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JULY 12-Forefather's Service, Little Compton M. E. Church.
JULY 10-13-Burrillville-Glocester-Three-act Operetta "Samuel Cranston" at Harrisville-80 in cast.
JULY 16-18-National Association of State Liquor Administrators Convention, Providence.
JULY 18-Foster Tercentenary Observance, Town House, Foster Centre.
JULY 19-Boy Scout Camp, Yawgoog, Hopkinton. Historical pageant on lake shore.
JULY 20-24-International Lions Club, 20th annual convention, Providence. Parade, 21; band and bugle corps contests, Dexter Training Ground, 22.
JULY 23-25-Old Port Days, Newport. Opening of historic houses on Washington Street and other features.
JULY 25-Little Compton Old Home Week-end. Clambake and events.
JULY 25-AUGUST 2-West Warwick Old Home Week. Special Days at Cromp- ton, July 25. Phenix, July 28. Arctic, July 29-30. Old Home Day, 29. Riverpoint, Clyde and Lippitt, July 31. Parade and dedication of Pastime Park as WPA recreation centre. Natick, August 1-2.
JULY 27-Gen. Nathanael Greene birthday exercises at Nathanael Greene Home- stead, Anthony. Dedication of tablet.
AUGUST
AUGUST 1-2-Newport-Regatta and Water Carnival, Ida Lewis Yacht Club. AUGUST 1-Scituate-Pageant, North Scituate Congregational Church.
AUGUST 2-Forefather's Day Service, North Scituate Congregational Church.
AUGUST 2-Forefather's Day Service in costume, Shawomet Baptist Church, Warwick.
AUGUST 3-6-Knights of Lithuania national convention, Providence.
AUGUST 5-Warwick Tercentenary Regatta, Rocky Point.
AUGUST 5-7-Newport Flower Show, Newport Casino.
AUGUST 6-Warwick-Tour of historic houses and sites, Warwick Historical Society. Dedication of tablet to Samuel Gorton, founder of Warwick.
AUGUST 8-Warwick Day. Firemen's muster, old hand engines. Parade.
AUGUST 8-Connecticut Fifers and Drummers Association Field Day, auspices Fire King Fife and Drum Corps of Pawtuxet. Parade, band and individual contests, 2500 participants. Dexter Training Ground, Providence.
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AUGUST 8-Portsmouth-R. I. Kennel Club show, Sandy Point Farm.
AUGUST 12-14-37th annual Reunion National Society, Army of the Philippines, Providence.
AUGUST 12-East Greenwich Day, East Greenwich. Parade and exercises with old time chartered military commands.
AUGUST 13-15-Annual reunion, R. I. Department, American Legion, Prov- idence.
AUGUST 15-Tour of historical houses in East Greenwich and vicinity. Regatta, East Greenwich Yacht Club.
AUGUST 16-22-South Kingstown Tercentenary Celebration. Church Day, July 16. Services in town's churches. Children's Day, 17. Historic Pageant, Old Mountain Field, Peace Dale, 18. Rhode Island State College Day, Kingston, 19. With reproduction of session of Colonial General Assembly in its former meeting place, now Kingston Library. Old Home Day, parade and block dancing, Wakefield and Peace Dale, 20. Oliver Hazard Perry Day, site of Perry's birthplace, Perryville, 21. Hannah Robinson Day, with dedication of tablet at site of Tower Hill village, Post Road, 22.
AUGUST 18-23-Riverside Old Home Week, Tercentenary Celebration. Band Concerts, visits to U. S. S. Brooks, destroyer, anchored off Sabins Point, 18. Parade and Addresses, 19. Children's Day, with bicycle, and doll carriage parade-Hobby Show, 20. Girl Scout House dedication, athletic events and block dancing, 21. Church services, 23.
AUGUST 24-29-Westerly Tercentenary Week. Sunday concert in Wilcox Park by combined chorus and community orchestra. Opening old houses and visiting historic spots. "Westerlie Through the Years," historic pageant at Wilcox Park, 26, by residents of the towns that made up old Westerly- Hopkinton, Richmond, Charlestown and Westerly.
