Panoramas are all about spectacle, and the biggest spectacle in New-York Historical’s current exhibition Panoramas: The Big Picture is Claude Samton’s 1986 photomosaic of Manhattan’s Canal St. An immersive work that runs the whole length of one of our galleries, Canal Street is made up of about 2,000 individual photographs that Samton shot and then...

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Henry Pelham created an image for the ages. On the snowy night of March 5, 1770, a group of British soldiers were confronted by an unruly crowd of colonists near the Custom House in Boston. The melee that followed ended with the panicked troops firing into the crowd, killing several colonists, including Crispus Attucks, a...

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Before he became a titan of American literature and the witty bard of life in the 19th century, Mark Twain was just another young man looking for his big break in New York City. In the New-York Historical exhibition Mark Twain and the Holy Land (opening Oct. 25), we’re exploring the fabled journey behind one...

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Here’s the first thing you need to know about Anne Marguérite Joséphine Henriette Rouillé de Marigny, Baroness Hyde de Neuville besides her remarkable name: Napoleon himself was so struck by her courage that he decided not to execute her husband. The Baroness is the subject of the New-York Historical exhibition Artist in Exile: The Visual...

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In December, the Carolina Parakeet will be the featured bird in New-York Historical’s Audubon’s Birds of America Focus Gallery. Below, curator Roberta J.M. Olson outlines the tragic story of the bird’s extinction, which became official almost 100 years ago.  In the early 19th century, artist and naturalist John James Audubon (1785–1851) sounded the alarm about habitat loss...

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When you think about a brooch, you might think of your grandmother’s beautiful and intricate butterfly pin. Or maybe you’ve read about the various adornments that Queen Elizabeth II wears on special occasions. But for people living in the Victorian era, something as simple as a brooch was weighted with meaning and heavily scrutinized by...

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The New-York Historical Society Museum wants a wedding cake topper. Not just any cake topper: a same-sex version with two men or two women that speaks to the titanic shift in American culture that happened when gay marriage was legalized at the federal level in 2015. So if we’re so eager, why not just buy...

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In the early 19th century, artist Martha Ann Honeywell would sweep through towns like a band on tour. An artist who specialized in needlework, embroidery, and cut paper, among other mediums, she’d set up shop at a museum, tavern, or boardinghouse, charge 50 cents a ticket and perform three times a day for two hours...

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Bill Graham once said he didn’t remember much about his childhood. Maybe that’s because he preferred to forget. One of the most influential rock & roll promoters of all time, Graham was quite literally the man behind the music. The manager of the legendary Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco and the Fillmore East in New...

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For over 50 years, Brooklyn native Jerry Greene and his wife Nina compiled one of the most remarkable collections of toys and trains ever assembled. In 2014, New-York Historical acquired a portion of their Jerni Collection with generous support from Bloomberg Philanthropies, Richard Gilder, and an anonymous donor. This February marks yet another stop in...

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The history is right there in Wyoming’s official nickname: the Equality State. In 1889, delegates to Wyoming’s constitutional convention voted to do something that had never been done before: permanently guarantee women the right to vote in a constitution, without any preconditions. Article No. VI, Section 1, states plainly: “The rights of citizens of the...

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To help support the city’s efforts to contain the spread of COVID-19 and to protect the health of our visitors and staff, New-York Historical is temporarily closing to the public as of Friday, March 13, at 6 pm through the end of the month. While you can’t drop by to see our Meet the Presidents exhibition in...

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To help stop the spread of COVID-19 in New York City, New-York Historical is temporarily closed to the public through the end of the month. Our Women March exhibition is off limits for the time being, but we’re celebrating Women’s History Month from afar. So, why not dip into our our vast collection of audio recordings from past...

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To help stop the spread of COVID-19 in New York City, New-York Historical is temporarily closed to the public through the end of the month. Our Women March exhibition is off limits for the time being, but we’re celebrating Women’s History Month from afar. So dip into our our vast collection of audio recordings from past Public Programs and listen to a...

