New York Manumission Society Pitcher | Silver | New-York Historical Society New-York Historical Society 2012-05-03 | This pitcher, about a foot tall, is one of a pair. The New York Historical Society also owns the mate, which is identical. In 1818 the New York Manumission Society presented the pitchers to Joseph Curtis. The Society awarded the pitchers as a testimonial for Curtis's tireless efforts in persuading the New York State legislature to pass the Manumission Act. The act decreed that all slaves in New York would be freed by 1827. The body, spout, and handle of the pitcher are simple in design and shape. But the engraving on the front of pitcher is rich with meaning.The New-York Historical Society is able to produce illuminating exhibitions, public programs, and make a priceless collection accessible to the public through the generosity of donations and membership. Help us make history matter by joining today. http://www.nyhistory.org/support
Robert Caros The Power Broker at 50 New-York Historical Society 2024-09-05 | This special installation celebrates the 50th anniversary of the publication of Robert A. Caro's The Power Broker, the monumental work that has been called “surely the greatest book ever written about a city.” This groundbreaking book made known for the first time how Robert Moses, over more than four decades and without ever being elected to public office, amassed power so immense that with it, he shaped New York. The installation explores the story behind the book: how Caro uncovered the falseness behind the image that Moses had so carefully cultivated, and that the press and public believed, to reveal the extent of Moses’ power and the heartbreaking human cost behind his public works.***For more about the New-York Historical Society, visit our website: nyhistory.org***Subscribe to our channel: youtube.com/c/nyhistory?sub_confirmation=1 Check out our full video catalog: youtube.com/c/nyhistory Instagram: instagram.com/nyhistory Facebook: facebook.com/nyhistory Twitter: twitter.com/NYHistory #newyorkhistoricalsociety #history
Council Fire School: Indigenous Knowledge and Settler Education in Early New York // Fellows Talk New-York Historical Society 2024-07-30 | Recorded May 23, 2024English settlers in early New York were always learning, whether they liked it or not. This education about their surroundings took many forms, but often the lessons came from Indigenous delegates who explained how they lived on the land, organized their societies, and interacted with the physical and spiritual world. Understanding what settlers learned -- or refused to learn -- in early New York can help illuminate ways in which Indigenous activists today can educate Americans about how to follow new paths towards a more just, equitable, and sustainable future.Join Jeffers Lennox is the 2023-24 National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow at the New-York Historical Society.***For more about the New-York Historical Society, visit our website: nyhistory.org***Subscribe to our channel: youtube.com/c/nyhistory?sub_confirmation=1 Check out our full video catalog: youtube.com/c/nyhistory Instagram: instagram.com/nyhistory Facebook: facebook.com/nyhistory Twitter: twitter.com/NYHistory #newyorkhistoricalsociety #history
Great Falls: 3 Glimpses Into Nature and Work in 19th Century Paterson, NJ // Fellows Talk New-York Historical Society 2024-07-30 | Recorded May 22, 2024How did nature and work impact a growing city? Discover fascinating insights from research focused on the political economy of state-directed economic development, banking, and corporate chartering in the early American republic.Brian Phillips Murphy is the 2023-24 Helen and Robert Appel Fellow in History and Technology at the New-York Historical Society.***For more about the New-York Historical Society, visit our website: nyhistory.org***Subscribe to our channel: youtube.com/c/nyhistory?sub_confirmation=1 Check out our full video catalog: youtube.com/c/nyhistory Instagram: instagram.com/nyhistory Facebook: facebook.com/nyhistory Twitter: twitter.com/NYHistory #newyorkhistoricalsociety #history
Oases in a Health Desert: New York City (1913-1950) // Fellows Talk with Jessica Fletcher New-York Historical Society 2024-07-29 | Recorded: May 2, 2024Explore how women reformers shaped the welfare state in New York City from the early to mid-twentieth century by organizing neighborhood health centers to serve communities who could not afford private medical care. This talk highlights material in New-York Historical's rich collections that uncovers how women established health centers and how working-class New Yorkers navigated the city to find health care.Jessica Fletcher is the former Robert David Lion Gardiner Fellow at the New-York Historical Society. Anna Danziger Halperin is Associate Director of the Center for Women's History.***For more about the New-York Historical Society, visit our website: nyhistory.org***Subscribe to our channel: youtube.com/c/nyhistory?sub_confirmation=1 Check out our full video catalog: youtube.com/c/nyhistory Instagram: instagram.com/nyhistory Facebook: facebook.com/nyhistory Twitter: twitter.com/NYHistory #newyorkhistoricalsociety #history
Architectural Collection Highlights // Curator Confidential New-York Historical Society 2024-07-22 | Marilyn Kushner, curator and head of New-York Historical’s Department of Prints, Photographs, and Architectural Collections, goes on a deep dive into our architectural collections, which are made up of more than 500,000 drawings dating from the late-18th century through the present. This first of three presentations with Marilyn features collection highlights including the original McKim, Mead and White drawings for the Morgan Library, a watercolor rendition of the intended swimming pool of the famed Woolworth Building, and exceptional Ecole des Beaux Arts student drawings. ***For more about the New-York Historical Society, visit our website: nyhistory.org***Subscribe to our channel: youtube.com/c/nyhistory?sub_confirmation=1 Check out our full video catalog: youtube.com/c/nyhistory Instagram: instagram.com/nyhistory Facebook: facebook.com/nyhistory Twitter: twitter.com/NYHistory #newyorkhistoricalsociety #history
