Saturday, March 27
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
RIHS Library
121 Hope Street, Providence
To Register: Natasha Brooks
(401) 273-8107 x12 or libprograms@rihs.org
Family History, French-Canadian Style
In the 1800s, one third of Quebec's population left Canada for mill villages in Rhode Island and elsewhere in New England. By 1900, sixty percent of Woonsocket's population was French-Canadian and it was the most French city in the United States. In this seminar, Patty Vigeant Locke will present resources and strategies for researching your French Canadian ancestors. She will also discuss French aliases and methods of breaking through some of the brick walls commonly encountered. Patty is chairperson of the Research Department at the American French Genealogical Society. Limited to 20 participants, please register in advance. $20; $15 for members.
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Sunday, March 28, 1:30 p.m.
Museum of Work & Culture
42 South Main Street, Woonsocket
Free Admission, To R.S.V.P.: Ray Bacon
(401) 769-9675 or rbacon@rihs.org
Ranger Days
Sylvia Ann Soares presents “By the Sweat of Our Brow,” dramatic readings based on the oral histories collected from longshoremen of the International Longshoremen’s Association Local #1329 (Providence and New Bedford). Their diverse experiences are poignant, humorous, sweet and bitter.
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Wednesday, April 7, 6:30 p.m.
RIHS Library
121 Hope Street, Providence
Free and open to the public.
Contact: Natasha Brooks
(401) 273-8107 x12 or libprograms@rihs.org
Study Hill Book Club
On March 30, 1927, the Librarian of Brown University inaugurated what was to become the Study Hill Book Club. Richard Ring will talk about this network of bibliophiles, what the club managed to accomplish during its five-year lifespan, and why it never took hold in the apparently fertile bibliophilic ground of Providence. Ring holds a B.A. in English Literature from Ohio State University, and an M.L.S. from Indiana University. He is now the Special Collections Librarian at the Providence Public Library.
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At the Providence Public Library…
Saturday, March 27, 3:00 PM-5:00 PM
150 Empire Street
Providence, RI 02903
From Colonial times to the 20th century, men of African ancestry worked aboard New England ships, in every capacity from green hand to Captain.
In this illustrated lecture, Mary Malloy, PhD, of the Sea Education Association will trace the history of black whalemen through documents and photographs in museum and library collections, including the Providence Public Library. Dr. Malloy is the author of African Americans in the Maritime Trades: A Guide to Resources in New England, and "From Boston Harbor We Set Sail!”: A Curriculum Unit on African-American Sailors and the Maritime Community in Massachusetts, in addition to four other books on maritime history.
calendar@provlib.org
401-455-8021
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At the URI Feinstein Gallery Providence Campus…
April 1 - 30
“THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE—95 YEARS LATER, IN REMEMBRANCE”
This historically and artistically important exhibition will mark the 95th anniversary of the atrocities of the Armenian Genocide and is being curated by Gallery Z director Bérge Ara Zobian, an Armenian of Providence, RI. The show is proud to now boast 47 professional artists and over 100 works of school-age children ages 6-16 years old. Zobian is producing the show in collaboration with The Urban Arts and Culture Program of the University of Rhode Island.
www.armeniangenocide95years.com <http://www.armeniangenocide95years.com/> .
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