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To help stop the spread of COVID-19 in New York City, New-York Historical is temporarily closed to the public through the end of the month. So take this time to dip into our our vast collection of audio recordings from past Public Programs and listen to a couple of fascinating talks about two memorable First Ladies from the Revolutionary Era who...

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Bestselling author and journalist Walter Isaacson has been a frequent guest of New-York Historical over the years, always bringing tantalizing tales of innovation and ingenuity. Enjoy four of his past public programs below: on Founding Father Benjamin Franklin, Apple cofounder Steve Jobs, and Albert Einstein, and a deep dive into the technologies that are shaping our digital future....

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No matter the occasion, flower deliveries always mean one thing: We’re thinking about you. On Tuesday, March 25, New-York Historical Society partnered with the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C., to send museums a virtual #MuseumBouquet of flowers to brighten social media feeds and cheer up online audiences. Hundreds of cultural organizations—most of...

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When Ulysses Grant Dietz’s older brother gave him a wedding cake topper for Christmas in the early 2000s, he meant it mostly as a gag gift. Made of molded plastic, the topper features two tuxedo-clad men linking arms under a flower-bedecked bower. On the underside, it’s stamped with the words “Adam & Steve.” The topper’s...

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What can history museums do during an epidemic? Like many institutions across the globe, the New-York Historical Society is temporarily closed to help contain the spread of COVID-19. And like so many New Yorkers, our curators and librarians are preoccupied with concern for their loved ones and grief over what’s happening in our beloved city....

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America lost a great journalist in 2019 when Cokie Roberts died at the age of 75 from complications due to breast cancer. New-York Historical also lost a beloved friend. Roberts, a legendary reporter and commentator for ABC News and NPR, had appeared often in our Public Programs over the years to talk about American history and politics, and she...

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Author and scholar Douglas Brinkley has been described by CNN as “a man who knows more about the presidency than just about any human being alive.” So it was a match made in history heaven when New-York Historical named him our official presidential historian in 2017. He’s long been a fixture at our Public Programs series and...

The post History at Home: 2 Public Programs About the Roosevelts and America’s Natural Treasures appeared first on Behind The Scenes.

April 22, 2020, marks the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. The first Earth Day on April 22, 1970, was a remarkably non-partisan affair that brought an estimated 20 million people out into the streets, parks, and beaches across the United States. In New York alone, Earth Day celebrations, rallies, and teach-ins shut down 5th Avenue...

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“Booze sales are booming,” read a recent CNN headline focused on a spike in liquor, beer, and wine sales as Americans shelter in place during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our current moment is just another side note in America’s long, complex relationship with alcohol.  Over the years, our Public Programs have explored many facets of this history. Enjoy audio recordings of two past programs below: one...

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As the COVID-19 crisis continues, perhaps it’s no surprise that alcohol sales are booming. With many of us confined to our homes (if we’re lucky), braving commutes to carry out essential work, or simply trying to figure out how to make a mask out of your last pair of clean underwear, there seems to be no...

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People around the world are stuck at home and socially distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic. So, we want to bring the outdoors inside. The New-York Historical Society partnered with the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C., to send virtual rays of #MuseumSunshine to lighten moods and brighten social media feeds. Dear @metmuseum, we...

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Our Public Programs have long explored the rich history of Jewish life in America from the colonial era to the present day. They’ve also, not surprisingly, grappled with the ongoing scourge of anti-Semitism and its pernicious hold on world affairs. Listen to two audio programs below that tackle two very different facets of Jewish life: first, a fascinating...

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In 2010, our Public Program series welcomed an all-star lineup: journalist and then-New York Times columnist Bob Herbert, The New Yorker‘s Adam Gopnik, and boxing writer and sports historian Bert Sugar (who sadly, passed away in 2012). The subject of their talk was an irresistible one for any sports fan who’s missing the action during lockdown: longshots, underdogs,...

