A New York Minute In History

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A New York Minute In History

A New York Minute In History is a podcast about the history of New York and the unique tales of New Yorkers. It is hosted by State Historian Devin Lander, Saratoga County Historian Lauren Roberts and Don Wildman. Jesse King and Jim Levulis of WAMC produce the podcast. A New York Minute In History is a production of the New York State Museum, WAMC Northeast Public Radio and Archivist Media. Support for the project comes from The William G. Pomeroy Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities and a Humanities New York Action Grant. Find us on social media! Twitter: @NYHistoryMinute

  1. New York and the War of 1812 | A New York Minute in History

    9月25日

    New York and the War of 1812 | A New York Minute in History

    This episode delves into New York State’s role in the War of 1812, which is often considered America’s “second war of Independence.” With a particular focus on the State Historic site at Sackets Harbor, we learn the particularly important role that New York, and New Yorkers, played in the war. Marker of Focus: War of 1812, Village of Sackets Harbor, Jefferson County. Interviewees: Constance Barrone, Site Manage, Sackets Harbor Battlefield State Historic Site and Dr. Harvey J. Strum, Professor of History and Political Science at Russell Sage College. A New York Minute in History is a production of WAMC Northeast Public Radio and the New York State Museum, with support from the William G. Pomeroy Foundation. This episode was produced by Elizabeth Urbanczyk. Our theme is “Begrudge” by Darby. Video: History Happened Here, William G. Pomeroy Foundation https://youtu.be/3Izr1CpHreU Further Reading: Harvey J. Strum, “New York City and the War of 1812,” New York History Review, 2024. Harvey J. Strum, “New York Militia and Opposition to the War of 1812,” New York History, 2020. “Special Issue on the War of 1812,” New York History, 2013. Alan Taylor, The Civil War of 1812: American Citizens, British Subjects, Irish Rebels and Indian Allies, 2011. Richard V. Barbuto, New York’s War of 1812: Politics, Society and Combat, 2021. Teaching Resources: The War of 1812, PBS Learning Media.

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  2. Hungry for History: Culinary and Foodways History | A New York Minute in History

    8月28日

    Hungry for History: Culinary and Foodways History | A New York Minute in History

    This episode focuses on culinary history and the Pomeroy Foundation’s Hungry for History program. We discover that the history of what we eat, and how we eat it, can tell us much about ourselves and our shared pasts. Markers of Focus: Hungry for History Interviewees: Elizabeth Jakubowski, Senior Librarian, New York State Library. You can follow the State Library and learn more about their Tasting History project at: Facebook, Instagram – @nyslibrary and X (formerly Twitter) – @NYSLibrary A New York Minute in History is a production of WAMC Northeast Public Radio and the New York State Museum, with support from the William G. Pomeroy Foundation. This episode was produced by Elizabeth Urbanczyk. Our theme is “Begrudge” by Darby. Featured Image: Salt Potatoes Hungry for History Marker near Onandaga Lake. Further reading: Jennifer Jensen Wallach, How America Eats: A Social History of U.S. Food, 2013. Michelle Moon, Interpreting Food at Museums and Historic Sites, 2016. Libby O’Connell, The American Plate: A Culinary History in 100 Bites, 2015. Annie Hauck-Lawson,

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  3. Summer at the Fair: A History of Agricultural Fairs in New York State | A New York Minute in History

    7月31日

    Summer at the Fair: A History of Agricultural Fairs in New York State | A New York Minute in History

    As New York State prepares to host the oldest state fair in the nation, this episode tells the history of the summertime tradition of agricultural fairs and how they developed from gatherings of learned societies into the popular attractions that we all know today. Markers of Focus: County Fairgrounds, Ballston Spa, Saratoga County. Interviewees: Richard Ball, Commissioner of the NYS Department of Agriculture and Markets, Joshua Hauck-Whealton, Archivist at the New York State Archives and Sarah Welch, Historian for the Saratoga County Agricultural Society. A New York Minute in History is a production of WAMC Northeast Public Radio and the New York State Museum, with support from the William G. Pomeroy Foundation. This episode was produced by Elizabeth Urbanczyk. Our theme is “Begrudge” by Darby. Featured Image: "A Close Finish", Saratoga County Fair, Ballston Spa, NY. Image courtesy of SCHC at Brookside Museum Further Reading: Joshua Hauck-Whealton, “Farm to Fair,” New York Archives Magazine, Summer 2024. Judith LaManna Rivette, State Fair Stories: The Days and the People of the New York State Fair, 2005. Julie A. Avery, Agricultural Fairs in America: Tradition, Education, Celebration, 2000. New York State Agricultural and Industrial Expo, New York State Fair and Agricultural and Industrial Exposition: 1841-1912, 1912. New York State Fair, Stat...

