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Programs & Exhibitions Winter / Spring 2013 Timothy Greenfield-Sanders Timothy

Dear Members & Friends,

On a wintry evening in 1804, the New-York Historical Society was founded by eleven visionary men as a permanent means of preserving the historical record of America’s past. All of the founders had lived through a time when the streets of New York City were riotous with rebellion and economic uncertainty, when much of the city was burned in the wake of British occupation during the Revolutionary War. Fifty-nine years later, when civil strife burst upon the streets of New York City again, with draft riots and bloodshed over threats to the union of the American states, the path set by our founders, of collecting and preserving the historical record in the best and worst of times was kept to, enabling our splendid institution to uniquely tell the story of the Civil War.

We are lucky to have the great leadership of the eminent Lincoln historian and new Roger Hertog- New-York Historical Society Fellow, Harold Holzer, as we commemorate the Civil War years, bringing us programs that continue to illuminate this wrenching American chapter. As companion to our programs and as guide through our Civil War collections, Mr. Holzer has authored a new book, The Civil War in 50 Objects, drawn exclusively from the New-York Historical Society, with an introduction by Eric Foner, the great Columbia University scholar. A highlight of the programs between the covers of this brochure is a conversation between Mr. Holzer and Professor Foner on the evening of May 13th.

There is, of course, much else to pique your interest and provoke you to new thought and action in our Spring 2013 public program offerings—in the evenings and now on weekends as well— including evenings with Toni Morrison, General Stanley A. McChrystal, Joseph J. Ellis, Stacy Schiff, and our own Trustee and President Emeritus, Kenneth T. Jackson. Walter Isaacson, we are very glad to announce, will be back with us as part of the Harold and Ruth Newman “World Beyond Tomorrow” lecture, as will John F. Marszalek in conversation with Harold Holzer as part of the Carl Menges Lecture in American History.

As always I want to thank Bernard and Irene Schwartz for their incredible generosity of spirit and treasure, which makes these outstanding offerings possible. I also want to recognize the enormous talent of my colleague, Dale Gregory, our Vice President for Public Programs, who is ever working magic for New-York Historical’s programs (this spring, even literally, with a new magic workshop series). I thank also Dale’s amazing colleagues, Nick Mancini and Alex Kassl. We are lucky for them all! Opposite: I look forward to seeing you soon—and often this spring! John James Audubon, Yellow- breasted Chat With all best wishes, (Icteria virens), Study for Havell pl. no. 137, 1829. Watercolor, graphite, pastel, Louise Mirrer, PH.D. etc. on paper, laid PRESIDENT and CEO on card. New-York Historical Society. Purchased from Mrs. John J. Audubon.

Exhibitions

New York Story Film Experience Audubon’s Aviary: Part I of the Complete Flock Ongoing March 8, 2013 – May 19, 2013

This film is made possible by a New York Story is the New-York Historical Society’s 18-minute long panoramic In celebration of the book Audubon’s Aviary: The Original Watercolors for “The Generous support for this exhibition generous gift from Bernard and film experience. Narrated by award-winning actor and native New Yorker Liev Birds of America” by Roberta J. M. Olson, this three-year, once-in-a-lifetime series has been provided by The Peter Irene Schwartz. Jay Sharp Foundation and The Schreiber, New York Story shows New York’s rise from remote outpost to city at will feature all 474 of the New-York Historical Society’s collection of John James Gilbert & Ildiko Butler Family the center of the world, through the thrilling use of immersive video projection, Audubon avian watercolors, including the 435 models for the plates of The Birds Foundation. moving scenic elements, theatrical lighting and surround sound, set in our state- of America. 2013 marks the sesquicentennial of this collection’s acquisition and for of-the-art theater. It was produced by Donna Lawrence Productions. The overall the first time ever visitors will have the opportunity to view these national treasures vista expands from 25 feet to 73 feet wide high-resolution images over the in their entirety in the order they were engraved — the way they were seen by the course of the show. original subscribers. The first 175 models will be shown in Part I of the Complete WWII & NYC Flock, together with 26 rare “early birds” on loan from the Muséum d’Histoire October 5, 2012 – May 27, 2013 Naturelle in La Rochelle, France, and Houghton Library of Harvard University, as This exhibition was made possible Installed throughout the New-York Historical Society, this landmark exhibition well as 36 alternative watercolors and historical Auduboniana. through the generosity of Bernard features more than 400 objects, including artifacts, paintings, maps, photographs, & Irene Schwartz, The Peter AIDS in New York: The First Five Years posters, film footage, music, radio broadcasts, and newly recorded eyewitness Jay Sharp Foundation, and The June 7, 2013 – September 15, 2013 May and Samuel Rudin Family accounts that document the most widespread, destructive, and consequential Foundation, Inc., Eric & Fiona conflict in history. Restoring to memory New York’s crucial and multifaceted role For those who lost partners, family, and friends to HIV/AIDS in the later years of Support for this exhibition and Rudin, Jack & Susan Rudin, The in winning the war, the exhibition commemorates the hundreds of thousands of the 20th century, the memory of grief, fear, and mystery which pervaded New its educational initiatives has Nathan Cummings Foundation with been provided, in part, by New Yorkers who served in the Armed Forces while also exploring the many York at the beginning of the epidemic remains vivid. But for many today, this early the support and encouragement of Ford Foundation. Ernest Tollerson, Elizabeth B. Dater ways in which those who remained on the home front contributed to the national period is virtually unknown. AIDS in New York: The First Five Years will explore & Wm. Mitchell Jennings, Jr., Ruth war effort. A full range of evening lectures and conversations that illustrate the impact of the epidemic on personal lives, health and medical practices, culture, & Harold Newman, Laurie & Sy the dramatic effect of the war on all facets of American life, as well as musical and politics in New York City and the nation, drawing from the archives of the New Sternberg, Charles Rosenblum, and performances and a film series, accompany the exhibition. York Public Library, NYU, and the National Archive of LGBT History to tell the story the Weiler Family. This program is supported, in part, by public funds of the early years of AIDS in New York. from the New York City Department Swing Time: Reginald Marsh and Thirties New York of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council. Media June 21, 2013 – September 1, 2013 sponsor: The Military Channel. With his calligraphic brushstrokes and densely cluttered, multi-figured compositions, This exhibition and its Reginald Marsh recorded the vibrancy and energetic pulse of New York City. In accompanying catalogue were made possible, in part, by funds paintings, prints, watercolors, and photographs, he captured the animation and from the National Endowment for visual turbulence that made urban New York life an exhilarating spectacle. His the Arts and through the generosity work depicted the visual energy of the city, its helter-skelter signs, newspaper and of Barrie & Deedee Wigmore, Sue magazine headlines, and the crowded conditions of its street life and recreational Ann Weinberg, Karen & Kevin Kennedy, Pam & Scott Schafler, pastimes. His subjects were not glamorous or affluent New Yorkers, but those in the Diane and Thomas Jacobsen the middle and lower class — Bowery bums, park denizens, subway riders, and Foundation, Myron & Anita Kunin, post-flapper era sirens — and his paintings evoked the transience, motion, and Merrill Berman, the Laurie M. vitality of New York City in the 1930s. Tisch Illumination Fund, and an anonymous donor.