Keynote on Reproductive Care // 2024 Max Conference on Womens History: On and Off the Clock New-York Historical Society 2024-07-11 | Presented March 3, 2024This keynote conversation will focus on the complexities of “care” as it is embodied and experienced, from the violent and arresting history of American gynecology to the legal regulation of intimate life today.***For more about the New-York Historical Society, visit our website: nyhistory.org***Subscribe to our channel: youtube.com/c/nyhistory?sub_confirmation=1 Check out our full video catalog: youtube.com/c/nyhistory Instagram: instagram.com/nyhistory Facebook: facebook.com/nyhistory Twitter: twitter.com/NYHistory #newyorkhistoricalsociety #history
Care at the Margins // 2024 Max Conference on Womens History: On and Off the Clock New-York Historical Society 2024-07-11 | Presented March 3, 2024In the wake of decades of divestment from social welfare spending, vital and urgent forms of care work happen in unexpected places, using ingenuity and resourcefulness. This panel will take a look at how care happens in the margins– inviting experts and practitioners from the world’s of disability justice, radical reproductive rights organizing, harm reduction, and social justice ministry into conversation with one another.***For more about the New-York Historical Society, visit our website: nyhistory.org***Subscribe to our channel: youtube.com/c/nyhistory?sub_confirmation=1 Check out our full video catalog: youtube.com/c/nyhistory Instagram: instagram.com/nyhistory Facebook: facebook.com/nyhistory Twitter: twitter.com/NYHistory #newyorkhistoricalsociety #history
Care Is Work // 2024 Max Conference on Womens History: On and Off the Clock New-York Historical Society 2024-07-10 | Presented March 3, 2024Care work is routinely devalued by language that frames the labor of taking care as a naturalized feminine vocation that is distinct from labor. This panel disrupts the dichotomy between “labors of love” and “care labor,” with historians weighing in on the care economy and conditions of labor. ***For more about the New-York Historical Society, visit our website: nyhistory.org***Subscribe to our channel: youtube.com/c/nyhistory?sub_confirmation=1 Check out our full video catalog: youtube.com/c/nyhistory Instagram: instagram.com/nyhistory Facebook: facebook.com/nyhistory Twitter: twitter.com/NYHistory #newyorkhistoricalsociety #history
Who Cares? // 2024 Max Conference on Womens History: On and Off the Clock New-York Historical Society 2024-07-09 | Presented March 3, 2024Care has never been a neutral term. This panel focuses on the tensions at the heart of “caring work” by placing historians who study motherhood, coerced labor, and racialized domestic servitude in conversation with one another in order to probe the contours of how “care” has been constructed as a category of work.***For more about the New-York Historical Society, visit our website: nyhistory.org***Subscribe to our channel: youtube.com/c/nyhistory?sub_confirmation=1 Check out our full video catalog: youtube.com/c/nyhistory Instagram: instagram.com/nyhistory Facebook: facebook.com/nyhistory Twitter: twitter.com/NYHistory #newyorkhistoricalsociety #history
Mischievous Creatures // Primary Source New-York Historical Society 2024-07-06 | Recorded May 14, 2024In her book Mischievous Creatures, historian Catherine McNeur uncovers the lives and work of Margaretta Hare Morris and Elizabeth Carrington Morris, sisters and scientists in early America. Margaretta, an entomologist, was famous among her peers and the public for her research on 17-year cicadas and other troublesome insects. Elizabeth, a botanist, was a prolific illustrator and a trusted supplier of specimens to the country’s leading experts. In conversation with Valerie Paley, McNeur reveals how New-York Historical’s library collections changed the course of her research and how these pioneering sisters contributed to the birth of American science.***For more about the New-York Historical Society, visit our website: nyhistory.org***Subscribe to our channel: youtube.com/c/nyhistory?sub_confirmation=1 Check out our full video catalog: youtube.com/c/nyhistory Instagram: instagram.com/nyhistory Facebook: facebook.com/nyhistory Twitter: twitter.com/NYHistory #newyorkhistoricalsociety #history
Times Square Remade // Primary Source New-York Historical Society 2024-07-06 | Recorded June 11, 2024Times Square has commanded an influence on public imagination and city industry far beyond its five city blocks. In her book Times Square Remade, Lynne Sagalyn chronicles the earliest halcyon days of 42nd Street and Times Square as the nexus of speculation and competitive theater building, its darkest days as vice central, and the years of aggressive government intervention against pornography and crime. In conversation with Meredith Mann, Sagalyn considers this iconic public space and the many contested attempts to change and preserve it.***For more about the New-York Historical Society, visit our website: nyhistory.org***Subscribe to our channel: youtube.com/c/nyhistory?sub_confirmation=1 Check out our full video catalog: youtube.com/c/nyhistory Instagram: instagram.com/nyhistory Facebook: facebook.com/nyhistory Twitter: twitter.com/NYHistory #newyorkhistoricalsociety #history
The Castello Plan // Live From New Amsterdam New-York Historical Society 2024-07-05 | Recorded May 30, 2024Russell Shorto, curator of "New York Before New York: The Castello Plan of New Amsterdam," and Deborah Hamer, Director of the New Netherland Institute, take a closer look at life in New Amsterdam through the Castello Plan. They discuss the history of this map of New York in its primordial state, the significance of the mpungu (a collection of African ritual objects) found in New Amsterdam, and the reaction of Lenape leaders to Peter Schagen's letter, which holds the earliest reference to the "purchase" of the island of Manhattan from indigenous communities.***For more about the New-York Historical Society, visit our website: nyhistory.org***Subscribe to our channel: youtube.com/c/nyhistory?sub_confirmation=1 Check out our full video catalog: youtube.com/c/nyhistory Instagram: instagram.com/nyhistory Facebook: facebook.com/nyhistory Twitter: twitter.com/NYHistory #newyorkhistoricalsociety #history
Maps and More! // Live From New Amsterdam New-York Historical Society 2024-07-05 | Recorded April 18, 2024Christian Koot, author of "A Biography of a Map in Motion: Augustine Herman’s Chesapeake "(2017), and Deborah Hamer discuss how maps were made, what was distinct about the Dutch tradition of mapping, and how maps were much more than neutral depictions of borders and terrain. ***For more about the New-York Historical Society, visit our website: nyhistory.org***Subscribe to our channel: youtube.com/c/nyhistory?sub_confirmation=1 Check out our full video catalog: youtube.com/c/nyhistory Instagram: instagram.com/nyhistory Facebook: facebook.com/nyhistory Twitter: twitter.com/NYHistory #newyorkhistoricalsociety #history
