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Historical Journal Rediscovers Long Island Woman Architect

December 29, 2016 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

tjaden-and-workmenThough Olive Tjaden’s name is not known to most Long Islanders today, a mayor of Garden City in the 1930s reportedly suggested that the community be renamed Tjaden City, because she designed so many houses in the village.

Cornell University, her alma mater, named Olive Tjaden Hall for her in 1980. The story of this prolific woman architect appears in “Designing Suburbia: Olive Tjaden on Long Island,” in the recently issued Nassau County Historical Society Journal. [Read more…] about Historical Journal Rediscovers Long Island Woman Architect

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Architecture, Gender History, Long Island, Nassau County, Recent Publications

Erie Canalway Touts NPS Centennial Accomplishments

December 29, 2016 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

cyclists-on-the-erie-canalway-trail-near-bushnells-basinAs the National Park Service embarks on its second century, Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor in New York is celebrating the accomplishments of its centennial celebration.

Erie Canalway NHC programs and visitor information helped thousands of visitors, students, and residents find their way to New York’s legendary canals, Erie Canalway Trail, historic sites, and canal communities in 2016. [Read more…] about Erie Canalway Touts NPS Centennial Accomplishments

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Erie Canal, Erie Canalway Heritage Corridor, NPS, Public History

VoteTilla Flotilla To Mark Suffrage Centennial

December 28, 2016 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Susan B Anthony House LogoThe National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House has received a $75,000 grant for VoteTilla, a week-long navigational celebration which will take place along the Erie Canal from July 16-22, 2017.

The event is in honor of the New York state women’s suffrage centennial and is a reminder of the work and cooperation required to secure the vote for women. [Read more…] about VoteTilla Flotilla To Mark Suffrage Centennial

Filed Under: Events, History Tagged With: Erie Canal, Suffrage Centennial, Susan B. Anthony House, VoteTilla, womens history

Champlain Canal Region Social Reform Movements Roundtable

December 27, 2016 by Editorial Staff 1 Comment

champlain-canal-lockHistorians, museums, libraries, cultural groups, political leaders and community members are invited to a roundtable discussion on “Social Reform Movements of the 19th Century in the Champlain Canal Region of New York” on Friday, January 20 from 10 am to 2 pm in the Schuyler Room of the Saratoga Town Hall.

Stories gathered at the roundtable will be used to design public humanities programs on themes related to social reform movements during the Industrial Revolution. [Read more…] about Champlain Canal Region Social Reform Movements Roundtable

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, Events, History Tagged With: Champlain Canal, Lakes to Locks, Schuylerville

Emancipation Watch Night in Peterboro New Year’s Eve

December 26, 2016 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

corpin-bowenIn honor of President Lincoln’s January 1, 1863 Emancipation Proclamation, and Gerrit Smith’s connection to the copy of the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation in the New York State Library, Retired Navy Commander Owen Corpin will provide a program and prepare the watch fire for the Watch Night commemoration at 4 pm Sunday, December 31, 2016.

The program will begin at the Smithfield Community Center, 5255 Pleasant Valley Road, Peterboro, and will move to the watch fire site on the Peterboro Green. Owen Corpin, a descendant of 19th Century freedom seekers who came to Peterboro, will describe the long wait through the night of December 31, 1862. Corpin organized the first Peterboro Watch Night for the Sesquicentennial of the Emancipation Proclamation. [Read more…] about Emancipation Watch Night in Peterboro New Year’s Eve

Filed Under: Events, History, Western NY Tagged With: Abolition, Peterboro, Slavery, Watch Night

New Book: The Dutch Moment

December 25, 2016 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

the-dutch-moment-bookIn The Dutch Moment: War,Trade, and Settlement in the Seventeenth-Century Atlantic World (Cornell University Press, 2016), Wim Klooster shows how the Dutch built and eventually lost an Atlantic empire that stretched from the homeland in the United Provinces to the Hudson River and from Brazil and the Caribbean to the African Gold Coast. The fleets and armies that fought for the Dutch in the decades-long war against Spain included numerous foreigners, largely drawn from countries in northwestern Europe. Likewise, many settlers of Dutch colonies were born in other parts of Europe or the New World. The Dutch would not have been able to achieve military victories without the native alliances they carefully cultivated. The Dutch Atlantic was quintessentially interimperial, multinational, and multiracial. At the same time, it was an empire entirely designed to benefit the United Provinces. [Read more…] about New Book: The Dutch Moment

Filed Under: Books, History Tagged With: Books, Military History

A History of Brooklyn Bridge Park

December 24, 2016 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

a-history-of-brooklyn-bridge-parkNancy Webster and David Shirley’s new book, A History of Brooklyn Bridge Park (Columbia University Press, 2016), recounts the grassroots, multi-voiced, and contentious effort, beginning in the 1980s, to transform Brooklyn’s defunct piers into a beautiful, urban oasis.

By the 1970s, the Brooklyn piers had become a wasteland on the New York City waterfront. Today, they have been transformed into a park that is enjoyed by countless Brooklynites and visitors from across New York City and around the world. The movement to resist commercial development on the piers reveals how concerned citizens came together to shape the future of their community. [Read more…] about A History of Brooklyn Bridge Park

Filed Under: Books, History, New York City Tagged With: Brooklyn, Brooklyn Bridge, Maritime History, New York Harbor

Paul Simon Biographer Peter Ames Carlin

December 23, 2016 by Editorial Staff 1 Comment

The Historians LogoThis week on The Historians Podcast, Peter Ames Carlin, author of Homeward Bound: The Life of Paul Simon. (Henry Holt, 2016) Born in New Jersey, Simon grew up in Queens, New York. Carlin sees Simon’s upbringing in the context of the Jewish immigrant experience in America. You can listen to the podcast here. [Read more…] about Paul Simon Biographer Peter Ames Carlin

Filed Under: History, New York City Tagged With: Books, Performing Arts, Podcasts, Public History, Queens

Bruce Dearstyne: More Ideas For Putting History To Work

December 22, 2016 by Editorial Staff 1 Comment

New-York-State-Map1A September post on this New York History Blog had some examples of “putting history to work” – showing the value of history for revealing historical precedents, insights or parallels which help shed light on current issues. Demonstrating that value in varied, imaginative ways is an important strategy for building support and securing resources for our history progams.

Here are a few more examples: [Read more…] about Bruce Dearstyne: More Ideas For Putting History To Work

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Capital Region, Finger Lakes, Hudson River, Mohawk River, New York City, Public History, Tenement Museum, Tourism

Winnakee Launches Northern Dutchess Trail Project

December 22, 2016 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

marist-college-students-clearing-trailsWinnakee Land Trust has announced the Northern Dutchess Trail Project and receipt of a grant in the amount of $14,800 from the 2016 Greenway Conservancy Trail Grant Program.

The grant was one of 22 received in the Mid-Hudson Valley and Capital Region. The Greenway Conservancy Trail Grant Program, funded by NYS Environmental Protection Fund, supports the Greenway’s goal to establish the Hudson River Valley Greenway Trail, a contiguous trail linking cultural and historic sites, parks, open spaces, and community centers from New York City to the Adirondacks. [Read more…] about Winnakee Launches Northern Dutchess Trail Project

Filed Under: History, Nature Tagged With: Dutchess County, Grants, Hudson Valley Greenway, Winnakee Land Trust

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