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Aravaipa

Aravaipa The Aravaipa project presents a set of primary sources documenting the Camp Grant Massacre of 1871, together with commentary and contextual information. The Aravaipa project arose out of research by Karl Jacoby on the Camp Grant Massacre of 1871, exploring the complex cultural and historical perspectives on this event through a set of primary Aravaipa

A & L Tirocchi Dressmakers Project

A & L Tirocchi Dressmakers Project A website to accompany the RISD Museum exhibition, From Paris to Providence: Fashion, Art, and the Tirocchi Dressmakers’ Shop 1915-1947, including scholarly essays and narrative text on fashion and social history, databases of artifacts and information about the clients and workers associated with the shop, and curricular materials for A & L Tirocchi Dressmakers Project

A Mother’s Cry

A Mother’s Cry A Mother’s Cry is the harrowing story of Marcos’s incarceration and his family’s efforts to locate him and obtain his release. Marcosï’s mother, Lina Penna Sattamini, was living in the United States and working for the U.S. State Department when her son was captured.

Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine

Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine A corpus of inscriptions in Greek, Hebrew and Latin from the area of Israel/Palestine from about 500BCE to 500 CE. The Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine project seeks to collect and make accessible all of the previously published inscriptions (and their English translations) from the Persian period through the Islamic conquest (ca. 500 BCE Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine

Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice

Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice An archive of a wide array of historical documents, from the records of slaving voyages to student commencement orations, digitized in support of the work of the University Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice. Contributors to this project include James Campbell (Faculty lead)

US Epigraphy Project

US Epigraphy Project The goal of the US Epigraphy project is to create an XML publication of all Greek, Roman and Etruscan epigraphic texts in American collections. Initially, the project focused on collecting metadata and images. It is now also entering the text for each inscription and will eventually add translation and notess. John Bodel US Epigraphy Project

Educating Change

Educating Change Powerfully illustrated through the lives of three Mexican/Chicana women – Ramona Medina, Socorro Gomez-Potter, and Yolanda Almaraz-Esquivel – Educating Change documents a history of Mexican women’s migration and activism, and considers its relevance for today’s US Latino communities, including Providence. Educating Change is a project of the Center for Study of Race and Ethnicity Educating Change

Perry In Japan

Perry In Japan Materials for use in cross-cultural evaluation of Perry’s encounter with the Japanese. Perry In Japan is a project of the Department American Studies Contributors to this project include Susan Smulyan (Faculty lead)

Florentine Renaissance Resources: Online Catasto of 1427 Database

Florentine Renaissance Resources: Online Catasto of 1427 Database A database of Renaissance Florentine tax data. The Online Catasto of 1427 is a web-searchable version of tax data for the city of Florence in 1427-29 based on David Herlihy and Christiane Klapisch-Zuber, Census and Property Survey of Florentine Dominions in the Province of Tuscany, 1427-1480. The Florentine Renaissance Resources: Online Catasto of 1427 Database

Florentine Renaissance Resources: Online Tratte of Office Holders 1282-1532

Florentine Renaissance Resources: Online Tratte of Office Holders 1282-1532 The Tratte is a database of office holders and candidates for office in Renaissance Florence (1282-1532). Used together with the Online Catasto, it can be mined for information about population, income and political office. This site gives access to a data base with information about office Florentine Renaissance Resources: Online Tratte of Office Holders 1282-1532