AUGUST 29-North Kingstown Tercentenary. Parade and exercises at reproduc- tion of Roger Williams' trading post on its former site near Cocumcussock, Post Road near Wickford.
AUGUST 30-Block Island Tercentenary. Special church services in morning. In afternoon, parade and exercises at Founders Rock, Cow Cove, with all islanders 80 and over, as guests of honor.
SEPTEMBER
SEPTEMBER 2-West Greenwich Tercentenary exercises at Mishnock.
SEPTEMBER 2-7-Rhode Island Tercentenary State Fair, Kingston.
SEPTEMBER 3-Reunion of Roger Williams Family Association at Roger Williams Park, old farm of Joseph, son of Roger Williams.
SEPTEMBER 4-Little Compton-Dedication of marker at grave of Indian Squaw Sachem, Awashhonks.
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SEPTEMBER 5-7-Reunion of Society of the Fifth Division, Veterans of the World War, Providence.
SEPTEMBER 7-Union St. Jean de Baptiste Drill Team Reunion, Auditorium, Providence.
SEPTEMBER 9-National Society of Mayflower Descendants, guests of Rhode Island Society at Triennial Congress.
SEPTEMBER 10 -- Perry Day, Newport. Anniversary of Battle of Lake Erie, won by Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry of Newport, September 10, 1813. Costume Ball, representing Colonial personages, Old Colony House.
SEPTEMBER 11-Newport-Parade by Centennial Legion of Historic Military Commands.
SEPTEMBER 11-12-Centennial Legion of Historic Military Commands of the United States, Providence. Parade of 45 Commands, September 12.
SEPTEMBER 11-19 INCLUSIVE-Rhode Island Industrial Exposition, Cranston Street Armory, Providence, by Rhode Island and Providence Plantations Ter- centenary Committee, Inc. (Jubilee Committee.)
SEPTEMBER 12-17th Annual Reunion, 301st Engineers Association of 76th Division.
SEPTEMBER 13-Newport-Tercentenary religious service, all creeds, U. S. Naval Training Station.
SEPTEMBER 12-Ballou Family Association, Reunion, Ballou Meeting House, Cumberland Hill.
SEPTEMBER 13-Thomas Angell Family Association Reunion, West Barrington. SEPTEMBER 19-Centennial Anniversary of Providence Athenaeum, oldest Prov- idence library.
SEPTEMBER 19-Robert Wheaton Descendants Association Reunion, Peleg Fran- cis Farm, Rehoboth.
SEPTEMBER 20-Portuguese-American Civic League of Rhode Island, Parade, Providence, 3000 participating.
SEPTEMBER 26-27-Tercentenary Drum Corps Holiday, Woonsocket, Lieut. Harold F. Flynn Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars, with 50 bands in competi- tion. Ball at State Armory in evening. Drum and bugle corps from three New England States.
OCTOBER
OCTOBER 1-2-National Conference of Legal Aid Organizations, Providence. OCTOBER 8-10-National Guard Association Convention, Providence.
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OCTOBER 11-State House, Providence-Presentation of Bronze Tablet by Grand Lodge of Rhode Island, Sons of Italy in America, commemorating visit of Giovanni da Verrazzano, Florentine navigator, to Narragansett Bay, April 21 to May 5, 1524.
OCTOBER 13-Pawtucket-Musical Festival by Adult Choruses, Pawtucket. Sen- ior High School.
OCTOBER 15-Daughters of American Revolution Tercentenary Dinner to Mrs. William A. Becker, President-General of D. A. R.
OCTOBER 16-18-7th Annual Convention, 55th Artillery C. A. C., A. E. F. Asso- ciation, Providence.
OCTOBER 18-Dedication of Roger Williams Spring, Phillipsdale, East Providence, as Town memorial.
