swing Dance and Concert (announcement)
In Memory of… Edward Adams
President’s Letter / David Kelleher
From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator
Members Meeting
“WW II Memories Roundtable” Structured Discussion (announcement)
Annual Ballroom Memories Swing Dance and Concert (announcement)
Nominating Committee (announcement)
The Philip Walker House / Edna Anness
Antoinette Downing tribute
Old Fashioned Annual Meeting and Family Picnic (announcement)
WW II miscellaneous items
Members Meeting
Recycle and Recover / David Goldberg, RI Resource Recovery Corporation (announcement)
“WW II Memories Roundtable” (announcement)
President’s Letter / David Kelleher
From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator
In Memory of… Lois Duckworth
Annual Ballroom Memories Swing Dance and Concert (announcement)
Members Meeting
“Take the Trolley to the Shore” / Everett A. Chapman, Collector/Historian
Recycle and Recover / David Goldberg, RI Resource Recovery Corporation (announcement)
“WW II Memories Roundtable” (announcement)
President’s Letter / David Kelleher
In Memory of… Barbara Haywood
From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator
Photos of bygone places
President’s Letter / David Kelleher
In Memory of… Frances Collins, Betty Davis, Sarah Gray, Helen King, Fales Peirce, Virginia Ripley
From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator
Take the Trolley to the Shore (announcement)
Members Meeting
“Lifestyles of the Narragansett People” / Ella Sekatau, DHL, Guest Speaker
Friends of Pomham Rocks (announcement)
President’s Letter / David Kelleher
From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator
Annual Holiday Party (announcement)
Members Meeting
“Lighthouses … and Why We Need to Save Them” / Timothy Harrison, president, American Lighthouse Foundation, guest speaker
President’s Letter / David Kelleher
Pictures of the bridge that once led to the Hunts Mills Amusement Park and Dance Hall
From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator
Grounds Committee / Ray Anderson, Chairman
Donation made by Anna Britton in memory of Bruce Britton
Members Meeting
“The Early History of East Providence” / John G. Erhardt, PhD
The Blackstone River Valley Greenway Challenge (announcement)
President’s Letter / David Kelleher
BEST … Les (RI Monthly award to Atlantic Flag and Banner)
Museum News / Edna Anness, Museum Curator
From the Attic
New Officers Installed – Historical Markers Awarded at Annual Meeting/Family Picnic
David J. Kelleher Installed as President for 2001-2002
Three Historical Markers Awarded
From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator
The Walker Reunion
Gardens with a View (tour)
In Memory of… Audrey Partridge, Myrtle Veno, Madeline Vincent
… and Another Thing / the Editor
Dave Kelleher to Be Installed as President of East Providence Historical Society at Annual Meeting/Family Picnic June 19
Walker Descendants Will Meet on June 3 to Help Dedicate the Historic Philip Walker Room … Public Invited
Nominating Committee / Florence Adams, Chairman
President’s Letter / David Kelleher
In Memory of… Howard Mersereau
From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator
A Letter from the President-Elect
Gardens with a View (tour announcement)
Ballroom Memories / Florence Adams
May is Museum Month 2001
62 Years! (Earl and Virginia Berwick anniversary)
Philip Walker Room dedication and Bridgham Farm walking tours (announcement)
Around the House
Report of the Nominating Committee
From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator
62 Years Together: Earl and Virginia Berwick
Garden Tour: “Yards with a View” (announcement)
Members Meeting
“Experience Architecture” / Jim Barnes
Meet the Volunteers
Preservation Awards (announcement for 3 historic properties)
“Save Our Lights” (announcement of City Hall display)
Family Picnic/Annual Meeting (announcement)
April Members Meeting
Annual Ballroom Memories Concert and Dance
Photo of Alhambra Ballroom Band in 1950
From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator
Members’ Memories
Babcock’s Department Store in Riverside Square / Ned Clark
Counting Sheep / Luella Mountain
One Picture is Worth … / G. Adams, photo curator
Wood’s Service Station in 1925
Members Meeting
“What’s on Our Minds?” / Hon. Bruce Sundlun, speaker
You call THAT snow? (photo of Taunton Avenue at Watchemoket Square)
Board Briefs
From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator
National Preservation Conference (announcement)
In Memory of… William Saunders
Members’ Memories
Saturday Afternoon Fun (Lyric Theatre) / Ned Clark
Double Take: A 3D View of 19th Century Rhode Island (announcement)
February Members Meeting
“Senior Project” and Pot Luck Encore
Who ARE Those Others? (photo of Town Hall staff ca. 1930)
Board Briefs
From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator
Members’ Memories
The St. Mary’s Bayview Fire / Mona Breault, Class of ’48
The Riverside Canal / Ned Clark (originally attributed to Ned Connors)
February 2001 … 35th Anniversary of East Providence Historical Society
Who … Are … They? (cropped Town Hall staff photo of Orlo Hobbes, tax assessor)
From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator
Eighteenth Century Revisited (Philip Walker bedroom)
Members Meeting
“Ring of the Green” / Edna Anness, Museum Curator
Reminiscences and Reflections / Ned Clark
In Memory of… Louis Ferreira, Ron Peirce
Back to the 18th… (another Philip Walker bedroom photo)
Board Briefs
From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator
The Old General Store / Ned Clark
Grounds Committee / Ray Anderson, Chairman
Program Committee / Ray Anderson/Dave Kelleher, Co-Chairmen
Members Meeting
“Life Styles of the Narragansett People” / Ella Sekatau, DHL, Guest Speaker
Board Briefs
Christmas Decorating Contest (announcement)
Around the House … Museum Activity
From the Attic / Edna Anness, Curator
Members Meeting
Heritage Harbor Museum Program
From the Attic by Edna Anness, Curator
The Day St. James School Caught Fire by Mrs. Earle Mountain, Hanover, PA
Board Briefs
Grounds Committee by Ray Anderson, Chairman
Members’ Memories
East Street School by Dorothy Duane
The Carlson Block by Ned Clark
Program Committee by Dave Kelleher and Ray Anderson, Co-Chairmen
Members Meeting
Nicholas Brown will Discuss Plans for Phillip Walker House
Convergence Displays, RI (Looff Carousel viewing)
From the Attic by Edna Anness, Curator
Board Briefs
Grounds Committee by Ray Anderson, Chairman
Members’ Memories by Ray Anderson
Riverside Mom & Pop Store by Dorothy Duane
Public Auction ad for A. E. Allen Company Pharmacy from George Rodericks
Annual Meeting/Election of Officers/Picnic (announcement)
Nominating Committee
Runen’s River School House by George Amaral published in the Providence Evening Bulletin on March 23, 1925
Board Briefs
Dave Kelleher Honored at Luncheon
From the Attic by Edna Anness, Museum Curator
Ring Found at Oakland Beach, EPHS Class of 1957 w/ initials REM (in case someone is still looking for it)
Museum Committee by Virginia Berwick, Chairman
Buildings Committee by Earl Berwick, Chairman
Grounds Committee by Ray Anderson, Chairman
Photos of Boy Scouts and EP High School students helping out at the Hunt House
Members’ Memories by Ray Anderson
Six Corners Experience by Bill McWeeney, Amarillo, Texas
Listen and Learn submitted by Ned Clark, Riverside
Members Meeting
Monroe Dairy
First Hope Congregational Church photo
Hunt House Gets a Much Needed Cleaning!
