Many of the following Rhode Island history books are out of print. All are owned by Rhode Island libraries, but tend to be held in local history collections. Access would mean a visit to the owning library. However, various institutions have digitized these works, making them available online to everyone.
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Rhode Island History Books
 | Account of the Churches in Rhode-Island, Anby Henry Jackson Published in 1854 |
 | Bibliographical and Historical Introduction to the Digest of Rhode Island Colonial laws of 1719by Sydney S. Rider Published in 1895 |
 | Bibliography of Rhode Island: A catalogue of Books and Other Publications …by John Russell Bartlett Published in 1864 |
 | Bibliography of Rhode Island Bibliographyby Howard M. Chapin Published in 1914 |
 | Book Notesby Sidney S. Rider Published in 33 Volumes 1883 -1916 |
 | Cartography of Rhode Islandby Howard M. Chapin Published in 1915 |
 | Charles MacCarthy: a Rhode Island Pioneer, 1677by Thomas Hamilton Murray Published in 1901 |
 | Check list of Maps of Rhode Islandby Howard M. Chapin Published in 1918 |
 | Colonial Rhode Islandby Alice Collins Gleeson Published in 1926 |
 | Constitution of the State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations : as Adopted by the Convention, Assembled at Newport, September, 1842, Theby Rhode Island |
 | “Corners and Characters of Rhode Island”by George D. Laswell Published in 1924 |
 | Documentary History of Rhode IslandVolume 1 – History of the Towns of Providence and Warwick to 1649 and of the Colony to 1647 by Howard M. Chapin Published in 1916 |
 | Documentary History of Rhode IslandVolume 2 – History of the Towns of Portsmouth and Newport to 1647 and the Court Records of Aquidneck by Howard M. Chapin Published in 1916 |
 | Early Records of the Town of Warwickby Rhode Island Historical Society Published in 1926 |
 | Early Rhode Island: A Social History of the Peopleby William Babcock Weeden Published in 1910 |
 | Early Rhode Island Housesby Norman Morrison Isham and Albert Frederic Brown Published in 1895 |
 | Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island : Comprising Three Generations of Settlers Who Came before 1690 : with Many Families Carried to the Fourth Generation, Theby John Osborne Austin Published in 1887 |
 | Greenes of Warwick in Colonial Historyby H.E. Turner Published in 1877 |
 | Historical Discourse, on the Civil and Religious Affairs of the Colony of Rhode-Island, Anby John Callender Published in 1843 |
 | Historical Preservation & Heritage Commission: Heritage Pamphlets |
 | Historical Sketches of the Churches of Warwick, Rhode Islandby Oliver Fuller Published in 1880 |
 | History of Public Education in Rhode Island, from 1636 to 1876, Aby Thomas B. Stockwell Published in 1876 |
 | History of Rhode Islandby Edward Peterson Published in 1853 |
 | History of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantationsby Samuel Greene Arnold 2 volumes Published in 1859 |
 | History of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Theby Thomas William Bicknell 6 volumes Published in 1920 |
 | History of Washington and Kent counties, Rhode Island, including their early settlement …by J. R. Cole Published in 1889 |
 | Index to American Genealogies; and to Genealogical Material Contained in all Works such as Town Histories …by Daniel S. Durrie Published in 1900 |
 | Indian Names of Places in Rhode Islandby Usher Parsons Published in 1861 |
 | Life and Times of Samuel Gorton, Theby Adelos Gorton Published in 1907 |
 | “Old Stone Bank” History of Rhode Island, TheVolume 1 by Providence Institution for Savings Published in 1929 |
| “Old Stone Bank” History of Rhode Island, TheVolume 2 by Providence Institution for Savings Published in 1931 |
| “Old Stone Bank” History of Rhode Island, TheVolume 3 by Providence Institution for Savings Published in 1939 |
| “Old Stone Bank” History of Rhode Island, TheVolume 4 by Providence Institution for Savings Published in 1944 |
 | Picturesque Rhode Islandby Wilfred Harold Munro Published in 1881 |
 | Records of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations 1636 – 1792by John Russell Bartlett (10 volumes) Published in 1856 |
