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Joshua's Store, with a ten percent discount for members, is stocked with a variety of items for your home and gift giving:
- handcrafted clothing and crafts made by our docents
- T-shirts and miscellaneous items featuring our BSH logo
- books and other publications on museum-related topics
The Christmas Bazaar features many of the store's regular items along
with special gifts for the season -- with prices to fit every
budget!
This page will highlight some of our featured items and publications; check back frequently as our inventory changes.
The shop is open during museum hours and special events.
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The Patriot from Kings County: Joshua Babcock provides an overview of the life and times of Dr. Joshua Babcock.
It is written and produced by Betty‐Jo Cugini Greene of Weathervane Communications with videographer/editor
Jim Karpeichik of Ocean State Video.
Dr. Babcock was a physician, statesman, judge, postmaster and friend of Benjamin Franklin. He was the
grandson of one of the first permanent settlers of Westerly and built his house in 1734 on property on Post Road in Westerly (now known as Granite Street). That house is currently open as a museum, known as Babcock‐
Smith House Museum. Learn more about Dr. Joshua Babcock and his many accomplishments in this DVD.
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This
DVD showcases the people, processed and products of the Westerly
granite industry. It is written and produced by Betty-Jo Cugini Greene
of Weathervane Communications with
videographer/editor Jim Karpeichik of Ocean State Video.
The
documentary that debuted on Rhode Island PBS includes 1920 era film
from the Sullivan Granite Quarry, a tour of Westerly Granite monuments
in Gettysburg National Military Park and Woodlawn Cemetery in New York.
Learn about the granite industry from those who worked the stone and
granite historians who have theirown granite connections. |
Authors: Linda Smith Chaffee, John B. Coduri and Ellen L. Madison, Ph.D.
Although both the majestic and the humble products made from Westerly
granite will be around for generations to come, the number of people
who have an intimate knowledge of the granite industry are quickly
diminishing and, with them, records and artifacts. This full color,
hard-bound edition of “Built from Stone” is an attempt to share bits
and pieces of the Westerly granite story so that the present generation
can take pride in Westerly’s granite heritage. Read Reviews
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- 32
page color booklet telling the story of the house and its people in
both text and pictures. A must if you want to know about the museum.
Written by Isaac and Gertrude Smith and Linda Smith Chaffee.
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- Original memoir by Charlotte Babcock, the wife of sea captain David Babcock. Transcribed by Gertrude Smith. 70 pages. $5.00
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- Recipes compiled by Docent Dorothy Benson with charming illustrations by docent Grace Culver. One recipe per page. 142 pages.
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Twenty essays on various topics relating to Westerly, many of which had
been previously published in the Westerly Historical Society
Newsletter. Includes updated locations of historic cemeteries, list of
Westerly Historical Society publications, and index. Compiled and
edited by Thomas O'Connell. 231 pages.
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- Written by Vera Robinson.
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- Recounts
300 years of history of the church in Westerly as it was defined in
1700 to present: 93 pages including photos. Spiral bound.
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- Narrated
history of the Westerly Granite industry featuring old photos and
anecdotes from granite historian and stonecutter Isaac Smith, Jr.
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- Journal of John B. Babcock with maps of the trip. Transcribed by Meg Barclay
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