Category Archives: Manuscripts
Interview With Maurita Baldock, Curator of Manuscripts
Earlier this week, the New York Times took a look at the Archivists Round Table of Metropolitan New York, a group of young archivists, librarians, and historians who meet up and network around the city. One member featured was our very own Curator of Manuscripts, Maurita Baldock! But what exactly does that job entail? We sat [...]
Here Comes Santa Claus
By Timothy Wroten The modern red-suited, pot-bellied image of Santa Claus is the imaginative descendant of the historical fourth-century bishop St. Nicolas of Myra. Santa’s appearance and many surrounding holiday traditions owe much to the creative influence of some famous nineteenth-century New Yorkers, including Clement Clarke Moore, the author of “A Visit from St. Nicolas.” [...]
The Day Thanksgiving Was Born
Thanksgiving may have been celebrated by Pilgirms and Native Americans in New England with feasts of corn and eel (yes, eel), but it wasn’t until 1863 that it became a truly American holiday. Sarah Joseph Hale was the first to suggest that Thanksgiving should be celebrated nationwide, and after a 20 year campaign President [...]
Genealogy for Beginners: Five Steps to Tracing Your Family’s History at the Patricia D. Klingenstein Library
Most people in America can trace their family back to some sort of immigration wave, whether their ancestors came over on the Mayflower or flew into JFK airport. And withNew York being large point of entry, many families of immigrants either settled here or spent time here before moving on. With our large collection of [...]