Board Briefs
Marker Committee by Kris Rose, Chairman
East Providence Historical Properties Study Commission Annual Preservation Awards (3 historic houses)
From the Attic by Edna Anness, Museum Curator
The Growth of Religion in 20th Century East Providence as Indicated by New Church Construction
Members’ Memories
Six Corners by Michael and Virginia Sollitto w/ photo of tradesmen
Sixth Annual Ballroom Memories Event (announcement)
Members’ Memories
“What I Remember about Six Corners” by Paul L. Sincero w/ photo of Six Corners Shoe Repair Shop ca. 1927
Miscellaneous memories by Dorothy Sampson Duane
Board Briefs
In Memory of… Olga Rowland, Florence Sharpe, and Edward Taylor
Nominating Committee
Museum Committee by Virginia Berwick, Chairman
Grounds Committee by Ray Anderson, Chairman
From the Attic by Edna Anness, Museum Curator
Millennium 2000 – May is Millennium Month (announcement)
By-Laws Committee by Ray Anderson, Chairman
From the Attic by Edna Anness
Photo of Bishop’s Tavern
Board Briefs
In Memory of… Doris Mitchell Andrews
Members’ Memories
The Traffic Lights at Six Corners by Raymond Germerhausen
Grounds Committee by Ray Anderson
Millennium 2000 – May is Millennium Month (announcement)
Report on Coffee Hour with Descendants of “The Original 58”
From the Attic by Edna Anness, Museum Curator
Schools of the Last Century w/ 1912 photo of “new” high school (became Central Junior High School, now senior citizen apartments)
Board Briefs
In Memory of… Phyllis Kirkman
Grounds Committee by Ray Anderson, Chairman
Members Memories by Ray Anderson
More “Memorable Local Residents of this Century”
The Original “58” Gathering (announcement) and list
Photo of Riverside Girl Scout House, originally called “PS No. 6”
Photo of East Providence High School built in 1875, originally named Grove Avenue Elementary
Members Meeting
Pot Luck Supper/Brown Bag Auction/Business Meeting
From the Attic by Edna Anness, Museum Curator
Memorable Local Residents of this Century
Board Briefs
In Memory of… Philomena Bucci
Grounds Committee by Ray Anderson, Chairman
The Original “58” list and gathering (announcement)
The Christmas Party
Fish Ladders on the Ten Mile River / Dave Kelleher, Preservation Committee
Members and Friends Christmas Party (announcement)
From the Attic by Edna Anness
What Price Progress
Board Briefs
Crocker’s Spa by Ray Anderson
Report on the Philip Walker House Auction
Photos of Six Corners, the Old “Red Bridge” (1895), and Potter Street School
In memory of… Barbara Brainard, Past President of the Society
Members Meeting
Riverside 2000: What Will Be New?
From the Attic by Edna Anness, Museum Curator
Fires That Changed Our City’s Landscape w/ photos of Liberty Furniture Store and Riverside Business District fires
Board Briefs
Grounds Committee by Ray Anderson, Chairman
Holiday Cafe ’99 / Florence Adams
Christmas at the Hunt House by Virginia Berwick w/ photos
October Members Meeting
Tour of Rehoboth’s Carpenter Museum
The “58 Proprietors” (announcement)
Board Briefs
From the Attic by Edna Anness, Museum Curator
Great Natural Disasters w/ photo of Riverside shoreline after the great Hurricane of 1938
Christmas at the Hunt House (announcement)
Christmas at the Hunt House (poster)
September Program
“A Walk Through History: A School Tour Sampler”
Pomham Rocks Light dates back to 1871 by David Kelleher
From the Attic by Edna Anness, Museum Curator
Board Briefs
Grounds Committee by Ray Anderson, Chairman
In memory of… Elaine Serowik
Preservation Report by Dave Kelleher
Board Briefs
The Hammarlunds of Rumford by Anna Hammarlund Agren
Grounds Committee by Ray Anderson, Chairman
Renaissance of Riverside
Annual Family Picnic and Election of Officers (announcement)
Nominating Committee / Ray Anderson, Chairman, Florence Adams, Billie Arden
From the Attic by Edna Anness, Museum Curator
Photo of Rumford Receipt Book with Edith Kidd, the little Rumford Girl
Board Briefs
In memory of… Steve Panzarella
Grounds Committee by Ray Anderson, Chairman
May Event … A Unique Program … and Important Business Meeting
Sharon Snape Presents Her Authentic Historic Dolls
Nominating Committee / Ray Anderson, Chairman
Preservation Report / Dave Kelleher w/ photo of Philip Walker House
From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator
Riverside Businessmen’s Association w/ photo
Yard Sale Report / Virginia Berwick
Committee Reports
“Ballroom Memories” Report / Florence Adams
Grounds Committee / Ray Anderson, Chairman
Swing into Spring: Evening of Alhambra Ballroom Memories
More on the Streets
Board Briefs
From the Attic by Edna Anness, Museum Curator
James Varnum Turner w/ photos of him and reservoir dedication marker
James Dennis House example of Victorian Country Villa by David Kelleher (reprinted from the EP Post – August 27, 1998)
Rain or Shine Yard Sale (announcement)
Grounds Committee by Ray Anderson, Chairman
East Providence Oddfellows Hall constructed in 1889 by David Kelleher
Members Meeting
“Rhode Island Education in the Nineteenth Century”
Rain or Shine Yard Sale (announcement)
Special Notice: Amendment to the Bylaws
Streets of the City Update
Board Briefs
From the Attic by Edna Anness
Happy Tenth Birthday to Our Museum! w/ photo of first exhibit in 1989
Grounds Committee by Ray Anderson, Chairman
Clara L. (Maxfield) Arnold 1879-1959 and John Nelson Arnold 1834-1909 by Clinton Sellew w/ photo of Clara Maxfield Arnold (excerpted from a 1973 article written by Clinton Sellew)
A Night of Ballroom Dancing & Listening (announcement)
February Members Meeting
Newman Hunt Cemetery Restoration Project / Daniel O’Connell
From the Attic by Edna Anness, Museum Curator
“The Streets of the City”
Roger Williams
Grounds Committee by Ray Anderson, Chairman
Newman Church cited for historical significance by David Kelleher (reprinted from the EP Post – July 2, 1998)
Members Meeting
Robert Korkuk to speak about his uncle’s experiences in World War II
From the Attic by Edna Anness, Museum Curator
Board Briefs
