NYLI’s Director of IT & Marketing Ellyssa Valenti Kroski was a guest on the latest Geek in Review podcast discussing her new book, Law Librarianship in the Age of AI and her Alexander Hamilton-themed escape room which she’ll be running at the Ark Group’s 14th annual Law Firm Library, Research & Information Services in New York,…
Researching Great, Great, .. and perhaps a few more G’s.. Grandfather James W. Gerard at The New York Law Institute ! Sumner Gerard , a direct descendant of NYLI founder James W. Gerard , was able to research some family history with the help of our resources and reference skills. James W. Gerard (1794- 1874) was…
Wartime aide-de-camp to George Washington? Involvement with Aaron Burr? Fatal Duel in New Jersey? No, it’s not the guy on the ten-dollar bill, founder of The NY Post, and subject of Broadway’s phenomenal hit. It’s Henry Brockholst Livingston (1757-1823), U.S. Supreme Court Justice and participant in a 1798 duel that killed James Jones! …
Post authored by Emily Moog NYLI Research Librarian Emily Moog was reviewing 19th Century newspapers regarding its history when she discovered the identities of the two unknown busts residing in its reading room They are James T. Brady and Francis Brockhoist Cutting ! James T. Brady bust currently at NYLI and painting by Joseph Alexander…