la Finding Women in the Archives: “Ladies without escorts cordially invited” By behindthescenes.nyhistory.org Published On :: Wed, 07 Feb 2018 15:03:07 +0000 No visit to Hotbed, the exhibition currently on view in New-York Historical’s Joyce B. Cowin Women’s History Gallery, is complete without a stop in the “nickelodeon,” our re-creation of an early movie theater. Inside, visitors can see excerpts from the pro- and anti-suffrage films that proliferated in the early 20th century. However, you may be... The post Finding Women in the Archives: “Ladies without escorts cordially invited” appeared first on Behind The Scenes. Full Article General Women's History Center for Women's History film history Finding Women in the Archives history exhibition hotbed music
la Family, Legacy, and Citizenship: Celebrating Frederick Douglass at 200 By behindthescenes.nyhistory.org Published On :: Mon, 12 Feb 2018 20:27:12 +0000 If you’ve ever visited the New-York Historical Society, you’ve probably enjoyed saying hello to (or even taking a selfie with!) our Frederick Douglass statue outside our 77th Street entrance. While we’re thrilled to celebrate his work every day as he welcomes visitors to the Museum, we’re especially excited this year to celebrate his life and... The post Family, Legacy, and Citizenship: Celebrating Frederick Douglass at 200 appeared first on Behind The Scenes. Full Article Collections Events General Now on View 200th anniversary abolition of slavery Activism birthday Civil Rights frederick douglass frederick douglass council museum
la Listening to Black Women’s Voices By behindthescenes.nyhistory.org Published On :: Wed, 14 Feb 2018 15:19:01 +0000 What do diversity and inclusivity mean in a museum-based digital interactive installation? This question was central to the design of our Women’s Voices exhibit, a wall of touchscreens that allow visitors to explore individuals, groups, and events spanning New York State and City women’s history. Our goal was to balance the appeal of biographies while... The post Listening to Black Women’s Voices appeared first on Behind The Scenes. Full Article General Women's History black history month Center for Women's History women's history Women's Voices
la The Edmonson Sisters: Teaching Black Women’s Activism in the 19th Century By behindthescenes.nyhistory.org Published On :: Tue, 20 Feb 2018 16:26:39 +0000 Americans have a long history of advocating for their rights and principles. With our Women and the American Story (WAMS) curriculum, teachers can trace this narrative of activism through the women reformers of the 1800s who worked for social change alongside and apart from men—inspiring their students, both boys and girls, to be engaged citizens... The post The Edmonson Sisters: Teaching Black Women’s Activism in the 19th Century appeared first on Behind The Scenes. Full Article General Women's History abolitionist black history month Center for Women's History Education Slavery
la Putting the “Fight” in the “Fighting 69th”: Louis Lang and the Historic Return of the 69th (Irish) Regiment By behindthescenes.nyhistory.org Published On :: Sat, 17 Mar 2018 14:58:12 +0000 One of the highlights of our North Gallery in our 4th-floor Luce Center, which reopened last April, is the magnificent painting Return of the 69th (Irish) Regiment, N.Y.S.M. from the Seat of War, painted by Louis Lang (1812-1893) in 1862. The painting depicts the regiment marching off the ship and into the Battery in Lower Manhattan,... The post Putting the “Fight” in the “Fighting 69th”: Louis Lang and the Historic Return of the 69th (Irish) Regiment appeared first on Behind The Scenes. Full Article General
la Technology + Teens: Introducing N-YHS Tech Scholars By behindthescenes.nyhistory.org Published On :: Wed, 21 Mar 2018 14:09:35 +0000 This past February, we brought history and technology together for our first cohort of Tech Scholars. Throughout this one-week program, we welcomed a group of 15 high school students from across the city to design and build their own websites to exhibit their research on notable events and figures in women’s history. The group of... The post Technology + Teens: Introducing N-YHS Tech Scholars appeared first on Behind The Scenes. Full Article Education Teens Women's History Center for Women's History Luce Center scholars technology teen women's history
la Resurrecting the Regiment: The Return of Louis Lang’s Return of the 69th (Irish) Regiment By behindthescenes.nyhistory.org Published On :: Sat, 24 Mar 2018 12:48:33 +0000 One of the highlights of our North Gallery in our 4th-floor Luce Center, which reopened last April, is the magnificent painting Return of the 69th (Irish) Regiment, N.Y.S.M. from the Seat of War, painted by Louis Lang (1812-1893) in 1862. The painting depicts the regiment marching off the ship and into the Battery in Lower Manhattan, welcomed by... The post Resurrecting the Regiment: The Return of Louis Lang’s Return of the 69th (Irish) Regiment appeared first on Behind The Scenes. Full Article Collections Now on View Paintings Art Conservation Civil War conservation irish Irish American museum N-YHS permanent collection now on view painting
