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Audubon’s Aviary: Something Old, Something Borrowed, but Most Things New February 13, 2009 through April 5, 2009 & P S ro E pring Wi x grams hi nt 2 b e 00 r it 9 i ons Dear Friends,

Suddenly the Great Depression does not seem so far away in time. Those famous black and white photographs of the 1930s have been vividly brought back to life by recent scenes on the news—bank closings, massive layoffs, soup kitchens that can’t keep up with the needs of hungry Americans. The financial crisis today, as in 1932-33, coincides with the inaugura - tion of a new president. Who was Franklin Delano Roosevelt? What did he do to restore the nation’s confidence in its economy and political system? What lessons does the experience of FDR’s First Hundred Days have for the incoming administration of Barack Obama? Visitors to the New-York Historical Society will have a chance to reflect on these questions as they view our newest exhibition, A New President Takes Command , presented by the New-York Historical Society in collaboration with the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum in Hyde Park, New York. The exhibition is based on “Action and Action Now”: FDR’s First Hundred Days , a major exhibition currently on display in Hyde Park through the fall of 2009. The installation at the N-YHS is the first in a series of collaborations that draw upon the rich collections of both the FDR Presidential Library and Museum and the New-York Historical Society. I hope you’ll join us for this important new exhibition, which is as timely and provocative as the splendid public programs described in this brochure. Join us, too, for the fifth and final installation of Audubon’s John James Audubon Aviary ; for the final months of Grant and Lee in War and Peace ; and for our with Joseph Mason special display, in celebration of ’s bicentennial, that Black-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus features documents, art, and objects from the Gilder Lehrman Collection erythrophthalmus) , on deposit at the New-York Historical Society. And, yes. JOIN US . Letter Havell plate no. 32 If you’re not already an N-YHS member, you’re missing out on special, (detail), 1822 from Watercolor, pastel, members-only events and opportunities, tailor-made for history buffs graphite, gouache, like you. the President and black ink My colleagues, Museum Director Linda S. Ferber and Library Purchased from Mrs. John J. Audubon Director Jean Ashton, and our talented Vice President for Public New-York Programs, Dale Gregory, all join me in wishing you a wonderful year Historical Society ahead, with exhibitions, programs, and great events that we know you will not want to miss. With best regards,

