Warning! None of the names below are attached to the gravestones! If someone comes along at a later date to add a gravestone ALPHABETICALLY, all of the names will shift to the wrong gravestones. Either re-do the galleries to attach names to gravestones, or add any new gravestone to the end of the gallery.
H.P. Lovecraft Connections
Howard P. Lovecraft (1890-1937), one of the most significant authors of weird/horror fiction in the 20th century, was a nearly lifelong resident of Providence. While he and his ancestors are buried at the Swan Point Cemetery, there are numerous Lovecraft connections with the North Burial Ground. These connections include both characters and settings from his fiction as well as real-life neighbors and acquaintances. Click on one of the three photos below to read more about each of these categories of Lovecraft connections to the North Burial Ground.
This tour includes diverse, representative stories of individual women interred in the North Burial Ground. These women range from 17th century colonists to 20th century immigrants. They include 19th century middle class reformers and the poorer women they hoped to reform; African American servants and the elite women they served; wives and committed bachelorettes; suffragists and feminists; Baptists, Quakers, Catholics, Apostolic Armenians, and Puritans; mothers of 10, devoted daughters, filial sisters and enterprising widows; women who died too young, often in childbirth, and women who lived nearly 100 years. They are scholars, musicians, inventors, writers, publishers, homemakers, caregivers, philanthropists, crusaders, leaders, and pioneers. Together their history reveals the richness of women's contributions to the culture, economy, and political life of the city, state, and beyond.
As with all of the NBG Project tours, this is an ongoing project. The foundation was created by public history students at Rhode Island College, but we welcome your written biographies and suggestions for additions. Over time we hope the women’s tour will grow to include multiple sub tours focused on particular themes that help to more fully develop and explicate the history of women in Rhode Island.
