ri 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
ri Leaders Among Us: Inspiring Women on Inspiring Women By behindthescenes.nyhistory.org Published On :: Thu, 08 Mar 2018 20:04:23 +0000 Last year at the New-York Historical Society, we opened the Center for Women’s History—the first initiative within the walls of a major U.S. museum dedicated to sharing the untold stories of women throughout American history. It’s been an honor to share stories on the life and legacies of leaders, from Billie Jean King to Harriet... The post Leaders Among Us: Inspiring Women on Inspiring Women appeared first on Behind The Scenes. Full Article Exhibitions Women's History Center for Women's History equality leadership women women leaders women's history
ri 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
ri 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
ri A Letter to Ms. Meghan Markle: Advice from America to a New British Royal By behindthescenes.nyhistory.org Published On :: Thu, 17 May 2018 19:44:13 +0000 Dear Ms. Markle, We have learned that you will soon be cramming (or as they say in the UK, “swotting”) for the British citizenship test, an exam that is typically flunked by one-third to one-half of all applicants. To pass the test, you will have to correctly answer 75 percent of 24 questions, like How... The post A Letter to Ms. Meghan Markle: Advice from America to a New British Royal appeared first on Behind The Scenes. Full Article Education General American History citizenship George Washington museum New-York Historical Society
ri 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
ri Happy Birthday, New-York Historical Society! By behindthescenes.nyhistory.org Published On :: Tue, 20 Nov 2018 18:24:10 +0000 This week, the New-York Historical Society turned 214! To celebrate our birthday we’re taking a look back on the construction of the New-York Historical Society’s permanent home at 170 Central Park West. Before settling along the park, New-York Historical lived at seven other locations around the city between 1804 and 1908. Here’s a retro map... The post Happy Birthday, New-York Historical Society! appeared first on Behind The Scenes. Full Article Collections Ephemera Hidden Gems from the Archives Photographs birthday black and white photography construction from the archives institutional history museum history n-yhs collection photo diary photography upper west side uptown
ri 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
ri Celebrating Pete Seeger: A Producer and Friend on How the Folk Legend’s Music Changed the World By behindthescenes.nyhistory.org Published On :: Thu, 11 Apr 2019 14:40:40 +0000 The late, legendary Pete Seeger knew how to sing for a cause. Throughout his career, he performed, rallied, and wrote music for labor rights, civil rights, and the end of the Vietnam War. He was also deeply involved in the environmental movement, particularly when it came to the Hudson River. A longtime resident of Beacon,... The post Celebrating Pete Seeger: A Producer and Friend on How the Folk Legend’s Music Changed the World appeared first on Behind The Scenes. Full Article Events Exhibitions Interview Public Programs Exhibition History Hudson Rising Hudson River music programming upcoming event
ri The Bible, America’s First Book: ‘In God We Trust’ at New-York Historical By behindthescenes.nyhistory.org Published On :: Mon, 15 Apr 2019 13:37:56 +0000 Most Christian and Jewish Americans, reading about Christ’s resurrection or the Jewish exodus from Egypt during the upcoming Easter and Passover holidays, will not consider the Bible to be an American book. And yet, the Bible was our first American book; its earliest printings, translations, and interpretations reflected the experiences of the first Europeans to... The post The Bible, America’s First Book: ‘In God We Trust’ at New-York Historical appeared first on Behind The Scenes. Full Article Exhibitions Manuscripts American colonies American History book Exhibition immigration Installation special installation
ri The Palisades in Peril: Meet the Forgotten Women Who Fought to Save the Great Cliffs of the Hudson River By behindthescenes.nyhistory.org Published On :: Tue, 30 Apr 2019 12:04:52 +0000 The champion racing yacht Marietta set sail from Pier A in lower Manhattan on the chilly late morning of September 22, 1897. Mrs. Edith Gifford was aboard along with fellow members of the New Jersey State Federation of Women’s Clubs (NJSFWC) and their male allies from the American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society (ASHPS). This... The post The Palisades in Peril: Meet the Forgotten Women Who Fought to Save the Great Cliffs of the Hudson River appeared first on Behind The Scenes. Full Article Exhibitions General Now on View Women's History Exhibition exhibitions Hudson Rising Hudson River now on view women's history
ri Pete Seeger at 100: How the Folk Legend Built a Sailboat to Help Revive the Hudson River By behindthescenes.nyhistory.org Published On :: Fri, 03 May 2019 13:37:58 +0000 May 3, 2019, is an auspicious day in music history. It would’ve been the 100th birthday of Pete Seeger, the late, legendary singer-songwriter and one of the pioneers of American folk music. Seeger, who passed away in 2014 at the age of 94, had an incredible career that stretched from his early days in the 1940s... The post Pete Seeger at 100: How the Folk Legend Built a Sailboat to Help Revive the Hudson River appeared first on Behind The Scenes. Full Article Current Events Exhibitions General Now on View Exhibition exhibitions Hudson Rising Hudson River music now on view
ri 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