Thomas Hart Benton (1889–1975), Embarkation—Prelude to Death (Year of Peril), 1942. Oil on canvas. State Historical Society of Missouri Art Collection. Art © T.H. Benton and R.P. Benton Testamentary Trusts/UMB Bank Trustee/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY

Gallery & Walking Tours Calendar Monday, June 24, 11 am May June Swing Time: Reginald Marsh and Lectures, Conversations, & Concerts Sunday, May 5, 9 am Sunday, June 2, 11 am Thirties New York Gallery Tour Spring Bird Walk 1 World War II and New York: Barbara Haskell Alan Messer Walking Tour of Lower Manhattan February April June Cal Snyder, Lucy Oakley Saturday, June 29, 9 am SOLD OUT Tuesday, April 2, 6:30 pm Tuesday, June 4, 6:30 pm Sunday, May 19, 9 am The Trees of Central Park: Thursday, February 7, 6:30 pm Grant and Sherman Foreign Policy Begins at Home: The Case Spring Bird Walk 2 Monday, June 10, 11 am Summer Walk Grand Central, Grand Vision John F. Marszalek, Harold Holzer for Putting America’s House in Order Alan Messer AIDS in New York: The First Leslie Day, Trudy Smoke Barry Lewis Richard N. Haass, Roger Hertog Five Years Gallery Tour Friday, April 5, 7 pm Concert Jean Ashton Tuesday, February 12, 6:30 pm The Life and Music of Judy Garland Saturday, June 8, 9 am Technology: Innovations and Jay Leonhart and surprise guests Pacific War Turning Point: Films Expanding Frontiers Midway or Guadalcanal? David E. Sanger, Walter Isaacson Saturday, April 6, 9 am Craig L. Symonds, Richard B. Frank February Friday, March 29, 7 pm Friday, May 31, 7 pm Other speakers to be announced Forebodings of Armageddon That Hamilton Woman (1941) I Know Where I’m Going! (1945) Michael S. Neiberg, John H. Maurer Sunday, June 9, 5 pm Friday, February 1, 7 pm Michael Korda Thelma Schoonmaker Casablanca (1942) Tuesday, February 19, 6:30 pm Greenwich Village in the 1930s Lincoln, Douglass and the Thursday, April 11, 6:30 pm Barry Lewis Kati Marton, David Denby April June U.S. Colored Troops in Action Home with Toni Morrison David W. Blight, Elizabeth D. Leonard, Toni Morrison, Bob Herbert Tuesday, June 11, 6:30 pm Friday, February 8, 7 pm Friday, April 19, 7 pm Friday, June 7, 7 pm Mia Bay, Harold Holzer Revolutionary Summer: The Third Man (1949) Wuthering Heights (1939) They Were Expendable (1945) Thursday, April 18, 6:30 pm The Birth of American Independence Kati Marton, David Denby Catherine Wyler, Lesley Stahl Craig L. Symonds, Mary Owen, Eastside vs. Westside Ron Simon Tuesday, February 26, 6:30 pm Joseph J. Ellis, Stacy Schiff The King Years Barry Lewis March May Taylor Branch, Bob Herbert Wednesday, June 19, 6:30 pm Friday, June 14, 7 pm Saturday, April 20, 9 am–12:00 pm The Great Degeneration Friday, March 1, 7 pm Friday, May 3, 7 pm Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) SOLD OUT WWII & NYC: The Rise and Niall Ferguson Young Mr. Lincoln (1939) Foreign Correspondent (1940) Ted Widmer Thursday, February 28, 6:30 pm Decline of New York City Harold Holzer, Ron Simon Adam Gopnik, Richard Brody The White House Series: First Families Mike Wallace, Ken Jackson Friday, June 21, 7–10 pm Friday, June 28, 7 pm Cokie Roberts, Kati Marton, Swing Time Ball: Dinner Dance Friday, March 8, 7 pm Friday, May 17, 7 pm Dodsworth (1936)

Gil Troy, Lesley Stahl at New-York Historical Society Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940) In a Lonely Place (1950) Catherine Wyler May Arthur Murray Dance Center dancers Harold Holzer, Ron Simon Adam Gopnik, Richard Brody

Thursday, May 2, 6:30 pm March Swing Time: Times Square Sunday, June 23, 5 pm Friday, March 22, 7 pm Friday, May 24, 7 pm Saturday, March 2, 7 pm and Coney Island Art Deco of the 1930s The Gang’s All Here (1943) Anchors Aweigh (1945) New York Magic with Matt Wayne Barry Lewis Barry Lewis Will Friedwald Will Friedwald, Ron Simon Matt Wayne Saturday, May 4, 9 am Wednesday, June 26, 6:30 pm Family Programs Saturday, March 9, 9 am New Thinking on the American Revolution Larry Kramer and The Normal Heart New Frontiers in the 21st Century Marc A. Genest, Edward G. Lengel Larry Kramer, Joe Mantello, Tony Ongoing Saturday and Sunday, March 9 and 10, 2 pm Saturday, April 20, 2–3:30pm Lawrence Husick, Toshi Yoshihara Kushner Bird Tales: Folk Tales from Hablemos de la Historia y del Arte Wednesday, May 8, 6:30 pm Tuesdays and Fridays, 3:30–4:30 pm Around the World Sunday, March 10, 5 pm Three Days at Gettysburg, Part II Little New-Yorkers Sunday, April 21, 1 pm My Share of the Task Harold Holzer, John F. Marszalek, Sundays, March 3 and 10, 1 pm Mostly Magic with Matt Wayne Stanley A. McChrystal, Roger James M. McPherson Gallery & Sundays, 11:30am–12:30pm Mostly Magic with Matt Wayne Berkowitz, Walter Russell Mead Walking Tours Macy’s Sunday Story Time Sunday, April 28, 1:30 pm Friday, May 10, 7 pm Concert Sunday, March 24, 12:30 pm Coyote’s Dance – Live Performance Tuesday, March 12, 6:30 pm Frank Sinatra: “Here’s to Blue Eyes!” Select Sundays, 3 pm Meet the Author Avi – Sophia’s War

The Patriarch, Part II: Jay Leonhart and surprise guests February Reading Into History Family Book Club Joe and Jack Kennedy Monday, March 25 – Thursday, May Monday, February 4, 11 am David Nasaw Monday, May 13, 6:30 pm John Rogers: American Stories Gallery Tour February March 28, 9am–4pm Sunday, May 5, 1:30 pm The Civil War in 50 Objects Kimberly Orcutt Camp History David Grover – Kids’ Concert Friday, March 15, 7 pm Concert Harold Holzer, Eric Foner Saturday, February 9, 2–3:30pm

It’s Been a Long, Long Time: Songs of Hablemos de la Historia y del Arte Saturday, May 11, 2–3:30pm Longing and Joy from World War II Tuesday, May 14, 6:30 pm March April Hablemos de la Historia y del Arte Jay Leonhart and surprise guests The Roberts Court Saturday, March 23, 11 am Monday, February 18, 12–4 pm Sundays, April 7 and 14, 1-3 pm Marcia Coyle, Linda Greenhouse The Civil War Draft Riots Walking Tour The History of Chocolate with Sunday Scholars: Hands on Sunday, May 19, 1 pm ® Tuesday, March 19, 6:30 pm Barnet Schecter American Heritage Chocolate History for Teens Mostly Magic with Matt Wayne Seward: Lincoln’s Indispensable Man Saturday, May 18, 7 pm

Walter Stahr, Louis P. Masur New York Magic with Matt Wayne Sunday, April 7, 12:30 pm Matt Wayne April March A Journey with Purpose: June & July Thursday, March 28, 6:30 pm Monday, April 22, 11 am Sundays, March 3, 10, 17, 24, 1-3 pm Gail Becker, Joshua Miller, and Saturday, June 8, 2–3:30pm Those Angry Days: Roosevelt, Tuesday, May 21, 6:30 pm Audubon’s Aviary Gallery Tour Sunday Scholars: Hands on Facing History and Ourselves Hablemos de la Historia y del Arte Lindbergh, and America’s Fight The Guns at Last Light: History for Teens Roberta Olson Select Sundays in June & July Over World War II The War in Western Europe Sunday, April 14, 1:30 pm Summer in the City: Lynne Olson, Tom Brokaw Rick Atkinson, Steve Coll Saturday, March 9, 2–3:30pm You Were There! Lincoln’s Family Film Series Hablemos de la Historia y del Arte Assassination

A ernard Lincoln, Douglass, and the U.S. Colored Troops in Action Bernard and Irene Schwartz Tuesday, February 19, 6:30 pm | $30 (members $18) I nd I nd Under the terms of the S rene S rene Distinguished Speakers Series Emancipation Proclamation, the Union Army began re- chwart chwart (unless otherwise noted) cruiting so-called “colored” troops for the first time. This

