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Dagger John: Archbishop John Hughes and Irish America

October 2, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

dagger johnIn his new book Dagger John: Archbishop John Hughes and the Making of Irish America (Cornell University Press, 2019) biographer John Loughery tells the story of John Hughes, son of Ireland, friend of William Seward and James Buchanan, founder of St. John’s College (now Fordham University), builder of Saint Patrick’s Cathedral on Fifth Avenue, pioneer of parochial school education, and American diplomat. [Read more…] about Dagger John: Archbishop John Hughes and Irish America

Filed Under: History, New Books Tagged With: Books, Immigration, Irish History, Irish Immigrants, Religious History

Birthright Citizenship

September 18, 2019 by Liz Covart Leave a Comment

ben_franklins_worldWho gets to be a citizen of the United States? How does the United States define who belongs to the nation?

Early Americans asked and grappled with these questions during the earliest days of the early republic. [Read more…] about Birthright Citizenship

Filed Under: History, New Books Tagged With: African American History, Birthright, Citizens, Citizenship, Constitution, Early America, Early American History, Immigration, Podcasts

Slavery in New York: An Angolan Case Study

July 5, 2019 by Peter Feinman Leave a Comment

Institute of history archaeology and educationAngolans are in the news. Recently there has been a surge in migrants from Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo. After a decade of hardly any migration from these countries, suddenly the numbers have increased specifically to Portland, Maine and to San Antonio, Texas. The surge has reportedly overwhelmed some in those communities. Central African migrants are less likely to have relatives already in the country to whom they can turn for assistance. [Read more…] about Slavery in New York: An Angolan Case Study

Filed Under: African American History, History Tagged With: diversity, Immigration, Rye, Slavery

Bean Pickers: Italian Immigrant Portraits in Utica

May 30, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

3 male bean pickers Author Karen Foresti Hempson is set to discuss her new book Bean Pickers: American Immigrant Portraits, which shares eight true-life portrayals that focus on the  Italian-Americans who begin their American lives as summer bean pickers, on Wednesday, June 5th at 5:30 pm, at the Oneida County History Center, 1608 Genesee Street, Utica. [Read more…] about Bean Pickers: Italian Immigrant Portraits in Utica

Filed Under: History, New Books, Upcoming Events Tagged With: Books, Immigration, Italian History, Oneida County History Center, Utica

New Book on Immigrant Builders and Architects in New York

May 5, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

the decorated tenementZachary J. Violette’s new book The Decorated Tenement: How Immigrant Builders and Architects Transformed the Slum in the Gilded Age (University of Minnesota Press, 2019) reexamines urban America’s tenement buildings born of the housing reform movement embraced by the American-born elite in the late nineteenth century, centering on the immigrant neighborhoods of New York and Boston.

Violette focuses on what he calls the “decorated tenement,” a wave of new buildings constructed by immigrant builders and architects who remade the slum landscapes of the Lower East Side of Manhattan and the North and West Ends of Boston in the late nineteenth century. [Read more…] about New Book on Immigrant Builders and Architects in New York

Filed Under: History, New Books Tagged With: Architecture, Immigration, New York City, Urban History

Eugene O’Neill and Ireland: A Talk by Dan McGovern

April 9, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Eugene ONeillThe American Irish Historical Society has announced “Eugene O’Neill and Ireland,” a talk by Dan McGovern, president of the Eugene O’Neill Foundation, Tao House, has been set for Thursday, April 25th, at 6:30 pm.

Eugene O’Neill was the only American playwright to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature. It was at Tao House in Danville, California, where O’Neill wrote his greatest plays, including Long Day’s Journey Into Night and The Iceman Cometh. [Read more…] about Eugene O’Neill and Ireland: A Talk by Dan McGovern

Filed Under: History Tagged With: American Irish Historical Society, Cultural History, Immigration, Irish History, New York City, Theatre

Rochester’s Near Northside and Neighborhood Change

March 26, 2019 by Linda Day 2 Comments

Near Northside TodayNeighborhoods change. Ours was changing when my single parent mom managed to buy a modest house for cash in Rochester’s Near Northside in 1952.  My mom was an immigrant from Toronto whose own mother had emigrated from England.

She had grown up in this working-class immigrant neighborhood somewhat northeast of downtown. In 1937, she graduated from Vocational High, located in the Bausch and Lomb plant. In 1952 she was newly divorced and had been hired to work on an assembly line – she could walk to work. [Read more…] about Rochester’s Near Northside and Neighborhood Change

Filed Under: African American History, History Tagged With: Immigration, Rochester, Urban History

22nd International Fenimore Cooper Conference Call for Papers

March 8, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Apotheosis of Washington by Constantino BrumidiThe 22nd International James Fenimore Cooper/Susuan Fenimore Cooper Conference has been set for September 25-28, 2019, at SUNY Oneonta.

This years conference will examine Cooper within this tension between native purity and immigrant amalgamation.

Organizers have announced they are seeking papers that address the role of Cooper and his contemporaries in forging an American identity out of the cultural mixture of overlapping empires and immigration. [Read more…] about 22nd International Fenimore Cooper Conference Call for Papers

Filed Under: Conferences, History Tagged With: Academia, Cultural History, Immigration, James Fenimore Cooper, Literature, Native American History, SUNY Oneonta

All the Nations Under Heaven Revised

February 21, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

All the Nations Under HeavenFirst published in 1996, All the Nations Under Heaven: Immigrants, Migrants, and the Making of New York (Revised, Columbia University Press, 2019), written by Frederick M. Binder, David M. Reimers, and Rovert W. Snyder, chronicles the role of immigrants and migrants in shaping the history and culture of New York City.

This updated edition of a classic text brings the story of the immigrant experience in New York City up to the present with new material on the city’s revival as a global metropolis with deeply rooted racial and economic inequalities. [Read more…] about All the Nations Under Heaven Revised

Filed Under: History, New Books Tagged With: Book Notices, Books, Immigration, New York City

HDC Searching For NYC’s Latino Heritage

January 7, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

St Peters Roman Catholic ChurchThe Historic Districts Council of the City of New York is seeking information on historic place and events related to the city’s Latino Heritage.

The main altar of St. Peter’s Roman Catholic Church, in the Financial District of New York, is embellished with a painting called The Crucifixion, by the Mexican artist Jose Vallejo. Many of the paintings that decorate this church, including The Crucifixion, were donated by Archbishop Nunez de Haro from Mexico City in the late 18th Century.

In 1965, St. Peter’s Roman Catholic Church was designated a landmark of the city by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission, one of the earliest designations in the city. [Read more…] about HDC Searching For NYC’s Latino Heritage

Filed Under: Historic Preservation, History Tagged With: Cultural History, Hispanic History, Historic Districts Council, Immigration, Latino History, New York City

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