The award-winning New York Archives Magazine is expanding to include a new Jr! educational insert and other related enhancements thanks to a $150,000 grant from the Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation. The Jr! insert expands access to young New Yorkers and offers educators another tool for bringing primary sources into the classroom. Each issue contains learning activities specific to a local history story published in the quarterly magazine and geared to building historical thinking and civic literacy skills that meet 4th-7th grade curriculum standards.

 

The grant project also includes funding for The Best of New York Archives Volume II, Selections from the Magazine 2012-2022, with an educator companion guide and development of a regional tool kit for educators, students, and history organizations to contribute information to be included in New York Archives Magazine and the Jr! edition.

 

Educators will find New York Archives Jr! available for free on ConsidertheSourceNY.org beginning in 2024. Teachers can discover a continuously expanding collection of professional learning resources and document-based activities - or create their own - by visiting ConsidertheSourceNY.org today.

 

"Teachers encourage students to make discoveries every day and teaching with primary sources is an excellent way to spark discovery in the classroom. New York Archives Jr.! offers an engaging way to teach civics issues, broaden the historical narrative to include more voices from diverse audiences, and promote local history engagement through activities and connections to local historical organizations," said Dr. Kristi Fragnoli, APT Board Member and Professor in the Lally School of Education at The

Reminder: applications must be received by January 15, 2023. The Larry J. Hackman Research Residency Program supports advanced work on New York State history, government, or public policy using historical records in the State Archives. The onsite program is open to faculty and graduate students in the humanities and social, natural, and life sciences, public historians, and teachers.

SHHS Second Preservation Forum
Dec 3, 2020
Christ Episcopal Church
 

If you were unable to attend our last Preservation Forum or if you want to hear what was said again, please click here to access the one hour and twenty five minute recording of the entire forum.

You can also access it by visiting our blog on our website www.sagharborhistorical.org.
 

COMPLETE LECTURE SERIES:

Registration required on all lectures
Lectures are free to members
A $10.00 suggested donation to help defer costs

Tuesday January 10, 2023
How To Read the Weather
Clouds are only words on a page. Take the next step.  This special Seminar was designed for Boaters and those interested in a first step in learning about weather.  A seminar created by the United Power Squadrons/ America’s Boating Club with content provider by NOAA, and the National Weather Service.  The Seminar covers weather fundamentals, global heating, air mases, humidity and winds.  The fundamentals will help us better interpret storm dynamics and onboard observations, seas states, clouds and winds.  Presented by Peconic Bay Power Squadron/ Commander Fred Smith, JN-ON
 
Tuesday, January 17, 2023
A Virtual Walk on the Beach
Full of interesting facts and stories, this presentation puts the joy of knowledge in your footsteps. John Holzapfel, scientist/historian, and presenter has been keeping us informed about the world around us since he replanted his first spat.
 
Tuesday, February 21, 2023
From Plankton to Whales- Why our local waters are worth protecting
With endless stories and photos of fish kills, harmful algal blooms, oil spills, beach closures, etc. filling our daily news feeds, it appears that our environment is in a horrific state of “Doom and Gloom”. Although we do face many environmental challenges, this constant bombardment of negativity creates a lack of enthusiasm among local communities when it comes to protecting our environment. Regain your enthusiasm for protecting our marine environment by learning about some of the fascinating marine life that inhabits the waters of Long Island."  Chris Parparo aka. The Fish Guy has been photographing and lecturing for years and his work always brings fresh insight into his subject. President of the NYS outdoor Writers Association. His photos and reels are available on most social platforms @fishguyphotos.
 
 Tuesday February 28, 2023
One fish, two fish, blackfish and bluefish - A Tour of NY's Artificial Reefs
Description: Sunken ships, railroad cars, armored tanks, and pieces of the Tappan Zee bridge.  What do all these things have in common?  They've all been used to build New York’s Artificial Reefs!  Learn about how these reefs are made, what they do, how we study them, and what different fish and sharks we see using these structures.  
About the lecturer:  Brittney Scannell is a Ph.D. student at Stony Brook University in the Peterson Community Ecology lab.  For her work, she uses acoustic telemetry to examine questions about how local species, including sharks, rays, and fish, move along the south shore of Long Island.
 