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butions, sacrifices, and chal- isting isting Grand Central, Grand Vision lenges faced by the Union’s Leila Johnson Thursday, February 7, 6:30 pm | $30 (members $18) |SOLD OUT

extraordinary black fighting u u S ished S ished More than a century ago, the New York Central Railroad married steel construction and force, including the drama of Fort Wagner and the national shame of unequal pay. electric train traction to a Beaux-Arts vision of the city that reimagined New York on a 20th S peakers

S peakers century scale. Join us to look at American urbanism when cities — not suburbs — were on David W. Blight is Director of the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, our minds and New York was emerging as a “world class capital.” and Abolition at Yale. Elizabeth D. Leonard is the author of Men of Color to Arms! Black Soldiers, Indian Wars, and the Quest for Equality. Mia Bay is coauthor of the new book

is an architectural historian and host of a popular series of walking tours Freedom on My Mind, Volume 2: A History of African Americans with Documents. Harold eries eries Barry Lewis on PBS. Holzer (moderator) has written or edited more than 40 books on Lincoln and the Civil War era,

Dianne Arndt 2010 including Emancipating Lincoln. T

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Ru and arold The Harold and Ruth Newman World Beyond Tuesday, February 26, 6:30 pm | $30 (members $18) Tomorrow Lecture In 1955, on the first night of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, an untested, 26-year-old Baptist pastor made an impromptu speech that Technology: Innovations and Expanding Frontiers

N th catapulted him into the public consciousness as one of the faces of the Tuesday, February 12, 6:30 pm | $30 (members $18) burgeoning Civil Rights Movement. Celebrated author Taylor Branch, L tomorrow beyond world ewman in conversation with Bob Herbert, discusses the life and career of Technology is developing at a breathtaking rate. It seems like every Martin Luther King, Jr., and the watershed moments in Civil Rights week some new innovation makes the “cutting edge” obsolete. In this during King’s time.

program, Walter Isaacson and experts explore our digital future, what new J. Brough Schamp innovations will change the way we live, and how the rapid development Taylor Branch is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the landmark Civil Rights trilogy America of technology poses new threats to our security. This program is part of in the King Years and the new collection, The King Years: Historic Moments in the Civil Rights a special series, conceived by Harold Newman, examining where we’ve Movement. Bob Herbert (moderator) is a Distinguished Senior Fellow with Demos and a been, where we are, and the complexities and possibilities of the world contributing editor at the American Prospect magazine. Ralph Alswang Patrice Gilbert beyond tomorrow.

David E. Sanger is Chief Washington Correspondent of The New York Times. Walter Isaacson ect (moderator) is the CEO of the Aspen Institute and the author of Steve Jobs. Other speakers to

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8 To purchase tickets by phone call (212) 485-9268 To purchase tickets online visit nyhistory.org/programs 9 letter | exhibitions | calendar | programs | walks & talks | family | membership | general information B B A ernard A ernard The White House Series: First Families The Patriarch, Part II: Joe and Jack Kennedy Thursday, February 28, 6:30 pm | $30 (members $18) |SOLD OUT Tuesday, March 12, 6:30 pm | $30 (members $18) I nd I nd Forty-three men have been Celebrated historian David Nasaw returns to continue his discussion of Joseph P. Kennedy, S rene S rene elected to our nation’s high- the patriarch of America’s greatest political dynasty. In part two, Professor Nasaw focuses on est office and since the days Kennedy’s relationship with his son John F. Kennedy, who resurrected the family’s political of the Founding Fathers their chwart chwart reputation and captured the imagination of a generation. private lives — and those of their families — have fasci- z D z D nated the American public. David Nasaw is a professor of history at the CUNY Graduate Center and the author of isting isting ABC, Inc The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy.

Join us as four experts trade Peter Aaron tales of various First Families u u S ished S ished and discuss how our presidents’ loved ones have influenced them through the years.

Cokie Roberts is a political commentator for ABC News and the author of Ladies of Seward: Lincoln’s Indispensable Man S peakers S peakers Liberty. Kati Marton is an award-winning journalist and the author of Paris: A Love Story. Tuesday, March 19, 6:30 pm | $30 (members $18) Gil Troy is Professor of History at McGill University. Lesley Stahl (moderator) has been a correspondent for “60 Minutes” since 1991. William Henry Seward was one of the most important Americans of eries eries the 19th century: progressive governor of New York, outspoken federal New York Magic with Matt Wayne senator, secretary of state during the Civil War and its aftermath, and a target of the assassins who killed Lincoln. Join us for an illuminating Saturday, March 2, 7 pm | $30 (members $18) • Saturday, May 18, 7 pm | $30 (members $18) conversation about a complex and pivotal figure, Lincoln’s closest friend and adviser, and an early architect of America’s empire. In a city where architecture seems to defy gravity and buildings appear and disappear in the blink of an eye, New York has long served as a premier venue for the world’s most renowned Walter Stahr is the author of John Jay: Founding Father and the new Nick Lacy magicians. From Harry Houdini to Al Flosso to Jeff Sheridan, the city continues to attract and book Seward: Lincoln’s Indispensable Man. Louis P. Masur (moderator) foster entertainers from around the world. In keeping with this tradition, New-York Historical is Professor of American Studies and History at Rutgers University. He is the author of Lincoln’s presents two evenings of dazzling fun with celebrity magician Matt Wayne. Hundred Days. Please see page 26 for information on Sunday magic workshops led by Matt Wayne.

Cheryl Leon Matt Wayne is an American magician, actor, producer, and television personality best known for Those Angry Days: Roosevelt, Lindbergh, and his work and skill as a performer of close-up magic. America’s Fight Over World War II Thursday, March 28, 6:30 pm | $30 (members $18) My Share of the Task At the center of the debate over American intervention in World War Sunday, March 10, 5 pm | $30 (members $18) II were the two most famous men in America: President Franklin D. General (Ret.) Stanley A. McChrystal explores the Roosevelt and aviator Charles Lindbergh. The stakes could not have major episodes and controversies of his eventful been higher; the combatants were larger than life. Join us for a frank career, from his first day as a West Point plebe to discussion of the bitter clash that divided the nation, with the future of his career in counterterrorism and as commanding democracy and the fate of the free world hanging in the balance. officer of all U.S. and coalition forces in Afghanistan is the author of Those Angry Days: Roosevelt, Stanley Cloud NBC News 2012 to his last day as a four-star general. Lynne Olson Lindbergh, and America’s Fight Over World War II, 1939-1941. (moderator) was the Emmy Award-winning anchor and managing editor of Stanley A. McChrystal is a retired four-star Army Tom Brokaw NBC Nightly News from 1983 to 2004. He is the author of the book The Greatest Generation. general and author of My Share of the Task. Walter Russell Mead (co-moderator) is a Professor of Foreign Affairs and Humanities at Bard College. Roger Berkowitz (co-moderator) is the Academic Director of the Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities at Bard College.

Grant and Sherman I nd L enges WWII & NYC: The Rise and Decline Tuesday, April 2, 6:30 pm | $30 (members $18) of New York City S rene ect Ulysses S. Grant and William T. Sherman were two of the most famous Saturday, April 20, 9 am – 12 pm | $60 (members $36) chwart u — and some might say infamous — generals of the American Civil War. A on re Two historians gather to discuss the lives, careers, and complicated 9 am — Registration and Continental Breakfast

legacies of Grant and Sherman. z D H merican From Dutch Backwater to the UN isting John F. Marszalek is executive director of the Ulysses S. World War II was the culmination of a more than 300-year trajectory Grant Association and the author of Sherman’s Other War u S ished

Jim Tomlinson, Mississippi State LibrariesUniversity which catapulted New York from the edge of the world to its center. Not istory Harold Holzer (moderator) is the author, coauthor, or editor only did the city become the home of the United Nations, but it emerged of more than 40 books on Lincoln and the Civil War era.

as the cultural and economic seat of an American new-style empire. S peakers B A ernard Home with Toni Morrison Mike Wallace is a professor of history at John Jay College of Criminal Thursday, April 11, 6:30 pm | $30 (members $18) Justice and the CUNY Graduate Center. He is the coauthor of the eries Pulitzer Prize-winning book Gotham.