la Spring Tech Scholars Explore Women’s History By behindthescenes.nyhistory.org Published On :: Fri, 08 Jun 2018 21:50:08 +0000 This spring, the Tech Commons @ N-YHS welcomed our second cohort of Tech Scholars. Young women grades 9-12 from four of the five boroughs came every day for a week to the Tech Commons to explore the intersections of women’s history and web development. The group was tasked with building websites to share not only... The post Spring Tech Scholars Explore Women’s History appeared first on Behind The Scenes. Full Article Education Technology Teens Women's History Tech Commons Tech Scholars women's history
la Laying Tracks: Behind the Scenes of the Jerni Collection Cataloging Project By behindthescenes.nyhistory.org Published On :: Fri, 03 Aug 2018 17:21:39 +0000 We are building a research railroad! In 2017 the New-York Historical Society received a special grant to begin the enormous task of cataloging the Jerni Collection in an effort share its wonders with the greater public. These funds come from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). Founded in 1996, IMLS serves as an... The post Laying Tracks: Behind the Scenes of the Jerni Collection Cataloging Project appeared first on Behind The Scenes. Full Article Exhibitions cataloguing collections history exhibition Holiday Express Toys trains
la Black Citizenship in the Age of Jim Crow: “It Is About What We Remember” By behindthescenes.nyhistory.org Published On :: Tue, 18 Sep 2018 21:52:37 +0000 This fall, we opened a powerful new exhibition Black Citizenship in the Age of Jim Crow, which explores the struggle for full citizenship and racial equality that unfolded in the 50 years after the Civil War, in commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the Fourteenth Amendment. On September 7, to open the exhibition, we welcomed Dr. Brenda... The post Black Citizenship in the Age of Jim Crow: “It Is About What We Remember” appeared first on Behind The Scenes. Full Article Exhibitions african american history Black Citizenship in the Age of Jim Crow citizenship Civil War reconstruction
la From Cotton Fields to Laundry Strikes: Black Women’s Labor During Reconstruction and Jim Crow By behindthescenes.nyhistory.org Published On :: Thu, 28 Feb 2019 20:38:13 +0000 If you were watching television in the 1990s, you are probably familiar with the jingle “the touch, the feel, of cotton. The fabric of our lives.” In many ways, cotton has also long been the fabric of our country. Many correctly associate the growing of cotton in the United States with the institution of slavery.... The post From Cotton Fields to Laundry Strikes: Black Women’s Labor During Reconstruction and Jim Crow appeared first on Behind The Scenes. Full Article Exhibitions Now on View Betye Saar Black Citizenship in the Age of Jim Crow black history month Jim Crow women artists women's labor
la Betye Saar: Reclaiming the Legacy of Jim Crow By behindthescenes.nyhistory.org Published On :: Sat, 02 Mar 2019 00:49:00 +0000 It is fitting that the exhibition Black Citizenship in the Age of Jim Crow coincides with Betye Saar: Keepin’ It Clean, for it is the legacy of Jim Crow that the contemporary artists Betye Saar tackles. Black Citizenship begins with the struggle for equality during the tumultuous years of Reconstruction and ends with the late-19th and 20th century... The post Betye Saar: Reclaiming the Legacy of Jim Crow appeared first on Behind The Scenes. Full Article Exhibitions Now on View Women's History Betye Saar Black Citizenship in the Age of Jim Crow Center for Women's History Jim Crow women artists
la Meet Phoebe Snow, the Fictional Woman Who Gave Glamour to Train Travel—and Coal?! By behindthescenes.nyhistory.org Published On :: Thu, 04 Apr 2019 14:04:33 +0000 Phoebe Snow lives up to her surname. She has pale skin and is dressed entirely in white. From the pristine ostrich plumes that adorn her hat to the spotless boots that protect her feet, Phoebe Snow is obsessively, almost compulsively, clean. She’s also a fictional character, invented by an advertising firm in an early push... The post Meet Phoebe Snow, the Fictional Woman Who Gave Glamour to Train Travel—and Coal?! appeared first on Behind The Scenes. Full Article Collections Ephemera General black and white photography Board Games collections Liman Collection trains
