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Lecture Tour of America 1882

Writing and Research on Oscar Wilde

Narragansett Pier

New York


The Mathewson Hotel

Monday, August 7, 1882


The Decorative Arts

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Verification

Newspaper reports

The Narragansett Times, Aug 11, 1882 (left)

The Camden Post (New Jersey), Aug 8, 1882 (below)

Sources

My gratitude goes to Jessica Wilson, South Kingstown Public Library/Peace Dale for sourcing the press clipping on this page from the microform archive of the Narragansett Times. 


I am grateful also for the support of Brian Gallagher and Prof. Jim Kinnie of the University of Rhode Island Carothers Library; Shirley Eastham, President of the Narragansett Historical Society; and Samuel Judd, Reference and Information Services Librarian at the Maury Loontjens Memorial Library.

Venue and Accommodation

The Mathewson Hotel

Ocean Road, Narragansett Pier, RI


Built: 1868, near and incorporating the original Mathewson home (b. 1865)

Guest rooms: 270

Wilde lectured in: the Dining Room

Renamed: 1917, The New Mathewson Hotel

Closed: November 1917, property put up for sale

Demolished: 1919 


Related:

Narragansett Pier—A Newly Discovered Lecture


John Cooper on Oscar Wilde © 2026