LOUISE MIRRER, PH.D. PRESIDENT and CEO Exh ibitions New York: A Portrait of the City man in the stovepipe hat; the savior of the Union; the Great Emancipator; September 1, 2008 through January 2010 the martyred leader. How can we look past the myth and get to know A new feature of the Luce Center offers a vivid pictorial survey of New York, Lincoln’s true character? His words are the key. These extraordinary letters presenting highlights of the metropolis and over two hundred years of urban and manuscripts allow us to discover Lincoln and his principles through his life. The exhibition includes Francis Guy’s Tontine Coffee House of ca. 1797 own words. From the draft of his famous House Divided Speech to his and Yvonne Jacquette’s 1998 painting: From World Trade Center . announcement of the fall of Richmond, we see his struggle with the poten - tial dissolution of the country and his desire for a new birth of freedom. See page 26 for Grant and Lee in War and Peace credits on the October 17, 2008 through March 29, 2009 “First Flowers:” Colonial Portraits at the New-York Historical Society Grant and Lee Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee became America’s greatest generals yet January 24, 2009 through 2010 collaboration with used their talents in the Civil War that tore the nation apart. This thought- The Society holds one of the nation’s premiere collections of 18th century the Virginia Historical Society. provoking historical exhibition plunges visitors into the turbulent years American portraits, called by art historian James Thomas Flexner “the first from the 1830s to the 1880s that shaped the course of American democracy flowers of our wilderness.” The exhibition will address the lives of the sitters as the United States expanded west and into Mexico, fought a bloody indus - as well as the reasons these engaging images of early New Yorkers were com - trialized war, and ultimately emerged as a unified capitalist power. The missioned. N-YHS exhibition complements the Virginia Historical Society sister exhi - bition Lee and Grant . Audubon’s Aviary: Something Old, Something Borrowed, but Most Things New A New President Takes Command: February 13, 2009 through April 5, 2009 FDR’s First Hundred Days The N-YHS holds 435 stunning preparatory watercolors for 433 of the 435 December 13, 2008 through May 3, 2009 plates in The Birds ofAmerica (1827-38). Each year, N-YHS exhibits a selection Presented in collaboration with the FDR Library in Hyde of around 40 different watercolors by Audubon revolving around different Park, this exhibition marks the 75th anniversary of themes suggested by the legendary naturalist artist’s life and work. The 2009 Franklin Roosevelt’s first inauguration and the beginning Aviary, the last in the five-part series, will examine Audubon’s debts to his of the New Deal, displaying rarely seen documents, photo - predecessors, alongside his own radical innovations. graphs, artifacts, posters and newsreels from the collections of both institutions. When Roosevelt was inau - The Hudson River School at the N-YHS: Nature and the American Vision gurated in March 1933, nearly 13 million Americans were April 17, 2009 through March 21, 2010 jobless. Many had lost their homes and their savings. Four The N-YHS continues to showcase together more than 100 famous paintings thousand banks collapsed in the first two months of 1933. The speed and by arti sts of the Hudson River School, including Thomas Cole, Asher B. Hoover and Roosevelt President-elect scope of Roosevelt’s actions were unprecedented and many later Presidents Durand, John F. Kensett, Jasper F. Cropsey, and Albert Bierstadt in a series Roosevelt and have used the “First 100 Days” as a measure for their own administrations. of rotating exhibitions drawn from the Society’s extraordinary American President Herbert landscape collection. Hoover share a tense ride to the Capitol Abraham Lincoln In His Own Words: An Intimate View of on Inauguration Day. Our Greatest President Building the Collections: Recent Acquisitions at the N-YHS Franklin D. Roosevelt February 12, 2009 through July 12, 2009 April 24, 2009 through July 9, 2009 Presidential Library Planned in collaboration with the Gilder Lehrman Institute, the exhibition As the oldest museum in New York City, the Society’s collections represent and Museum, Hyde Park, features rarely displayed documents from the Gilder Lehrman Collection the interests and enthusiasms of New Yorkers over more than two centuries New York and several compelling sculptural Lincoln portraits from the N-YHS. More and continue to grow. The exhibition highlights some of the many works of books have been written about Abraham Lincoln than any other American, art, documents, and artifacts acquired in the past few years for Museum and yet our most famous president is dominated by a series of iconic images: the Library collections. Among the treasures to be shown are John Rink’s plan son of an illiterate frontier farmer who taught himself to read; the bearded for the Central Park Design Competition of 1858 and a canvas from Richard Haas’s 1981 mural, Cityscape , an aerial view of midtown Manhattan.