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Title: Nonlinear finite element analysis of solids and structures [electronic resource] : R. de Borst [and three others].
Imprint: Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom : Wiley, 2012.
Shelfmark: Wiley
Subjects: Structural analysis (Engineering) -- Data processing.
Finite element method -- Data processing.
Finite element method -- Data processing. fast (OCoLC)fst00924900
Structural analysis (Engineering) -- Data processing. fast (OCoLC)fst01135607

Title: Forensic science and humanitarian action [electronic resource] : interacting with the dead and the living. Volume 1 / edited by Roberto C. Parra, Sara C. Zapico, Douglas H. Ubelaker.
Imprint: Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2020.
Shelfmark: Wiley
Subjects: Forensic sciences.
Forensic anthropology.
Dead -- Identification.
Humanitarian assistance.
Dead -- Identification. fast (OCoLC)fst00888389
Forensic anthropology. fast (OCoLC)fst00931952
Forensic sciences. fast (OCoLC)fst00932011
Humanitarian assistance. fast (OCoLC)fst00963553

Title: The nature of modernism [electronic resource] : ecocritical approaches to the poetry of Edward Thomas, T.S. Eliot, Edith Sitwell and Charlotte Mew / Elizabeth Black.
Author: Black, Elizabeth, author.
Imprint: New York, NY : Routledge, 2018.
Shelfmark: Taylor & Francis ebooks
Subjects: Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Sitwell, Edith, 1887-1964 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Mew, Charlotte Mary, 1869-1928 -- Criticism and interpretation.
English poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
Modernism (Literature)
Ecocriticism in literature.
Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965. fast (OCoLC)fst00030202
Mew, Charlotte Mary, 1869-1928. fast (OCoLC)fst00097539
Sitwell, Edith, 1887-1964. fast (OCoLC)fst01774756
Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917. fast (OCoLC)fst00032673
Ecocriticism in literature. fast (OCoLC)fst01903083
English poetry. fast (OCoLC)fst00912278
Modernism (Literature) fast (OCoLC)fst01024455
1900-1999 fast

Title: Chaucer's cultural geography [electronic resource] / edited by Kathryn L. Lynch.
Imprint: New York : Routledge, 2002.
Shelfmark: Taylor & Francis ebooks
Subjects: Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400 -- Knowledge -- Geography.
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400. Canterbury tales.
Geography, Medieval, in literature.
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400. fast (OCoLC)fst01812213
Canterbury tales (Chaucer, Geoffrey) fast (OCoLC)fst01356321
Geography. fast (OCoLC)fst00940469
Geography, Medieval, in literature. fast (OCoLC)fst00940575

Title: Romantic 'Anglo-Italians' [electronic resource] : configurations of identity in Byron, the Shelleys, and the Pisan Circle / Maria Schoina.
Author: Schoina, Maria.
Imprint: London New York : Routledge, 2016.
Shelfmark: Taylor & Francis ebooks
Subjects: Romanticism -- Great Britain.
English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
British -- Italy -- History -- 19th century.
Acculturation -- Italy -- History -- 19th century.
Italy -- Intellectual life -- 1789-1900.
Acculturation in literature.
Italy -- In literature.
Acculturation. fast (OCoLC)fst00795535
Acculturation in literature. fast (OCoLC)fst00795544
British. fast (OCoLC)fst00839044
English literature. fast (OCoLC)fst00911989
Intellectual life. fast (OCoLC)fst00975769
Literature. fast (OCoLC)fst00999953
Romanticism. fast (OCoLC)fst01100133
Great Britain. fast (OCoLC)fst01204623
Italy. fast (OCoLC)fst01204565
1789-1900 fast

Title: Interpreters vs machines [electronic resource] : can interpreters survive in an AI-dominated world? / Jonathan Downie.
Author: Downie, Jonathan, author.
Imprint: London New York, NY : Routledge, 2020.
Shelfmark: Taylor & Francis ebooks
Subjects: Translating and interpreting.
Machine translating.
Machine translating. fast (OCoLC)fst01004851
Translating and interpreting. fast (OCoLC)fst01154795

