About Anne D. Holst

ANCESTRY: direct descendant of: ROGER WILLIAMS, GABRIEL BERNON, JOHN + SAMUEL SLATER, GOVERNOR + US SENATOR PHILIP ALLEN, and ALFRED AUGUSTUS REED (U.S. Consul to Java, 1850-56) EDUCATION: 1965 Graduate of University of Rhode Island with Bachelor of Arts degree EMPLOYMENT HIGHLIGHTS: 1978-1994: State of Rhode Island, Department of Environmental Management, Division of Enforcement, Conservation Officer, Acting-Lt.; retired 1994 2003-Present: Founder and Curator of the Clouds Hill Victorian House Museum, Warwick, R.I. WRITINGS: Author of the following softbound booklets: THE THREAD OF THE RIVER (a history of the family mills); CLOUDS HILL, A PRESERVED VICTORIAN HOUSE; A BRIEF HISTORY OF COWESETT; HISTORY OF FOREST FIRE FIGHTING IN RHODE ISLAND, 1900-1970; BARNS AND POUNDS OF RHODE ISLAND, A VANISHING LANDSCAPE; THE CLOUDS HILL COOKBOOK; CEDAR HILL FARM, THE FAMILY FARM Author of semi-annual museum publication – REMEMBERING RHODE ISLAND LECTURER: on aspects of Rhode Island rural life, family history, Victoriana, etc.