OCTOBER 24-Tercentenary service honoring Seventh Day Baptists at Westerly. Dedication of granite marker on site of first church.
NOVEMBER
NOVEMBER 14-16-New England De Molay Alumni Convention, Providence.
DECEMBER
DECEMBER 4-5-American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists Con- vention, Providence.
DECEMBER 4-6-47th Annual Older Boys' Conference, Young Men's Christian Association of Massachusetts and Rhode Island, Providence.
DECEMBER 26-31-51st Annual Convention, American Historical Association. 17th Annual, American Catholic Historical Association. Mississippi Valley Historical Association. Conference of State and Local Historical Societies. Agricultural Historical Society. History of Science Society. Bibliographical Academy of America. National Council for Social Studies. Business Historical Society. Brown University and Providence Biltmore, Providence.
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TERCENTENARY EXHIBITS
PROVIDENCE
STATE HOUSE
The King Charles II Charter, under which Rhode Island was governed from 1663 to 1843.
Rhode Island Declaration of Independence, passed May 4, 1776.
Royal Commission on burning of the Gaspee, June 10, 1772.
Gilbert Stuart full length portrait of Wash- ington.
Declaration of Independence, one of 13 sent to the original States and bearing holo- graph signature of John Hancock as Presi- dent and Charles Thompson as Secretary of the Continental Congress, with attestation by Samuel Ward as Secretary of the Rhode Island General Assembly.
Roger Williams signatures and records written by him as Secretary of the General Court which preceded the General Assembly.
Early Colonial records, Revolutionary rolls, Revolutionary War Commissions, Indian deeds.
Portraits of Rhode Island Governors from William Coddington (1638).
CITY HALL
Indian deed to Providence Plantations, from Miantonomi, Sachem of the Narragansetts, to Roger Williams. Roger Williams letters, documents and records.
Early Records of the Town of Providence.
BROWN UNIVERSITY
Brown University, College Hill. Campus open all summer. Guides available, free.
University Hall, the College edifice of 1770, was used by French and American troops as a hospital during Revolutionary War. Many historic events associated with this building.
JOHN HAY LIBRARY, BROWN UNIVERSITY
In the main Exhibition Room:
Roger Williams-January 1-31. Colonial Rhode Island-
February 3-March 15. Rhode Island in Five Wars-
March 16-April 30.
Education in Rhode Island and History of
Brown University-May 1-June 30.
Rhode Island Authors and Artists-
July 1-August 31.
Commerce, Industries, Maps-
September 1-October 31.
Colonial Architecture-
November 1-December 26.
In Harris Room:
Autographs of Roger Williams and some of his Contemporaries, loaned by Frederick S. Peck, March 23-30.
Poets and Poetry of Rhode Island-
May 1-June 30.
McLellan Collection of Lincolniana, one of world's outstanding Lincoln collections.
Harris Collection of American Poetry, the world's premier collection in this field. Sidney S. Rider Collection of Rhode Island History.
JOHN CARTER BROWN LIBRARY, BROWN UNIVERSITY
The library contains the world's finest collec- tion of books on America, printed before 1800.
Open daily 9 to 5 except Saturday, 9 to 1. Closed Sundays. Free. Throughout the summer, Exhibit of Rhode Island books and maps. In the Fall, exhibit of books relating to Roger Williams. June 15 to Novem- ber 15.
Lecture-"Roger Williams", October 26 as a special Marshall Woods lecture, by Dr. Lawrence C. Wroth, Librarian, John Car- ter Brown Library.
RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN Rhode Island School of Design, Waterman Street.
In the 43 galleries there are permanently on exhibition oil and water color paintings and drawings both American and European, with separate rooms devoted to early Span- ish, the French impressists and recent ac- cessions; Gothic and Renaissance originals;
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Chinese paintings, sculpture, bronzes and potteries; Japanese prints; Islamic art; Egyptian antiquities, and unusual collec- tion of Classical sculpture, bronzes, coins and ceramics; a comprehensive collection of Old Blue china, early American furni- ture and textiles.