Russell Shorto on New York Before New York: The Castello Plan of New Amsterdam New-York Historical Society 2024-06-23 | Russell Shorto, acclaimed author of "The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America" and the curator of "New York Before New York: The Castello Plan of New Amsterdam," discusses some of the stories behind the exhibition, including a map depicting New Amsterdam at its height, a letter discussing the "purchase" of Manhattan by the Dutch from the Lenape, and a collection of artifacts known as Mpungu, attributed to Africans living in the colony who were likely enslaved.***For more about the New-York Historical Society, visit our website: nyhistory.org***Subscribe to our channel: youtube.com/c/nyhistory?sub_confirmation=1 Check out our full video catalog: youtube.com/c/nyhistory Instagram: instagram.com/nyhistory Facebook: facebook.com/nyhistory Twitter: twitter.com/NYHistory #newyorkhistoricalsociety #history
Conversations with Master Historians // The American Story New-York Historical Society 2024-05-27 | The American Story with David M. RubensteinRecorded November 16, 2019The American Story: Conversations with Master Historianswith David Rubenstein and Douglas BrinkleySince 2016, the New-York Historical Society has had the honor of presenting History with David M. Rubenstein, featuring thoughtful discussions between Mr. Rubenstein and some of the nation’s most esteemed historians. In a special interview, Mr. Rubenstein reflects on his conversations from our stage and beyond—including, among others, those with Robert Caro on Lyndon B. Johnson and David McCullough on John Adams—and explores the grand arc of the American story revealed within them. David M. Rubenstein, co-founder and co-chairman of the Carlyle Group, is the author of How to Invest: Masters on the Craft and the host of History with David Rubenstein on PBS. Douglas Brinkley (moderator) is a bestselling author and serves as presidential historian for CNN and the New-York Historical Society.***For more about the New-York Historical Society, visit our website: nyhistory.org***Subscribe to our channel: youtube.com/c/nyhistory?sub_confirmation=1 Check out our full video catalog: youtube.com/c/nyhistory Instagram: instagram.com/nyhistory Facebook: facebook.com/nyhistory Twitter: twitter.com/NYHistory #newyorkhistoricalsociety #history
Explore Our Nations Story New-York Historical Society 2024-05-22 | Experience 400 years of history through groundbreaking exhibitions, outstanding collections, immersive films, and thought-provoking conversations among renowned historians and public figures at the New-York Historical Society, New York’s first museum. A great destination for history since 1804, the Museum and the Patricia D. Klingenstein Library convey the stories of the city and nation’s diverse populations, expanding our understanding of who we are as Americans and how we came to be.***For more about the New-York Historical Society, visit our website: nyhistory.org***Subscribe to our channel: youtube.com/c/nyhistory?sub_confirmation=1 Check out our full video catalog: youtube.com/c/nyhistory Instagram: instagram.com/nyhistory Facebook: facebook.com/nyhistory Twitter: twitter.com/NYHistory #newyorkhistoricalsociety #history
Beatrice Glow: When Our Rivers Meet // Curator Confidential New-York Historical Society 2024-05-21 | Recorded: April 30, 2024Artist-in-residence Beatrice Glow; Rebecca Klassen, Curator of Material Culture; Brent Stonefish (Eelŭnaapéewi-Lahkéewiit / Delaware Nation—Moravian of the Thames Band); and multidisciplinary artist Deborah Jack discuss the newly opened exhibition "Beatrice Glow: When Our Rivers Meet". Drawing on research into New-York Historical’s vast Museum and Library collections, Beatrice Glow reckons with the 400th anniversary of the establishment of the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam from local and global perspectives. Alongside a group of nine culture bearers, artists, and scholars whose heritages were impacted by the Dutch colonial enterprise, Glow has created a series of seven parade float maquettes, among other works, that envision an alternative commemoration of the anniversary. ***For more about the New-York Historical Society, visit our website: nyhistory.org***Subscribe to our channel: youtube.com/c/nyhistory?sub_confirmation=1 Check out our full video catalog: youtube.com/c/nyhistory Instagram: instagram.com/nyhistory Facebook: facebook.com/nyhistory Twitter: twitter.com/NYHistory #newyorkhistoricalsociety #history
Robert E. Lee: A Life with Allen C. Guelzo // The American Story New-York Historical Society 2024-05-13 | The American Story with David M. RubensteinRecorded March 30, 2022Robert E. Lee: A LifeAllen C. GuelzoSince betraying his nation in a bloody fight to uphold slavery, Robert E. Lee has long been a source of fascination even beyond the racist mythology of the Lost Cause. With his deceptively genteel demeanor, Lee’s wealthy but scandal-ridden upbringing in Virginia and his long career in the U.S. Army eventually led him to a treasonous fight for slavery. Award-winning historian Allen C. Guelzo takes a hard look at Lee’s character and legacy, both of which continue to sow division in American society today. Allen C. Guelzo, a three-time Lincoln Prize winner and senior research scholar at the Council of Humanities at Princeton University, is the author of Robert E. Lee: A Life. David M. Rubenstein (moderator), co-founder and co-chairman of the Carlyle Group, is the author of How to Invest: Masters on the Craft and the host of History with David Rubenstein on PBS.***For more about the New-York Historical Society, visit our website: nyhistory.org***Subscribe to our channel: youtube.com/c/nyhistory?sub_confirmation=1 Check out our full video catalog: youtube.com/c/nyhistory Instagram: instagram.com/nyhistory Facebook: facebook.com/nyhistory Twitter: twitter.com/NYHistory #newyorkhistoricalsociety #history