In memory of… Beverly Chalko
Sunday Afternoon and Off to the Farm by George Amaral w/ map and photos
View history of unique Looff Carousel in Riverside by David Kelleher w/ photo (first published in the EP Post – November 12, 1998)
A Night of Ballroom Dancing & Listening (announcement)
Members Christmas Party (announcement)
Board Briefs
Grounds Committee by Ray Anderson, Chairman
From the Attic by Edna Anness, Museum Curator
Crescent Park Exhibition w/ photo
Crescent Park Revisited (announcement)
J. Irvin Chaffee (first principal of EP High School) by Irvin Chaffee Plough
Board Briefs
Museum Committee / Virginia Berwick, Chairman
Grounds Committee / Ray Anderson, Chairman
From the Attic by Edna Anness, Museum Curator
The Ray Building
Close-up of Historic Sites by David Kelleher
Whitcomb Farm House
From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator
Kent Heights water tower scrapbook of daily photographs and news articles from Raymond Johnson
October Members’ Meeting
“History of Amusement Parks” by Prof. Don Wilmeth
Board Briefs
In memory of… Clare Sullivan
Grounds Committee by Ray Anderson, Chairman
Exhibition: “Crescent Park: Coney Island of the East” (announcement)
Board Briefs
From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church by David Kelleher (reprinted from the East Providence Post, February 19, 1998)
Annual Picnic (announcement)
Board Briefs
Election of Officers / Florence Adams, Chairman, Nominating Committee
From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator
Poster of upcoming “Crescent Park: Coney Island of the East”-related events
Riverside Square by Althea Hall McAleer
School programs presented in May and June
May Members Meeting
“Riverside: from Farmland to Coney Island” / Dave Kelleher and Edna Anness
From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator
“Crescent Park: Coney Island of the East” exhibition
Nominating Committee / Florence Adams, Chairman
Museum Committee / Virginia Berwick, Chairman
East Providence Historic Properties Study Commission / Dave Kelleher, Chairman (honoring 3 groups)
History of Crescent Park by Amelia Cabral
Grounds Committee / Ray Anderson, Chairman
Hakan Carlson Hammarlund by John W. Agren (with image of his Lincoln Farm Association certificate)
Evening of Alhambra Ballroom Memories (announcement)
From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator
The Rest of the Alhambra Story w/ photos
Sway and Swing … this Evening (announcement)
Board Briefs
George Byron Boyden by Amelia Cabral
In memory of… Isabel Rich
Close-up of Historic Sites by David Kelleher
The Philip Walker House
Grounds Committee by Ray Anderson, Chairman
The Long View: Special Exhibit of Panoramic Photographs (announcement)
March Members Meeting
East Providence in the Blackstone Valley Tourism Bureau and Blackstone Valley National Heritage Corridor
“Crescent Park: Coney Island of the East” exhibition committee meeting (announcement)
Victorian Farmhouse Must Be Sold within 60 Days Due to Rezoning by Nancy Moore
Board Briefs
Call for Candidates (announcement)
Alhambra Ballroom Memories (announcement)
From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator
The Alhambra w/ photos
Letters
Swedish Ancestry Research Association (SARA) by John Agren
From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator
“Crescent Park: Coney Island of the East” exhibition
Board Briefs
Buildings and Grounds / Ray Anderson, Grounds Chairman
Members Meeting
Leslie O’Brien, owner of the Charles Pierce House
From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator
“Crescent Park: Coney Island of the East” exhibition
Board Briefs
Champlin Foundation grant for public school transportation to the Hunt House
The Nelson Family of Rumford
Buildings and Grounds / Ray Anderson, Grounds Chairman
From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator
Board Briefs
The Long View: Special Exhibit of Panoramic Photographs (announcement)
Flint Library Dedicated
November Members Meeting
Rhode Island Whitecap Flint Corn and Jonny Cakes
Tribute to Harold Norman Flint
Board Briefs
From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator
Christmas Candlelight Tour of the Historic 1685 Daggett House (announcement)
October Members Meeting
The History of Girl Scouting in East Providence
From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator
The Rumford Churning Company by John W. Agren
Board Briefs
In Memoriam: Lura Sellew
Markers by Kris Rose, Chairman
Grounds Committee / Ray Anderson, Chairman
Buildings & Grounds Committee / Earl Berwick, Chairman
Museum Committee by Virginia Berwick, Chairman
Photo of Looff Carousel
September Members Meeting
Eva Poirier’s Quilting Party
Board Briefs
In Memoriam: Lewis Meservy and Reginald Whitcomb
From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator
East Providence Town Hall story related by Caroline Hirdis, former librarian for Weaver Library
Markers by Kris Rose, Chairman
More Quilts (announcement)
Autumn Community Programs (announcements)
Hunts Mills Family Picnic / Annual Meeting / Providence Brigade Band
From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator
Board Briefs
Museum Committee / Virginia Berwick, Chairman
Tribute to Lura Sellew
In Memoriam: Alice Valerio and Lura Sellew
“Historical Gardens”
From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator
Kronquist’s Store
More “Squares and Corners”
Board Briefs
Nominating Committee by Florence Adams, Chairman
Building & Grounds Committee / Earl Berwick, Chairman
The Rumford and the Depot Square Grocery Stores by John W. Agren et. al. (continued from April issue)
Strictly Sentimental Swing Band 3rd Annual Appearance
From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator
Intersections with proper names (squares and corners)
Board Briefs
Preservation News
In Memoriam: Clarke Rodman
Museum Committee / Virginia Berwick, Chairman
The Rumford and the Depot Square Grocery Stores by John W. Agren et. al.
