World War I Remembered Through the Ferreira-Mendes Portuguese-American Archives
August 2014 marks the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of World War I, in 1914. The Ferreira-Mendes Portuguese-American Archives recently received a donation from Rosemary Pereira which includes...
View Article70th Anniversary of the Liberation of the Concentration Camps
Text by Cynthia Yoken; Layout by Judy Farrar Seventy years ago, while the Germans were in retreat, American soldiers liberated the Nazi concentration camps. It was April, 1945, one month before the end...
View ArticleIn Honor of Veteran’s Day, from the Ferreira-Mendes Portuguese-American Archives
Manuel “Manny” J. Carvalho Jr. (1916-1998) was the son of Manuel J. and Rose Carvalho, who were Azorean immigrants; he was a long-term resident of Tiverton, RI. His story is kept alive in the Dennis...
View ArticleOrigins of “Black Friday”
‘Black Friday’ the term used to describe the day after Thanksgiving, nowadays characterized by crowds ascending upon retailers to buy consumer products at large discounts. Yet, the origins of both the...
View ArticleArchives Intern Completes CJC Collections
As a graduate student from Simmons College in the Library and Information Sciences program, I completed a semester long internship at the Claire T. Carney Library Archives and Special Collections. As...
View ArticleTifereth Israel Celebrates Golden Anniversary
The synagogue and Hebrew school building that Tifereth Israel occupies was dedicated fifty years ago this Sunday, May 22nd. The two week-long dedication ceremony began on May 22, 1966 with a solemn...
View ArticleWhen Colleges Went on Strike in 1970
The anti-war movement gained momentum in 1970 after four unarmed college students were killed by the National Guard in a protest at Kent State University in Ohio. Students were protesting America’s...
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