Upcoming Events:
Exhibition & Reception at the Providence Athenaeum
Wednesday, December 14 at 6:00 pm251 Benefit Street, Providence A special viewing of new acquisitions, featuring the Susan Jaffe Tane Collection of Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau, and…
Recent Events:
JRBS Show-and-Tell
Wednesday, October 26 at 6:00pm The Aldrich House, 110 Benevolent Street, Providence Headquarters of the RI Historical Society Ten members brought books from their collection as discussion-starters, either recent acquisitions…
JRBS Annual Meeting 2022
The Annual Meeting of the JRBS will take place virtually on Monday, March 28, at 6:30pm. Our speaker will be Rebecca More, a member of the Hroswitha Club (and the…
Welcome to the 2021-22 season of the JRBS!
Our kickoff event will be a presentation and discussion on auctions by Spencer W. Stuart–how they have worked traditionally, how they have changed during the pandemic, and how they are affecting the…
Bartlett Society Meeting
Please join us on Thursday, January 16, 2020 at 5:30pm at the Archives + Special Collections Reading Room, Fleet Library at RISD (15 Westminster Street). Claudia Covert will be presenting…
Books as Portals: Reading and Responding to Historical Collections in the 21st Century
Lecture by Katherine M. Ruffin, Director of the Book Studies Program and Lecturer in Art at Wellesley College, and Vice President for Publications for APHA. Followed by an open house in…
Field Trip to the Boston Antiquarian Book Fair
Open to all, Come with the John Russell Bartlett Society to Boston. Attend the book and ephemera fairs on November 17, 2018, 1pm-5pm. RSVP by Saturday, November 10, 2018 to…
Silent Auction
Join us at the Athenaeum on the evening of December 6th for a chance to pick up great deals on some collectible books and support the Stillwell Prize in the…