New York Before New York: The Castello Plan of New Amsterdam // Curator Confidential New-York Historical Society 2024-05-02 | Recorded March 14, 2024.Join Russell Shorto, director of the New Amsterdam Project and curator of "New York Before New York: The Castello Plan of New Amsterdam," as he provides unique insights on the special installation. In commemoration of the 400th anniversary of the Dutch founding of a colony that would give rise to New York, this special installation is organized around the Castello Plan, a map depicting New Amsterdam around the peak of its settlement circa 1660. While modest in size, the map provides a remarkably rare glimpse of everyday life in New Amsterdam, revealing a complex colony of about 1,500 people at the southern tip of the island of Mannahatta. The installation unpacks the Plan, highlighting the remarkable global reach of the tiny settlement, its dense mix of ethnicities and languages, the Dutch ideas of tolerance that undergirded it, and the dark legacies of slavery and of the dispossession of Native Americans that it relied upon. Through documents and objects, and a 3D model, the installation explores how settlers, Indigenous people, and enslaved Africans experienced the world illustrated in the Castello Plan. Russell Shorto is the director of the New Amsterdam Project at the New-York Historical Society. He is the author of seven books, including the national bestseller The Island at the Center of the World.***For more about the New-York Historical Society, visit our website: nyhistory.org***Subscribe to our channel: youtube.com/c/nyhistory?sub_confirmation=1 Check out our full video catalog: youtube.com/c/nyhistory Instagram: instagram.com/nyhistory Facebook: facebook.com/nyhistory Twitter: twitter.com/NYHistory #newyorkhistoricalsociety #history
The American Experiment: Dialogues on a Dream // The American Story New-York Historical Society 2024-04-29 | The American Story with David M. RubensteinRecorded December 7, 2021The American Experiment: Dialogues on a Dreamwith Louise MirrerThe American experiment began with a revolutionary idea that a nation could be founded on the principles of democracy, equality, and liberty. Drawing on his enlightening discussions with award-winning historians, diplomats, music legends, and sports giants — including Jill Lepore, Madeleine Albright, Henry Louis Gates Jr., Ken Burns, and Billie Jean King — David M. Rubenstein traces how the American experiment, in all its promise and imperfection, has evolved over the past 250 years.David M. Rubenstein, co-founder and co-chairman of the Carlyle Group, is the author of How to Invest: Masters on the Craft and the host of History with David Rubenstein on PBS. Louise Mirrer (moderator) is president and CEO of the New-York Historical Society.***For more about the New-York Historical Society, visit our website: nyhistory.org***Subscribe to our channel: youtube.com/c/nyhistory?sub_confirmation=1 Check out our full video catalog: youtube.com/c/nyhistory Instagram: instagram.com/nyhistory Facebook: facebook.com/nyhistory Twitter: twitter.com/NYHistory #newyorkhistoricalsociety #history
Language City // Live from New Amsterdam New-York Historical Society 2024-04-23 | Recorded March 28, 2024Four centuries ago, what had been a Lenape-speaking archipelago suddenly became New Amsterdam—a crossroads of Native American, European, and African cultures. Here, 18 languages were reported as being spoken within the first few decades, and the number is likely far greater. Join Ross Perlin, author of the new book "Language City: The Fight to Preserve Endangered Mother Tongues in New York," and Russell Shorto as they trace this history of language and how it set the template for the city’s extraordinary transformation into one of the most linguistically diverse cities in the world.Ross Perlin is the author of Language City: The Fight to Preserve Endangered Mother Tongues in New York, out this February from Grove. He is co-director of the Endangered Language Alliance and teaches linguistics at Columbia.Russell Shorto is the bestselling author of The Island at the Center of the World, Amsterdam, and Revolution Song. He is the director of the New Amsterdam Project at the New-York Historical Society. Live From New Amsterdam is an ongoing series hosted by the New Netherland Institute and the New Amsterdam Project at the New-York Historical Society. Through vibrant conversations with scholars and historians, each program will investigate new and exciting research related to New Amsterdam, New Netherland, and the lasting legacies of Dutch rule in New York. ***For more about the New-York Historical Society, visit our website: nyhistory.org***Subscribe to our channel: youtube.com/c/nyhistory?sub_confirmation=1 Check out our full video catalog: youtube.com/c/nyhistory Instagram: instagram.com/nyhistory Facebook: facebook.com/nyhistory Twitter: twitter.com/NYHistory #newyorkhistoricalsociety #history
Voices from the Draft Riots // Primary Source New-York Historical Society 2024-04-23 | Recorded February 27, 2024Exploring concepts of memory, conflict, and resilience, artist and educator Jan Descartes is producing an artist’s book and zine that will convey intimate stories from the New York City Draft Riots of 1863. In conversation with Director and curator Nina Nazionale, Descartes discusses her process of examining the collections at the Patricia D. Klingenstein Library and sourcing specimens from the city's landscape with an eye toward the ways in which history is documented and remembered.***For more about the New-York Historical Society, visit our website: nyhistory.org***Subscribe to our channel: youtube.com/c/nyhistory?sub_confirmation=1 Check out our full video catalog: youtube.com/c/nyhistory Instagram: instagram.com/nyhistory Facebook: facebook.com/nyhistory Twitter: twitter.com/NYHistory #newyorkhistoricalsociety #history
New-York Historical Highlights 2023–24 New-York Historical Society 2024-04-18 | ***For more about the New-York Historical Society, visit our website: nyhistory.org***Subscribe to our channel: youtube.com/c/nyhistory?sub_confirmation=1 Check out our full video catalog: youtube.com/c/nyhistory Instagram: instagram.com/nyhistory Facebook: facebook.com/nyhistory Twitter: twitter.com/NYHistory #newyorkhistoricalsociety #history
Troop Movement Animation // The Battle of Brooklyn New-York Historical Society 2024-04-17 | Presented as part of the "The Battle of Brooklyn," this video was originally created to be displayed in the exhibition's galleries in a kiosk at waist level, that visitors could move around and view from multiple angles. It depicts the movement of British and American troops during the Battle of Brooklyn.
