New-York Historical Society

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New-York Historical Society, New York City. Founded in 1804, the society is a repository of art, artifacts, and literature relating to American, especially New York, history. Among its celebrated permanent collections are 435 watercolors by John James Audubon for his engraved folio volumes, The Birds of America, and American paintings from colonial times through the 19th cent. The society's educational programs include changing exhibitions of American cultural subjects, lectures by noted scholars and historians, and a large library facility providing extensive material to scholars on early America.

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No references found			Cheney discusses her memoirs, "Blue Sky, No Fences"; New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West, at 77th Street. Events for Thursday, April 24, 2008 by Katharine Jose / The New York Observer IN THE CURRENT EXHIBIT "NEW YORK DIVIDED: SLAVERY AND THE Civil War," at the New-York Historical Society (November 2006-September 2007), the curators explore the state's "seemingly contradictory role as both a major center of the nation's abolitionist movement and a virtual 'Capital of the South,' with important commercial and political ties to Southern slavery. Marching as to war: an outpouring of new books addresses the ... by Boyd, Herb / Black Issues Book Review The extent to which they failed to influence curatorial thinking forty years ago can be measured by the fact that Koch's current retrospective, "Painting a New York Life" appears at The New-York Historical Society and not at an art museum. Gallery chronicle. (Art) by Kunitz, Daniel / New Criterion			New York State Parks New York Stock Exchange New York Times New York Times Company v. Sullivan New York Times, The New York University New York Urban Parks New York, City University of New York, New Haven, and Hartford RR New York, State University New York, State University of New York, University of the State of New Yorker, The New Zealand New Zealand Festival New Zealand Flax New Zealand literature New Zealand National Agricultural Fieldays New Zealand Plateau New Zealand Socialist Unity Party New Zealand Spinach New Zealand Subregion New Zealanders New, Harry Stewart new-band service New-York Historical Society New.net Newar Newari Newark Newark Urban Parks Newaygo County Newaygo State Park Newberry County Newberry Library Newberry National Volcanic Monument Newberry, John Strong Newberry, Truman Handy Newberry, Walter Loomis Newbery, John Newbery-Caldecott Medal newberyite newbie Newbolt, Sir Henry John newborn Newborn Infant Newburgh Newburn Newbury Newburyport NEWCARD			New-chwang New-chwang new-fangled New-Fangled Artificial Intelligence new-fashioned new-found New-Generation Dagaie System New-issues market new-laid New-Life Support Vehicle New-line new-look new-made New-model new-mown New-Norwegian language New-Onset Diabetes After Transplantation new-sprung new-style New-Tech Products GmbH New-to-Bank new-variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease New-World monkey New-World monkey New-year New-York City New-York City New-York Historical Society new... New.net NEW2AN NEWA Newa International Forum Japan Newa people NEWAC NEWAG Newage Newage Newage Newage Newage Electrical India Ltd. NewAge Net Serial Driver NewAge Tech LTD. NewAge Universal Serial Bus Virtual Driver NewAge Virtual Serial Driver Newah Cultural Association of Texas NEWAN Newar Newari Newari Newark Newark Newark Newark Newark (disambiguation) Newark (disambiguation) Newark (disambiguation) Newark American Little League

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