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27-675: The Tracey-Barry Gallery offers public exhibits of materials from the Library's collections. The Fales Collection was given to NYU in 1957 by DeCoursey Fales in memory of his father, Haliburton Fales. It is especially strong in English literature from the middle of the 18th century to the present, documenting developments in the novel. Other related collections held in Fales include the Berol Collection of Lewis Carroll Materials,

54-513: A community of free Blacks known as "New Goree" existed along the northern portion of Wood Street in the 19th century from Bayview Avenue to Union Street. This community disappeared by 1900. An African Methodist Episcopal church stood at 417 Wood Street, but was razed by 1898; the Bristol Sports Club currently stands on that lot. Two modest homes on Wood Street were identified in 2023 as being New Goree homes. Researchers speculate that

81-609: A group of ships led by Captain Wallace and HMS  Rose sailed into town and demanded provisions. When refused, Wallace shelled the town, causing much damage. The attack was stopped when Lieutenant Governor William Bradford rowed out to Rose to negotiate a cease-fire, but then a second attack took place on May 25, 1778. This time, 500 British and Hessian troops marched through the main street (now called Hope Street (RI Route 114)) and burnt 30 barracks and houses, taking some prisoners to Newport . Starting in at least in 1805,

108-707: A leading slave trader, later became a United States Senator from Rhode Island. Beginning in 1769 and continuing until 1820 (over a decade after the slave trade was outlawed in the Atlantic), the DeWolf family trafficked people out of West Africa, enslaving them and bringing them to work on DeWolf-owned plantations, or selling them to be auctioned at ports in places such as Havana , Cuba and Charleston , South Carolina . Sugar and molasses from slave plantations in Cuba would be brought to Rhode Island to DeWolf-owned distilleries. By

135-489: Is a rocky ledge on the mountain which was a lookout site for enemy ships on Mount Hope Bay. After the war concluded, four Boston merchants – Stephen Burton, Nathaniel Byfield , Nathaniel Oliver, and John Walley – purchased a tract of land known as "Mount Hope Neck and Poppasquash Neck" as part of the Plymouth Colony . Other settlers included John Gorham and Richard Smith . A variant of

162-651: The Indian name Metacomet is now the name of a main road in Bristol: Metacom Avenue ( RI Route 136 ). Bristol was a town of Massachusetts until the Crown transferred it to the Rhode Island Colony in 1747. The DeWolf family was among the earliest settlers of Bristol. Bristol and Rhode Island became a center of slave trading , from which it derived much of its wealth. James DeWolf ,

189-739: The Massasoit Osamequin, befriended the early settlers. King Philip's War was a conflict between the Plymouth settlers and the Pokanokets and allied tribes, and it began in the neighboring area of Swansea, Massachusetts . Metacomet made nearby Mount Hope (a corruption of the Pokanoket word Montaup ) his base of operations; he died following an ambush by Captain Benjamin Church on August 12, 1676. "Massasoit's Seat"

216-488: The United States Census Bureau , the town has a total area of 20.6 square miles (53.4 km ), of which, 10.1 square miles (26.2 km ) of it is land and 10.5 square miles (27.2 km ) of it (50.99%) is water. Bristol's harbor is home to over 800 boat moorings in seven mooring fields. As of the 2010 census Bristol had a population of 22,954. The ethnic and racial composition of

243-621: The 18th and 20th centuries. He began donating parts of his manuscript and book collections to New York University in 1957. Other parts of his collection donated to the New York Public Library , Manhattan College , and the Morgan Library (of which he was a life fellow). DeCoursey chose to dedicate the Fales Library at NYU to his father, Haliburton Fales. Along with these two collections, Fales also donated

270-884: The 2008 documentary Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North , in the 2008 companion memoir Inheriting the Trade: A Northern Family Confronts Its Legacy as the Largest Slave-Trading Dynasty in U.S. History by Thomas Norman DeWolf, and the 2014 historical study James DeWolf and the Rhode Island Slave Trade by Cynthia Mestad Johnson. During the American Revolutionary War , the British Royal Navy bombarded Bristol twice. On October 7, 1775,

297-919: The Fales Family Papers, which date back to 1620. DeCoursey Fales was a member of the Fales Family. The Fales family can claim ancestry back to the Puritan settlers who arrived in New England on the Mayflower . Eventually, the family was centered in Bristol , Rhode Island . The family's surnames include: Haliburton and Dunlap and the descendants have been involved with politics (Andrew Dunlap, 1796–1835), aviation , collecting, yachting , philanthropy and other assorted businesses and interests. DeCoursey Fales wrote an in-depth description of

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324-751: The Revolutionary War, and later by Rev. Wight as the Parade, and continue today, organized by the Bristol Fourth of July Committee. The festivities officially start on June 14, Flag Day , beginning a period of outdoor concerts, soapbox car races and a firefighters' muster at Independence Park. The celebration climaxes on July 4 with the oldest annual parade in the United States, "The Military, Civic and Firemen's Parade", an event that draws over 200,000 people from Rhode Island and around

351-782: The Robert Frost Library, the Nelson F. Adkins collection of American Literature, and the manuscript collections of Elizabeth Robins , Peter Straub , E. L. Doctorow and Erich Maria Remarque . The Downtown Collection documents the downtown New York city art, performance, film, and literary landscape from 1975 to the present. In addition to thousands of published books and magazines, the Downtown Collection includes extensive holdings of archival and manuscript material; film and video; original artwork; theatrical models; and other realia . Archival holdings range from