Tuesday March 7,2023
Rumrunning in Suffolk County
Amy Folk, Historian/Author lays out the history, stories, and effects on our economy, based on her recently published book. Name of book* book can be available to purchase at time of registration.
 
Tuesday March 14,2023
Seaweed. Things you never knew. 
Learn the fascinating general biology of marine algae and its pivotal role in our world. Seaweed, long harvested, is now making its way to our shores as a product in search of its place in the aquaculture market.
Stephen Schott, Marine Botany/Habitat Restoration Educator, Cornell Cooperative Extension, explores these marine algae and their importance.
 
 

Registration required on all lectures
Lectures are free to members
A $10.00 suggested donation to help defer costs

Winter Lecture Series — East End Seaport Museum & Marine Foundation

Welcome back!

There are so many opportunities to learn about New York City history at The Gotham Center this spring! Below you'll find our calendar of free public events and several courses we'll be offering through our new online adult education program GothamEd.

And remember to follow us on Facebook and Twitter to keep up with our blog, podcasts, digital exhibits, and other special initiatives!

Free, virtual programs

 

Working-Class Utopias: A History of Cooperative Housing in New York City

Tuesday, January 24th
4–5:30 PM

As World War II ended and Americans turned their attention to problems at home, union leaders and other prominent New Yorkers came to believe that cooperative housing would solve the city’s century-old problem of providing decent housing at a reasonable cost for working-class families. In Working-Class Utopias, Robert Fogelson, one of the nation’s foremost urban historians, tells the story of this ambitious movement from the construction of the Amalgamated Houses after World War I to the building of Co-op City, the world’s largest housing cooperative, four decades later. Matthew Lasner, co-editor of Affordable Housing in New York, joins in conversation.

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The Pirate's Wife: Sarah Kidd and the Golden Age of Piracy in New York City

Tuesday, February 21st
6:30-8 PM

Captain Kidd was one of the most notorious pirates to ever sail the seas. But few know the behind-the-scenes player who enabled his plundering and helped him outpace his enemies. That accomplice was his wife Sarah, a well-to-do woman whose extraordinary life is a lesson in reinvention and resourcefulness. Twice widowed by twenty-one and operating within the strictures of polite society in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century New York, Sarah secretly aided and abetted her husband, fighting off his accusers. Marshaling newly discovered sources, historian and journalist Daphne Palmer Geanacopoulos reconstructs her life in this new biography, placing it within colonial New York, a “utopia” for pirates in the Golden Age of Piracy. Erin Skye Mackie, author of Rakes, Highwaymen, and Pirates: The Making of the Modern Gentleman in the Eighteenth Century, joins in conversation.

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Dogopolis: How Dogs Made New York

Thursday, March 2nd
4–5:30 PM

Stroll through any US or European city today and you probably won’t get far before seeing a dog taken for a walk. It’s expected to find domesticated animals easily navigating sidewalks, streets, and the built environment. But what if our cities were actually shaped in response to dogs more than we realized? In Dogopolis: How Dogs and Humans Made Modern New York, London, and Paris, Chris Pearson boldly and convincingly argues that human-canine relations were a crucial factor in the formation of modern urban living. Dogopolis details the complex interrelations and the way they reshaped our society. Andrew A. Robichaud, author of Animal City: The Domestication of America, joins in conversation.

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Fishtown, USA: The Rise of Fall of New York's Fish Supply Market

Tuesday, March 21st
6:30–8 PM

From the mid-1800s to the mid-1900s, New York served as the largest fish and seafood center in the US, provisioning much of the nation. That industry was concentrated around the iconic Fulton Fish Market, where generations of immigrants labored, introduced the rest of the five boroughs to their culinary traditions, and by the 1920s worked under the shadow of organized crime. In The Fulton Fish Market: A History, Jonathan H. Rees explores the market’s workings and significance from its founding in 1822 to its relocation to the Bronx in 2005, telling the stories of the fishermen, retailers, chefs, and others who depended on the Market, and how it shaped the New York and US diet. Megan J. Elias, author of Food in the United States,1890- 1945 and Lunch: A History, joins in conversation.