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  4. Lady Acland’s Voyage: A First-Hand Account of the Battles of Saratoga | A New York Minute in History

    6月26日

    Lady Acland’s Voyage: A First-Hand Account of the Battles of Saratoga | A New York Minute in History

    This episode tells the story of Lady Christian Henrietta Caroline “Harriet” Acland, aristocratic wife of Major John Dyke Acland, who commanded the British 20th Regiment of Foot during the Burgoyne campaign of 1777. When Major Acland was wounded and taken prisoner, Lady Harriet risked her own life and freedom to nurse him back to health. She would go on to publish her diary of her time travelling and living with the British Army during the American Revolution. Marker of Focus: Lady Acland, Village of Schuylerville, Saratoga County. Interviewees: Sean Kelleher, Town of Saratoga Historian and Anne Clothier, Assistant Saratoga County Historian Further Reading: Lady Harriet Acland, The Acland Journal: Lady Harriet Acland and the American War, 1993. Holly A. Mayer, Belonging to the Army: Camp Followers and Community during the American Revolution, 1999. Richard M. Ketchum, Saratoga: Turning Point of America's Revolutionary War, 1999. Teaching Resources: PBS Learning Media: Women in the American Revolution Interactive Lesson Museum of the American Revolution: A Woman’s War National Park Service: The Battles of Saratoga: Student Reading Activity Follow Along Devin: Welcome to A New York Minute i...

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  5. Ronek Park: Postwar Non-discriminatory Housing on Long Island | A New York Minute in History

    5月29日

    Ronek Park: Postwar Non-discriminatory Housing on Long Island | A New York Minute in History

    This episode tells the story of Ronek Park, a non-discriminatory housing development built in 1950 in the village of North Amityville. Unlike the many housing developments created in the post-WWII U.S. that followed the practice of redlining and did not allow African American or Jewish people to buy homes, Ronek Park specifically marketed itself as allowing anyone to purchase a home regardless of race or creed. Marker of Focus: Ronek Park, Village of North Amityville, Suffolk County, Long Island Interviewees: Mary Cascone, Town of Babylon Historian and Eugene Burnett, Ronek Park resident and former Town of Babylon Police Department Sergeant.   Further Reading: Dolores Hayden, Building Suburbia: Green Fields and Urban Growth, 1820-2000, 2004. Kenneth T. Jackson, Crabgrass Frontier: The Suburbanization of the United States, 1985. Gene Slater, Freedom to Discriminate: How Realtors Conspired to Segregate Housing and Divide America, 2021. Teaching Resources: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis: Neighborhood Redlining and Home Ownership Lesson. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Understanding Redlining. National Geographic: Mapmaker: Redlining in the United States. Follow Along Devin: Welcome to A New York Minute in History. I'm Devin Lander, the New York State histo...

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  6. Chinatown Community History | A New York Minute in History

    4月26日

    Chinatown Community History | A New York Minute in History

    May is Asian American and Pacific Islanders Heritage Month and in celebration this episode highlights the community history of Manhattan’s Chinatown, one of the oldest and largest Chinese and Chinese American communities in the United States. The episode tells the story of how during a time of change in the late 1970s the Chinatown community moved to preserve and archive its own history, which had long been ignored and marginalized by the dominant cultural institutions of the area. Featured image: Chinatown, Manhattan. Image: NYC Tourism.com Marker of Focus: Chinatown and Little Italy Historic District, Manhattan. Guests: Dr. John Kuo Wei (Jack) Tchen, Director, Clement A. Price Institute on Ethnicity, Culture, and the Modern Experience at Rutgers University Newark and Ashley Hopkins- Benton, Senior Historian and Curator at the New York State Museum. A New York Minute in History is a production of WAMC Northeast Public Radio and the New York State Museum, with support from the William G. Pomeroy Foundation. This episode was produced by Elizabeth Urbanczyk. Our theme is “Begrudge” by Darby. Further Reading and Resources: New York Before Chinatown: Orientalism and the Shaping of American Culture, 1776-1882 by John Kuo Wei Tchen (2001). Back to the Basics: Who Is Researching and Interpreting for Whom? by John Kuo Wei Tchen, The Journal of American History (1994). New York Chinatown History Project by John Kuo Wei Tchen (1987). Museum of Chinese in America Welcome to Chinatown Teaching Resources: Museum of Chinese in America: Learn New-York Historical Society Curriculum Library: Chinese American Exclusion/Inclusion Library of Congress: Asian American and Pacific Islanders Heritage Month Resources for Teachers Follow Along Devin: Welcome to A New York Minute in History. I'm Devin Lander, the New York State historian....

