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The Historical Society on 11th Street in the late 19th century. The Historical Society was founded on November 20, 1804, largely through the efforts of John Pintard. [12] He was for some years secretary of the American Academy of Fine Arts, as well as the founder of New York's first savings bank.
The collection contains more than 60,000 documents on deposit at the New-York Historical Society detailing the political and social history of the United States. The collection's holdings include manuscript letters, diaries, maps, photographs, printed books and pamphlets, ranging from 1493 through modern times.
Louise Mirrer is an American historian who is president and CEO of the New-York Historical Society. [1] Under Mirrer’s direction, the New-York Historical Society has launched a series of exhibitions, including Slavery in New York; New York Divided: Slavery and the Civil War; A New Light on Tiffany: Clara Driscoll and the Tiffany Girls; French Founding Father: Lafayette’s Return to ...
The Democracy Project: A History, a Crisis, a Movement is anthropologist David Graeber's 2013 book-length, inside account of the Occupy Wall Street movement. Graeber evaluates the beginning of the movement, the source of its efficacy, and the reason for its eventual demise.
Agnes Hsin Mei Hsu-Tang (Chinese: 徐心眉) is a Taiwan-born American archaeologist and art historian.On October 19, 2021, she became the first person of Asian heritage to be elected board chair of one of the oldest historical institutions in America, the New-York Historical Society, founded in 1804.
New York State Historical Association: Reported assets of $53.237 million on June 30, 2005, and took in revenues of $6.216 million in FY 2005 [2] American Irish Historical Society: located on Fifth Avenue in New York City, opposite Metropolitan Museum of Art [3] American Jewish Historical Society: 15 West 16th Street, New York, NY
Harriet Tubman National Historical Park is a US historical park in Auburn and Fleming, New York.Associated with the life of Harriet Tubman, it has three properties: the Harriet Tubman Home for the Aged, in Auburn; the nearby Harriet Tubman Residence, just across the city/town line in Fleming; and the Thompson A.M.E. Zion Church and parsonage in Auburn.
He was chairman of the executive committee at the New-York Historical Society and served on the executive board of the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture. With Lewis Lehrman he was a co-founder (1994) and trustee of the Gilder Lehrman Institute. Gilder worked together with George Soros in 1974 to revitalize Central Park.