Good old days in the kitchen (Barbara Sherman Stetson)
From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator
3 historic posters donated by Richmond Day
Board Briefs
In Memoriam: Charlie Jackson
Museum Committee / Virginia Berwick, Chairman
Building & Grounds Committee / Earl Berwick, Chairman
Members Meeting
“The Fifth Wheel of the Wagon”, 19th century medicine by Lisa Roy, Civil War reenactor
Historical Marker Presentation Scheduled for February 24 by Kris Rose, Chairman, Markers Committee
From the Attic by Edna Anness, Museum Curator
Town Halls of Rehoboth, Seekonk, and East Providence
Board Briefs
Correspondence from Brookes Porter, Rumford
Museum Committee / Virginia Berwick, Chairman
Building & Grounds Committee / Earl Berwick, Chairman
“Metacomet, better known as King Philip”, an excerpt from “Our Heritage: A History of East Providence” by Joseph Conforti
Historic House Receives Marker (Charles Pierce House) by Kris Rose, Chairman, Markers Committee
More About the Railroads
Board Briefs
From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator
Abell House and 18th century Windsor Chair from it donated to the Society
The Civil War Memorial at the East Providence City Hall by Clint Sellew
Preservation News (Ide House)
Board Briefs
From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator
Work Being Done for “Images of America: East Providence”
Correspondence from Kenneth Roberts, Bullocks Point
November Members Meeting
“It All Comes Out in the Wash”: How to Care for Your Antique Textiles by Edna Anness
Board Briefs
In Memoriam: Hiram Wood
Museum Committee / Virginia Berwick, Chairman
Getting Acquainted / Doreen Bonney, Newsletter
The Three Railroads of East Providence (Part 2) by Brookes Porter
Annual Christmas Party (announcement)
Historic Dyeing Techniques – How Our Ancestors Dyed Their Wool and Cotton Cloth by Helen King
Board Briefs
Christmas at the Hunt House
Building and Grounds
The Three Railroads of East Providence (Part 1) by Brookes Porter
Are You Old Enough to Remember… “Out Back: or, is this trip really necessary?” by Virginia Williams
Board News
From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator
New programs at the Hunt House
Building and Grounds / Earl Berwick, Chairman
Museum Committee / Virginia Berwick, Chairman
Photo of John Agren on tricycle on Newman Avenue in 1930
Virginia Williams outhouse photo
“Recollection” Exhibit Opened at Special Reception
Don’t Call Him a FIREMAN* (photo of retired fireFIGHTER Norman E. Gladding)
From the Editor: What’s in a name…
History of the East Providence Fire Alarm System / Norman E. Gladding
Report of the Nominating Committee
Recollection Memories Roundtable (announcement)
THEN … and NOW: Waterman Avenue at Six Corners (1930 & 1996 photos)
Annual Hunts Mills Family Picnic (announcement)
Members Meeting
“The Next Ten Years Along the Blackstone” / Park Ranger Jack Whittaker
A Night of Ballroom Memories (announcement)
Recollection: Hunt House Museum Exhibition (announcement)
Blackstone Valley National Heritage Corridor: “The Next Ten Years” (announcement)
Grand Opening of “Recollection” (announcement)
1996 Marks 30th Anniversary of Historical Society
The “Island Connection” Viewed by Hundreds of Visitors Received National Attention
From the Editor: Reflections at Thirty … Pogo Was Right
Island Connection Scrapbook Selections
“A Written History is Their Goal (article about the beginning of the Historical Society reprinted from the EP Post in 1966)
From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator
New Library/Reference Room
Annual Evening of Ballroom Memories (announcement)
“The Island Connection: Cape Verde – Rhode Island”
If You Wanted a Cop … You Called “TAGGART”! (photo of patrolman Walter Taggart)
From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator
Wooden washing machine patented in 1890
Bridge Cop for 46 Years (Walter Taggart) published in the Providence Journal Magazine on December 29, 1929
THEN … and NOW: 809 Broadway (1925 Riley’s Market and 1995 Horton’s Seafood photos)
Members Meeting (announcement)
The Island Connection
Historical Society Begins Compilation of East Providence Photo Book
From the Editor … It’s about pictures …
From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator
“Lost East Providence”: Lost and Endangered Historical Sites in our City by Edna Anness (announcement)
Carousel photos
East Providence Scrapbook
Diary of a ten-year-old describes the 1938 hurricane / Marjorie Welt
THEN … and NOW: Carl Bulley (1945 High School Yearbook and 1995 Historical Society meeting photos)
The Island Connection: Cape Verde – Rhode Island (announcement)
Special Pictorial Issue
Looff Carousel Centennial: The Carousel and Old Crescent Park in Pictures
From the Editor: Devoting this issue to the Carousel Centennial
L. Diana McLean Elected President of Society
Annual Hunts Mills Family Picnic Attended by More Than 200
From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator
About the Museum
The History of Watchemoket and Kent Heights by Edna Anness (announcement)
Look What We Found …
High School students discover stone foundations of bridge that led to Hunts Mills recreation area
The Emergency Botanical Team … A Quick Response
Cruise the Seekonk on the Blackstone River Valley Riverboat Explorer (announcement)
Society Members Featured on “Along the Blackstone” Cable TV Program
September will be Carousel Month (announcements)
Photo of Hunts Mills … Before the Grass got Too High
Society Receives Third Preservation Award
“Reaching Your Goals” Benefactor Meets the Beneficiaries (Alan Shawn Feinstein visits Silver Spring School)
President’s Letter / Nancy Moore
Annual Meeting/Family Picnic (announcement)
From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator
Union Primary School hand bell
“Jess Welt’s Watchemoket”, Hunt House restoration group, and Annual Hunts Mills Family Picnic posters
East Providence Scrapbook / Clint Sellew
Reminiscences of the Shore reprinted from the Providence Evening Bulletin, July 21, 1886
Preservation Pride certificate presented by the City to the Historical Society
“Ballroom Memories” Program Serves Nostalgia to Record Attendance
Nominating Committee Report / Virginia Berwick, Chairman
President’s Letter / Nancy Moore
Reminiscences & Reflections
The McManus Homestead / Patricia M. Henry
“Jess Welt’s Watchemoket”, Hunt House restoration group, and Annual Hunts Mills Family Picnic posters
How It Happens Part II (Gazette production)
From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator
Bowen’s Ice House and Pond
From Pilgrims to Pow Wows: A Look at Native American Life in Southern New England by Susan Esons (announcement)
Society Wins Rhode Island State Historic Preservation Award
President’s Letter / Nancy Moore
From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator
Joseph Butterworth’s blacksmith shop
“Jess Welt’s Watchemoket” photograph exhibition (announcement)
