Tycoons love to survey their empires. And in the 1870s, that empire was San Francisco. The city was in a period of ravenous growth fueled by mining discoveries like the 1848 Gold Rush and the Comstock Lode, and the first transcontinental rail line, a feat that made the men behind the Central Pacific Railroad—Mark Hopkins,...

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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...

The post How Paul Revere Scooped a Rival and Created One of the Most Infamous Images in American History appeared first on Behind The Scenes.

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...

The post Mark Twain in New York: How an Ambitious Young Writer Talked His Way onto a Luxury Cruise to the Holy Land appeared first on Behind The Scenes.

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...

The post When is a Parakeet a Canary? John James Audubon and the Extinction of North America’s Only Native Parrot appeared first on Behind The Scenes.

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...

The post Brooches for Every Occasion: Death and Jewelry in the Victorian Era appeared first on Behind The Scenes.

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...

The post “Done Without Hands”: Meet Martha Ann Honeywell, the Silhouette Artist Who Captivated 19th-Century America appeared first on Behind The Scenes.

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...

The post “This Great Experiment”: How Wyoming Gave Women the Vote 30 Years Before the United States appeared first on Behind The Scenes.

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...

The post History at Home: Listen to 10 Public Programs About the American Presidency appeared first on Behind The Scenes.

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...

The post History at Home: 2 Public Programs About Women on the Supreme Court appeared first on Behind The Scenes.

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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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...

The post The Love Story Behind New-York Historical’s New Wedding Cake Topper appeared first on Behind The Scenes.

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....

The post History Responds: Collecting During the COVID-19 Pandemic appeared first on Behind The Scenes.

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.

Title: A companion to the ancient novel [electronic resource] / edited by Edmund P. Cueva and Shannon N. Byrne.
Imprint: Chichester, West Sussex, UK : Wiley Blackwell, 2014.
Shelfmark: Wiley Online Library
Subjects: Classical fiction -- History and criticism.
Classical fiction. fast (OCoLC)fst00863482

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: 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: William Stanley Jevons and the cutting edge of economics [electronic resource] / Bert Mosselmans.
Author: Mosselmans, Bert.
Imprint: London New York : Routledge, 2007.
Shelfmark: Taylor & Francis ebooks
Subjects: Jevons, William Stanley, 1835-1882.
Economists -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Economics -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
Jevons, William Stanley, 1835-1882. fast (OCoLC)fst00050884
Economics. fast (OCoLC)fst00902116
Economists. fast (OCoLC)fst00902277
Great Britain. fast (OCoLC)fst01204623
1800-1899 fast

Title: The philosophy of Keynes's economics [electronic resource] : probability, uncertainty and convention / edited by Jochen Runde and Sohei Mizuhara.
Imprint: London : Routledge, 2003.
Shelfmark: Taylor & Francis ebooks
Subjects: Keynesian economics.
Probabilities.
Uncertainty.
Keynesian economics. fast (OCoLC)fst00987025
Probabilities. fast (OCoLC)fst01077737
Uncertainty. fast (OCoLC)fst01160832

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: Colonialism and the object [electronic resource] : empire, material culture, and the museum / edited by Tim Barringer and Tom Flynn.
Imprint: London New York : Routledge, 1998.
Shelfmark: Taylor & Francis ebooks
Subjects: Art, Primitive.
Art, Colonial.
Art, Colonial -- Foreign influences.
Colonies -- Relations -- Europe.
Europe -- Relations -- Colonies.
Art, Colonial. fast (OCoLC)fst00816140
Art, Colonial -- Foreign influences. fast (OCoLC)fst00816142
Art, Primitive. fast (OCoLC)fst00816768
Europe. fast (OCoLC)fst01245064

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: 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: Narrative prosthesis [electronic resource] : disability and the dependencies of discourse / David T. Mitchell and Sharon L. Snyder.
Author: Mitchell, David T., 1962- author.
Imprint: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2000]";"©2000
Shelfmark: JSTOR ebooks
Subjects: People with disabilities in literature.
Literature, Modern -- History and criticism.

Title: Post-Keynesian theory revisited [electronic resource] : money, uncertainty and employment / Matteo Iannizzotto.
Author: Iannizzotto, Matteo, author.
Imprint: Newcastle upon Tyne : Agenda Publishing, 2020.
Shelfmark: JSTOR ebooks
Subjects: Keynesian economics.

Title: Bisexuality in the ancient world [electronic resource] / Eva Cantarella translated by Cormac Ó Cuilleanáin.
Author: Cantarella, Eva, author.
Imprint: New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [1992]";"©1992
Shelfmark: JSTOR ebooks
Subjects: Male homosexuality -- Rome -- History.
Male homosexuality -- Greece -- History.
Bisexuality -- Rome -- History.
Bisexuality -- Greece -- History.
Bisexuality. fast (OCoLC)fst00833344
Male homosexuality. fast (OCoLC)fst01430687
Greece. fast (OCoLC)fst01208380
Rome (Empire) fast (OCoLC)fst01204885

Title: A theory of semiotics [electronic resource] / Umberto Eco.
Author: Eco, Umberto, author.
Imprint: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 1979.";"©1976
Shelfmark: JSTOR ebooks
Subjects: Semiotics.
Semiotics. fast (OCoLC)fst01112351

Title: The Elgar companion to classical economics [electronic resource] / edited by Heinz D. Kurz, Neri Salvadori.
Imprint: Cheltenham, UK Northampton, MA, USA : E. Elgar Pub., ©1998.
Shelfmark: EBSCO ebooks
Subjects: Classical school of economics.
Classical school of economics. fast (OCoLC)fst00863553