I nd Join us for a conversation between Bob Herbert and Nobel Prize winner Toni Morrison about her latest novel, Home. The book tells the story of S rene Frank Money, an angry veteran of the Korean War who, after traumatic Resilient Metropolis: World War II and the experiences on the front lines, finds himself back in racist America with Transformation of New York after 1945 chwart more than just physical scars. By the end of the second World War, New York had established itself as the cultural, financial, and economic capital of the world. But

z D Toni Morrison is the Nobel Prize-winning author of Beloved, Song of deindustrialization and suburbanization undermined the city to the Timothy Greenfield-Sanders Timothy isting Solomon, and many others. Her new book is Home. Bob Herbert is a extent that by 1975 it was on the verge of bankruptcy and collapse. Distinguished Senior Fellow with Demos and a contributing editor at What were the reasons for the city’s decline and how did it recover to u the American Prospect magazine. He is a former New York Times columnist. become once again the greatest city in the world? S ished

Eastside vs. Westside Kenneth T. Jackson is a history professor at Columbia University S peakers and the editor of the Encyclopedia of New York City. He is the chief Thursday, April 18, 6:30 pm | $30 (members $18) historian for the exhibition WWII & NYC.

By the end of the 19th century, Central Park West had become a bastion of middle class life eries We invite you to visit the exhibition WWII & NYC following the program. and Fifth Avenue the boulevard of the very wealthy. Today the east side chateaux have almost all disappeared, but the middle class apartment buildings of the west side remain a vital part of the New York skyline. Join us for a colorful evening with Barry Lewis whose Eastside vs. Westside lecture returns by popular demand. Swing Time: Times Square and Coney Island Thursday, May 2, 6:30 pm | $30 (members $18) Barry Lewis is an architectural historian and host of a popular series of walking tours on PBS. Dianne Arndt 2010 In this lecture and slideshow, presented in anticipation of the new exhibition Swing Time: Reginald Marsh and Thirties New York, architectural historian Barry Lewis explores two major entertainment centers that were emerging in New York in the 1930s: Times Square and Coney Island. Marsh was fascinated by urban daily life, and in Manhattan and Brooklyn, these two public spaces provided the backdrop for the social lives of many New Yorkers.

Barry Lewis is an architectural historian and host of a popular series of walking tours on PBS. Dianne Arndt 2010

12 To purchase tickets by phone call (212) 485-9268 To purchase tickets online visit nyhistory.org/programs 13 letter | exhibitions | calendar | programs | walks & talks | family | membership | general information B B A ernard A ernard Three Days at Gettysburg, Part II The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe Wednesday, May 8, 6:30 pm | $30 (members $18) Tuesday, May 21, 6:30 pm | $30 (members $18) I nd I nd In July 1863, Union and Confederate troops met D-Day marked the commencement of the final campaign of the S rene S rene in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania and in three days European war. Two authors tell the tale of the riveting series of events forever changed the course of American history. from the brutal fight in Normandy, the liberation of Paris, the disaster Three of America’s most renowned Civil War that was Operation Market Garden, the horrific Battle of the Bulge, and chwart chwart historians discuss one of the bloodiest and most finally the thrust to the heart of the Third Reich. haunting battles of the American Civil War z D z D Rick Atkinson is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Guns at Last isting isting Sigrid Estrada Lauren Shay Lavin David K. Crow Jim Tomlinson, Mississippi State LibrariesUniversity James M. McPherson, Professor Emeritus at Light: The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945, the last volume in his Princeton, is a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian. monumental Liberation Trilogy. Steve Coll (moderator) is the president u u S ished S ished His latest book is War on the Waters. John F. Marszalek is executive director of the Ulysses of the New America Foundation and a staff writer for The New Yorker. S. Grant Association and the author of Sherman’s Other War. Harold Holzer (moderator) has written or edited more than 40 books on Lincoln and the Civil War and is a recipient of the S peakers S peakers Foreign Policy Begins at Home: The Case for Putting America’s House in Order National Humanities Medal. Tuesday, June 4, 6:30 pm | $30 (members $18)

In the 21st century, the world seems in constant crisis. In his new book,

The Civil War in 50 Objects eries eries Monday, May 13, 6:30 pm | $30 (members $18) Richard N. Haass argues that only by getting its own house in order can the United States reclaim its role as the primary director of global events From a soldier’s diary with the pencil still attached to John Brown’s and maintain that role in a world of unprecedented chaos. pike, the Emancipation Proclamation, a Confederate Palmetto flag, and the leaves from Abraham Lincoln’s bier, Harold Holzer and Eric Foner Richard N. Haass is the president of the Council on Foreign Relations provide a unique and intimate look at the Civil War through the New- and former director of policy planning for the Department of State. Roger York Historical Society’s renowned collection. Hertog (moderator) is Chairman of the New-York Historical Society.

Harold Holzer has written or edited more than 40 books on Lincoln and the Civil War era, including The Civil War in 50 Objects, the companion Pacific War Turning Point: Midway or Guadalcanal? volume to a new rotating display at the New-York Historical Society. Saturday, June 8, 9 am – 12 pm | $60 (members $36) Eric Foner (moderator) is a Professor of History at Columbia University and a winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Bancroft Prize, Lincoln Prize, and many others. 9 am — Registration and Continental Breakfast The Roberts Court At the beginning of 1942, the Japanese were winning the Tuesday, May 14, 6:30 pm | $30 (members $18) Pacific War. Their preemptive strike at Pearl Harbor had crippled the American Battlefleet and in the ensuing six The Roberts Court sits at the center of a constitutional maelstrom. Two of months they wrested an enormous maritime empire from the the most prestigious Supreme Court experts discuss its direction under British, Dutch, and Americans. Then the war turned, with the Chief Justice Roberts and trace the paths of recent landmark decisions iconic Battle of Midway, the Marine landings on Guadalcanal, on race, guns, immigration, campaign finance, and health care. and the bitter, bloody campaign for the Solomon Islands. In

Dudley Harris this program, two experts discuss the turning point of the war. Marcia Coyle is the Chief Washington Correspondent for The National Law Journal and regularly appears on PBS’s “NewsHour.” She is the

Diego M. Radzinschi-National Law Journal Doran Marissa Richard B. Frank is the author of Guadalcanal and Downfall: The End of the Japanese Imperial Empire. He author of The Roberts Court. Linda Greenhouse (moderator) teaches was a consultant and on-screen contributor to the HBO series “The Pacific.”Craig L. Symonds is professor at Yale Law School and writes a biweekly column on law for The New emeritus at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis and the author The Battle of Midway. York Times online. Her most recent book is The Supreme Court: A Very Short Introduction.