East Providence Scrapbook / Clint Sellew
The McManus Homestead
“Jess Welt’s Watchemoket”, Hunt House restoration group, and Ballroom Memories posters
Reminiscences & Reflections
The Town Hall Movies / Ruth Marsden MacDougald
How It Happens Part I (Gazette production)
John Hunt House Preservation Award Certificate
March Members Meeting
“Whaling Expedition of the Mind” / Jim Plante, Model Shipwright
President’s Letter / Nancy Moore
Story of the Award Winning Hunt House Restoration / Virginia and Earl Berwick (announcement)
From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator
Anne Ide Fuller Library
“Jess Welt’s Watchemoket” photograph exhibition (announcement)
Ballroom Memories, Hunt House restoration group, and Pasta Supper posters
Babcock and Dolly
East Providence Scrapbook / Clint Sellew
Ancient Boundary Marker (on Pawtucket Avenue at Silver Spring Golf Course)
Join Jim Plante on an 1850 Whaling Expedition out of New Bedford (announcement)
1995 to Mark Carousel Centennial
Members Meeting
“From Pilgrims to Pow Wows”: A Look at Native American Life in Southern New England by Susan Esons
President’s Letter / Nancy Moore
Sadly Missed … Fondly Remembered: Charles Gross, Hope Ring
East Providence Scrapbook / Clint Sellew
Roger Williams Spring
From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator
Flax wheel and ladderback chair
The Hunt House Restoration / Virginia and Earl Berwick (announcement)
“From Pilgrims to Pow Wows” by Susan Esons (announcement)
1994 Has Passed into History: Here is One More Peek at Some of the Images of a Great Year …
President’s Letter / Nancy Moore
From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator
Emma Judkins’ Meriden B. Company Teapot
Museum Report / Virginia Berwick, Museum Chairman
East Providence Scrapbook / Clint Sellew
Washington Bridge
Certificate of Commendation for Hunt House Restoration from American Association for State and Local History
Plummer Collection Feature of Children’s Christmas Exhibition of Old Toys at the Hunt House
President’s Letter / Nancy Moore
East Providence Scrapbook / Clint Sellew
East Providence Standpipe (water tower)
From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator
Miss Pagny’s earthenware jug
Annual Christmas Party (announcement)
January 1, 1995 … Out with the OLDE … In with the NEW … (newsletter name change)
Photo from the Children’s Christmas Exhibit
Members Meeting
Fashioning the Past: Using Costume as an Interpretive Tool / Dan Romani, Educator, RI Historical Society
Christmas Exhibition Will Feature Plummer Doll House (announcement)
President’s Letter / Nancy Moore
Walt and Madeline Vincent Bring Home the Prize (AASLH Award for Hunt House Restoration)
The Feinstein Grant / Edna Anness
John Hunt and the History of Hunt’s Mills slide lecture by Edna Anness (announcement)
East Providence Scrapbook / Clint Sellew
Red Bridge
Photo of the Historic East Providence Clock III at the Carousel parking lot
Members Meeting
“A Walk Through History” …
President’s Letter / Nancy Moore
East Providence Scrapbook / Clint Sellew
Runnins River School
From the President’s Desk … / Nancy Moore
Passage of Historic Preservation Bond Issue #6 Will Mean Jobs, Housing, and Rescue of Community Landmarks
Vote YES on #6: Preservation Works! sponsored by RI Historical Society
Photo of the Historic East Providence Clock II in Riverside Square
42 Historical Society Volunteers Will Receive Prestigious AASLH Award
President’s Letter / Nancy Moore
Museum Report / Virginia Berwick, Museum Chairman
Feinstein Grant / Edna Anness, Museum Curator (announcement)
Building Restoration / Walter Vincent, Chairman, Buildings & Grounds Committee
The Blackstone Valley Explorer (boat tour announcement)
Members Meeting
Blackstone Valley National Heritage Park Corridor / National Park Ranger Suzanne Buchanan
Rumford Located in Maryland (Rumford Co. artifacts collected by Mike & Susan Rumford of Sykesville, Maryland)
Photo of the Historic East Providence Clock in front of Sullivan Brothers
Society to receive AASLH Award for Hunt House Restoration / Edna Anness
E. P. Heritage Days …
President’s Letter / Nancy Moore
Feinstein Grant / Edna Anness (announcement)
Members Meeting
Blackstone Valley National Heritage Park Corridor / National Park Ranger Suzanne Buchanan
The Blackstone Valley Explorer (boat tour announcement)
Museum Report / Virginia Berwick, Museum Chairman
“Good Old Golden Rule Days”: the history of East Providence schools slide presentation by Edna Anness (announcement)
Building Restoration / Walter Vincent, Chairman, Buildings & Grounds Committee
Markers / Kristine Rose, Chairman, Marker Committee
Photo of Watchemoket Square in 1924
1993/94 … Merely GREAT!
Annual Meeting & Old Fashioned Family Picnic (announcement)
President’s Letter / Nancy Moore
Museum Report / Virginia Berwick, Museum Chairman
Reminiscences & Recollections / Ruth Marsden MacDougald
Being a student at Brightridge School in the 1920s
The Rumford Project: 140 Years of Baking Powder History / Edna Anness, Project Director
Nominating Committee / Virginia Berwick, Chairman
Feinstein Grant Awarded
Photo of the American Band in Watchemoket Square on Fourth of July 1924
Members Meeting
The Grand Movie Palaces of East Providence: Hollywood & Lyric featuring Joe Jarvis
President’s Letter / Nancy Moore
140 Years of Baking Powder History … The Exhibit / Edna Anness, Project Director
Nominating Committee / Virginia Berwick, Chairman
Providence Evening Bulletin theatre page from March 20, 1940
[This issue is not available. If you have a copy, please e-mail the Society.]
Members Meeting
140 Years of Baking Powder History / Paul R. Jones, PhD
President’s Letter / Nancy Moore
Advertisement for Horsford’s Acid Phosphate
Map of Rumford showing historical boundaries, sites, and property owned by Rumford Chemical Co. around 1895
Aerial photo of Rumford Chemical Works in 1942
Members Meeting
Library Memories Roundtable: Once upon a time the Watchemoket Free Library Association / Caroline Bowen Hurdis and Valerie Toner
President’s Letter / Nancy Moore
Museum Report / Virginia Berwick, Museum Chairman
The Rumford Story: The Lay of the Land / Edna Anness
Photo of East Providence Town Hall in 1928
Society Awarded Grant from RI Committee for the Humanities (for “140 Years of Baking Powder History”)
…And More Help… (from the Rumford Company for that program)
President’s Letter / Nancy Moore
Museum Report / Edna Anness, Museum Curator
Building Restoration / Walter Vincent, Chairman, Building Committee
Historical Society Lecture Series
Christmas at Hunt House
Photo of Watchemoket Square in Winter 1922
Come on over to Our House … Christmas at the Hunt House (announcement)
President’s Letter / Nancy Moore
Museum Update / Edna Anness, Museum Curator
Members Meeting
Crescent Park Revisited / Ed Serowik, guest speaker
President’s Letter / Nancy Moore
News Flash: Bridgham Farm is yours, East Providence!