378-538: The best views of Narragansett Bay can be seen along this corridor. The construction of the East Bay Bike Path was highly contested by Bristol residents before construction because of the potential of crime, but it has become a welcome asset to the community and the anticipated crime was non-existent. The Bristol-based Herreshoff boat company built five consecutive America's Cup Defenders between 1893 and 1920. The Colt Estate, now known as Colt State Park ,

405-595: The building as headquarters in 1778 during the Battle of Rhode Island . Bristol has the oldest continuously celebrated Independence Day festivities in the United States. The first mention of a celebration comes from July 1777, when a British officer noted sounds coming from across Narragansett Bay : This being the first anniversary of the Declaration of Independence of the Rebel Colonies, they ushered in

432-673: The construction of a U.S. Rubber Co. plant on Wood Street in 1864 may have played a role in the neighborhood's demise. Until 1854, Bristol was one of the five state capitals of Rhode Island. Bristol is home to Roger Williams University , named for Rhode Island founder Roger Williams . The southerly terminus of the East Bay Bike Path is located at Independence Park on Bristol Harbor. The bike path continues north to India Point Park in Providence , R.I., mostly constructed following an abandoned railroad right of way. Some of

459-522: The core of this collection which continues to expand. The Fales Library preserves manuscripts and original editions of books that are rare or important not only because of their texts, but also because of their value as artifacts. The Fales Library holds the personal papers and/or archives of the following, among others: 40°43′47″N 73°59′49″W  /  40.729663°N 73.997014°W  / 40.729663; -73.997014 DeCoursey Fales DeCoursey Fales (June 1, 1888 – June 19, 1966)

486-452: The end of 1820, the DeWolf family had trafficked and enslaved over 10,000 Africans. James DeWolf died as the second wealthiest person in the United States. Quakers from Rhode Island were involved early in the abolition movement, although abolition was a divisive issue among Quakers, resulting in the creation of new Quaker groups. The DeWolf family, as well as Bristol's and the northern United States' participation in slavery, are featured in

513-654: The family and its history up to 1919 titled The Fales Family of Bristol, Rhode Island. He died in New York City in 1966. Bristol, Rhode Island Bristol is a town in Bristol County, Rhode Island , United States, as well as the county seat. The population of Bristol was 22,493 at the 2020 census. It is a deep water seaport named after Bristol , England. Major industries include boat building and related marine industries, manufacturing, and tourism. The Bristol Warren Regional School District manages

540-544: The morning by firing 13 cannons, one for each colony, we suppose. At sunset, the rebel frigates fired another round of 13 guns, each one after the other. As the evening was very still and fine the echo of the guns down the Bay had a grand effect. The annual official and historic celebrations (Patriotic Exercises) were established in 1785 by Rev. Henry Wight of the First Congregational Church and veteran of

567-662: The personal papers of writers such as Dennis Cooper , Richard Foreman and Lynne Tillman to the papers of publishing ventures such as High Risk Books and Between C & D to the archives of organizations such as Creative Time and Mabou Mines and the Gonightclubbing Archive of late 1970s punk rock video, photos, interviews and ephemera. An area of recent growth in Fales is the Food and Cookery Collection of well over 15,000 books. The personal libraries of James Beard , Cecily Brownstone , and Dalia Carmel form

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594-492: The population was 94.9% non-Hispanic white, 0.8% Black, 0.1% Native American, 0.9% Asian, 0.4% some other race, 1.4% from two or more races and 2.0% Hispanic or Latino of any race. As of the census of 2000, there were 22,469 people, 8,314 households, and 5,653 families residing in the town. The population density was 2,222.2 inhabitants per square mile (858.0/km ). There were 8,705 housing units at an average density of 860.9 per square mile (332.4/km ). The ethnic group makeup of

621-477: The town was 97.14% White , 1.29% Hispanic or Latino (of any race), 0.67% Asian , 0.62% Black , 0.16% Native American , 0.04% Pacific Islander , 0.33% other ethnic group , and 1.03% from two or more races. In the Rhode Island Senate , Bristol is split into three senatorial districts, all Democratic: At the federal level, Bristol is a part of Rhode Island's 1st congressional district and

648-531: The unified school system for Bristol and the neighboring town of Warren . Prominent communities include Portuguese-Americans , mostly Azoreans , and Italian-Americans . Before the Pilgrims arrived in 1620, the Pokanokets occupied much of Southern New England, including Plymouth . They had previously suffered from a series of plagues which killed off large segments of their population, and their leader,

675-590: The world. These elaborate celebrations give Bristol its nickname, "America's most patriotic town". Bristol is represented in the parade with hometown groups like the Bristol Train of Artillery and the Bristol County Fifes and Drums. Bristol is situated on 10.1 square miles (26 km ) of a peninsula (the smaller sub-peninsula on the west is called Poppasquash), with Narragansett Bay on its west and Mount Hope Bay on its east. According to

702-606: Was an American lawyer , banker , collector , bibliophile and yachtsman . DeCoursey was born in Saranac Lake, New York . He attended Harvard University , where he developed an intense love for British and American fiction . In the last years of his life, Fales devoted himself full-time to collecting. Fales collected fiction books and manuscript materials. Fales' manuscript collecting started with Walter Scott materials, and around that core, his collection grew to around 50,000 items pertaining to various authors spanning

729-739: Was home to Samuel P. Colt , nephew of the man famous for the arms company, and founder of the United States Rubber Company, later called Uniroyal and the largest rubber company in the nation. Colt State Park lies on manicured gardens abutting the West Passage of Narragansett Bay, and is popular for its views of the waterfront and sunsets. Bristol is the site of the National Historic Landmark Joseph Reynolds House built in 1700. The Marquis de Lafayette and his staff used

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