14 To purchase tickets by phone call (212) 485-9268 To purchase tickets online visit nyhistory.org/programs 15 letter | exhibitions | calendar | programs | walks & talks | family | membership | general information B B A ernard A ernard Greenwich Village in the 1930s Sunday, June 9, 5 pm | $30 (members $18) I nd I nd In the sequel to his popular program on Greenwich Village, Barry Lewis returns, in conjunction S rene S rene with the exhibition Swing Time, to discuss the evolution of the Village in the 1930s. How did the Village change as New York and the nation moved from the carefree era of the ’20s to the more sobering decade of the ’30s? chwart chwart

Barry Lewis is an architectural historian and host of a popular series of walking tours on PBS. z D z D isting isting Dianne Arndt 2010 u u S ished S ished Revolutionary Summer: The Birth of American Independence Tuesday, June 11, 6:30 pm | $30 (members $18) S peakers S peakers Joseph J. Ellis and Stacy Schiff examine a crescendo moment in Swing Time American history: the summer of 1776. The summer represented the most dramatic few months in the story of our country’s founding, when Ball: Dinner eries eries the 13 colonies came together and agreed to secede from the British Empire while Britain dispatched the largest armada ever to cross the Dance at Atlantic. New-York

Erik Jacobs Seibert Elena Joseph J. Ellis is a winner of the National Book Award and a former professor at Mount Holyoke College. His new book is Revolutionary Historical Summer: The Birth of American Independence. Stacy Schiff (moderator) is a Pulitzer Prize- Society winning biographer and the author, most recently, of Cleopatra. Friday, June 21, 7 – 10 pm The Great Degeneration $165 (members $145) Wednesday, June 19, 6:30 pm | $30 (members $18) Join us for a wonderful evening Slowing growth, crushing debts, aging populations, anti-social behavior — what exactly is of ballroom dancing at the New- amiss with Western civilization? The answer, Niall Ferguson argues, is that our institutions York Historical Society and enjoy a are degenerating and that to slow the degeneration of the West’s once dominant civilization dazzling professional exhibition of will take heroic leadership and radical reform. dancing featuring swing, foxtrot, waltz, Argentine tango, Cha-cha, and more Niall Ferguson is a professor of history at Harvard University and the author of many books, performed by Arthur Murray Dance including The Great Degeneration. Center dancers. Price includes a buffet Dewald Aukema dinner and guests are invited to visit the new exhibition Swing Time: Reginald Marsh and Thirties New York.

The Swing Time Ball is co-sponsored by the Arthur Murray Dance Center of Columbus Circle, New York.

I nd Join architectural historian Barry Lewis for this Sunday program on New York’s Art Deco Saturday, April 6, 9 am–12:15 pm | $60 (members $36) S rene S rene buildings of the 1930s. From the Empire State and Chrysler Buildings to more modest buildings about town, Art Deco was the dominant style of “Swing Time.” 9:30 am: Europe on the Eve of the Great War chwart chwart The common explanation for the outbreak of World War I depicts Europe as is an architectural historian and host of a popular series of walking tours on PBS. Barry Lewis a minefield of nationalism, needing only the slightest pressure to set offan explosion of passion that would rip the continent apart. But was that really the z D z D case? Michael S. Neiberg, Professor of History in the Department of National isting isting Larry Kramer and The Normal Heart Security and Strategy at the U.S. Army War College and one of the world’s Wednesday, June 26, 6:30 pm | $30 (members $18) leading authorities on World War I, offers an alternate view. u u S ished S ished Debuting in 1985, Larry Kramer’s award-winning 11 am: Churchill and the Nazi Menace During the 1930s play The Normal Heart encapsulated the fear, John H. Maurer, senior fellow of FPRI and Chair of the Strategy and Policy S peakers S peakers confusion, and outrage of the early years of the HIV/ Department at the U.S. Naval War College, examines Winston Churchill’s AIDS crisis in New York City. In conjunction with the assessment of the darkening international scene during the 1930s, his efforts to exhibition AIDS in New York: The First Five Years, spur British rearmament, and how Britain’s economic condition, domestic politics, eries eries this special program reflects on this critical period and strategic position inhibited a more effective response to the menace posed rcus-Hires and the play’s lasting significance. by Hitler’s Germany. David Shankbone Joan Ma

Larry Kramer, a public health advocate and the cofounder of Gay Men’s Health Crisis, is the playwright of The Normal Heart. Special guests New Thinking on the American Revolution include actor/director Joe Mantello, who was nominated for a Tony Award for his role in the Saturday, May 4, 9 am–12:15 pm | $60 (members $36) 2011 revival of the play. Tony Kushner (moderator) is the screenwriter of Lincoln and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play Angels in America. 9:30 am: Strategic Communication in the American Revolution Outmatched by the most dominant military power of the 18th century, the American rebels compensated by constructing a sophisticated insurgent network. Marc A. Genest, Forrest Sherman Chair of Public Diplomacy in the Strategy and Old Wars, New Threats Policy Department at the U.S. Naval War College, discusses how the Americans’ A series of Saturday programs presented in collaboration with utilization of public diplomacy, propaganda, and covert operations undercut British conventional military advantages. the Foreign Policy Research Institute 11 am: The Savior of Our Country: Remembering Gen. George Washington New Frontiers in the 21st Century Edward G. Lengel, editor-in-chief of The Papers of George Washington and one Saturday, March 9, 9 am–12:15 pm | $60 (members $36) of the nation’s leading scholars of the life of George Washington, gives a fresh 9:30 am: A Layman’s Guide to Cyberwar and frank look at General Washington as a military commander, offering insights In a presentation that has been lauded by former National Security Advisor Robert into his strengths and weaknesses. McFarlane, Lawrence Husick, co-chair of the Foreign Policy Research Institute’s Center for the Study of Terrorism, examines why the cyberwars of the future are the next great threat to national security, military capabilities, and civilian systems and infrastructure. 9 am — Registration and Continental Breakfast for all programs. 11 am: Imagining Conflict with China – and Avoiding It With the rapid expansion of China’s economy has come the rise of its military power Please visit nyhistory.org/programs for more information on programs. and the enlargement of its regional and global aspirations. Is China on a trajectory that will bring it into conflict with the United States? Toshi Yoshihara is John A. van Beuren Chair of Asia-Pacific Studies at the U.S. Naval War College.

Bernard and Irene Schwartz Classic Film Series: Pay-as-you-wish Friday Nights! Join us for the New-York Historical Society’s film series, featuring opening remarks by notable directors, writers, actors, and historians.

Joan Marcus For more information on our featured films and speakers, please visit nyhistory.org/ programs or call (212) 485-9205. Entrance to the film series is included with Museum Admission during New-York Historical’s Pay-as-you-wish Friday Nights (6-8 pm). No advanced reservations. Tickets are distributed on a first-come, first-served basis beginning at 6 pm. Auditorium doors open at 6:30 pm (unless otherwise noted).

World War II and Its Legacy in Film Organized in conjunction with WWII & NYC

Brigitte Lacombe Free Friday Night Concerts Friday, March 1, 7 pm • Young Mr. Lincoln (1939) 100 minutes Speakers: Harold Holzer, Ron Simon Jay Leonhart, Family & Friends Friday, March 8, 7 pm • Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940) 110 minutes Speakers: Harold Holzer, Ron Simon This spring the New-York Historical Society proudly presents three major musical concerts featuring Jay Leonhart, his family, friends, and special guests. Friday, March 22, 7 pm • The Gang’s All Here (1943) 103 minutes Speaker: Will Friedwald Entrance to the concerts is free. No advanced reservations. Tickets are distributed on a first-come, first-

Friday, March 29, 7 pm • That Hamilton Woman (1941) 128 minutes served basis beginning at 6 pm. Auditorium doors open at 6:30 pm (unless otherwise noted). Speaker: Michael Korda For details and the latest information on our upcoming concerts and performers, please visit Friday, April 19, 7 pm • Wuthering Heights (1939) 103 minutes nyhistory.org/programs. Speakers: Catherine Wyler, Lesley Stahl

Friday, May 3, 7 pm • Foreign Correspondent (1940) 120 minutes Friday, March 15, 7 pm Speakers: Adam Gopnik, Richard Brody It’s Been a Long, Long Time: Friday, May 17, 7 pm • In a Lonely Place (1950) 94 minutes Songs of Longing and Joy from World War II Speakers: Adam Gopnik, Richard Brody Friday, April 5, 7 pm Friday, May 24, 7 pm • Anchors Aweigh (1945) 143 minutes Speakers: Will Friedwald, Ron Simon The Life and Music of Judy Garland

