Dive into Newport History

The city's public and private buildings reflect the varied attitudes, styles and tastes adopted by the American nation, from the colonial settlers in the seventeenth century who sought religious and political freedom to the socialite robber barons of the late nineteenth century whose enormous wealth bought the freedom to pursue life's pleasures.

Covers architecture of the 18th Century

In this volume, abundant archival and new photographs and accompanying floor plans show off 35 featured houses, and a selected catalog illustrates 39 additional residences covering the gamut of revival styles from Italian Renaissance and Colonial Revival to French Neoclassic and English Manor.

Recounts America in its industrial transition; its money and power, and the education of an unsophisticated young country, and the coming of artists as an accepted class in American society. This book weaves together the strands of biography, architecture, and history to tell the story of the houses and buildings Charles McKim, William Mead, and Stanford White designed, and the firm's clients, many of whom were establishing their names and places in upper-class society as they built and grabbed railroads, headed law firms and brokerage houses, owned newspapers, developed iron empires, and carved out a new direction for America's modern age.

Featuring more than 180 vintage views of cottages built from the early nineteenth century to the early twentieth century, this book recreates 59 summer houses, now lost, in an evocative guide that gives depth to any Newport experience. Published in cooperation with The Preservation Society of Newport County.

The comprehensive history from European settlement to the present day is illustrated by a treasure trove of rare period maps, paintings and photographs by prominent artists, and drawings and sketches by leading designers. Serves as a resource guide encompassing landscape architecture, fine art, tree and plant propagation, and the conservation of natural sites.

A richly illustrated portrait of Newport, Rhode Island as a work of urban art, from colonial times to the present, both documented and celebrated in the maps, paintings, photographs, poetry and prose of renowned artists and writers.

Edith Wharton (1862-1937) was an American novelist and short story writer, as well as a contributor to interior design and landscaping.

Unites Edith Wharton's personal history with discussion of her design theory, the elaborate settings she created in her fiction, and the design of her own residences, including exteriors, interiors, and gardens. Her early years were spent in Old New York, Europe, and Newport, Rhode Island.

Born into an eccentric and difficult family, he left the United States for Europe, where he quickly became a fixture of the expatriate writing community. Recreates the world of Henry James: his friendships with Edith Wharton and Joseph Conrad, his love of all things exquisite--including exquisite writing--and his quest for understanding human nature.

Combines elements of biography, criticism, and travelogue in re-creating the dramatic backstory of James's masterpiece, Portrait of a Lady (1881).

The James family, one of America's most memorable dynasties, gave the world three famous children: a novelist of genius (Henry), an influential philosopher (William), and an invalid (Alice) who became a feminist icon, despite her sheltered life and struggles with mental illness.

Examines La Farge's career from his youth to his late rebound as a decorative artist-from New York City and New England to Europe to Japan to the South Seas. Drawing on primary documentation culled from archives and contemporary newspapers and journals, the biography documents La Farge's career and artwork.

Details the life and times of Arthur Curtiss James, a relatively unknown railroad baron, prominent and intrepid yachtsman, generous philanthropist, avant garde socialite and secret philanderer, who was one of the ten richest men in America in the 1920s and 30s, owning one-seventh of all the railroad track in the United States.

You can also view this online through SRU's institutional repository, Digital Commons: https://digitalcommons.salve.edu/chp399_study/1/

Details the history of the first significant collection of gothic art in the United States.

The Preservation Society of Newport County shares its 75 years of experience in conserving three centuries of the finest achievements in American architecture, decorative arts and landscape design. This fully illustrated volume is an essential resource for all heritage, architecture and preservation enthusiasts - as well as anyone enchanted by the unique grandeur of Newport, Rhode Island.

A colorful tapestry of fun facts and true tales, this book presents a vivid portrait of this remarkable time of social metamorphosis, starring Caroline Astor, the ultimate gatekeeper.

Includes a chapter on the Irish Influence in Gilded Age Newport

Discover the origins and development of baseball in America, Rhode Island and Newport, and learn more about professional baseball in Newport, significant teams, ballparks, and the military and baseball.

Also available through Digital Commons at https://digitalcommons.salve.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1012&context=fac_staff_pub

Recounts the history of tennis in the 20th century from its grass court, amateur play beginnings to the celebrity, money-driven, and world-televised, professional sport it is today. The story begins with the first national championships at Newport's Casino, the cradle of American tennis and continues to the mid-century when the sport became popular and less exclusive, and concludes by talking about tennis today with its huge money prizes, and appeal as a spectator sport.

Published by the Rhode Island Historical Preservation & Heritage Commission and Rhode Island Black Heritage Society

Each of the four parts of this volume is introduced by an exploration of some aspect of the life of the family of Blanche K. Bruce, the black United States senator from Mississippi. In many respects members of the Bruce family constitute the ideal or quintessential aristocrats of color.

Documents the experiences of African Americans in Saratoga Springs, New York, and Newport, Rhode Island - towns that provided a recurring season of expanded employment opportunities, enhanced social life, cosmopolitan experience, and, in a good year, enough money to last through the winter.

Known throughout the world as "The City by the Sea," Newport, Rhode Island, has a long history of maritime activity. Since the Colonial period, Newport has been recognized as both an important seaport for the mercantile trade and a harbor of inestimable value for naval vessels.

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In 2012, when eight hundred linear feet of Doris Duke's personal papers were made available, this author uncovered an alluring woman whose life was forged in the Jazz Age, who was not only an early war correspondent but also an environmentalist, a surfer, a collector of Islamic art, a savvy businesswoman who tripled her father's fortune, and a major philanthropist with wide-ranging passions from dance to historic preservation to human rights.

This documentary focuses on some of the festival's most memorable and influential years -- 1963 through 1966 -- and the footage captures performances from the likes of Joan Baez, Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan and Pete Seeger, among others.

An accusation of attempted murder rudely interrupted Mary Arnold's dalliances with working men and her extensive shopping sprees. When her husband Benedict fell deathly ill and then asserted she had tried to kill him with poison, the result was a dramatic petition for divorce. The case before the Rhode Island General Assembly and its tumultuous aftermath, during which Benedict died, made Mary a cause celebre in Newport through the winter of 1738 and 1739.