GalleryNYLI Holiday 2024 Newsletter
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GalleryDeck the Halls: A NYLI Holiday Decorations Retrospective
We have a lot of fun getting into the holiday spirit here at NYLI. In particular our Research Analyst Emily Moog and now retired Library Clerk Pheobe Hurtte who are master crafters of holiday joy here at the library. Here’s a brief look at just some of the many holiday […]
GalleryCheers! Prohibition ends by State Convention Ratification
Something to contemplate as you attend Holiday Office parties and tree trimmings…..On December 5, 1933, the 18th Amendment – popularly known as “Prohibition,” was repealed…
New York Daily News; December 6, 1933. .. Headline says it all!
The 21st Amendment is the only one that repeals a previous amendment. Additionally, it is the the […]
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Gnome Alone!
With my decorating partner Pheobe Hurtte retiring over the Summer, I was both stumped as to holiday book themes and missing her able assistance with ornaments…
Gnomes alone created this…. NYLI’s tree constructed out of NY Case Law books
Over the long Thanksgiving Break, NYLI experienced a once in a lifetime visit of what is popularly […]
LLAGNY Book Club December Discussion
The LLAGNY Book Club Meeting will be held on Monday, December 9, 2024 at The New York Law Institute (120 Broadway / 9th Floor – Rm. 932/NY NY 10271. The book to be discussed is The Paris Library by Janet Skeslien Charles. Overview:
Based on a true story, describes how a lonely teenager in 1983 Montana […]
GalleryHappy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at The New York Law Institute!
GalleryDid you Know? The Thanksgiving Edition…
You probably know that Thanksgiving is celebrated this year on November 28th….
US Congress Proclaims that Thursday, December 9, 1779 to be a” Day of public and solemn Thanksgiving”. Part of LLMC’s Government collection – and free to NYLI members
But did you know that until the Presidency of Abraham Lincoln, the month and day […]
GalleryEarly Closing for Thanksgiving Holiday at NYLI
NYLI will close at 2:00PM on Wednesday November 27th and will be closed Thursday and Friday, November 28th and 29th, in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday. We here at the New York Law Institute wish you a happy holiday!
GalleryBrooke Raymond’s Journey of building a library: From Times Square to Cambodia
NYLI’s Senior Research Analyst Brooke Raymond’s dedication to reading & promotion of literacy led her to help found a library in Cambodia….And it all began with a workplace bookfair …..
Click here to read the full story — of how one volunteering opportunity led to reading a book about philanthropy which then led to working […]
GalleryLLAGNY’s Graphic Novel Book Group November Online Meeting
LLAGNY’s Graphic Novel Book Group will meet via Zoom on Thursday November 21st at 12. We will discuss Eight billion genies by Charles Soule (available at NYPL). Please see our LibGuide for past and upcoming titles.
Please contact, Eileen Dolan at edolan@NYLI.org to be added to the meeting.