Pendleton House, a part of the Museum, shows in a house built for it, one of the world's finest collections of Colonial period English and American furniture.
Museum, including Pendleton House, free Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sun- days, 10 to 5 weekdays, 2 to 5 Sundays. Other days, a small fee.
Tercentenary Exhibitions:
February 5-March 29 -Gilbert Stuart paintings, Goddard and Townsend furni- ture, Rhode Island early silversmith's work. Special Exhibitions, July and August, Ter- centenary.
Paintings by Rhode Island artists. Early New England Furniture.
Silver by Early Rhode Island Silversmiths.
Annmary Brown Memorial, Brown Street near Benevolent-Paintings by old and modern Masters and specimens of early printing. Open 10 to 5 except Sunday, Monday and Saturday. Free.
Museum of Natural History, Roger Williams Park. Zoological, botanical, astronomical, mineralogy and ethnology exhibits. Com- plete collection of Rhode Island birds. Spe- cial table of herbs and simples used in Colonial days and plants used by Rhode Island Indians. Miniature Narragansett In- dian village. Free; open weekdays 9 to 5, Sundays 2 to 5.
RHODE ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY
68 Waterman Street, Providence
Historical and genealogical library and a per- manent exhibition of documents, pictures, historical relics and objects relating to Rhode Island history.
Open 9 to 4 weekdays, 3 to 5 Sundays, 7 to 9 Tuesday evenings. In August, 9 to 1 weekdays only. Free.
Special Tercentenary Exhibits-each one de- scribed and illustrated in current Provi- dence Sunday Journal:
May 3, Compass and Sun-dial used by Roger Williams.
May 10, Old Indian Basket.
May 17, Window from Home of Arthur Fen- ner.
May 24, Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry's jacket, worn during Battle of Lake Erie September 10, 1813.
May 31, Indian Soapstone bowl from Soap- stone quarry, Johnston.
June 7, Esther Willett's thimble.
June 14, Gen. Nathanael Greene's set of Chessmen.
June 21, Indian thimbles and beaded bracelets. June 28, Gabriel Bernon's rattle.
July 5, Hessian Sword.
July 12, Mortar and pestle of Colonial days.
July 19, Quartz Indian spear blade.
July 26, Old Quadrant.
August 2, Old Axe blade.
August 9, Newport Town Council bowl.
August 16, Tammany Peace Pipe.
August 23, Rubbers worn by Gen. Lafayette.
August 30, Belt worn by King Philip.
PROVIDENCE PUBLIC LIBRARY Washington Street at Empire
Tercentenary Exhibits-Shown in glass cases at Central Library.
Corners and Characters of Rhode Island-a series of sketches by George D. Laswell. Opened January 14.
Providence as it used to be. Opened Febru- ary 7.
Books printed in Rhode Island. Opened April 18.
Photographs of Rhode Island Doorways, by Harold Mason. Opened June 15.
Historical Maps of Rhode Island. Opened July 13.
KNIGHT MEMORIAL LIBRARY Elmwood Avenue
Rhode Island historical material, pictures, books, old documents, July 22-29.
PROVIDENCE ART CLUB Thomas Street
June 15-September 15-Retrospective Exhi- bition of work of Rhode Island Artists.
HISTORIC HOUSES
John Brown House (1786) 52 Power Street, which President John Quincy Adams de- clared "the most magnificent and elegant mansion that I have ever seen on this con- tinent." With rare period furniture, open daily except Mondays, June 10 to October 1, 10 to 6; Sundays 2 to 6, for the Ter-
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centenary. Admission fee for St. Dunstan's School.
Stephen Hopkins House, (1742) Benefit at Hopkins Street. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, 2-5 all summer. Colonial fur- nishings, including rare Rhode Island fur- niture, by National Society Colonial Dames of Rhode Island.