ri The tentmakers of Cairo: Ṣunnāʻ al-khiyām fī al-Qāhirah / Non 'D' Script & Kim Beamish present By grammy.mit.edu Published On :: Mon, 22 Aug 2016 Rotch Library - NK9288.T46 2015 Full Article
ri The trials of spring / Fork Films presents ; producer, Beth Levison ; director, Gini Reticker ; a co-production of ZAG Line Pictures, LLC and Independent Television Service (ITVS) ; in association with Fork Films, Artemis Rising Foundation and Center For By grammy.mit.edu Published On :: Mon, 31 Oct 2016 Rotch Library - JQ1850.A91 T75 2015 Full Article
ri 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
ri 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
ri Pulsar astrophysics: the next fifty years: proceedings of the 337th Symposium of the International Astronomical Union, held at Jodrell Bank Observatory, United Kingdom, September 4-8, 2017 / edited by Patrick Weltevrede, Benetge B.P. Perera, Lina Levin Pr By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 4 Nov 2018 07:26:25 EST Hayden Library - QB843.P8 I58 2018 Full Article
ri 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
ri From habitability to life on Mars / edited by Nathalie A. Cabrol, Edmond A. Grin By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 25 Nov 2018 07:23:59 EST Hayden Library - QB641.F76 2018 Full Article
ri Exploring the universe: a collection of research reviews on contemporary astrophysics and space science / Banibrata Mukhopadhyay, Supdipta Sasmal, editors By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 25 Nov 2018 07:23:59 EST Online Resource Full Article
ri Hubble Space Telescope: discoveries / produced by the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 9 Dec 2018 07:20:53 EST Online Resource Full Article
ri 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
ri Principles of gravitational lensing: light deflection as a probe of astrophysics and cosmology / Arthur B. Congdon, Charles R. Keeton By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 30 Dec 2018 13:10:00 EST Online Resource Full Article
ri Chronicling the golden age of astronomy: a history of visual observing from Harriot to Moore / Neil English By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 6 Jan 2019 13:19:35 EST Online Resource Full Article
ri 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
ri Probes of multimessenger astrophysics: charged cosmic rays, neutrinos, y-rays and gravitational waves / Maurizio Spurio By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 20 Jan 2019 12:54:47 EST Online Resource Full Article
ri 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
ri 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
ri Observer's guide to variable stars Martin Griffiths By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 20 Jan 2019 12:54:47 EST Online Resource Full Article
ri 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
ri Modeling and analysis of eclipsing binary stars: the theory and design principles of PHOEBE / Andrej Prša By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 10 Feb 2019 13:20:10 EST Online Resource Full Article
ri 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
ri Geodetic heights Fernando Sansò, Mirko Reguzzoni, Riccardo Barzaghi By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 17 Feb 2019 13:12:16 EST Online Resource Full Article
ri 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
ri High time-resolution astrophysics / edited by Tariq Shahbaz (Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias), Jorge Casares Velázquez (Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias), Teodoro Muñoz Darias (Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias) By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 24 Feb 2019 13:08:03 EST Hayden Library - QB460.C356 2018 Full Article
ri 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
ri 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
ri 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
ri Critical Space Infrastructures: Risk, Resilience and Complexity / Alexandru Georgescu [and 3 others] By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 14 Apr 2019 07:26:57 EDT Online Resource Full Article
ri 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
ri A dictionary of astronomy / edited by Ian Ridpath By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 21 Apr 2019 07:26:01 EDT Online Resource Full Article
ri 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
ri 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
ri 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
ri Strategic investments in instrumentation and facilities for extraterrestrial sample curation and analysis / Committee on Extraterrestrial Sample Analysis Facilities, 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
ri Perihelia reduction and Global Kolmogorov tori in the planetary problem / Gabriella Pinzari By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 28 Apr 2019 07:25:40 EDT Online Resource Full Article
ri Review of the commercial 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
ri Rediscovering our galaxy: proceedings of the 334th Symposium of the International Astronomical Union held in Potsdam, Germany, July 10-14, 2017 / edited by Cristina Chiappini, Ivan Minchev and Else Starkenburg and Marica Valentini By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 5 May 2019 07:22:22 EDT Barker Library - QB856.I58 2017 Full Article
ri Astrochemistry VII: through the cosmos, from galaxies to planets: proceedings of the 332nd Symposium of the International Astronomical Union, held in Puerto Varas, Chile, March 20-24, 2017 / edited by Maria Cunningham, Tom Millar, and Yuri Aikawa By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 5 May 2019 07:22:22 EDT Hayden Library - QB450.I58 2017 Full Article
