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Publisher: New York Historical Society New York Divided: Slavery and the Civil War 
 Online exhibit about the attitudes towards slavery in New York City between the time slavery was abolished in the state in 1827 and the Civil War. Topics include New York City as a pro-Southern city, abolitionists and fighting slavery, and Civil War battles of New York and reconstruction. Features introductory essays, background about people and events, primary documents, and more. From the New York Historical Society. http://www.nydivided.org/VirtualExhibit/ Topics: Black Resources, U.S. History By Place, United States History Last updated Jan 29, 2007 Slavery in New York
This exhibit looks at the history of slavery in New York, spanning "the period from the 1600s to 1827, when slavery was legally abolished in New York State." Online galleries, featuring some of the images from the physical exhibit, explore different aspects of this "largely unknown chapter of the city's story." Includes maps, biographies, classroom materials, and a bibliography. From the New York Historical Society. http://www.slaveryinnewyork.org Topics: Black Resources, U.S. History By Place, United States History Last updated Jul 30, 2006 Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
This institute "promotes the study and love of American history." Its website features a searchable database of over 60,000 documents from the Gilder Lehrman Collection on deposit at the New-York Historical Society, online exhibitions, details about treasures of the collection, resources for teachers and students (such as quizzes and podcasts), and information for historians (such as about fellowships and recently published scholarship). http://www.gilderlehrman.org/ Topics: United States History Last updated Jun 4, 2008 A New President Takes Command: FDR's First Hundred Days
Companion to an exhibit about Franklin Delano Roosevelt's first hundred days in office. The exhibit is designed to provide a "perspective on what we ourselves might see during the first months of President Obama's administration." Online materials include a newspaper front page about the 1930s banking crisis, photos of unemployed men and Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) workers, and political cartoons. From the New York Historical Society. https://www.nyhistory.org/web/default.php?section=exhibits_collections&page=exhibit_detail&id=4630500 Topics: Presidents by Name Last updated Jan 21, 2009 |
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