Title: Translation as actor-networking [electronic resource] : actors, agencies, and networks in the making of Arthur Waley's English translation of the Chinese 'Journey to the West'.
Author: Luo, Wenyan, author.
Imprint: New York, NY : Routledge, 2020.
Shelfmark: Taylor & Francis ebooks
Subjects: Actor-network theory.
Actor-network theory. fast (OCoLC)fst01736774

Title: Representing others [electronic resource] : translation, ethnography and the museum / Kate Sturge.
Author: Sturge, Kate.
Imprint: Manchester, UK : St. Jerome Pub. : InTrans Publications, [2007]";"©2007
Shelfmark: Taylor & Francis ebooks
Subjects: Translating and interpreting.
Culture -- Semiotic models.
Language and culture.
Ethnology -- Authorship.
Ethnological museums and collections.
Museum exhibits.
Culture -- Semiotic models. fast (OCoLC)fst00885081
Ethnological museums and collections. fast (OCoLC)fst00916097
Ethnology -- Authorship. fast (OCoLC)fst00916109
Language and culture. fast (OCoLC)fst00992135
Museum exhibits. fast (OCoLC)fst01030081
Translating and interpreting. fast (OCoLC)fst01154795

Title: Evaluating the evaluator [electronic resource] : a novel perspective on translation quality assessment / Hansjörg Bittner.
Author: Bittner, Hansjörg, 1963- author.
Imprint: New York : Routledge, 2020.
Shelfmark: Taylor & Francis ebooks
Subjects: Translating and interpreting -- Evaluation.
Translating and interpreting -- Evaluation. fast (OCoLC)fst01154799

Title: Learning relationships in the classroom [electronic resource] / edited by Dorothy Faulkner, Karen Littleton, and Martin Woodhead.
Imprint: London : Routledge, 2013.
Shelfmark: Taylor & Francis ebooks
Subjects: Teacher-student relationships.
Communication in education.
Group work in education.
Communication in education. fast (OCoLC)fst00870133
Group work in education. fast (OCoLC)fst00948532
Teacher-student relationships. fast (OCoLC)fst01144236

Title: Intercultural competence in the work of teachers [electronic resource] : confronting ideologies and practices / edited by Fred Dervin, Robyn Moloney, Ashley Simpson.
Imprint: Milton : Routledge, 2020.
Shelfmark: Taylor & Francis ebooks
Subjects: Multicultural education.
Teachers -- Training of.
Intercultural communication.
Language and languages -- Study and teaching.

Title: The Routledge companion to digital ethnography [electronic resource] / edited by Larissa Hjorth [and others].
Imprint: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon New York : Routledge, 2017.
Shelfmark: Taylor & Francis ebooks
Subjects: Anthropology -- Methodology -- Technological innovations.
Ethnology -- Methodology -- Technological innovations.
Digital media -- Social aspects.
Computer networks -- Social aspects.
Information technology -- Social aspects.
Information society.
Computer networks -- Social aspects. fast (OCoLC)fst00872347
Digital media -- Social aspects. fast (OCoLC)fst01766776
Information society. fast (OCoLC)fst00972767
Information technology -- Social aspects. fast (OCoLC)fst00973131

Title: Exploring Working Memory [electronic resource] : selected works of Alan Baddeley / Alan Baddeley.
Author: Baddeley, Alan D., 1934-
Imprint: London : Taylor and Francis, 2017.
Shelfmark: Taylor & Francis ebooks
Subjects: Short-term memory.
Memory.
Memory. fast (OCoLC)fst01015913
Short-term memory. fast (OCoLC)fst01117483

