Davis Polk’s Legal Assistants Hannah Hudes & Luca Winters have been stopping by NYLI’s office to do a little historical research…. and we were glad to welcome these two very enthusiastic researchers….But they needed just a bit of introduction to….
Remember fiche? NYLI has ALL of the NYLJ (1888 -), historical state session laws and […]
September 17th is Constitution Day.Why September 17th?That’s the day the U.S. Constitution was signed in Philadelphia is 1787…
And while the OED gives multiple meanings for every word — including constitution — most Americans (and certainly most librarians!) immediately associate it with the document, often amended, that is the basis of our government.
OED… online & […]
Just when you thought Nerd Heaven might be out of reach… there’s a podcast to the rescue….
Check out PLI’s most recent podcast –featuring NYLI Alum (with an NPR ready radio voice!) Karen Oesterle chatting it up with very own Director of Innovation & Engagement, Ellyssa Valenti Kroski–It’s all about Librarianship, NYLI, sustainability, technology… and […]
Baseball Season is wrapping up (& spoiler alert, lol, the Mets will NOT be in playoffs, lol)… but it’s not too late for you to be your library’s All Star…
Check out NYLI’s own Director of Innovation & Engagement, Ellyssa Valenti Kroski’s career advice — 8 ways to step up your game […]
Happy 50th Birthday Hip Hop! The Bronx, home of the Yankees and Fordham University, is credited to giving the world the music of hip hop….
The Bronx & Hip Hop.. Sedgwick Ave to be exact… image courtesy of NYPL public domain images.. click here for more…
NYLI gives its shout out & birthday […]
Now seen as the end of Summer — and a kind of bookend BBQ when paired with the season’s kickoff of Memorial day — Labor Day was initially a reaction to worker unrest …
Library of Congress, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Printed Ephemera Collection. For more on the Haymarket riots role […]
Thanks to Lin-Manuel’s musical, Alexander Hamilton is again known for so much more than the face of the ten-dollar bill….
eBook @ NYLI Author claims Eliza Jumel was one of Alexander Hamilton’s extramarital flings!!
But did you know that Alexander Hamilton Jr. was Madame Jumel’s attorney in her divorce suit against aging husband Aaron Burr? […]
The classic love triangle of Beecher, his best friend Tilton and Tilton’s wife Elizabeth pushed post-Civil War issues of reconstruction off the front pages for almost three years.
NYLI’s Evarts Medallion!
New York Times (February 5, 1875)
A storied New England family of authors, preachers and social reformers would be divided. And some […]
Not even serving a year, William Sulzer was the first — and so far only — New York Governor to be impeached.
What was Sulzer’s crime?
William Sulzer was found guilty by the New York State Assembly of filing false campaign contributions and using $40,000 of monies collected to play the stock market…
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Still in the shadow of the Civil War, the 1876 election remains one of the most contentious ever..
Democrat Samuel J. Tilden won the popular vote over Republican Rutherford B. Hayes, but 20 electoral votes ( Florida, Louisiana, Oregon, South Carolina) were in dispute….
Democrats were accused of refusing to count African American votes as […]
