Rhode Island History Books

Many of the following Rhode Island history books are out of print. All are owned by Rhode Island libraries, but tend to be held in local history collections. Access would mean a visit to the owning library. However, various institutions have digitized these works, making them available online to everyone. 

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Rhode Island History Books


 

Account of the Churches in Rhode-Island, An

by Henry Jackson

Published in 1854

Bibliographical and Historical Introduction to the Digest of Rhode Island Colonial laws of 1719

by Sydney S. Rider

Published in 1895

Bibliography of Rhode Island: A catalogue of Books and Other Publications …

by John Russell Bartlett 

Published in 1864

Bibliography of Rhode Island Bibliography

by Howard M. Chapin

Published in 1914

Book Notes 

by Sidney S. Rider 

Published in 33 Volumes 1883 -1916

Cartography of Rhode Island 

by Howard M. Chapin

Published in 1915 

Charles MacCarthy: a Rhode Island Pioneer, 1677

by Thomas Hamilton Murray

Published in 1901

Check list of Maps of Rhode Island

by Howard M. Chapin

Published in 1918 

Colonial Rhode Island

by Alice Collins Gleeson

Published in 1926 

Constitution of the State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations : as Adopted by the Convention, Assembled at Newport, September, 1842, The

by Rhode Island

“Corners and Characters of Rhode Island”

by George D. Laswell

Published in 1924

Documentary History of Rhode Island

Volume 1 – History of the Towns of Providence and Warwick to 1649 and of the Colony to 1647

by Howard M. Chapin

Published in 1916

Documentary History of Rhode Island

Volume 2 – History of the Towns of Portsmouth and Newport to 1647 and the Court Records of Aquidneck

by Howard M. Chapin

Published in 1916

Early Records of the Town of Warwick

by Rhode Island Historical Society

Published in 1926

Early Rhode Island: A Social History of the People

by William Babcock Weeden 

Published in 1910

Early Rhode Island Houses

by Norman Morrison Isham and Albert Frederic Brown

Published in 1895

Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island : Comprising Three Generations of Settlers Who Came before 1690 : with Many Families Carried to the Fourth Generation, The

by John Osborne Austin

Published in 1887

Greenes of Warwick in Colonial History

by H.E. Turner

Published in 1877

Historical Discourse, on the Civil and Religious Affairs of the Colony of Rhode-Island, An

by John Callender

Published in 1843

Historical Preservation & Heritage Commission: Heritage Pamphlets

Historical Sketches of the Churches of Warwick, Rhode Island

by Oliver Fuller

Published in 1880

History of Public Education in Rhode Island, from 1636 to 1876, A

by Thomas B. Stockwell

Published in 1876

History of Rhode Island

by Edward Peterson 

Published in 1853

History of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations 

by Samuel Greene Arnold

2 volumes

Published in 1859

History of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, The

by Thomas William Bicknell

6 volumes

Published in 1920

History of Washington and Kent counties, Rhode Island, including their early settlement …

by J. R. Cole

Published in 1889

Index to American Genealogies; and to Genealogical Material Contained in all Works such as Town Histories …

by Daniel S. Durrie

Published in 1900

Indian Names of Places in Rhode Island

by Usher Parsons

Published in 1861

Life and Times of Samuel Gorton, The

by Adelos Gorton

Published in 1907

“Old Stone Bank” History of Rhode Island, The

Volume 1

by Providence Institution for Savings

Published in 1929

“Old Stone Bank” History of Rhode Island, The

Volume 2

by Providence Institution for Savings

Published in 1931

“Old Stone Bank” History of Rhode Island, The

Volume 3

by Providence Institution for Savings

Published in 1939

“Old Stone Bank” History of Rhode Island, The

Volume 4

by Providence Institution for Savings

Published in 1944

Picturesque Rhode Island

by Wilfred Harold Munro 

Published in 1881

Records of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations 1636 – 1792 

by John Russell Bartlett

(10 volumes)