A History Minute with David Rubenstein New-York Historical Society 2024-04-17 | Discover the answers to fascinating trivia about key moments in American history. Season 1 will be comprised of 20 episodes. Subscribe and stay tuned for more!***For more about the New-York Historical Society, visit our website: nyhistory.org***Subscribe to our channel: youtube.com/c/nyhistory?sub_confirmation=1 Check out our full video catalog: youtube.com/c/nyhistory Instagram: instagram.com/nyhistory Facebook: facebook.com/nyhistory Twitter: twitter.com/NYHistory #newyorkhistoricalsociety #history
The Subway Vigilante // Primary Source New-York Historical Society 2024-04-16 | Recorded January 23, 2024Almost 40 years ago, a shooting on the New York City subway left four Bronx teenagers wounded and turned a man named Bernie Goetz into a nationally recognized figure. In the six-part podcast series "Fiasco: Vigilante," host Leon Neyfakh and producer Madeline Kaplan offer a panoramic but intimate view of how this era-defining story unfolded, supported by compelling interviews and the archival collections of New-York Historical’s Patricia D. Klingenstein Library. In conversation with curator Meredith Mann, Neyfakh and Kaplan explore this explosive case and how its central themes remain all too resonant today.***For more about the New-York Historical Society, visit our website: nyhistory.org***Subscribe to our channel: youtube.com/c/nyhistory?sub_confirmation=1 Check out our full video catalog: youtube.com/c/nyhistory Instagram: instagram.com/nyhistory Facebook: facebook.com/nyhistory Twitter: twitter.com/NYHistory #newyorkhistoricalsociety #history
A Conversation with Kay WalkingStick // Womens History Salons New-York Historical Society 2024-04-16 | Recorded March 8, 2024Celebrating International Women's Day, renowned Cherokee artist Kay WalkingStick joins New-York Historical's Wendy Nālani E. Ikemoto in conversation. WalkingStick is the focus of our acclaimed exhibition Kay WalkingStick / Hudson River School, which places her work in a fascinating dialogue with 19th-century Hudson River School paintings and explores the relationship between Indigenous art and American art history. They discuss WalkingStick's remarkable career and her decades of work reimagining and reframing the American landscape. ***For more about the New-York Historical Society, visit our website: nyhistory.org***Subscribe to our channel: youtube.com/c/nyhistory?sub_confirmation=1 Check out our full video catalog: youtube.com/c/nyhistory Instagram: instagram.com/nyhistory Facebook: facebook.com/nyhistory Twitter: twitter.com/NYHistory #newyorkhistoricalsociety #history
Diana’s Child: Enslaved Communities and New York History // Live From New Amsterdam New-York Historical Society 2024-04-16 | Recorded February 29, 2024Slavery, race, community, and family were vital to the history and development of colonial New Amsterdam and New York. Examining familial and community networks of diverse women, especially enslaved women, reveals multiracial and dynamic connections among ordinary people who shaped the trajectory of the city’s history. In this program, historians Nicole Maskiell and Deborah Hamer discuss various aspects of women’s community building, what it meant to have a family network, and what these connections tell us about slavery in Manhattan. Nicole Maskiell is an Associate Professor of History at the University of South Carolina. Her book, Bound by Bondage: Slavery and the Creation of a Northern Gentry, centers slavery as a crucial component to the rise and enduring influence of the moneyed Northeastern elite. Deborah Hamer is Director of the New Netherland Institute, where she is responsible for initiatives aimed at identifying, preserving, digitizing, and translating Dutch language documents in repositories around the world. She is a historian of the Dutch Atlantic world and received her Ph.D. from Columbia University.Live From New Amsterdam is an ongoing series hosted by the New Netherland Institute and the New Amsterdam Project at the New-York Historical Society. Through vibrant conversations with scholars and historians, each program will investigate new and exciting research related to New Amsterdam, New Netherland, and the lasting legacies of Dutch rule in New York. ***For more about the New-York Historical Society, visit our website: nyhistory.org***Subscribe to our channel: youtube.com/c/nyhistory?sub_confirmation=1 Check out our full video catalog: youtube.com/c/nyhistory Instagram: instagram.com/nyhistory Facebook: facebook.com/nyhistory Twitter: twitter.com/NYHistory #newyorkhistoricalsociety #history
Silent Spring Revolution: The Great Environmental Awakening w Douglas Brinkley // The American Story New-York Historical Society 2024-04-15 | The American Story with David M. RubensteinRecorded November 22, 2022Silent Spring Revolution: John F. Kennedy, Rachel Carson, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, and the Great Environmental Awakeningwith Douglas BrinkleyThe post-World War II economic boom came at a high cost: smog made breathing difficult in cities, the oceans were dying, wilderness vanished, and species went extinct at alarming rates. Historian Douglas Brinkley chronicles how Rachel Carson’s 1962 book, Silent Spring, launched an eco-revolution and inspired the rise of environmental activism during the presidencies of John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, and Richard Nixon.Douglas Brinkley, presidential historian for the New-York Historical Society, is a frequent contributor on presidential history for CNN, MSNBC, and CBS and the author of Silent Spring Revolution: John F. Kennedy, Rachel Carson, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, and the Great Environmental Awakening. David M. Rubenstein (moderator), co-founder and co-chairman of the Carlyle Group, is the author of How to Invest: Masters on the Craft and the host of History with David Rubenstein on PBS.***For more about the New-York Historical Society, visit our website: nyhistory.org***Subscribe to our channel: youtube.com/c/nyhistory?sub_confirmation=1 Check out our full video catalog: youtube.com/c/nyhistory Instagram: instagram.com/nyhistory Facebook: facebook.com/nyhistory Twitter: twitter.com/NYHistory #newyorkhistoricalsociety #history
Native Americans // The Citizenship Project [E12] New-York Historical Society 2024-04-01 | Tracing the journey of Native Americans, this overview delves into their cultures, encounters with European settlers, enduring struggles, and ongoing efforts for rights and recognition.The New-York Historical Society Citizenship Project offers free civics test preparation classes for green card holders. nyhistory.org/citizenship-project***For more about the New-York Historical Society, visit our website: nyhistory.org***Subscribe to our channel: youtube.com/c/nyhistory?sub_confirmation=1 Check out our full video catalog: youtube.com/c/nyhistory Instagram: instagram.com/nyhistory Facebook: facebook.com/nyhistory Twitter: twitter.com/NYHistory #newyorkhistoricalsociety #history
