Emily Lamphier ’20

Majors
History and Anthropology

Fellowship Location
URI

Research Project
Emily’s fellowship focused on Rhode Island’s maritime trade industry in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Using document analysis forms developed by the National Archives, she read, identified, transcribed, and analyzed documents in order to explore challenges associated with global trade and the economy in that time period.

Faculty Mentor
Dr. Catherine DeCesare, Senior Lecturer, Department of History


“The project I completed with Professor DeCesare allowed me to become familiar with archival research in order to learn more about people living in the past.”