Clio's Trio
Clio’s Trio, named for the Greek muse of History, is the name given to the close collaboration among the Heritage Harbor Foundation, the Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame, and the Rhode Island Publications Society in their quest to promote and facilitate the study of Rhode Island history.
THE HERITAGE HARBOR FOUNDATION, established in 2015 by Dr. Patrick T. Conley from the assets of the proposed Heritage Harbor Museum, is a $4 million endowment that distributes over $125
thousand per year to Rhode Island non-profit organizations to support their local heritage-oriented programs and expends an equal amount annually to fund its own special projects and publications as they relate to Rhode Island history and heritage.
THE RHODE ISLAND HERITAGE HALL OF FAME was founded in 1965 by Frank Lanning to honor and recognize, and to extol and
publicize, the achievements of those Rhode Island men and women
who have, in the words of the Hall of Fame induction citation, “made significant contributions to their community, state, and/or nation:’ It is also its mission to tell the story of Rhode Island history using the
biographies of its inductees, noting their collective impact upon every phase of Rhode Island’s development.
THE RHODE ISLAND PUBLICATIONS SOCIETY, founded in 1974 by Dr. Patrick T. Conley as part of Rhode Island’s Bicentennial
Celebration (ri76), has published and/or distributed 130 books,
booklets, and pamphlets relating to Rhode Island’s history and culture written by an array of local and nationally-renowned historians.
