These stories of the “Women of Harrisville” were collected for an exhibit in the Harrisville General Store in honor of Women’s History Month in March, 2025. Additional stories were added for a presentation at the April, 2025 Annual Meeting of Historic Harrisville Inc.

At HHI, our commitment to preserving Harrisville extends to safeguarding, educating, and interpreting Harrisville’s rich history through the Historic Harrisville Archives, a treasure trove of documents, photographs, recordings, and artifacts.

A few years ago, Historic Harrisville’s archives accepted an important gift of notable proportions: nearly 800 glass negatives—the entire collection—taken by Fred Milan Travis in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.