This week on The Historians Podcast: excerpts from 2021 podcasts including David Pietrusza – growing up in Amsterdam NY, public radio pioneer Will Lewis, Justice Robert Best – the historic Fulton County Courthouse, Darren Tracy – historic preservation, Jim Kaplan – New York City’s Wasserstein family, Jerry Snyder – Historic Amsterdam League and Oneida County historian Joseph Bottini – Oriskany’s Trinkaus Manor restaurant. [Read more…] about Historians Podcast Highlights of 2021
Amsterdam
Author to Discuss New Amsterdam, NY, Centered Memoir
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David Pietrusza, author of the new memoir, Too Long Ago: A Childhood Memoir. A Vanished World (2020), is set to discuss the book with Bob Cudmore, host of the The Historians Podcast on Tuesday, February 9th in a live Zoom event. [Read more…] about Author to Discuss New Amsterdam, NY, Centered Memoir
Amsterdam, NY, Fire Department History (Podcast)
This week on The Historians Podcast, Jerry Snyder of Historic Amsterdam League recounts the story of the League’s popular “ghost tours” of Amsterdam’s Green Hill Cemetery. He also discusses the history of the Amsterdam Fire Department.
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Growing Up in Amsterdam, NY, in the 1950s
This week on The Historians Podcast, David Pietrusza discusses his memoir Too Long Ago: A Childhood Memory, A Vanished World about his Amsterdam, NY, roots. Pietrusza is a historian who has written books about presidential elections and other topics. He and podcast host Bob Cudmore were raised in the Reid Hill section of Amsterdam, a primarily Polish-American neighborhood in the 1950s. [Read more…] about Growing Up in Amsterdam, NY, in the 1950s
Forgotten Mohawk Valley Stories (Podcast)
This week on The Historians Podcast, Dan Weaver discusses his latest book containing 60 of his local history columns, most of which first appeared in the Amsterdam Recorder — Between the Cracks: Forgotten Stories of Amsterdam, N.Y. and the Mohawk Valley (2020). [Read more…] about Forgotten Mohawk Valley Stories (Podcast)
Kirk Douglas Day in Amsterdam, NY
This week on The Historians Podcast, a look back at movie star Kirk Douglas’s roots in Amsterdam, NY, featuring WGY radio audio from June 1, 1985, Kirk Douglas Day in Amsterdam. Then Governor Mario Cuomo was the featured speaker as a city park was named for the famous actor. [Read more…] about Kirk Douglas Day in Amsterdam, NY
Henry Hudson and Bethlehem, NY (Podcast)
This week on The Historians Podcast, the guest is Susan Leath, town historian of Bethlehem, NY — did explorer Henry Hudson land there? Plus, WAMC public radio’s Lucas Willard interviews Bob Cudmore on the impact Kirk Douglas had on his hometown, Amsterdam, NY. [Read more…] about Henry Hudson and Bethlehem, NY (Podcast)
Gertrude Sanford Legendre: Heiress, Explorer, Socialite, Spy
This week on The Historians Podcast, Kathryn Smith. a journalist from South Carolina, discusses her book Gertie: The Fabulous Life of Gertrude Sanford Legendre, Heiress, Explorer, Socialite, Spy.
Legendre was descended from the Amsterdam, New York, Sanfords who made a fortune in the carpet industry. [Read more…] about Gertrude Sanford Legendre: Heiress, Explorer, Socialite, Spy
Musical Highlights Amsterdam History
This week’s guest on The Historians Podcast is Maria Riccio Bryce who discusses her musical production Home Again which deals with her hometown of Amsterdam, NY. The production can be seen February 21-23 at Amsterdam High School. Proceeds benefit Amsterdam Free Library. [Read more…] about Musical Highlights Amsterdam History
Amsterdam, the Carpet City, Connects to Czech Republic
This week on The Historians Podcast with Bob Cudmore, Czech filmmaker Andrea Culkova discusses her current work-in-progress, The Magic Carpet. The documentary is about a carpet manufacturer in the Czech Republic but Culkova’s research recently took her to Amsterdam, NY, for a video shoot and interviews regarding the years when Amsterdam was called the Carpet City. [Read more…] about Amsterdam, the Carpet City, Connects to Czech Republic