This documentary looks at the Dutch influence on New York and on the American colonies. Hosted by Barry Lewis.
Posted: Sep 1st, 2009 | Comments: 147
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Professor Joyce Goodfriend of the University of Denver describes how and why the British took over Dutch New Netherland.
Posted: Sep 1st, 2009 | Comments: 4
Video: Women in Dutch New York
Early America expert Professor Joyce Goodfriend describes the role women played in preserving Dutch culture in America.
Posted: Sep 1st, 2009 | Comments: 5
Video: British Headquarters Map of 1782
Dr. Eric Sanderson of the Mannahatta Project uses Geographic Information Systems to bring to life a detailed map of the city from 1782.
Posted: Sep 1st, 2009 | Comments: 4
Video: The Dutch Room at the Met
Philippe de Montebello of SundayArts interviews Peter Kenny, the Curator of Decorative Arts at the American Wing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, about MOMA's Dutch room.
Posted: Aug 22nd, 2009 | Comments: 1
Video: The Decision to Colonize
Janny Venema discusses the Dutch West India Company's decision to develop New Netherland as a colony.
Posted: Aug 21st, 2009 | Comments: 12
Video: New Amsterdam, Diversity and Opportunity
Dr. Charles Gehring describes the diversity and sense of opportunity of New Amsterdam.
Posted: Aug 21st, 2009 | Comments: 1
Video: From Hudson to Beverwyck
Janny Venema narrates the development of Rensselaerswyck and then Beverwyck, located in the area of present-day Albany.
Posted: Aug 21st, 2009 | Comments: 0
Video: Mannahatta – New York Before the Dutch
Landscape ecologist Dr. Eric Sanderson describes the Mannahatta Project and the original ecology of Manhattan.
Posted: Aug 21st, 2009 | Comments: 13
Video: Stuyvesant in New Amsterdam
Professor Joyce Goodfriend reviews Peter Stuyvesant's New Amsterdam legacy.
Posted: Aug 20th, 2009 | Comments: 6