Slater Industrial Archives

Slater Industrial Archives SLATER INDUSTRIAL ARCHIVES preserves and provide access to the special collections of the Old Slater Mill Association for the benefit of all.

SLATER INDUSTRIAL ARCHIVES preserves and provides access to the special collections of the Old Slater Mill Association (OSMA). Founded in 1921, the OSMA was formed to preserve and restore the 1793 Old Slater Mill in Pawtucket RI, the birthplace of the American Industrial Revolution. OSMA took ownership of the mill in 1923, and completed its restoration in 1925. In 1952, OSMA hired its first profes

sional curator. In 1955, OSMA opened the Old Slater Mill Museum to the public, soon to become a staple of enrichment education for Rhode Island public schools, and home of the iconic "Slater Mill Field Trip," a rite of passage for students in RI. OSMA acquired the 1810 Wilkinson Mill and 1758 Sylvanus Brown House, and additional property, in the 1960s, and in the 1970, the 5-acre Old Slater Mill National Historic Landmark District was dedicated. In 2014, Congress established the Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park (BRVNHP), and in 2021, the Old Slater Mill National Historic Landmark was formally accepted into the Park system. Today, the OSMA operates the Slater Industrial Archive, and support the interpretation of the Old Slater Mill National Historic Landmark, and the BRVNHP, for the benefit of all.

All are invited to join the Pawtucket Cohort of Main Street Rhode Island, and partners, to share your thoughts on downto...
05/26/2026

All are invited to join the Pawtucket Cohort of Main Street Rhode Island, and partners, to share your thoughts on downtown Pawtucket, its historical (and non-historical) assets, and revitalization. June 8, 6:30 p.m. at the Visitor Center.

05/22/2026

SIA is teaming up with the City of Pawtucket to offer a Historic Trolley Tour for the RI 250 celebration. There will be two one-hour tours on June 27, first one launches at 9 a.m. from Roosevelt Avenue, second one to follow. They will last about an hour. Joshua Choinere and Lori Urso will lead the tours, and guide participants through our city's Industrial History. More info to follow...

Film screening at the Blackstone Valley Visitor Center Theater, 175 Main Street, Pawtucket, on Sat., May 30 at 2 p.m. FR...
05/20/2026

Film screening at the Blackstone Valley Visitor Center Theater, 175 Main Street, Pawtucket, on Sat., May 30 at 2 p.m. FREE. Panel discussing with filmmakers and others. Co-sponsored by SIA, Women's Fund of RI, and Pawtucket Arts & Culture Commission.

04/15/2026
If you missed "Women in Textiles in the Blackstone Valley" at City Hall, it is now installed at the Pawtucket Public Lib...
04/08/2026

If you missed "Women in Textiles in the Blackstone Valley" at City Hall, it is now installed at the Pawtucket Public Library, in cooperation with Pawtucket Commission on Arts & Culture, with the support of the Pawtucket Dept. of Commerce. See it there over the next five weeks.

If you are in the 401Giving mood, match opportunities come up at: 12Noon-RI Energy will match the first $25K that comes...
03/31/2026

If you are in the 401Giving mood, match opportunities come up at: 12Noon-RI Energy will match the first $25K that comes in, and at 4:01 p.m-RI Foundation kicks off a match of the first $20K. Set your alarm, and thank you! 🙏
https://www.401gives.org/organiz.../slaterindustrialarchives

Kick off Women's History Month in Pawtucket, March 6, 9 a.m. 🏃‍♀️
02/14/2026

Kick off Women's History Month in Pawtucket, March 6, 9 a.m. 🏃‍♀️

Explore Black History of Rhode Island with RHODE TOUR's self-guided "Rhode Island's Black Heritage" tour.
02/11/2026

Explore Black History of Rhode Island with RHODE TOUR's self-guided "Rhode Island's Black Heritage" tour.

People of African descent have been part of Rhode Island’s population and culture since the seventeenth century. For a century, they were carried to Rhode Island’s shores aboard slaving vessels, and they helped build the fledgling colony. When the slave trade ended, Rhode Island’s black reside...

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