la The Fascinating Story of the First American Bible, a Native American Language Translation from 1663 By behindthescenes.nyhistory.org Published On :: Tue, 14 May 2019 13:45:16 +0000 The first Bible to be printed in America was special for many reasons, but perhaps the most remarkable is this: It was translated into a language that most English colonists couldn’t read. A Geneva Bible, it was printed in Natick, an Algonquin language spoken by the Massachusett people who lived on the land surrounding the... The post The Fascinating Story of the First American Bible, a Native American Language Translation from 1663 appeared first on Behind The Scenes. Full Article Exhibitions General Manuscripts Now on View america American colonies Exhibition exhibitions religion special installation
la Junction 48 / a Metro Communications ... [and others] production ; screenplay, Oren Moverman & Tamer Nafar ; director, Udi Aloni By grammy.mit.edu Published On :: Thur, 18 May 2017 Rotch Library - PN1997.2.J86 2017 Full Article
la Frame by frame / a film by Alexandria Bombach, Mo Scarpelli ; a Red Reel & Rake Films production ; in association with CoPilot Pictures, Exposure Labs & Rampante ; a Time Inc. presentation ; directed by Alexandria Bombach, Mo Scarpelli ; producer By grammy.mit.edu Published On :: Fri, 6 Apr 2018 Rotch Library - TR113.A3 F733 2015 Full Article
la Willem de Sitter: Einstein's friend and opponent / Jan Guichelaar By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 4 Nov 2018 07:26:25 EST Online Resource Full Article
la Mysteries of Mars / Fabio Vittorio de Blasio By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 4 Nov 2018 07:26:25 EST Online Resource Full Article
la Low frequency radio observations of galaxy clusters and groups / Thérèse Cantwell By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 4 Nov 2018 07:26:25 EST Online Resource Full Article
la Serenditipies in the Solar System and Beyond: proceedings of a symposium celebrating Prof. Wing-Huen Ip's 70th birthday, held at National Central University, Taiwan, 10-13 July 2017 / edited by Chung-Ming Ko, Po-Chieh Yu, Chan-Kao Chang By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 11 Nov 2018 07:25:25 EST Hayden Library - QB500.5.S47 2017 Full Article
la 4th International Symposium of Space Optical Instruments and Applications: Delft, The Netherlands, October 16 -18, 2017 / editors, H. Paul Urbach and Qifeng Yu By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 25 Nov 2018 07:23:59 EST Online Resource Full Article
la EXTREME PARTICLE ACCELERATION IN MICROQUASAR JETS AND PULSAR WIND NEBULAE WITH THE MAGIC TELESCOPES By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 25 Nov 2018 07:23:59 EST Online Resource Full Article
la Accretion Flows in Astrophysics edited by Nikolay Shakura By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 25 Nov 2018 07:23:59 EST Online Resource Full Article
la Simulating large-scale structure for models of cosmic acceleration / Baojiu Li By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 9 Dec 2018 07:20:53 EST Online Resource Full Article
la Chondrules: records of protoplanetary disk processes / edited by Sara S. Russell, Natural History Museum, London, Harold C. Connolly Jr., Rowan University, New Jersey, and Alexander N. Krot, University of Hawaii, Manoa By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 9 Dec 2018 07:20:53 EST Hayden Library - QB758.5.C46 C456 2018 Full Article
la Measuring time: frequency measurements and related developments in physics / Masatoshi Kajita By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 9 Dec 2018 07:20:53 EST Online Resource Full Article
la The most interesting galaxies in the universe / Joel L. Schiff By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 9 Dec 2018 07:20:53 EST Online Resource Full Article
la Space weather of the heliosphere: processes and forecasts: proceedings of the 335th Symposium of the International Astronomical Union held at the University of Exeter, United Kingdom, July 17-21, 2017 / edited by Claire Foullon, Olga E. Malandraki By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 16 Dec 2018 10:00:53 EST Hayden Library - QB529.I67 2018 Full Article
la Solar planetary systems: stardust to terrestrial and extraterrestrial planetary sciences / Asit B. Bhattacharya, Jeffrey M. Lichtman By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 13 Jan 2019 13:05:06 EST Hayden Library - QB501.B53 2017 Full Article
la International Symposium on Gravity, Geoid and Height Systems 2016: proceedings organized by IAG Commission 2 and the International Gravity Field Service, Thessaloniki, Greece, September 19-23, 2016 / editors, Georgios S. Vergos, Roland Pail and Riccardo B By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 20 Jan 2019 12:54:47 EST Online Resource Full Article
la 8th International Symposium on Advanced Optical Manufacturing and Testing Technologies: Large Mirrors and Telescopes / Cho, Myung By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 20 Jan 2019 12:54:47 EST Online Resource Full Article