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The Night Patriots Burned New York City Down

Thursday, March 30th
6:30–8 PM

New York, the strategic center of the Revolutionary War, was the most important place in North America in 1776. That summer, an unruly rebel army under George Washington repeatedly threatened to burn the city rather than let the British take it. Shortly after the Crown’s forces took New York, much of it burned to the ground. Who set the blaze? In The Great New York Fire of 1776, Benjamin L. Carp delivers the “definitive account of this crucial but forgotten episode” of the war, the first book to fully explore it. Examining why its origins remained a mystery, even after two British investigations, Carp uncovers stories of espionage, terror, chaos, and tragedy in a historical moment we normally associate with “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” Russell Shorto, author of Island at the Center of the World and Revolution Song: A Story of American Freedom, joins in conversation.

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Morgenthau: Four Generations of a New York City Dynasty

Monday, April 10th
6:30–8 PM

After coming to America from Germany in 1866, the Morgenthaus made history in diplomacy, US politics, and the criminal justice system. With unprecedented, exclusive access to family archives, award-winning journalist and biographer Andrew Meier vividly chronicles how they also amassed a fortune in Manhattan realty, advised presidents, advanced the New Deal, exposed the Armenian genocide, rescued victims of the Holocaust, waged war in the Mediterranean and Pacific, and, from a foundation of private wealth, built a dynasty of public service. In the words of former mayor Ed Koch, they were “the closest we’ve got to royalty in New York City.” Susie J. Pak, author of Gentlemen Bankers: The World of J. P. Morgan, joins in conversation about this celebrated new multi-generational biography.

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"Unbought and Unbossed": Shirley Chisholm's New York

Monday, May 1st
5:30–7 PM

Shaking up local and national politics by becoming the first African-American congresswoman and the first black (major-party) presidential candidate, Shirley Chisholm left an indelible mark as an "unbought and unbossed" firebrand and a leader in politics. Formed by her early years in Barbados and Brooklyn, her political development and outlook did not follow the standard of the civil rights and feminist establishments. Rather, Anastasia C. Curwood argues in this new biography, she took her own path, making signature contributions as a forerunner of black feminist power — centering black women in a movement that sought to create a broadly democratic force through multicultural, multigenerational, and cross-gender coalition-building. Brian Purnell, author of Fighting Jim Crow in the County of Kings, joins in conversation.

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Spring courses

Building The Skyline: The Birth and Growth of Manhattan’s Skyscrapers

Mondays, 5:30 - 7 PM (ET)
January 9 to February 13 (6 sessions)

 

This course covers the birth, rise, and continued rise of Manhattan’s skyline, focusing on the historical, economic, political, and geographic reasons for its construction and heights. It will discuss the good, bad, and ugly — not just as it relates to architecture but also the skyscraper’s larger impacts on Gotham.

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Showroom Gotham: How New York City Became The International Art Capital

Tuesdays, 7-8:30 PM (ET)
February 7th to 28th (4 sessions)

 

During the Gilded Age, collectors and patrons made New York City the headquarters for art in the United States and the world. In this course, we will discuss the exploits of these tastemakers and the fruits of their endeavors as Gotham rose to international economic and cultural preeminence.

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New York City's American Revolution

Mondays & Thursdays, 5:30-7PM
March 6th to 23rd (6 sessions)

 

This course will examine the causes, courses, and consequences of the war, from the Stamp Act Crisis of 1765 to British evacuation in 1783, learning about the elite and nonelite, male and female, free and enslaved populations of New York to better understand why the city, more than any other urban center in colonial America, was central to the Revolution.

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Before Central Park: Its Secrets And Stories

Wednesdays, 6–7:30 PM (ET)
April 12th to May 3rd (4 sessions)

 

Before Central Park there were eons of geologic history and over 250-years of social history: the clash of Native and Dutch culture, the first European family’s tobacco farm, colonial roads and taverns, a secret Revolutionary War meeting, the butchers who helped to build the War of 1812 forts, epidemics, slavery, immigration, canal and reservoir building, real estate speculation, the Black community of Seneca Village, Jewish burial grounds, Irish Sisters of Charity, German bone-boiling factories, women’s property rights (or lack thereof), and the many schools, farms, piggeries, churches, orchards and gardens. You will meet con men, greedy speculators, corrupt officials, strong women, heroes, activists, and dreamers and many extraordinary New Yorkers that history had almost forgotten.

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