Public Hearing: Roger Williams Avenue Reconstruction (announcement)
Building Restoration / Walter Vincent, Chairman, Building Committee
The Autumn Supper / Florence Adams, Pie Recruiter
Christmas at Hunt House (announcement)
Photo of Crescent Park Streetcar in 1903
“Rumford Memories Roundtable” Launches Rumford Project
Members Meeting
An Evening with Joe MacDougald
President’s Letter / Nancy Moore
Museum Update / Edna Anness, Museum Curator
About the Museum (accessioning)
Building Restoration / Walter Vincent, Chairman, Building Committee
Photo of Railroad Station at Watchemoket Square in 1928
Members Meeting
“Rumford Memories Roundtable”
The Rumford Story
President’s Letter / Nancy Moore
Advertisement for Horsford’s Acid Phosphate
Reminiscences and Recollections from Joe MacDougald
Photo of Six Corners in 1930
New Board for 93/94 Takes Office at Annual Meeting/Picnic
A Message from the President / Nancy Moore
Annual Meeting & Family Picnic: A New Tradition is Established
The Rumford Project / Edna Anness
The New Olde News
Museum News / Edna Anness, Museum Curator
A Short History of the Historical Society (by Lura Sellew, reprinted from Olde News, September, 1988)
Photo of Allens Drug Store in 1928
Annual Meeting
Nominating Committee nominations for officers
Preservation Update / Nancy Moore, Chairman, Preservation Committee
Museum / Virginia Berwick, Museum Chairman
Building Restoration / Walter Vincent, Chairman, Building Committee
Family Picnic / Bill Simpson, Program Chairman (announcement)
About the Photo… (Watchemoket Square during the 1924 Fourth of July Parade, taken by Jess Welt)
Reminiscences and Recollections / Joe MacDougald
Photo of 4th of July 1924 in Watchemoket Square
Preservation Update / Nancy Moore, Chairman, Preservation Committee
Building Restoration / Walter Vincent, Chairman, Building Committee
Museum(?) / Virginia Berwick, Museum Chairman
From the Curator … / Edna Anness, Museum Curator
Hunt Gravestone / Lura Sellew, Governor, Rhode Island Mayflower Society
Markers / Katherine Rodman, Chairman, Markers Committee
From History Books to Cook Books (from “Sifting through History” in the Portsmouth Herald on March 31, 1993)
Roger Williams Avenue Update (announcement)
Markers (announcement)
Museum / Virginia Berwick, Museum Chairman
Preservation / Nancy Moore, Preservation Committee
Ban on Parking (on the marble terrace in front of the State House) request for help by Providence Preservation Society
The Future of Our History / Michael Charves
Museum / Virginia Berwick, Museum Comm. Chair
Preservation / Nancy Moore
Programs / Louise Healy
Events
Statewide Historic Preservation Conference
When History’s Fact Meets Fiction / Michael Charves
Publicity
News / Claudette Field
Museum / Virginia Berwick
Restoration / Walter Vincent
Preservation / Nancy Moore
They Just Don’t Get It / Michael Charves
Restoration / Walter Vincent
Museum / Virginia Berwick, Museum Chairman
“Olde East Providence Businesses” museum display
Markers / Katherine Rodman, Marker Committee
Historical Markers Now Available
Forgotten Memories / Michael Charves
Preservation / Nancy Moore
Museum / Virginia Berwick, Chairman, Museum Committee
Hunt House / Virginia Berwick
“A View from the Kitchen” or “Song of the Open House” by Florence Adams
Dark day for Historic Preservation / Michael Charves
Museum Committee / Virginia Berwick
Trivia (Omega Pond alternate names)
Razing Ell / Michael Charves
Memo from RIHPC to EP Historical Society concerning the Hunt House and the brick ell
Preservation / Nancy Moore
Museum Committee / Virginia Berwick, Museum Chairperson
Curator’s Notes / Edna Anness, Museum Curator
Events
Golden Days: Narragansett Terrace 1920-1938
Save our Sites (tours of historic landmarks)
President’s Letter / Scott Booth
Museum Committee / Edna Anness
Preservation / Nancy Moore
Building Committee
Events
Beyond Warren Thresholds (tours of historic buildings in Warren’s waterfront historic district)
The Civil War: A Second Look
Axe Me No Questions: A report from the Lizzie Borden Conference / Michael Charves
Museum Committee / Edna Anness
A Day at the Races: Memories of Narragansett Race Track by John Agren
Goodbye (from departing editor George Field IV)
President’s Letter / Scott Booth
Museum Committee / Edna Anness
Preservation / Nancy Moore
Hunt House Update
Nominations / Florence Adams, et.al.
The Month’s News
Meeting
The History of Building Technology: Evaluation of Existing Buildings by Maxmillian Ferro, American Institute of Architects
Museum Committee / Edna Anness
Preservation Committee / Nancy Moore
Nominations / Florence Adams
One House in Rumford / Hiram Wood
President’s Letter / Scott Booth
Meeting
Hunt House Restoration lecture and slides
Museum Committee / Edna Anness
Preservation Committee / Nancy Moore
Thanks for the Memory (Board response to Society’s computer crash) / George Field
Danger Editor and the Case of the Disappearing Newsletter
Museum Committee / Edna Anness
Hunt House Update / Claudette Field
President’s Letter / Scott Booth
Preservation Committee / Nancy Moore
Hunt House Report / Claudette Field
Notes from the Editor / George Field
Museum Committee / Edna Anness
The Rifle Range by John Agren
Danger Editor’s Last Case?