Title: The emotions of internationalism [electronic resource] : feeling international cooperation in the Alps in the interwar period / Ilaria Scaglia.
Author: Scaglia, Ilaria, author.
Imprint: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020.
Shelfmark: Oxford Scholarship Online
Subjects: Europe, Western -- History -- 20th century.
International agencies -- Europe, Western.
Europe, Western -- Foreign relations.
Emotions -- History -- 20th century.
Internationalism -- History -- 20th century.
Alps -- History -- 20th century.
Diplomatic relations. fast (OCoLC)fst01907412
Emotions. fast (OCoLC)fst00908819
International agencies. fast (OCoLC)fst00976708
Western Europe. fast (OCoLC)fst01272478

Title: The deaths of the Republic [electronic resource] : imagery of the body politic in Ciceronian Rome / Brian Walters.
Author: Walters, Brian (Classicist), author.
Imprint: Oxford New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2020.
Shelfmark: Oxford Scholarship Online
Subjects: Latin literature -- History and criticism.
Political science -- Rome -- History.
Politics and literature -- Rome.
Rome -- Politics and government.
Politics in literature.

Title: Essays on contract [electronic resource] / P.S. Atiyah.
Author: Atiyah, P. S.
Imprint: Oxford : Clarendon, 1990, ©1988.
Shelfmark: Oxford Scholarship Online
Subjects: Contracts -- Great Britain.
Contracts. fast (OCoLC)fst00876969
Great Britain. fast (OCoLC)fst01204623

Title: Contract as promise [electronic resource] : a theory of contractual obligation / Charles Fried.
Author: Fried, Charles, 1935- author.
Imprint: New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Shelfmark: Oxford Scholarship Online
Subjects: Contracts.
Promise (Law)
Contracts. fast (OCoLC)fst00876969
Promise (Law) fast (OCoLC)fst01078898

Title: A theory of contract law [electronic resource] : empirical understandings and moral psychology / by Peter A. Alces.
Author: Alces, Peter A., author.
Imprint: New York : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2011.
Shelfmark: Oxford Scholarship Online
Subjects: Contracts.
Contracts -- Philosophy.
Contracts. fast (OCoLC)fst00876969
Contracts -- Philosophy. fast (OCoLC)fst00876990

Title: Freedom of speech [electronic resource] / Eric Barendt.
Author: Barendt, E. M.
Imprint: Oxford New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Shelfmark: Oxford Scholarship Online
Subjects: Freedom of speech.
Freedom of speech. fast (OCoLC)fst00934044

Title: Speech and harm [electronic resource] : controversies over free speech / edited by Ishani Maitra and Mary Kate McGowan.
Imprint: Oxford, U.K. : Oxford University Press, ©2012.
Shelfmark: Oxford Scholarship Online
Subjects: Freedom of speech -- Social aspects.
Freedom of speech -- Social aspects. fast (OCoLC)fst00934054

Title: Relationship thinking [electronic resource] : agency, enchrony, and human sociality / N.J. Enfield.
Author: Enfield, N. J., 1966- author.
Imprint: New York : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Shelfmark: Oxford Scholarship Online
Subjects: Communication -- Social aspects.
Semiotics -- Social aspects.
Social interaction.
Cognition.
Sociolinguistics.
Cognition. fast (OCoLC)fst00866457
Communication -- Social aspects. fast (OCoLC)fst00870009
Semiotics -- Social aspects. fast (OCoLC)fst01112363
Social interaction. fast (OCoLC)fst01122562
Sociolinguistics. fast (OCoLC)fst01123847

Title: Virtue and law in Plato and beyond [electronic resource] / Julia Annas.
Author: Annas, Julia, author.
Imprint: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017.
Shelfmark: Oxford Scholarship Online
Subjects: Plato.
Ethics.
Virtue.
Law (Philosophical concept)
Plato. fast (OCoLC)fst00046610
Ethics. fast (OCoLC)fst00915833
Law (Philosophical concept) fast (OCoLC)fst01770250
Virtue. fast (OCoLC)fst01167712