Upon arrival to the United States, Armenians began to establish themselves in the field of culture and media. The latter was aimed at helping newly arrived immigrants to settle, find their relatives and friends and also to join the Armenian political groups already established in the United States. One of the early initiatives of the Armenian Immigrant community that settled in the city or Providence was to establish a library with Armenian books and journals in order to keep interest in the mother language alive among Armenian youth living in the new environment. One such active group in Rhode Island was the social-Democratic Hnchakyan party, members of which launched an impressive publication activity in Providence. Newspapers, several books and party By-Laws were printed here. The Hnchak Party also printed yearbooks containing different episodes of the party's activities.

Among the periodicals "Hnchak" and "Eritassard Hayastan" were printed in Providence. "Eritassard Hayastan" later moved to Chicago. Illinois. Along with local publishing activities, several satirical periodicals also were initiated. For example, almost at the same time, two satirical magazines, "Charlie Chaplin" and "Meghou" (Bee) were issued in Providence, Rhode Island in 1916. "Bouzhak" (Healer) followed the next year, in 1917, as an Armenian-language medical and healthcare monthly