President’s Letter / Scott Booth
Museum Committee / Edna Anness
Hunt House
Hear Ye, Hear Ye! (Champlin Foundations grant awarded) / Claudette Field
President’s Letter / Scott Booth
Special Meeting
“The Nobska – Last New England Steamboat” by Bill Ewen
Museum Committee / Edna Anness
Hunt House Update
President’s Letter / Scott Booth
Union Primary 1933-34 / John Agren
Hunt House Report / Walter Vincent
Preservation Committee / Nancy Moore
Notes and Comments / George Field
The View from the Other Side (Providence Journal article referring to the east side of the Seekonk River as the “Seekonk side”)
Grave Matters (Newman Church Cemetery)
Woodsman, Spare that Plank! (Hunts Mills tree uprooted by Hurricane Bob)
Museum Committee / Edna Anness
Hunt House Update / George Field
Union Primary 1931-1932 / John Agren
President’s Letter / Scott Booth
Museum Committee Annual Report / Edna Anness, Chairman
Hunt House Update
Letters and Comments / Hiram L. Wood
Bayview Fire Company
President’s Letter / Claudette Field
Preservation / Nancy Moore
Tribute to former Society member Angela Heaton’s mother
Encounter in Norumbega (The Hidden Story of Early New England Maps)
Letters and Comments / Ruth Marsden MacDougald
Miss Pagny’s second grade class in the schoolhouse on the corner of Pawtucket and Vincent Avenues
The Annual E. P. Historical Society Picnic (announcement)
President’s Letter / Claudette Field
Museum Committee / Edna Anness
Preservation Committee
Nominating Committee
Letters and Comments / Hiram L. Wood
Another reminiscence of Miss Paganie’s School (Armington Corners School)
President’s Letter / Claudette Field
Museum Committee / Edna Anness
Preservation Committee / Nancy Moore
Hunt House Update
Markers Committee / Kit Rodman
Program Committee / Bill Simpson
President’s Letter / Claudette Field
Museum Committee / Edna Anness
Marker Committee / Kit Rodman
Grant Writing Committee / Jewel Drickamer
Ways and Means Committee
Stephen Mack, Our March Speaker
Hunt House Update
Union School Memories / Joseph J. MacDougald
President’s Letter / Claudette Field
Meeting
George Donovan’s Bike Path video
Museum Committee / Edna Anness
Preservation Committee / Nancy Moore
Grant Writing Committee / Jewel Drickamer
Hunt House Update / Walter Vincent
Markers Committee / Kit Rodman
President’s Letter / Claudette Field
Meeting
Restoration of the Philip Walker House by Mark Zelonis, Executive Director of the Heritage Trust of Rhode Island
Museum Committee / Edna Anness
The Christmas Caper: A Danger Editor True Adventure
Hunt House Update
Trip to Blithewold
President’s Letter / Claudette Field
Magical Mystery Tour, Part III (Blithewold)
Museum Committee / Edna Anness
Peter Hunt letters
Mac Attack! (Society’s new Macintosh SE computer)
Hunt House Update
Christmas Open House
Taking the King’s Shilling
Lemuel Brown House
President’s Letter / Claudette Field
Meeting
“Rhode Island, the Reluctant Signer, U. S. Constitution & Bill of Rights by Anita Flax, Esq.
A Victorian Christmas at Hunt House (announcement)
Museum Committee / Edna Anness
Preservation Committee / Nancy Moore
Hunt House Update
Incredible, but True! (25-year lease signed)
Progress (painting)
More Gas (gas line from Hunt House to Caleb Williams house)
Bonus Points (grant for new heating system)
The Peter Hunt Letters by Jacqueline Damian
Christmas Giving
U. S. Bill of Rights by Anita Flax (announcement)
President’s Letter / Claudette Field
Meeting
Lura Sellew talk about tracing our roots
Museum Committee / Edna Anness
A Summer Haven as told to Jewel Drickamer by Elizabeth Gallup Myer
Hunt House Update
I Hear Ya Knockin, but Ya Can’t Come in (attempted break-in to Hunt House)
Gas at Last (gas line installed)
The Wall (dividing the parlor into 2 rooms)
We’re in the Money ($44,400 grant awarded from RI Historical Preservation Commission)
Preservation / Nancy Moore
Traffic Light Update
Bridgham Farm
President’s Letter / Claudette Field
Meeting
Slides of Coventry historical sites taken on our pilgrimage
Museum Committee / Edna Anness
Preservation Committee / Nancy Moore
Return of the day Trippers (Second Magical Mystery Tour in South County)
“The Water Closet Caper”: Another Danger Editor Adventure
The Other Side of the Bay (Coventry)
President’s Letter / Claudette Field
Museum Committee / Edna Anness
Day Trippers (tour of Coventry historical sites)
“The Kitchen from Hell!”: Danger Editor Returns! (His most perilous case yet!!)
Hunt House Update
Taking It to the Streets
Will Yoder (Public Building Authority member inspects Hunt House floor)
Exciting new Contest! (kitchen design w/ entry form)
The Backdoor Men Return (restoration of the backdoor)
President’s Letter / Claudette Field
Annual Meeting/Election of Officers (announcement)
Annual Picnic (announcement)
Danger Editor!
Hunt House Update
Beehive of Activity (beehive oven arrives)
The Backdoor Men (restoration of the backdoor)
Adopt a Window
Love It or Lease It (lease approved by City Council but still being changed by City Solicitor)
Museum Committee / Edna Anness
Nominations for Office
President’s Letter / Claudette Field
Meeting
Rosalee Oakley, Association for Gravestone Studies, guest speaker
My Night as Deborah Grant Hunt / Claudette Field
Ways and Means / Claudette Field
Hunt House Update
Museum Committee / Edna Anness
Spring Help for Homeowners / Jacqueline Connell, Roger Williams College & Providence Preservation Society (announcement)
President’s Letter / Claudette Field
Meeting
A Hunt House History Lesson by Edna Anness
Tribute to late member Ann Bannister
Preservation Committee / Nancy Moore
Great News – The Light Has Dawned at DOT! (traffic light replacement at Pawtucket Ave. and Pleasant St.)
Bridgham Farm
Union Primary
Ways and Means / Madeline and Walter Vincent
Hunt House Update
Museum Committee / Edna Anness
Nominations
Safe at Last! (security system installed)
Determination Pays (IRS tax-exempt, non-profit letter received)
President’s Letter / Claudette Field
Meeting
Carousel Slides by David Kelleher
Preservation Committee / Nancy Moore
Great Graffiti News! (removed from Weaver House)
Bridgham Farm Update
The “Not-So-Great Light of Our Life” (traffic light replacement at Pawtucket Ave. and Pleasant St.)
Ways and Means
Tax Credits (for preservation work of historic properties)
Who’s Who, What’s What (description of local historical societies/groups)
Hunt House Update
Museum Committee / Edna Anness
President’s Letter / Claudette Field
Preservation / Nancy Moore
The Traffic Light Affair (replacement at Pawtucket Ave. and Pleasant St.)
The Moore Peterson Farms
Grant Writing / Jewel Drickamer
Ways and Means / Pat Millette
Hunt House Update
Heating System / Security System / Kitchen / Chimney Repairs / Exterior Paint / Clean-up Day
Museum Committee / Edna Anness
The Missing Meeting (January meeting canceled due to weather)
Adbook (for the Mystery Dinner)
Letters and Comments
Middletown Historical Society adding EP Historical Society to distribution list
RI Historical Preservation Commission’s preliminary consensus that Union Primary School does not meet NRHP criteria
President’s Letter / Claudette Field
Meeting
Carousel presentation by Dave Kelleher
Preservation
Moore/Peterson News
Light Dawns (Slowly) at the DOT
Ways and Means
Museum Committee / Edna Anness
Union School
December’s meeting with speaker Michael Fink, RISD
President’s Letter / Claudette Field
Meeting
Michael Fink, RISD, guest speaker
The Committee Monster Returns!