Friday, May 31, 7 pm • I Know Where I’m Going! (1945) 88 minutes Friday, May 10, 7 pm Speaker: Thelma Schoonmaker Frank Sinatra: “Here’s To Blue Eyes!” Friday, June 7, 7 pm • They Were Expendable (1945) 135 minutes Speakers: Craig L. Symonds, Mary Owen, Ron Simon Jay Leonhart, a world-renowned bassist and songwriter, has been performing professionally for more than 50 years. Throughout his illustrious career he has performed with many of the legendary musicians of the 20th century, including Judy Garland, Frank Sinatra, Swing Time Films Organized in conjunction with Tony Bennett, and Barbara Cook, among others. He has recorded numerous solo albums and continues to tour nationally. Swing Time: Reginald Marsh and Thirties New York From top: Harold Holzer, Ron Simon, Friday, June 14, 7 pm • Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) 115 minutes Adam Gopnik, Speaker: Ted Widmer Michael Korda, The New-York Historical Society is grateful to Bank of America for its Catherine Wyler Friday, June 28, 7 pm • Dodsworth (1936) 101 minutes generous support of all Free Friday Programs. and Lesley Stahl. Speaker: Catherine Wyler

20 ToNew-York purchase H istoricaltickets by S ocietyphone call (212) 485-9268 To purchaseVisit tickets nyhistory.org online visit for nyhistory.org/programs the latest information 21 letter | exhibitions | calendar | programs | walks & talks | family | membership | general information Bernard A Bernard Bernard A Bernard W W & G alking & G alking Audubon’s Aviary Gallery Tour Walks & Talks Monday, April 22, 11 am | Program $30 (members $18) nd Irene Schwartz Dis Schwartz Irene nd nd Irene Schwartz Dis Schwartz Irene nd Curator Roberta Olson leads a tour of the first installment of a sweeping three-part exhibition T allery T allery John Rogers: American Stories Gallery Tour that will showcase every masterpiece from New-York Historical’s unparalleled collection of John James Audubon’s preparatory watercolors for The Birds of America (1827–38), Monday, February 4, 11 am | Program $30 (members $18)

supplemented by major loans of some “early birds” by Audubon. Gallery tours are limited to o o u u rs rs 35 guests per tour. Please buy tickets in advance. In his lifetime, John Rogers sold over 80,000 works. His plasters carried on a deeply rooted American genre tradition and embraced subjects from the Civil War to domestic life to Roberta Olson is Curator of Drawings at the New-York Historical Society and the curator of popular theater and literary themes. Curator Kimberly Orcutt guides this tour of the stunning Audubon’s Aviary: Part I of the Complete Flock. t t i i exhibition. Gallery tours are limited to 35 guests per tour. Please buy tickets in advance. ngu ngu is is hed Speaker hed hed Speaker hed Kimberly Orcutt is Henry Luce Foundation Curator of American Art at the New-York World War II and New York: Walking Tour of Lower Manhattan Dale Gregory Historical Society and curator of John Rogers: American Stories. Sunday, June 2, 11 am | Program $30 (members $18) The Civil War Draft Riots Walking Tour From Battery Park to the Army Ocean Terminal, New York Harbor vividly s Ser s Ser records the city’s role in WWII. Join us to hear the story of the harbor Saturday, March 23, 11 am | Program $30 (members $18) and its people in wartime and explore how New York City remembers i i e e those who fought to protect the free world. Walking tours are limited to s s Join historian Barnet Schecter for an in-depth look at the festering racial and class conflicts 35 guests per tour. Please buy tickets in advance. that produced the deadliest riots in American history: the 1863 Draft Riots. Walking tours are limited to 35 guests per tour. Please buy tickets in advance. Cal Snyder is the author of Out of Fire and Valor: The War Memorials

of New York City from the Revolution to 9/11. Lucy Oakley is Head of Needham Sandy Barnet Schecter is the author of George Washington’s America: A Biography Through His Maps Education and Programs at NYU’s Grey Art Gallery. and The Devil’s Own Work: The Civil War Draft Riots and the Fight to Reconstruct America. Don Pollard AIDS in New York: The First Five Years Gallery Tour Monday, June 10, 11 am | Program $30 (members $18) Spring Migration Walks in the Ramble Spring Bird Walk 1: Sunday May 5, 9 am | $30 (members $18) Jean Ashton leads a gallery tour exploring the impact of the AIDS epidemic on personal lives, Spring Bird Walk 2: Sunday May 19, 9 am | $30 (members $18) public health and medical practices, culture, and politics in New York City and the nation. Gallery tours are limited to 35 guests per tour. Please buy tickets in advance. Central Park’s 38-acre Ramble is a bird watcher’s paradise, where more than 270 species have been spotted in a single year. Journey with wildlife artist and illustrator Alan Messer to Jean Ashton is Senior Director, Resources and Programs at the New-York Historical Society some of the most magical places in the Ramble, discovering along the way both resident and curator of AIDS in New York: The First Five Years. and migrating birds. During the spring migration in May, delight in the colorful warblers, hummingbirds, tanagers, and thrushes. Walking tours are limited to 35 guests per tour. Swing Time: Reginald Marsh and Thirties New York Gallery Tour Please buy tickets in advance. Monday, June 24, 11 am | Program $30 (members $18)

Alan Messer is a wildlife artist and illustrator of books, field guides, and periodicals. He is In paintings, prints, watercolors, and photographs, Reginald Marsh captured the animation a former president of the Linnaean Society of New York. His paintings may be viewed at and visual turbulence that made urban New York life an exhilarating spectacle. In this intimate alanmesser.net. gallery tour led by curator Barbara Haskell, experience New York in the 1930s as Marsh viewed it. Gallery tours are limited to 35 guests per tour. Please buy tickets in advance.

Barbara Haskell is curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art and the curator of the exhibition Swing Time: Reginald Marsh and Thirties New York.

& G alking The Trees of Central Park: Summer Walk Saturday, June 29, 9 am | Program $30 (members $18) Take Your Seat in History The Robert H. Smith Auditorium, our new, state-of-the-art theater, can accommodate an expanded sched- nd Irene Schwartz Dis Schwartz Irene nd Home to over 100 species of trees, Central Park is a superb place to observe specimens