Supreme Court // The Citizenship Project [E11] New-York Historical Society 2024-04-01 | Sitting at the pinnacle of the judicial branch of government, the U.S. Supreme Court is the highest court in the land. Its landmark rulings have had an enduring impact on American life and law.The New-York Historical Society Citizenship Project offers free civics test preparation classes for green card holders. nyhistory.org/citizenship-project***For more about the New-York Historical Society, visit our website: nyhistory.org***Subscribe to our channel: youtube.com/c/nyhistory?sub_confirmation=1 Check out our full video catalog: youtube.com/c/nyhistory Instagram: instagram.com/nyhistory Facebook: facebook.com/nyhistory Twitter: twitter.com/NYHistory #newyorkhistoricalsociety #history
How to Invest: Masters on the Craft // The American Story New-York Historical Society 2024-04-01 | The American Story with David M. RubensteinRecorded December 14, 2022How to Invest: Masters on the Craft with Gary Ginsberg In an age of global economic transformation, what lessons can we learn from the world’s most successful investors? Throughout his career, David M. Rubenstein, co-founder of one of the world’s largest investment firms, has interviewed some of the most internationally respected investors and business leaders to gain insight into their time-tested principles and hard-earned wisdom. From venture capital and real estate to private equity, hedge funds, cryptocurrency, and more, Rubenstein shares the valuable insight he has gleaned on the art of investing. David M. Rubenstein, co-founder and co-chairman of the Carlyle Group, is the author of How to Invest: Masters on the Craft and the host of History with David Rubenstein on PBS. Gary Ginsberg (moderator) is the author of First Friends The Powerful, Unsung (And Unelected) People Who Shaped Our Presidents.***For more about the New-York Historical Society, visit our website: nyhistory.org***Subscribe to our channel: youtube.com/c/nyhistory?sub_confirmation=1 Check out our full video catalog: youtube.com/c/nyhistory Instagram: instagram.com/nyhistory Facebook: facebook.com/nyhistory Twitter: twitter.com/NYHistory #newyorkhistoricalsociety #history
Voting Rights // The Citizenship Project [E10] New-York Historical Society 2024-03-29 | The Voting Rights Act of 1965 tackled voter suppression in the United States. While it significantly increased the registration of Black voters, it was not without controversy.The New-York Historical Society Citizenship Project offers free civics test preparation classes for green card holders. nyhistory.org/citizenship-project***For more about the New-York Historical Society, visit our website: nyhistory.org***Subscribe to our channel: youtube.com/c/nyhistory?sub_confirmation=1 Check out our full video catalog: youtube.com/c/nyhistory Instagram: instagram.com/nyhistory Facebook: facebook.com/nyhistory Twitter: twitter.com/NYHistory #newyorkhistoricalsociety #history
Federal and State Powers // The Citizenship Project [E09] New-York Historical Society 2024-03-29 | The U.S. Constitution divides power between the federal government and states, granting specific national powers and reserving others to states via the 10th Amendment, with federal laws generally overriding state laws.The New-York Historical Society Citizenship Project offers free civics test preparation classes for green card holders. nyhistory.org/citizenship-project***For more about the New-York Historical Society, visit our website: nyhistory.org***Subscribe to our channel: youtube.com/c/nyhistory?sub_confirmation=1 Check out our full video catalog: youtube.com/c/nyhistory Instagram: instagram.com/nyhistory Facebook: facebook.com/nyhistory Twitter: twitter.com/NYHistory #newyorkhistoricalsociety #history
Emancipation Proclamation // The Citizenship Project [E08] New-York Historical Society 2024-03-27 | Issued by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln almost three years into the Civil War, the Emancipation Proclamation played a crucial role in ending slavery across the United States and defining the principles that still govern the country today.The New-York Historical Society Citizenship Project offers free civics test preparation classes for green card holders. nyhistory.org/citizenship-project***For more about the New-York Historical Society, visit our website: nyhistory.org***Subscribe to our channel: youtube.com/c/nyhistory?sub_confirmation=1 Check out our full video catalog: youtube.com/c/nyhistory Instagram: instagram.com/nyhistory Facebook: facebook.com/nyhistory Twitter: twitter.com/NYHistory #newyorkhistoricalsociety #history
The Constitution // The Citizenship Project [E07] New-York Historical Society 2024-03-27 | The U.S. Constitution, drafted in 1787, established a strong federal government, outlining legislative, executive, and judicial branches, and remains the nation's supreme governing document.The New-York Historical Society Citizenship Project offers free civics test preparation classes for green card holders. nyhistory.org/citizenship-project***For more about the New-York Historical Society, visit our website: nyhistory.org***Subscribe to our channel: youtube.com/c/nyhistory?sub_confirmation=1 Check out our full video catalog: youtube.com/c/nyhistory Instagram: instagram.com/nyhistory Facebook: facebook.com/nyhistory Twitter: twitter.com/NYHistory #newyorkhistoricalsociety #history
Confidence Man with Maggie Haberman // The American Story New-York Historical Society 2024-03-18 | The American Story with David M. RubensteinRecorded: May 13, 2023Confidence Manwith Maggie HabermanHow does a man like Donald Trump—simultaneously hailed as an all-American hero and condemned as a harbinger of the end of American democracy—become not only a cultural phenomenon, but the president of the United States? Maggie Haberman, the New York Times reporter who won a Pulitzer Prize for her coverage of the 45th president, offers insight into his background, his motivations, and the true nature of his personality, not to mention the means by which he gained a seat in the Oval Office.Maggie Haberman, a senior political correspondent for the New York Times and a political analyst for CNN, is the author of Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America. David M. Rubenstein (moderator), co-founder and co-chairman of the Carlyle Group, is the author of How to Invest: Masters on the Craft and the host of History with David Rubenstein on PBS.***For more about the New-York Historical Society, visit our website: nyhistory.org***Subscribe to our channel: youtube.com/c/nyhistory?sub_confirmation=1 Check out our full video catalog: youtube.com/c/nyhistory Instagram: instagram.com/nyhistory Facebook: facebook.com/nyhistory Twitter: twitter.com/NYHistory #newyorkhistoricalsociety #history
