The Vampire’s Grasp in New England

This American Archives Month, join the Rhode Island State Archives and Michael E. Bell, PhD, for an evening exploring Rhode Island folklore and the vampire scares that shook early New England.

For more than twenty-five years, Bell was the Consulting Folklorist at the Rhode Island Historical Preservation & Heritage Commission in Providence, Rhode Island. Dr. Bell has served as a scholar or consultant on numerous projects, particularly those concerned with folklore, folk art, oral history, and humanities programs for young adults, and his work is partially preserved at the Rhode Island State Archives in the .

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