Background
Chapin, Howard Millar was born on May 11, 1887 in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Son of Charles V. and Anna Augusta (Balch) Chapin.
Chapin, Howard Millar was born on May 11, 1887 in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Son of Charles V. and Anna Augusta (Balch) Chapin.
Bachelor of Arts, Brown U., 1908.
Governor D. Russell Brown, of Rhode Island, April 10, 1912. In various lines of business until 1912. Librarian Rhode Island History Society, since 1912, also Shepley Library, 1917-1925.
Business manager Brown Alumni Magazine Company, 1912-1915. Chairman Rhode Island State Geographical Board. Author: Murthy’s Cattage, 1911.
Titanic Disaster, 1913. The Printing Press of the French Fleet, 1914. Cartography of Rhode Island, 1915.
Cameo Portraiture in America, 1918. Dogs in Early New England, 1920. New England Vessels in the Louisbourg Expedition, 1923.
Bermuda Privateers, Volunteer I, 1923, Volunteer II, 1925. Rhode Island Privateers in King George’s War, 1926. Privateering in King George’s War (1739-1748), 1928.
Roger Williams and the King’s Colors, 1928. The New England Flag, 1929. Emblems of Rhode Island, 1930.
Sachems of the Narragansetts, 1931. American Municipal Arms, 1932. Civic Heraldry in America, 1935.
Compiler: Bibliography of Rhode Island, 1914. Documentary History of Rhode Island, Volunteer I, 1916, Volunteer II, 1920. Canadian Municipal Arms, 1937.
Etc. Editor of Rhode Island Court Records, Volunteer I, 1920, Volunteer II, 1922. Rhode Island Land Evidences. 1921; Records of the Town of Warwick Rhode Island, 1926.
Presented, with wife, the Peter Chapin collection of books on dogs to College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia Home: Providence, R.I.
Married Hope Caroline, d.