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  Newport, the French Navy, and American Independence

by John. B. Hattendorf. Published by Redwood Library 2005.

  Redwood Library and Athenæum: A Guide

by Eileen Warburton. 40 pages; color illus., pub. 1998

Made possible by grants from the Institute for Civil Society, Bank of Newport, and Sarah M. Gewirz.

  The Old Stone Mill - A Finding Aid

The definitive resource for understanding the controversy and mystery surrounding Newport's Old Stone Mill. Includes sections on Norse Theories, Colonial Theories, Newspaper stories, literature and music references, a survey of images of the mill made over the centuries, and more. 48 pages, paperback, pub. 1999.

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Partially funded by a grant from the Rhode Island Committee for the Humanities.

  To Preserve Hidden Treasures:
From the Scrapbooks of Charles Bird King

A text on the science and art of archiving and preserving rare manuscripts, prints, and drawings. 40 pages, b/w illus., paperback, pub. 1997.

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Partially funded by a grant from the Rhode Island Committee for the Humanities.

  Vitruvius Americanus:
Colonial Newport in the Palladian Tradition

Catalog of the exhibition for the Newport Symposium in April, 1996. Includes examples of Palladian architecture in Newport, RI. 48 pages, b/w illus., paperback, pub. 1996.

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Partially funded by a grant from the Rhode Island Committee for the Humanities.

  Redwood Papers: A Bicentennial Collection

Edited by Lorraine Drexler and Alan Pryce-Jones, 140 pages, hardback, pub., 1976.

Contents:

"Abraham Redwood," by Gladys E. Bolhouse
"The Redwood Library: Two Centuries," by Arthur S.    Roberts
"The Redwood Library, 1890-1975," by Donald T.    Fletcher
"The Books," by Donald T. Gibbs
"The Paintings," by Catharine Morris Wright
"Catalog of Paintings," by Donald T. Gibbs and Richard    Champlin
"The Furniture of the Library," by J. Lloyd Hyde and    Lorraine Drexler
"The Library Grounds," by Richard Champlin
"The Library's XIXth-Century Architecture," by Richard    Hubbard Howland
"The New York Society Library: A Comparison," by Arnold    Whitridge
"The Library is Inside," by Charles Norman
"The Darker Side of the Moon," by John J. Slocum