la The exoplanet handbook / Michael Perryman By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 27 Jan 2019 13:01:18 EST Hayden Library - QB820.P47 2018 Full Article
la One of ten billion earths: how we learn about our planet's past and future from distant exoplanets / Karel Schrijver By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 27 Jan 2019 13:01:18 EST Hayden Library - QB820.S287 2018 Full Article
la Astrophysical recipes: the art of AMUSE / Simon Portegies Zwart, Steve McMillan By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 10 Feb 2019 13:20:10 EST Online Resource Full Article
la Extensions of f(R) gravity: curvature-matter couplings and hybrid metric-Palatini gravity / Tiberiu Harko (University College London), Francisco S.N. Lobo (Universidade de Lisboa) By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 17 Feb 2019 13:12:16 EST Online Resource Full Article
la Stellar Populations and the Distance Scale: a conference in honor of Jeremy Mould: proceedings of a conference held at Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics at Peking University, Beijing, China, 11-15 September 2017 / edited by Joseph B. Jensen, By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 17 Feb 2019 13:12:16 EST Hayden Library - QB819.S74 2017 Full Article
la Hawking radiation: from astrophysical black holes to analogous systems in lab / Francesco D. Belgiorno (Politecnico di Milano, Italy), Sergio L. Cacciatori (Università degli Studi dell'Insubria, Italy), Daniele Faccio (Heriot-Watt University, UK) By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 17 Feb 2019 13:12:16 EST Online Resource Full Article
la The physics and astrophysics of neutron stars Luciano Rezzolla, Pierre Pizzochero, David Ian Jones, Nanda Rea, Isaac Vidaña, editors By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 17 Feb 2019 13:12:16 EST Online Resource Full Article
la Black hole information and thermodynamics / Dieter Lüst, Ward Vleeshouwers By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 24 Feb 2019 13:08:03 EST Online Resource Full Article
la Proceedings of the International Conference of Young Astrophysicists and Astronomers (ICYAA 2018): conference date, 8 June 2018: location, Padova, Italy / editors, Eugenio Bottacini and Elena Orlando By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 10 Mar 2019 13:08:57 EDT Online Resource Full Article
la Einstein's monsters: the life and times of black holes / Chris Impey By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 10 Mar 2019 13:08:57 EDT Hayden Library - QB843.B55 I47 2019 Full Article
la Science with a next-generation Very Large Array / edited by Eric J. Murphy and the Next-Generation Very Large Array Science Advisory Council By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 17 Mar 2019 10:12:48 EDT Online Resource Full Article
la Exoplanets: hidden worlds and the quest for extraterrestrial life / Donald Goldsmith By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 31 Mar 2019 07:31:59 EDT Hayden Library - QB820.G64 2018 Full Article
la Classifying the cosmos: how we can make sense of the celestial landscape / Steven J. Dick By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 14 Apr 2019 07:26:57 EDT Online Resource Full Article
la International Symposium on Advancing Geodesy in a Changing World: Proceedings of the IAG Scientific Assembly, Kobe, Japan, July 30 -- August 4, 2017 / Jeffrey T. Freymueller, Laura Sánchez, editors By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 14 Apr 2019 07:26:57 EDT Online Resource Full Article
la Fundamentals of galaxy dynamics, formation and evolution / Ignacio Ferreras By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 14 Apr 2019 07:26:57 EDT Online Resource Full Article
la Understanding GAIA: a mission to map the galaxy / Gabriella Bernardi and Alberto Vecchiato By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 14 Apr 2019 07:26:57 EDT Online Resource Full Article
la Exoplanet science strategy / Committee on Exoplanet Science Strategy, Space Studies Board, Board on Physics and Astronomy, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 28 Apr 2019 07:25:40 EDT Online Resource Full Article
la Review of the planetary aspects of NASA SMD's lunar science and exploration initiative / Committee on Astrobiology and Planetary Science, Space Studies Board, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 28 Apr 2019 07:25:40 EDT Online Resource Full Article
la Acquisition strategies for future space-based optics: unclassified summary / Committee on Acquisition Strategies for Future Space-Based Optics, Intelligence Community Studies Board ; Air Force Studies Board ; Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 28 Apr 2019 07:25:40 EDT Online Resource Full Article