Title: After the party [electronic resource] : a manifesto for queer of color life / Joshua Chambers-Letson.
Author: Chambers-Letson, Joshua Takano, author.
Imprint: New York : New York University Press, [2018]";"©2018
Shelfmark: EBSCO ebooks
Subjects: Queer theory.
Performance art.
Minorities -- Social conditions.
Minorities -- Social conditions. fast (OCoLC)fst01023228
Performance art. fast (OCoLC)fst01057852
Queer theory. fast (OCoLC)fst01739572

Title: The internet of toys [electronic resource] : practices, affordances and the political economy of children's smart play / edited by Giovanna Mascheroni and Donell Holloway.
Imprint: Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2019 : Imprint Palgrave Macmillan.
Shelfmark: EBSCO ebooks
Subjects: Digital media.
Educational technology.
Digital media. fast (OCoLC)fst00893716
Educational technology. fast (OCoLC)fst00903623

Title: The works of Elena Ferrante [electronic resource] : reconfiguring the margins / Grace Russo Bullaro, Stephanie V. Love, editors.
Imprint: [New York, New York] : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.";"©2016
Shelfmark: Ebook Central
Subjects: Ferrante, Elena -- Criticism and interpretation.
Literature, Modern -- 20th century.
Literature, Modern -- 21st century.
Ethnology.
European literature.
Ethnology. fast (OCoLC)fst00916106
European literature. fast (OCoLC)fst00916751
Fiction. fast (OCoLC)fst00923709
Literature. fast (OCoLC)fst00999953
Literature, Modern. fast (OCoLC)fst01000172
Europe. fast (OCoLC)fst01245064
1900-2099 fast

Title: Immersive theatres [electronic resource] : intimacy and immediacy in contemporary performance / Josephine Machon.
Author: Machon, Josephine, 1979- author.
Imprint: Basingstoke, [England] New York, New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.";"©2013
Shelfmark: Ebook Central
Subjects: Performing arts -- Audiences.
Participatory theater.
Participatory theater. fast (OCoLC)fst01054039
Performing arts -- Audiences. fast (OCoLC)fst01057889

Title: Beyond immersive theatre [electronic resource] : aesthetics, politics and productive participation / Adam Alston.
Author: Alston, Adam, author.
Imprint: London, [England] : Palgrave Macmillan, [2016]";"©2016
Shelfmark: Ebook Central
Subjects: Performing arts -- Audiences.
Participatory theater.
Experimental theater.
Theater audiences.
Theater -- Production and direction.

Title: Gas turbine theory [electronic resource] / HIH Saravanamuttoo [and four others].
Imprint: Harlow, England : Pearson, 2017.";"©2017
Shelfmark: Ebook Central
Subjects: Gas-turbines.

Title: The world peace diet [electronic resource] : eating for spiritual health and social harmony / Will Tuttle.
Author: Tuttle, Will M., author.
Imprint: Brooklyn, NY : Lantern Books, 2016.
Shelfmark: Ebook Central
Subjects: Food -- Social aspects.
Food -- Philosophy.
Dietitians -- Moral and ethical aspects.

Title: Methodology in the use of the Old Testament in the new [electronic resource] : context and criteria / edited by David Allen and Steve Smith.
Imprint: London, England : T&T Clark, [2020]";"©2020
Shelfmark: Ebook Central
Subjects: Bible. New Testament -- Relation to the Old Testament.
Bible -- Hermeneutics.

Title: Literary approaches to the Bible [electronic resource] / edited by Douglas Mangum and Douglas Estes.
Imprint: Bellingham, WA : Lexham Press, [2016]";"©2016
Shelfmark: Ebook Central
Subjects: Bible -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible as literature.

Title: New directions and paradigms for the study of Greek architecture [electronic resource] : interdisciplinary dialogues in the field / edited by Philip Sapirstein PhD, University of Toronto David Scahill PhD, American School of Classical Studies at Athens.
Author: New Approaches and Paradigms in the Study of Greek Architecture (Conference) (2016 : American School of Classical Studies at Athens), author.
Imprint: Leiden Boston : Brill, [2020]
Shelfmark: Brill
Subjects: Architecture, Greek -- Congresses.
Architecture, Greek. fast (OCoLC)fst00813766

Title: The book triumphant [electronic resource] : print in transition in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries / edited by Malcolm Walsby, Graeme Kemp.
Imprint: Leiden Boston : Brill, 2011.
Shelfmark: Brill
Subjects: Books -- Europe -- History -- 1450-1600.
Books -- Europe -- History -- 17th century.
Printing -- Europe -- History -- 16th century.
Printing -- Europe -- History -- 17th century.
Book industries and trade -- Europe -- History -- 16th century.
Book industries and trade -- Europe -- History -- 17th century.
Book industries and trade. fast (OCoLC)fst00836171
Books. fast (OCoLC)fst00836401
Printing. fast (OCoLC)fst01076612
Europe. fast (OCoLC)fst01245064
1450-1699 fast

Title: The world of maritime and commercial law [electronic resource] : essays in honour of Francis Rose / Charles Mitchell, Stephen Watterson.
Imprint: Oxford New York : Hart, 2020.
Shelfmark: Bloomsbury
Subjects: Commercial law -- England.
Maritime law -- England.
Commercial law. fast (OCoLC)fst00869502
Maritime law. fast (OCoLC)fst01010102
England. fast (OCoLC)fst01219920