Published in 1856

Records of the Court of Trials of the Town of Warwick 1659-1674

transcribed by Helen Capwell

Published in 1922

Report on the Settlement of Warwick, 1642

by William D. Ely

Published in 1887

Result of Some Researches Among the British Archives for Information Relative to the Founders of New England

by Samuel Gardner Drake

Published in 1860

Rhode Island, a Guide to the Smallest State

by Federal Writers’ Project

Published in 1937

Rhode Island and the Formation of the Union

by Frank Greene Bates

Published in 1898

Rhode Island and the Impost of 1781

by Frank Greene Bates

Published in 1895

Rhode Island and the Sea

by Howard Willis Preston

Published in 1932

Rhode Island, a Study in Separatism

by Irving Berdine Richman

Published in 1905

Rhode Island Boundaries, 1636-1936

by John Hutchins Cady 

Published in 1936

Rhode Island Colonial Money and its Counterfeiting, 1647-1726,

by Richard Le Baron Bowen 

Published in 1942

Rhode Island Court Records: Records of the Court of Trials of the Colony of Providence Plantations, 1647-1662

Volume 1.

by State of Rhode Island 

Published in 1920

Rhode Island Court Records: Records of the Court of Trials of the Colony of Providence Plantations, 1662-1670

Volume 2.

by State of Rhode Island 

Published in 1922

Rhode Island Declaration of Independence, The

by Lippitt, Charles Warren, 1846-1924

Published in 1907

Rhode Island Historical Society Collections 

23 volumes available in in full text 

Published 1827-1932

Rhode Island Imprints, 1727-1800

by John Eliot Alden

Published in 1949

Rhode Island, its Making and its Meaning : a Survey of the Annals of the Commonwealth from its Settlement to the Death of Roger Williams, 1636-1683 

Volume 1

by Irving Berdine Richman

Published in 1902

Rhode Island, its Making and its Meaning : a Survey of the Annals of the Commonwealth from its Settlement to the Death of Roger Williams, 1636-1683

Volume 2

by Irving Berdine Richman

Published in 1902

Rhode Island land Evidences, vol. I, 1648-1696

by Dorothy Worthington

Published in 1921 

[After an extensive search, it seems only vol. 1 is in existance]

Rhode Island Tercentenary, 1636-1936

by Rhode Island Tercentenary Commission 

Published in 1937

Rhode Island: Three Centuries of Democracy 

by Charles Carroll

4 volumes

Published in 1932

Samuell Gorton: A Forgotten Founder of Our Liberties; First Settler of Warwick, R.I. 

by Lewis George Janes

Published in 1896

Seventeenth Century Place-Names of Providence Plantations, 1639-1700

by Brigham, Clarence S. Brigham 

Published in 1903

Short History of Rhode Island, A

by George Washington Greene

Published in 1877

Simplicities Defence Against Seven-Headed Policy.

by Samuel Gorton 1592 or 1593-1677 

Published in 1646

Slavery in Rhode Island

by W.D. Johnston

Published in 1894

State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations at the End of the Century: a History

edited by Edward Field

3 volumes

Published in 1902

Supplement to the Rhode Island Colonial Records : Comprising a List of the Freemen Admitted from May, 1747, to May, 1754

by Rider, Sidney S. Rider

Published in 1875

Tartar: the Armed Sloop of the Colony of Rhode Island, in King George’s War, The

 by Howard Millar Chapin

Published in 1922

 

 

Historical Records Survey: Rhode Island


 

Check list of Historical Records Survey publications

Prepared by Sargent B. Child and Dorothy P. Holmes 

Published in 1969

Guide to Church Vital Statistic Records in the State of Rhode Island.

Supplement to Guide to Public Vital Statistics, Births, Marriages, Deaths.

Historical Records Survey 1942

Guide to the Public Vital Statistics Records, Births, Marriages, Deaths, in the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations,

Historical records survey 1941

Inventory of the Church Archives of Rhode Island.

Historical Records Survey 1939

Inventory of the Church Archives of Rhode Island: Baptist

Historical Records Survey 1941

Inventory of the Town and City Archives of Rhode Island: Providence County

Historical Records Survey 1942