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  7. Grace Leach Hudowalski | A New York Minute in History

    3月27日

    Grace Leach Hudowalski | A New York Minute in History

    In celebration of Women’s History Month, this episode tells the story of Grace Leach Hudowalski, the first woman to summit all 46 of the Adirondack High Peaks. Besides being an accomplished mountain climber, Grace was also the first president of the Adirondack 46ers Club as well as its historian for over 50 years. As historian, Grace answered thousands of letters from club members telling her of their exploits as they reached each of the 46 summits. An accomplished writer, Grace promoted the Adirondacks through her work as a tourism writer for New York State and through her many articles for the Adirondack Mountain Club Magazine. Marker of Focus: Grace Leach, Essex County Guests: Laurie Rankin, President of the Adirondack 46ers club, and Jane Meader Nye and Tony Solomon, Adirondack 46ers club members and friends of Grace. A New York Minute in History is a production of WAMC Northeast Public Radio and the New York State Museum, with support from the William G. Pomeroy Foundation. This episode was produced by Elizabeth Urbanczyk. Our theme is “Begrudge” by Darby. Further Reading: The Adirondack High Peaks and the Forty-Sixers(1970), edited by Grace Leach Hudowalski. The Mountains Will Wait for You, (2013), a film about Grace Leach Hudowalski by Fredrick T. Schwoebel and narrated by Johnny Cash. Hiking the Adirondack 46 High Peaks: A Guide to the Region’s High Peaks(2024), by Johnathan Zaharek. The Adirondacks: A History of America’s First Wilderness (1998), by Paul Schneider.

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  8. La Amistad | A New York Minute in History

    2月28日

    La Amistad | A New York Minute in History

    In honor of Black History Month, this episode tells the story of the 1839 La Amistad Rebellion, in which 53 illegally enslaved Africans rose up against their Spanish captors off the coast of Cuba, took over the ship, and attempted to sail it to freedom. They eventually reached Long Island, where they were arrested by U.S. officials. Aided by New York abolitionists, the Amistad Africans fought various legal battles for over two years before the Supreme Court finally ruled in their favor in what was one of the most important court cases related to slavery before the Civil War. Marker of Focus: Schooner "Amistad", Suffolk County Guests: Dr. Marcus Rediker, author of The Amistad Rebellion: An Atlantic Odyssey of Slavery and Freedom and producer of the film Ghosts of Amistad: In the Footsteps of the Rebels, and Dr. Georgette Grier-Key, Executive Director and Chief Curator of the Eastville Community Historical Society. A New York Minute in History is a production of WAMC Northeast Public Radio and the New York State Museum, with support from the William G. Pomeroy Foundation. This episode was produced by Elizabeth Urbanczyk. Our theme is “Begrudge” by Darby. Further Reading: Marcus Rediker, The Amistad Rebellion: An Atlantic Odyssey of Slavery and Freedom, 2012. Howard Jones, Mutiny on the Amistad: The Saga of a Slave Revolt and Its Impact on American Abolition, Law, and Diplomacy, 1997. Alexs Pate, Amistad,1997. Teaching Resources: Consider the Source New York Slavery Resources—New York State Archives Partnership Trust Ghosts of Amistad: In the Footsteps of the Rebels Educator Resources Discovering Amistad Teacher Resources PBS Amistad Lesson Plan Follow Along Devin: Welcome to A New York Minute in History. I'm Devin Lander, the New York State historian.  Lauren: And I'm Lauren Roberts, the historian for Saratoga County. In honor of Black History Month, on this episode, we are heading out to Long Island. The marker of focus is located very close to the shore, near 185 Soundview Drive in Montauk. The title is Schooner “Amistad” and the text reads: In 1839, illegally enslaved Africans subdued captors on ship, came ashore nearby, then jailed in CT. Finally freed by U.S. Supreme Court in 1841. William G Pomeroy Foundation 2022.  The story of the Amis...

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A New York Minute In History is a podcast about the history of New York and the unique tales of New Yorkers. It is hosted by State Historian Devin Lander, Saratoga County Historian Lauren Roberts and Don Wildman. Jesse King and Jim Levulis of WAMC produce the podcast. A New York Minute In History is a production of the New York State Museum, WAMC Northeast Public Radio and Archivist Media. Support for the project comes from The William G. Pomeroy Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities and a Humanities New York Action Grant. Find us on social media! Twitter: @NYHistoryMinute

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  • 活跃年份
    2018年 - 2024年
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