Home of Signer of Declaration of Indepen- dence, 10 times Governor of Rhode Island.
February 25-June 30-Loan Exhibit of Colo- nial Furniture, glass and silver at Stephen Hopkins House, by R. I. Society, Colonial Dames.
Esek Hopkins House, (1775) 97 Admiral Street. Home of First Commander-in-Chief of American Navy. Colonial furniture, etc. Open daily.
Carrington House (1812), 66 Williams Street. Open daily 1 to 5. Fee. Early American antiques, Chinese Curios, Victorian furni- ture.
Gaspee House, 209 Williams Street. Contains room moved from Sabin Tavern, South Main and Planet streets, where on June 9, 1772, the capture of the British revenue schooner Gaspee was planned. Open 2 to 5, Fridays throughout the year. Chapter house of Gaspee Chapter, D. A. R. Fee.
NEWPORT
Old Colony House (1739) Open daily. Here Rhode Island Governors were inaugurated until 1901.
July 4 to August 2-Exhibits of Colonial Sil- ver made by Newport Silversmiths.
August 6 to September 7-Exhibits of Colo- nial Furniture by John Goddard and Job Townsend, famous Newport cabinet makers.
September 10 through month-Views of "Old Newport," portraits of noted Newporters.
Redwood Library (1747) Oldest library in continuous use in America. Daily except Sundays. Showing of Gilbert Stuart por- traits, and Colonial furniture.
Newport Historical Society, 82 Tuoro Street, free, daily except Sunday. Log of the "Law- rence," flagship of Commodore Oliver Haz- ard Perry at Battle of Lake Erie; Commis- sion of William Coddington as first Gover- nor, 1651; will of Dr. John Clarke, one of founders of Newport and agent who pro- cured King Charles Charter; Pillory used in Washington Square at old court house until 1825; many other aticles of interest; library. Within the building is the building of the Seventh Day Baptist Church, built 1729, with a Newport clock made in 1731 and still running with the same works. Many relics and reminders of early New- port.
Wanton - Lyman - Hazard House (1675), Broadway, afternoons except Sundays. Old- est house in Newport. Special weekly ex- hibits of early Colonial handicraft.
Newport County Courthouse. Gilbert Stuart full length portrait of Washington.
Whitehall, home of Bishop Berkeley, restored by Colonial Dames. Middletown, three miles from Newport. Open daily.
Rochambeau Headquarters, Clarke Street, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday afternoons. Occupied by Commander of French forces in America, during American Revolution.
Franklin-Weaver Museum, U. S. Naval Train- ing Station, daily except Sunday.
U. S. S. Constellation (1797). Oldest war vessel afloat.
July 25-August 16. Retrospective Art Exhi- bition by Newport sculptors and artists. Newport Art Association.
August 10-14. Sixth Exhibition by National Early American Glass Club, La Salle Acad- emy, Bellevue Avenue.
Tuesdays, June 3-September 1. Noted Newport estate gardens opened by Newport Garden Association.
Swinburne House, noted Colonial kitchen, Pel- ham Street. Afternoons, except Sundays.
Chamber of Commerce, in Old Brick Market (1729). Prints of Early Newport.
GODDARD PARK
Potowomut, below East Greenwich. June 10 through September. Full sized reproduc- tion of Narragansett Indian village, peopled by families descended from Narragansetts. Long house, round houses, stockade, Narra-
gansett canoes, weapons, relics. Permanent Exhibit, Department of Agri- culture and Conservation, June 6 to Oc- tober.
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LITTLE COMPTON
July 2-August1. Loan exhibit of Colonial articles, daily except Sunday, 1 to 8 P. M., Union Congregational Church.
BRISTOL
Early Bristol Exhibit, Colt Auditorium, July 1-4. Whaling implements, silver, china, furniture, shawls, samplers, guns, ship mod- els. Throughout the summer.
Permanent exhibition of old Bristol articles, Burnside Memorial Building.