The Castello Plan—3D Model New-York Historical Society 2024-03-14 | The New-York Historical Society's new installation New York Before New York: The Castello Plan of New Amsterdam is organized around the Castello Plan, a map depicting New Amsterdam around the peak of its settlement circa 1660. A key part of the installation is a digital 3D model created by the New Amsterdam History Center. Check out a sneak peek of what the model looks like and how it brings the 17th century outpost to life. ***For more about the New-York Historical Society, visit our website: nyhistory.org***Subscribe to our channel: youtube.com/c/nyhistory?sub_confirmation=1 Check out our full video catalog: youtube.com/c/nyhistory Instagram: instagram.com/nyhistory Facebook: facebook.com/nyhistory Twitter: twitter.com/NYHistory #newyorkhistoricalsociety #history
Good Power with Ginni Rometty // The American Story New-York Historical Society 2024-03-04 | The American Story with David M. RubensteinRecorded: Thursday, March 23, 2023Good Power: Leading Positive Change in Our Lives, Work, and World with Ginni RomettyA leader in the world of business and technology, Ginni Rometty overcame numerous struggles to embark on a groundbreaking career that took her from entry-level engineer to an eight year run as the first woman CEO of IBM, an iconic global company. Her lessons and stories offer a blueprint for how we can all drive meaningful change in positive ways—a concept she calls “good power.” In conversation with David M. Rubenstein, Rometty shows how good power can be scaled to address urgent societal issues, even in our polarizing times.Ginni Rometty is the former chairman, president, and chief executive officer of IBM and the author of Good Power: Leading Positive Change in Our Lives, Work, and World. David M. Rubenstein (moderator), co-founder and co-chairman of the Carlyle Group, is the author of How to Invest: Masters on the Craft and the host of History with David Rubenstein on PBS.***For more about the New-York Historical Society, visit our website: nyhistory.org***Subscribe to our channel: youtube.com/c/nyhistory?sub_confirmation=1 Check out our full video catalog: youtube.com/c/nyhistory Instagram: instagram.com/nyhistory Facebook: facebook.com/nyhistory Twitter: twitter.com/NYHistory #newyorkhistoricalsociety #history
Bridge to the Sun: The Secret Role of the Japanese Americans Who Fought in the Pacific in WWII New-York Historical Society 2024-02-20 | The 2022 Gilder Lehrman Military History Prize at the New-York Historical SocietyRecorded: December 4, 2023What does it mean to fight for a country that persecutes and imprisons you because of your ethnic background? After the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, the US military recruited several thousand first-generation Japanese Americans, or Nisei, to act as expert translators, interpreters, and interrogators on the front lines of the Pacific war, all while their families at home were held behind barbed wire in government internment camps. Author Bruce Henderson, in conversation with military historian Craig L. Symonds, explores this little-known story through the lens of six Japanese American soldiers who went on to help rebuild Japan as a modern democracy and an American ally following the war.Bruce Henderson is an award-winning journalist and the author of Bridge to the Sun: The Secret Role of the Japanese Americans Who Fought in the Pacific in World War II, the winner of the the 2022 Gilder Lehrman Military History Prize at the New-York Historical Society. Craig L. Symonds (moderator), professor of history emeritus at the United States Naval Academy, is a prizewinning author of numerous books on military history and served as chair of the 2022 judging committee for the Gilder Lehrman Military History Prize.***For more about the New-York Historical Society, visit our website: nyhistory.org***Subscribe to our channel: youtube.com/c/nyhistory?sub_confirmation=1 Check out our full video catalog: youtube.com/c/nyhistory Instagram: instagram.com/nyhistory Facebook: facebook.com/nyhistory Twitter: twitter.com/NYHistory #newyorkhistoricalsociety #history
The Book of Lost Recipes // Primary Source Series New-York Historical Society 2024-02-16 | Recorded November 28, 2023Jaya Saxena takes us on a culinary tour of historical meals and recipes. Saxena combed the New-York Historical archives for "The Book of Lost Recipes: The Best Signature Dishes from Historic Restaurants Rediscovered". In conversation with curator Meredith Mann, Saxena discusses how dining culture provided comfort and community to generations of Americans, and how cooking and eating is “the best way to time travel.”***For more about the New-York Historical Society, visit our website: nyhistory.org***Subscribe to our channel: youtube.com/c/nyhistory?sub_confirmation=1 Check out our full video catalog: youtube.com/c/nyhistory Instagram: instagram.com/nyhistory Facebook: facebook.com/nyhistory Twitter: twitter.com/NYHistory #newyorkhistoricalsociety #history
Trading Freedom // Primary Source Series New-York Historical Society 2024-02-16 | Recorded October 10, 2023In his book "Trading Freedom: How Trade with China Defined Early America," historian Dael Norwood explores the surprisingly rich early history of US–China trade and its unexpected impact on the new nation. In conversation with historian Nicole Mahoney, Norwood discusses China’s pivotal role in the US commercial economy in the 19th century and how it influenced debates over immigration, slavery, and capitalism.***For more about the New-York Historical Society, visit our website: nyhistory.org***Subscribe to our channel: youtube.com/c/nyhistory?sub_confirmation=1 Check out our full video catalog: youtube.com/c/nyhistory Instagram: instagram.com/nyhistory Facebook: facebook.com/nyhistory Twitter: twitter.com/NYHistory #newyorkhistoricalsociety #history
An Intimate History of Pockets New-York Historical Society 2024-02-13 | Recorded October 24, 2023Hannah Carlson, author of "Pockets: An Intimate History of How We Keep Things Close" and Keren Ben-Horin, curatorial scholar in women's history, discuss how we tuck gender politics, security, sexuality and privilege inside our pockets—and why it matters. ***For more about the New-York Historical Society, visit our website: nyhistory.org***Subscribe to our channel: youtube.com/c/nyhistory?sub_confirmation=1 Check out our full video catalog: youtube.com/c/nyhistory Instagram: instagram.com/nyhistory Facebook: facebook.com/nyhistory Twitter: twitter.com/NYHistory #newyorkhistoricalsociety #history
ERA At 100: Womens Fight for Equality New-York Historical Society 2024-02-12 | Record December 7, 2023.To mark the centennial of the introduction of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) to Congress on December 10, 1923, the Center for Women’s History dives into its long history. Legal scholar Julie Suk (Professor, Fordham University School of Law), historian Katherine Turk (Associate Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), and moderator Irin Carmon (senior correspondent, New York magazine) discuss women’s long fight for constitutional equality.***For more about the New-York Historical Society, visit our website: nyhistory.org***Subscribe to our channel: youtube.com/c/nyhistory?sub_confirmation=1 Check out our full video catalog: youtube.com/c/nyhistory Instagram: instagram.com/nyhistory Facebook: facebook.com/nyhistory Twitter: twitter.com/NYHistory #newyorkhistoricalsociety #history