 | Records of the Court of Trials of the Town of Warwick 1659-1674transcribed by Helen Capwell Published in 1922 |
 | Report on the Settlement of Warwick, 1642by William D. Ely Published in 1887 |
 | Result of Some Researches Among the British Archives for Information Relative to the Founders of New Englandby Samuel Gardner Drake Published in 1860 |
 | Rhode Island, a Guide to the Smallest Stateby Federal Writers’ Project Published in 1937 |
 | Rhode Island and the Formation of the Unionby Frank Greene Bates Published in 1898 |
 | Rhode Island and the Impost of 1781by Frank Greene Bates Published in 1895 |
 | Rhode Island and the Seaby Howard Willis Preston Published in 1932 |
 | Rhode Island, a Study in Separatismby Irving Berdine Richman Published in 1905 |
 | Rhode Island Boundaries, 1636-1936by John Hutchins Cady Published in 1936 |
 | Rhode Island Colonial Money and its Counterfeiting, 1647-1726,by Richard Le Baron Bowen Published in 1942 |
 | Rhode Island Court Records: Records of the Court of Trials of the Colony of Providence Plantations, 1647-1662Volume 1. by State of Rhode Island Published in 1920 |
 | Rhode Island Court Records: Records of the Court of Trials of the Colony of Providence Plantations, 1662-1670Volume 2. by State of Rhode Island Published in 1922 |
 | Rhode Island Declaration of Independence, Theby Lippitt, Charles Warren, 1846-1924 Published in 1907 |
 | Rhode Island Historical Society Collections23 volumes available in in full text Published 1827-1932 |
 | Rhode Island Imprints, 1727-1800by John Eliot Alden Published in 1949 |
 | Rhode Island, its Making and its Meaning : a Survey of the Annals of the Commonwealth from its Settlement to the Death of Roger Williams, 1636-1683Volume 1 by Irving Berdine Richman Published in 1902 |
 | Rhode Island, its Making and its Meaning : a Survey of the Annals of the Commonwealth from its Settlement to the Death of Roger Williams, 1636-1683Volume 2 by Irving Berdine Richman Published in 1902 |
 | Rhode Island land Evidences, vol. I, 1648-1696by Dorothy Worthington Published in 1921 [After an extensive search, it seems only vol. 1 is in existance] |
 | Rhode Island Tercentenary, 1636-1936by Rhode Island Tercentenary Commission Published in 1937 |
 | Rhode Island: Three Centuries of Democracyby Charles Carroll 4 volumes Published in 1932 |
 | Samuell Gorton: A Forgotten Founder of Our Liberties; First Settler of Warwick, R.I.by Lewis George Janes Published in 1896 |
 | Seventeenth Century Place-Names of Providence Plantations, 1639-1700by Brigham, Clarence S. Brigham Published in 1903 |
 | Short History of Rhode Island, Aby George Washington Greene Published in 1877 |
 | Simplicities Defence Against Seven-Headed Policy.by Samuel Gorton 1592 or 1593-1677 Published in 1646 |
 | Slavery in Rhode Islandby W.D. Johnston Published in 1894 |
 | State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations at the End of the Century: a Historyedited by Edward Field 3 volumes Published in 1902 |
 | Supplement to the Rhode Island Colonial Records : Comprising a List of the Freemen Admitted from May, 1747, to May, 1754by Rider, Sidney S. Rider Published in 1875 |
 | Tartar: the Armed Sloop of the Colony of Rhode Island, in King George’s War, Theby Howard Millar Chapin Published in 1922 |
Historical Records Survey: Rhode Island
 | Check list of Historical Records Survey publicationsPrepared by Sargent B. Child and Dorothy P. Holmes Published in 1969 |
 | Guide to Church Vital Statistic Records in the State of Rhode Island.Supplement to Guide to Public Vital Statistics, Births, Marriages, Deaths. Historical Records Survey 1942 |
 | Guide to the Public Vital Statistics Records, Births, Marriages, Deaths, in the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations,Historical records survey 1941 |
 | Inventory of the Church Archives of Rhode Island.Historical Records Survey 1939 |
 | Inventory of the Church Archives of Rhode Island: BaptistHistorical Records Survey 1941 |
 | Inventory of the Town and City Archives of Rhode Island: Providence CountyHistorical Records Survey 1942 |