ANTHONY
Nathanael Green Homestead (1770). Home of Washington's second in command during the Revolution. Open.
WESTERLY
Westerly Library. May to November. Work of early craftsmen in furniture, silver, etc., early documents, pictures.
Westerly High School, July to September. . Early guns, arrowheads, nautical relics, col- lections owned in Westerly.
August 24-29, Westerly Week. Mercantile and manufacturing exhibit at Armory.
Richmond, Hopkinton and Charlestown ex- hibits.
August 26-September 1. Portrait Exhibit cov- ering history of Westerly, in Westerly Pub- lic Library, daily. Furniture, pewter, china and textile exhibit, Westerly Public Library Museum, daily.
PAWTUCKET
August 27-October 17. Industrial and histor- ical exhibit in old Slater Mill, first success- ful cotton mill in America. Mondays, Wednesdays, Saturdays.
EAST GREENWICH
August 13, 14, 15. Historical Exhibit and Antique Show by East Greenwich and War- wick Historical Societies, Varnum Conti- nental Armory, Main Street.
Permanent Exhibit, Varnum Continental Armory Military Museum, covering all the Nation's wars. Weapons, drums, commis- sions, East Greenwich and the State.
SOUTH KINGSTOWN
August 22, week of. Art Exhibition at Neigh- borhood Guild, Peace Dale, under auspices of Caroline Hazard.
NORTH KINGSTOWN
Gilbert Stuart Birthplace, Pettaquamscutt River. Colonial snuff mill, restored. Open Saturdays. Fee.
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TERCENTENARY PUBLICATIONS
BOOKS, PAMPHLETS AND FOLDERS, PRINTED OR RE-PRINTED FOR THE 1936 ANNIVERSARY
RHODE ISLAND'S HISTORIC BACKGROUND: WITH A RHODE ISLAND HISTORIC CALENDAR.
A reprint of "Rhode Island's Historic Background," by Howard Willis Preston, 48 pp., with "Rhode Island History Day by Day" by Dr. Charles Carroll, Ph.D., LL.D., 12 pp. Illustrated, 62 pp. Paper Rhode Island Tercentenary Commission, Providence, 1936.
RHODE ISLAND BOUNDARIES.
By John Hutchins Cady, Consultant to State Planning Board. Rhode Island Tercentenary Commission, Providence, 1936; Cloth, 32 pp., with six maps, 8 1/2 × 11.
RHODE ISLAND FOR REAL RECREATION AND HOSPITALITY.
Based on "Pleasures and Pleasure Spots in Rhode Island." Providence, 1936; Secretary of State; 38 pp., Illustrated.
KNOW RHODE ISLAND: FACTS CONCERNING THE LAND OF ROGER WILLIAMS. A reprint, revised: Sixth Edition, 64 pp., Illustrated. Secretary of State, Prov- idence, 1936.
THE CHARM OF PROVIDENCE: TERCENTENARY YEAR, 1636-1936.
A Reprint, edited: 32 pp., Illustrated. Providence Chamber of Commerce, Providence, 1936.
RELIGION IN RHODE ISLAND.
By Rev. Robert H. Schacht, Jr., Rev. Arthur W. Cleaves, Rev. Thomas F. Cullen, Rabbi Israel N. Goldman, 16 pp., Paper. The Religious Committee of the Providence Tercentenary Committee. Providence, 1936.
HISTORICAL EDITION OF TIVERTON, RHODE ISLAND.
Albion C. Cook, Albert O. Earle and Others, John H. Greene, Jr., 78 pp., Illustrated, Paper. Tiverton Tercentenary Committee, Tiverton, 1936.
OLD WESTERLY, RHODE ISLAND: NOW CONSTITUTING THE TOWNS OF CHARLES- TOWN, HOPKINTON, RICHMOND AND WESTERLY.
24 pp., Paper. Westerly Chamber of Commerce and Western Washington County Tercentenary Committee. Westerly 1936.