T allery ule of the New-York Historical Society’s evening lectures, performances, special events and educational both native and transplant alike. Journey through the park and learn how to identify some of programs, in addition to a multimedia cinematic experience for museum visitors of all ages. the trees that call it home. Walking tours are limited to 35 guests per tour. Please buy tickets in advance. o Sponsor your seat today! We invite you to “Take Your Seat in History” with a gift of $1,000. Your u rs message, name or the name of another you wish to honor will appear on a beautiful plaque on one of Leslie Day is a biology and life-science teacher at The Elisabeth Morrow School and author of our auditorium seats. Field Guide to the Street Trees of New York City, illustrated by Trudy Smoke, who has studied botanical illustration at the New York Botanical Garden since 2004. t i To learn more, please visit www.nyhistory.org/takeyourseat or call (212) 485-9235. ngu is hed Speaker hed Funders In addition to the generous support of individual donors, the New-York Historical Society would like to thank s Ser Acclaimed restaurateur Stephen Starr, of Buddakan and Morimoto, brings casual elegance the following corporations, foundations, and government agencies for their support: to the New-York Historical Society. Caffè Storico features dishes inspired by classic Italian i e New York Yankees The Angela and Scott Jaggar s cicchetti, or small plates, as well as handmade artisanal pastas. The dining destination Corporate 42nd Street Development Corporation Nouveau Elevator Industries, Inc. Foundation serves lunch, dinner, a late afternoon menu and brunch on the weekends. Don’t miss the Alcoa Pfizer Inc. Jazz at Lincoln Center Platt Byard Dovell White Architects LLP The Leon Levy Foundation Sunday evening prix fixe — 3 courses for $28! American Architectural, Inc. American Express Company Pook Diemont & Ohl, Inc. The Henry Luce Foundation Anchin, Block & Anchin LLP Porterfield & Lowenthal, LLC The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Restaurant hours are Tuesday – Sunday 11 am – 10 pm. The restaurant is closed on Arnold & Porter LLP Proskauer Rose LLP The New York Community Trust Bank of America Soros Fund Management Peck Stacpoole Foundation Mondays. Museum admission is not required; entrance on 77th Street. To view menus or to Bloomberg Time Warner, Inc. The Rice Family Foundation make reservations, please visit www.caffestorico.com or call (212) 485-9211. BNP Paribas Unified Field May and Samuel Rudin Family Brooklyn Brewery Verizon Foundation, Inc. Brunello Cucinelli Viacom, Inc. The Pinkerton Foundation SPECIAL OFFER FOR EVENING LECTURES AND CONVERSATIONS BTIG Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz Research Foundation of The City Warburg Realty University of New York When you pre-order your ticket for a public program, for an extra $10 you can enjoy a pre- Cablevision Cauldwell Wingate Company Ziff Brothers Investments Robertson Foundation program glass of wine at Caffè Storico and we will reserve a priority seat for you. Select Centerbridge Partners Sansom Foundation, Inc. Sarah I. Schieffelin Residuary Trust the “package ticket” option online and stop by Caffè Storico prior to the event. Cannot be Collins Stewart LLC Foundation Con Edison The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation purchased at time of program; drink must be redeemed before program begins. A full bar The Achelis and Bodman Foundations The Starr Foundation Credit Suisse Armand G. Erpf Fund, Inc. selection is also available; beverages exceeding $10 will be charged the a la carte menu price Crown Holdings, Inc. Terra Foundation for American Art The Barker Welfare Foundation The Vidda Foundation difference at time of redemption. Availability is limited. Eli Wilner & Company The Bay and Paul Foundations, Inc. The Estée Lauder Companies, Inc. The H.W. Wilson Foundation, Inc. Booth Ferris Foundation Anonymous Frank Crystal & Co., Inc. The City University of New York Taste of New York Wines General Atlantic The Coby Foundation Goldman Sachs The Nathan Cummings Foundation Take a different look at the history of New York this summer through the New-York Historical Government Heartland Brewery The Irene Diamond Fund, Inc. Dormitory Authority of the Society’s wine tasting series. Wine tasting events featuring New York vineyards will take IDT Corporation The Max and Victoria Dreyfus state of New York Investment Technology Group, Inc. place at 4 pm on select Saturdays throughout the summer. Full program information will be Foundation, Inc. Empire State Development Corporation JPMorgan Chase & Co. The Ford Foundation Institute of Museum and Library Services available to the public starting in early spring and tickets (which include Museum Admission) King Cole Audio Visual Service, Inc. Furthermore: a program of the J. M. National Endowment for the Arts Knight Capital Group, Inc. will be available for purchase at www.nyhistory.org or by calling (212) 485-9268. Kaplan Fund National Endowment for the Humanities KPMG LLP Malcolm Gibbs Foundation New York City Department for the Aging Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American New York City Department of Cultural Kynikos Associates LP History Affairs, in partnership with the Lehman College The Goodman Memorial Foundation City Council Lend Lease Graham Windham New York City Department of Design Macquarie Group Foundation Greater Hudson Heritage Network and Construction Macy’s / Macy’s Foundation The Hearst Foundation, Inc. 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A Journey with Purpose Summer in the City: Gail Becker, Joshua Miller, and Family Film Series Facing History and Ourselves Sundays in June and July Visit nyhistory.org/childrens-museum for program details Sunday, April 7, 12:30 pm Acquaint your kids with the classics! Kick back and enjoy Strongly recommended for ages 9 and up. these movies together that feature New York City. Films include Muppets Take Manhattan, West Side Story, and How can we talk about the toughest parts of our history Newsies! with our children? To mark Yom HaShoah this unique intergenerational family program presents the award winning 2012 short film A Journey with Purpose, which documents Sunday Scholars: three generations of the Becker family on their return to Hands on History for Teens Auschwitz-Birkenau. We will be joined by the filmmaker Sundays, March 3, 10, 17, 24, and Gail Becker and her son Joshua, as well as members of the organization Facing History and Ourselves. April 7, 14, 1 – 3 pm Sunday Scholars is a six-week program for history-loving Family Learning Programs “I wanted Joshua to hear from his grandfather what high school students that offers an exciting opportunity to Engaging and Challenging Programs for the Whole Family happened there and to see, firsthand, where it happened. It research objects within the New-York Historical Society’s wasn’t just history. It was his history.” - Gail Becker Visit nyhistory.org/childrens-museum for more program details! extensive collection of historical artifacts and create a multimedia project that tells their story. The program is You Were There! Lincoln’s designed for students with a passion for New York City The History of Chocolate with Hablemos de la Historia y del Arte history and an interest in creating a media narrative that is Assassination both informative and entertaining. American Heritage Chocolate® Saturdays, February 9, March 9, April 20, May 11, Sunday, April 14, 1:30 pm Free with Family Membership or $125 per student for Non- June 8, 2 – 3:30 pm Be transported to the days and months sur- Monday, February 18, 12 – 4 pm Members. rounding Abraham Lincoln’s assassination Chocolate was not always sold as a candy bar! See, smell, Look, imagine, draw, and create! Families explore history with author Barry Dennenberg as he reads For more information and to apply, visit: www.nyhistory.org/ and taste chocolate as our forefathers enjoyed it in Colonial through art making in this Spanish-language gallery and studio from his book Lincoln Shot! What were the education/students/sunday-scholars. America. Ambassadors from The Historic Division of Mars will program. Ages 4 - 10. initial reports? Who was abetting John Wil- tell chocolate’s rich story from ‘bean-to-beverage’ by grinding $5 per person. Registration required; contact rosa.tejada@ kes Booth? Dennenberg’s books use a reportage style to Applications must be submitted by March 1, 2013. cocoa beans, adding spices like red pepper, nutmeg, and nyhistory.org. bring the events of April 14, 1865 to life and make them cinnamon, and heating up American Heritage Chocolate® for unfold before young readers’ eyes. Barry Dennenberg will you to taste. Don’t forget to get your own to bring home! ONGOING PROGRAMS Meet the Author Avi – be available to sign books after the program. Reading Into History Bird Tales: Folk Tales from Sophia’s War Coyote’s Dance – Live Performance Family Book Club Around the World Sunday, March 24, 12:30 pm Sunday, April 28, 1:30 pm Select Sundays, 3 pm Hear beloved children’s book author, Avi, The coyote is both a clown and a teacher on a humorous See www.nyhistory.org/childrens-museum for date, book, Saturday and Sunday, as he reads from Sophia’s War, talks about March 9 and 10, 2 pm journey of deceit and adventure! This dance-play presented and author listings. Each month families gather to discuss digging into the American Revolution, and by Treehouse Shakers recounts the exploits of the coyote, an the month’s read, hear from the author, and see authentic Join folklorist Bill Gordh and celebrate bird takes questions from you, the audience! Avi important animal among many North American Indian Nations. related objects and documents. Ages 9-12. heroes, tricksters, and villains. Don’t forget to visit will be available to sign books after the program. Audubon’s Aviary to see the Birds of America! Camp History David Grover – Concert Little New-Yorkers Mostly Magic with Sunday May 5, 1:30 pm Tuesdays and Fridays, 3:30 pm Monday, March 25 – Thursday, March 28, Matt Wayne Folk singer and children’s musician David The youngest New-Yorkers explore their city through 9 am – 4 pm Grover will entertain participants, young and singing, stories, and activities. Ages 3 - 5. Sundays, March 3 and 10, Time travel through the centuries! Put your imagination to old, in this concert of American standards, as April 21, May 19, 1 pm work in the museum galleries creating hands-on projects that well as some of David’s favorite songs for kids. To register for a special songwriting workshop Macy’s Sunday Story Time Celebrity magician Matt Wayne breaks down culminate with building a unique exhibition that reveals the stories of our city and our country. Ages 11 - 13. with David on Sunday, May 5, please contact Sundays, 11:30 am Cheryl Leon one trick per session — from the history to the [email protected] techniques. Tricks range from card-based to $500 ($400 for members). Registration required; contact Families discover more about New York history mind reading. Kids will get hands-on practice and guidance [email protected]. “David Grover knows how to make great music. It’s that through tales of the past. Ages 4 - 7. 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Directions: Subway: B or C train to 81st Street and Central Park West. Bus: M10 to 77th Street, M79 to 81st Street and Central Park West. Public Parking Garages: (all are located between Broadway and Amsterdam) Wilfred Street Garage, 203 West 77th Street, Fourth Floor First Floor (212) 362-2308; Tri-Star Parking, 207 West 76th Street, (212) 496-8553; Carousel The Henry Luce III Center for the 1 Admissions/Coat Check Parking, 201 West 75th Street, (212) 874-0581. Study of American Culture 2 Membership 1 Paintings 3 Robert H. and Clarice Smith 2 Audubon New York Gallery of American E-mail Notices: To receive e-mail notices and updates for upcoming events, activities and programs, 3 Portraits of the City History (Great Hall) please e-mail us at [email protected] with “e-mail announcements” in the 4 Tiffany Glass 4 Robert H. Smith Auditorium subject line. 5 Furniture 5 Robert H. and Clarice Smith 6 Decorative Objects (Silver, New York Gallery of American Glass and Ceramics) History (South Gallery) Services for Visitors with Our facilities, galleries and auditorium are wheelchair accessible. A wheelchair 7 Tools for Home and Trade 6 West Gallery accessible entrance is located at 2 West 77th Street. Wheelchairs are available to 8 Sculpture and Folk Art 7 Museum Store Mobility Impairments: 9 Historic Relics and Artifacts 8 Rotunda visitors free of charge. It is advisable to reserve in advance by calling (212) 485-9200 or from 9/11 9 Restaurant (212) 873-7489 (TTY). Please ask security for assistance when you arrive. 10 Temporary Exhibitions 11 East Mezzanine: Coins, Military, Lower Level Firefighting, Urban Archaeology DiMenna Children’s History Services for Visitors Who Most exhibition audio and video, including all media in the DiMenna Children’s 12 North Mezzanine: Toys, Jewelry 1 History Museum, is accessible to t-coil hearing aid users. T-coil compatible Accessories, Textiles Museum Are Deaf or Hard of Barbara K. Lipman Children’s 13 Paintings Storage 2 Hearing: audio guides are available for the Luce Center permanent collections as well as History Library select exhibitions and are free with admission. Headsets and neckloops are also Second Floor 3 Classroom 1 available. Please inquire at the admissions desk. 4 Classroom 2 1 Patricia D. Klingenstein Library 2 Civil Rights Gallery 3-5 The Luman Reed Galleries 6 Dexter Hall 7 Barbara Knowles Debs Education Center 8 Departments of Prints, Photographs and Architectural Collections (by appointment only) 9 Cabinet Gallery