Newport: Gilded Age Fashion Capital New-York Historical Society 2024-02-12 | Recorded November 30, 2023Textile and dress historian Rebecca J. Kelly and Keren Ben-Horin, curatorial scholar in women’s history, highlight Gilded Age Newport as a resort fashion capital and explore the enterprising women behind the famed clothing and millinery shops along Bellevue Avenue that propelled New York’s sportswear industry.***For more about the New-York Historical Society, visit our website: nyhistory.org***Subscribe to our channel: youtube.com/c/nyhistory?sub_confirmation=1 Check out our full video catalog: youtube.com/c/nyhistory Instagram: instagram.com/nyhistory Facebook: facebook.com/nyhistory Twitter: twitter.com/NYHistory #newyorkhistoricalsociety #history
What is Womens Work? // Center for Womens History New-York Historical Society 2024-01-23 | Hear from curators from the Center For Women's History as they discuss the importance of "Women's Work," an exhibition currently on view at the New-York Historical Society. The exhibition showcases approximately 45 objects from the Museum and Library collections to demonstrate how “women’s work” defies categorization. ***For more about the New-York Historical Society, visit our website: nyhistory.org***Subscribe to our channel: youtube.com/c/nyhistory?sub_confirmation=1 Check out our full video catalog: youtube.com/c/nyhistory Instagram: instagram.com/nyhistory Facebook: facebook.com/nyhistory Twitter: twitter.com/NYHistory #newyorkhistoricalsociety #history
The Great Mistake // Primary Source Series New-York Historical Society 2024-01-03 | Recorded: September 26, 2023The book The Great Mistake reimagines the life of Andrew Haswell Green, the 19th-century lawyer and city planner known as the “Father of Greater New York.” After aiding in the development of such iconic city institutions as Central Park, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the American Museum of Natural History, Green’s life ended tragically when he was killed outside his home on Park Avenue in 1903. In conversation with Dr. Valerie Paley, author Jonathan Lee explores what is saved in our historical collections, what is lost, and how fiction might bridge the intervening distance.***For more about the New-York Historical Society, visit our website: nyhistory.org***Subscribe to our channel: youtube.com/c/nyhistory?sub_confirmation=1 Check out our full video catalog: youtube.com/c/nyhistory Instagram: instagram.com/nyhistory Facebook: facebook.com/nyhistory Twitter: twitter.com/NYHistory #newyorkhistoricalsociety #history
A Page from The Years of Lyndon B. Johnson // Inside the Robert A. Caro Archive New-York Historical Society 2023-12-21 | Did Lyndon Johnson always believe in civil rights, even though he fought against legislation early in his political career? Legendary writer and biographer Robert Caro, whose archives are now a part of our collections, says yes. Watch a new video with Caro as he examines a final draft page from his "The Years of Lyndon Johnson" series. The author gives a glimpse into his writing methods and, on this particular page, how he linked two key moments—a telephone call Johnson had with civil rights leader Roy Wilkins and Johnson's time as a teacher during his college years—to illustrate the arc of Johnson's approach to civil rights. "If you want people to read nonfiction," says Caro, "it has to be written on the same level and with the same care as great works of fiction."Images courtesy of the LBJ Presidential Library and the Library of Congress archives.To learn more about the Robert A. Caro Archive at New-York Historical Society visit:nyhistory.org/exhibitions/turn-every-page-inside-robert-caro-archive***For more about the New-York Historical Society, visit our website: nyhistory.org***Subscribe to our channel: youtube.com/c/nyhistory?sub_confirmation=1 Check out our full video catalog: youtube.com/c/nyhistory Instagram: instagram.com/nyhistory Facebook: facebook.com/nyhistory Twitter: twitter.com/NYHistory #newyorkhistoricalsociety #history
Kay WalkingStick on Her Painting Niagara // Kay WalkingStick / Hudson River School New-York Historical Society 2023-12-14 | "I see the painting Niagara as one of the best paintings I've ever made," says Kay WalkingStick in this video about the artist and her landmark painting that's on view through April 14, 2024 as part of the exhibition "Kay WalkingStick / Hudson River School". Curator Wendy Nālani E. Ikemoto contextualizes the work, which recently became the first painting by a Native artist to join New-York Historical's collection.nyhistory.org/exhibitions/kay-walkingstick-hudson-river-school***For more about the New-York Historical Society, visit our website: nyhistory.org***Subscribe to our channel: youtube.com/c/nyhistory?sub_confirmation=1 Check out our full video catalog: youtube.com/c/nyhistory Instagram: instagram.com/nyhistory Facebook: facebook.com/nyhistory Twitter: twitter.com/NYHistory #newyorkhistoricalsociety #history
Clara Brown: Pioneering Philanthropist // Acts of Faith: Religion & the American West New-York Historical Society 2023-11-16 | Clara Brown made history as a founding settler of Central City Colorado. After gaining her freedom from slavery, she became a philanthropic force for good.Acts of Faith: Religion and the American West is an exhibition that explores the interplay between religion and US expansion in the 19th-century West in order to illuminate how religion became such a vital and contested part of American life. Acts of Faith takes visitors beyond the mythologized “Wild West” of popular culture to present a fuller and surprising picture: a West populated by preachers, pilgrims, and visionaries and home to sacred grounds and cathedrals that kindled spiritual feeling from the woodlands of New York all the way to the valleys of California. The narrative highlights the experiences and traditions of people who, voluntarily or involuntarily, took part in this chaotic and transformative era—including diverse Native peoples, Protestant missionaries, Mormon settlers, Catholic communities, African American migrants, Jewish traders, and Chinese immigrant workers. nyhistory.org/exhibitions/acts-of-faith-religion-and-the-american-west***For more about the New-York Historical Society, visit our website: nyhistory.org***Subscribe to our channel: youtube.com/c/nyhistory?sub_confirmation=1 Check out our full video catalog: youtube.com/c/nyhistory Instagram: instagram.com/nyhistory Facebook: facebook.com/nyhistory Twitter: twitter.com/NYHistory #newyorkhistoricalsociety #history