A SHORT HISTORY OF JAMESTOWN, ON THE ISLAND OF CONANICUT, RHODE ISLAND.
By William L. Watson. Reprint of a paper prepared for the Rhode Island His- torical Society. Providence, 1936: 48 pp., Illustrated.
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SEEING PROVIDENCE.
A reprint, edited: 16 pp., Illustrated. Providence Journal Company, Prov- idence, 1936.
A KEY INTO THE LANGUAGE OF AMERICA.
By Roger Williams of Providence in Rhode Island. With an Introduction by Howard M. Chaplin. Fifth Edition. London: Printed by Gregory Dexter, 1643; Reprinted at Providence for the Rhode Island and Providence Planta- tions Tercentenary Committee, Inc., 1936, the Roger Williams Press. Cloth, 208 pp., $1.50.
RHODE ISLAND IN VERSE.
Compiled by Mary Louise Brown. Roger Williams Press, Providence, 1936. Cloth, 260 pp., $2.00.
OFFICIAL CHRONICLE AND TRIBUTE BOOK OF RHODE ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS.
Compiled by Lucia Hammond Wheeler. Published by George D. Hall, Inc., for Providence Tercentenary Committee. Cloth, 160 pp. Providence, 1936.
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN RHODE ISLAND.
By Rev. Thomas F. Cullen, With a Foreword by Most. Rev. Francis P. Keough, D.D., Bishop of Providence. The Franciscan Missionaries of Mary, North Providence, July 3, 1936, Cloth, 482 pp., Illustrated, $2.50.
WICKFORD AND ITS OLD HOUSES.
By Hunter C. White, Wickford. Providence, 1936: The Reynolds Press; 36 pp., Paper, 6 x 9, 25 Cents. Published by the Main Street Association of Wickford, Rhode Island.
CRANSTON, RHODE ISLAND.
A 1936 Publication of the Cranston Chamber of Commerce. Cranston, 1936: stiff paper: 44 pp.
EPISODES IN WARWICK HISTORY.
Compiled by Dr. Ernest L. Lockwood, Providence, 1936: Imitation leather, 75 pp., $1.00.
ROGER WILLIAMS, PEACEMAKER.
An address delivered by George W. Gardiner at the North Kingstown cele- bration of the 300th anniversary of the founding of Rhode Island, held at Cocumcussock, North Kingstown, August 29, 1936. Providence, 1936: stiff paper, 8 pp.
HISTORIC NEWPORT.
A Reprint, first published 1933. Newport, 1936: Newport Chamber of Com- merce, 80 pp., Illustrated, Paper.
RHODE ISLAND: THE LAND OF ROGER WILLIAMS.
A folder. Secretary of State, 8 pp., Illustrated. Providence, 1936.
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BROWN UNIVERSITY, 1764-1936: ONE OF THE EARLY COLONIAL COLLEGES. A folder. 10 pp., Illustrated. Providence, 1936: Brown University.
HISTORIC JOHN BROWN HOUSE, BUILT 1786.
A folder. 4 pp., Illustrated. Providence, 1936.
THE TOWN THAT SAVED THE STATE (WESTERLY).
By Mary Agnes Best. For publication during 1937 as a Tercentenary feature. To include Western Washington County-the old Westerly.
OLD NEWPORT VERSE.
Collected by Helena Sturtevant. Newport: the Heronshaw Press. $1.00.
TERCENTENARY JUBILEE-LOWER BLACKSTONE VALLEY DISTRICT.
Places and Objects of Historic Interest in Pawtucket, Central Falls, Lincoln and Cumberland. By Roscoe M. Dexter, Chairman of the Lower Blackstone Valley District, Tercentenary Jubilee Celebration. Folder, 6 pp. Illustrated.
PAGES FROM RHODE ISLAND'S ALBUM.
By J. Earl Clauson. Biographical sketches of Rhode Islanders of the past. Bi- weekly in Providence Journal, Wednesdays and Saturdays, January 1 to December 12, 1936. Illustrated.
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