Vice Chairs Members Marianne and Tarky Lombardi, Jr. New-York Historical Society Reina Marin Bassini and Emilio Bassini Anonymous (2) Bertil and Elizabeth Lundqvist Charles Cahn Nira and Kenneth Abramowitz Joanne and Norman Matthews Board of Trustees & Chairman’s Council List Barbara Knowles Debs and Richard A. Lorraine and Richard Abramson Cindy and Rich McKinney Debs Jacqueline Adams Doris and Gilbert Meister Judith K. and Jamie Dimon Arthur S. Ainsberg Ronay and Richard Menschel John R. Doss Kay Allaire Howard P. Milstein / Emigrant Bank Patricia Dunnington Mr. and Mrs. Martin B. Amdur Sandra and Lowell Mintz Judi Flom Arnhold Foundation, Inc. Louise Mirrer and David Halle Chairman Board of Trustees Chairman’s Council The Everett Foundation Bunny and Bill Beekman Dinny and Lester Morse Roger Hertog Helen Appel Mary Ann Fribourg Bialkin Family Foundation Amanda and Neal Moszkowski James Basker Chair Lucy and William Friedman Roberta and Stanley Bogen Sarah E. Nash and Michael S. Sylvester John L. Nau III Vice Chair William Beekman Pam B. Schafler James Grant Elizabeth and George Boltres Pam B. Schafler Norman Benzaquen Mr. and Mrs. Gurnee F. Hart Belinda and Charles Bralver Lynn and Harry O’Mealia Judith Roth Berkowitz Co-chairs Helen and Edward Hintz Ildiko and Gilbert Butler Trina and Mike Overlock Franci J. Blassberg Helen and Robert Appel Charlene Wang Howe and David S. Jane and Donald Cecil Carolyn Palmer President & CEO David Blight Norman S. Benzaquen Howe Anne J. and Thomas J. Charters Judith Stern Peck Louise Mirrer Ric Burns Judy and Howard Berkowitz Lyn and Seth Kaller Rita Cleary Suzanne Peck James S. Chanos Franci Blassberg and Joe Rice Kate Kelly and George F. Schweitzer Anne E. Cohen Pzena Charitable Foundation Ravenel B. Curry III James S. Chanos Mr. and Mrs. Peter Kimmelman Stephen A. Cohen Michael Quinn Susan Frier Danilow Lois Chiles and Richard Gilder Seth A. Klarman Terry and Douglas Cooper Ellen and Richard Rampell Elizabeth B. Dater Sonya and Dev Chodry Ruth and Sidney Lapidus Carolyn and George Cox David Redden Barbara Knowles Debs Suzanne and Rich Clary Vivien Liu and Alan D. Hilliker Gail and Richard Elden Carol and Joseph Reich / The Pumpkin Joseph A. DiMenna Beth and Ravenel B. Curry The Caroline M. Lowndes Foundation Howard L. Ellin Foundation Niall Ferguson Susan and Greg Danilow Mr. and Mrs. Peter L. Malkin Peter M. Engel Jean Margo Reid and Richard P. Brief Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Elizabeth B. Dater and Wm. Mitchell Marc O. Mayer Anne Farley and Peter C. Hein Shaiza Rizavi and Jonathan Friedland Buzzy Geduld Jennings, Jr. Paula and Tom McInerney Lisa Field Elizabeth and Felix Rohatyn Richard Gilder Scott M. Delman Sandy Mintz Ellen Flamm and Richard Peterson Joanna S. and Daniel Rose James Grant Diana and Joe DiMenna Alex Munroe and Robert Rosenkranz Peter M. Flanigan Susan and Elihu Rose Martin J. Gross Lawrence N. 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Strickler and Mark T. Charles Phillips Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Saunders III Harriet and Warren Stephens Ann Kaplan and Robert Fippinger Gallogly Stuart J. Rabin Pam and Scott Schafler Laurie and Sy Sternberg Judy and Earle Kazis Foundation Fund Szilvia Tanenbaum Richard Reiss Irene and Bernard L. Schwartz Nicki and Harold Tanner Doris Kempner Laurie M. Tisch Charles M. Royce Paul Singer John L. Thomson Susan and Robert Klein Barbara and Donald Tober Thomas A. Saunders III Michelle Smith Billie Tisch Mr. and Mrs. Lee P. Klingenstein Tova Friedler Usdan and Ernest Benno Schmidt Katherine and Vincent Teti The Honorable Merryl H. Tisch and Bruce Kovner Rubenstein Bernard Schwartz Alice and Thomas Tisch James S. Tisch Kim and Simon Krinsky Naomi and Ernest von Simson Michelle Smith Ira L. Unschuld Melissa Vail and Norman Selby Nancy Kuhn and Bernard Nussbaum Eric J. Wallach Ernest Tollerson Leah and Michael Weisberg Barbara Vogelstein Karen Landau and Rodney W. Nichols Margaret Wellington and William Ira Unschuld Anita and Byron Wien Sue Ann Weinberg Joann and Todd Lang Constantine Sue Ann Weinberg Barbara and David Zalaznick Dalia and Larry Leeds Judy and Josh Weston Michael Weisberg Gail and Alan Levenstein Hope and Grant Winthrop List as of November 30, 2012 Byron R. Wien Martin R. Lewis Carol and Lawrence Zicklin

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