Hunt House Update / George Field
E. P. Phone Home (telephone installed)
Coming Events (work projects)
The Five Year Plan, and Beyond
Museum Committee / Edna Anness
It’s Official! (letter from Champlin Foundation approving grant for replacing Hunt House heating system)
President’s Letter / Claudette Field
Meeting
Len Erickson, past president, guest speaker
Preservation Committee / Nancy Moore
The Moore Farm property
Traffic light at Pawtucket Ave. and Pleasant St.
Ways and Means / Madeline Vincent
Grant Writing / Jewel Drickamer
We’re in the Money (Champlin grant awarded for restoration of the Hunt House heating system)
Hunt House Update / George Field
Heat! (donor to buy 1-year oil service for Hunt House)
Miracle Workers (work on the Hunt House)
Piecing It Together (fireplace repairs)
Security Blanket (specifications for security system finalized)
Museum Committee / Edna Anness
Moore Farm Visit (by Preservation committee)
President’s Letter / Claudette Field
Nostalgia
EPFD came when the Red Bridge couldn’t close due to the metal expanding
Last Month’s Response
This Month’s Query
Ways and Means / Madeline Vincent
Annual Meeting / Claudette Field
Hunt House Update / George Field
Colors (original color of Hunt House)
Wampanoags! (GFWC Wampanoag Women’s Club meeting at Hunt House)
Safety & Security (fire extinguishers)
Outside (accelerated work schedule)
Museum Committee / Edna Anness
President’s Letter / Claudette Field
Nostalgia / Ray Anderson
Last Month’s Answer
This Month’s Query
Preservation / Nancy Moore
Ways and Means / Madeline Vincent
Annual Meeting (announcement)
Hunt House Update
Lease Said the Better (lawyer hired to help with Hunt House lease)
Inside
Out (painting)
Signed on (new restoration project sign)
Company (East Providence Coalition Annual Picnic at Hunts Mills)
Museum Committee / Edna Anness
President’s Letter / Claudette Field
Moore Farm
Nostalgia / Ray Anderson
Last Month’s Query and Answer
This Month’s Query
Hunt House Update
25 Years (Hunt House lease granted)
Scott (Booth) and Marvin (windows)
Contractual Obligations (specifications)
To Ell with It! (demolishing the ell) / George Field
Safety and Security
Outside Team Needs Help! / Ray Anderson
Museum Committee / Edna Anness
Inside Work Ongoing
Letters and Comments
Union Primary School NRHP preliminary eligibility
Slate of Nominees presented by Nominating Committee at June meeting
President’s Letter / Claudette Field
Nostalgia / Ray Anderson
Last Month’s Query and Answer
This Month’s Question
Ways and Means
Hunt House Update / George Field
Longer lease proposed
Pump House roof collapse
Safety and Security Committee / Ray Anderson
Museum Committee / Edna Anness
Letters and Comments
Removal of the ell
Future of Union Elementary School
President’s Letter / Claudette Field
Nostalgia / Ray Anderson
Answer to Last Month’s Query
This Month’s Question
Happy 50th Anniversary, Earl & Ginny Berwick
Preservation Committee / Nancy Moore
May Meeting
Anne Farber & Marijoan Bull, EP Planner, guest speakers
Hunt House Update / Ray Anderson & George Field
Safety and Security Committee / Ray Anderson
Museum Committee / Edna Anness
President’s Letter / Claudette Field
Preservation Committee / Nancy Moore
Nostalgia
Last Month’s Query
This Month’s Question
Ways and Means / Madeline Vincent
Grant Writing / Ellen O’Hare
April Meeting
Charles O’Connell, history buff, guest speaker
Hunt House Update
Moore News about Pleasant Street / George Field
Museum Committee (end of article missing due to cut-out form on opposite side)
Letters and Comments
Newbay Corporation offer to speak about coal-fired cogeneration plant declined
Colonial Fair (announcement)
President’s Letter / Claudette Field
The Children’s Museum / George Field
Nostalgia
This Month’s Question
Historical Society cable TV programs (proposal) / George Donovan
Ways and Means / Ellen O’Hare
Grant Writing / Ellen O’Hare
March Meeting
John J. Finan, FTF Partnership, guest speaker
Hunt House Update
Safety and Security / Ray Anderson
To Ell and Back Again / George Field
Artifacts Committee / Edna Anness
Letters and Comments
FTF Partnership offer to speak about proposed Pleasant Street apartment complex
Newbay Corporation offer to speak about coal-fired cogeneration plant
President’s Letter / Claudette Field
Our New Address (Post Office box)
Ways and Means / Madeline and Walter Vincent
Grant Writing Committee / Ellen O’Hare
February Meeting
Dan Horton and Anne Jenks, Seekonk Historic Commission, guest speakers
Hunt House Update
Safety and Security Committee Report / Ray Anderson
To Ell and Back / Claudette Field
Artifacts / Claudette Field
Potluck Rehash / Claudette Field
Concern over coal-fired generating plant / George Field
Further Unpleasantness (proposed apartment complex on Moore Farm) / George Field
President’s Letter / Claudette Field
Ways and Means / Madeline and Walter Vincent
Hunt House Update
The Securities Commission, Part II
A New Lease on Life (Hunt House) / Ray Anderson & George Field
December Meeting (report) / Lura Sellew
Unpleasant Development? (proposed apartment complex on Moore Farm)
December Speaker (more about Blithewold) / Florence Adams
President’s Letter / Claudette Field
December Meeting
Mark Zelonis, Director of Heritage Trust of RI and Blithewold, guest speaker
Board Meeting (goals for Hunt House)
A New Lease on Life (Hunt House) / Claudette Field
Hunt House Update
Hunt House Restoration
The Securities Commission / George Field
November Meeting (report)
President’s Letter / Claudette Field
October Meeting (report)
Weaver House Update
Preservation Report / Nancy Moore
Hunt House Update
Hunt House Repairs
Vandalism
Ways and Means Committee / Madeline Vincent
George Reed / Clint Sellew
Remembrance for Dixwell Goff
President’s Letter / Claudette Field
October Meeting
Dr. Kevin Jordan, Director of Historic Preservation at Roger Williams College, guest speaker
Bank of New England’s Rumford office displaying East Providence historic prints / George Field
Weaver House Update / George Field
New Slate Elected
Ways and Means Committee / Madeline Vincent
November’s guest speaker to be Clifford Renshaw, restoration architect
Memorial for Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Colt / Lura Sellew
Washington Bridge / Clint Sellew
“Olde News” Debut
A Short History of the Historical Society / Lura Sellew
Weaver House Update / Nancy Moore
Ways and Means Committee / Madeline Vincent
Nominating Committee Report
The Renshaw Report (survey of the Hunt House) / George Field
Hunt House Update