2 NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY 3 VISIT WWW.NYHISTORY.ORG FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION May March Lectures & TUESDAY, MARCH 17 6:30 PM Galler y & Musical Events In Lincoln’s Hand Conversations TUESDAY, MAY 5 6:30 PM Walking Tours SATURDAY, MARCH 7 Harold Holzer, Joshua Wolf Shenk, Abraham Lincoln: A Life March 11th New York Infantry Cynthia Ozick February Michael Burlingame February AMERICAN MUSICALS PROJECT SATURDAY, MARCH 14 THURSDAY, MARCH 19 6:30 PM THURSDAY, MAY 7 6:30 PM 2009 CONCERT SERIES 3rd US Colored Troops THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5 6:30 PM TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24 1:00 PM Lethal Legacy Shopping Old New York with Mary Lincoln’s Constitution Audubon’s Aviary Tour with Curator Linda Fairstein, Lesley Stahl Todd Lincoln and Barry Lewis MONDAY, MARCH 9 7:00 PM Benno Schmidt, Akhil Reed Amar Roberta J. M. Olson Loesser Is More: Howard Kissel takes SATURDAY, MARCH 21 Barry Lewis 2nd New Jersey Brigade TUESDAY, MARCH 24 6:30 PM us to Frank’s Other Shows Howard Kissel, Pamela Hunt TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10 6:30 PM Blindspot TUESDAY, MAY 12 6:30 PM March Robert E. Lee in American Memory Jane Kamensky, Jill Lepore From “Hooverville” to the First SATURDAY, MARCH 28 54th Massachusetts Infantry Emory M. Thomas, David W. Blight Hundred Days: The Coming of FDR SATURDAY, MARCH 14 11:00 AM MONDAY, MARCH 16 7:00 PM Legacies of Grant and Lee THURSDAY, MARCH 26 6:30 PM and the New Deal Songs for Men Only!: Sheldon Harnick Gallery Tour TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17 6:30 PM Life Without Lawyers Benno Schmidt, Jonathan Alter, introduces The Guys July 4th Celebration Cal Snyder The Lincoln-Douglas Debates Philip K. Howard, Sir Harold Evans William E. Leuchtenburg Sheldon Harnick Douglas L. Wilson, Rodney O. Davis SATURDAY, JULY 4 10:00 AM-5:00 PM SATURDAY, MARCH 21 11:00 AM MONDAY, MARCH 23 7:00 PM Living History All-Day Celebration TUESDAY, MARCH 31 6:30 PM THURSDAY, MAY 14 6:30 PM Audubon’s Aviary Tour with Artist Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Franklin, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19 6:30 PM Make It Plain: A Life in Speaking Richard Gilder Distinguished Lecture: The Dolls: Polly Bergen and AMP Alan Messer American Revolutionary Troops, With Wings Like Eagles Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. Who’s Your Daddy? Honor the Ladies Michael Korda Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Polly Bergen Master Storyteller Jonathan Kruk April SATURDAY, MARCH 28 11:00 AM TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24 6:30 PM TUESDAY, MAY 19 6:30 PM The Civil War Draft Riots: April American History A. Lincoln: A Biography A Walking Tour Looking for Lincoln THURSDAY, APRIL 2 6:30 PM Barnet Schecter Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Bob Herbert Great Writers on Lincoln: From Ronald C. White MONDAY, APRIL 6 7:30 PM Quiz Show Whitman to Obama Guys and Dolls and Damon Runyon: The American Musicals Project Gala THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26 6:30 PM Harold Holzer, Liam Neeson, TUESDAY, MAY 26 6:30 PM April SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14 2:00 PM Fighting For the City Matthew Modine Lincoln and the American Dream Benefit American Presidents Quiz Show Mario M. Cuomo, Michael A. Bill Moyers, Harold Holzer, SATURDAY APRIL 11 11:00 AM Jo Sullivan Loesser, Pamela Hunt Kenneth C. Davis Norton Garfinkle Presidents in Crisis: Lincoln and Cardozo, William E. Nelson TUESDAY, APRIL 14 6:30 PM Roosevelt, The First Hundred Days The Global Financial Crisis, A Great Cal Snyder Living History March Depression? June James D. Wolfensohn, Niall Days TUESDAY, MARCH 3 6:30 PM Ferguson, Richard Sylla THURSDAY, JUNE 11 6:30 PM SATURDAY, APRIL 25 9:00 AM Robert E. Lee: New Yorker World Science Festival April Bird Walk 10:00 am – 5:00 pm Alan Messer Elizabeth Brown Pryor, David W. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22 6:30 PM Speakers TBA Blight Mrs. Lincoln February Catherine Clinton, Eric Foner May THURSDAY, MARCH 5 6:30 PM SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7 6th U.S. Colored Troops For the Birds! Cartooning Night with THURSDAY, APRIL 23 6:30 PM SATURDAY, MAY 9 9:00 AM Mort Gerberg & Alan Messer Angels and Ages: Darwin, Lincoln, May Bird Walk Mort Gerberg, Alan Messer and Modern Life Alan Messer SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14 Adam Gopnik 67th New York Regiment THURSDAY, MARCH 12 6:30 PM Abraham Lincoln and His Generals TUESDAY, APRIL 28 6:00 PM SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21 Josiah Bunting III, Eliot Cohen Lincoln At Peoria: The Turning Point 22nd U.S. Colored Troops Lewis E. Lehrman SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28 Calen3rd U.S. dColored Troops ar

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Programs $15 (students, educators, seniors $10; members $8) unless otherwise noted

Lincoln’s Constitution Celebrating Lincoln’s Thursday, February 5, 6:30 pm Bicentennial With the possible exception of George Washington, Abraham Lincoln had a vastly greater influence on the Constitution than any other president. He not only had an unparalleled influence on executive power and the idea of the Constitution as a dynamic, changing document, but he reshaped the Constitution with respect to the most fundamental, divisive, and terrible issue in the history of the country: slavery. The century after the Civil War would demonstrate the seismic potential and long reach of Lincoln’s reshaping of American federalism. BENNO SCHMIDT , MODERATOR , is Chairman of the Edison Schools, and o r i

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H Political Science at Yale University and a 22-year veteran of the Yale Law School faculty. He is the author of America’s Constitution: A Biography .

Robert E. Lee in American Memory Organized in Tuesday, February 10, 6:30 pm conjunction with How did the general who led the Confederacy become a legend among his the exhibition troops despite defeat—and in a matter of a few decades become a national Grant and Lee in icon of American memory? Why is defeat sometimes more interesting than War and Peace victory to some Americans? How indeed did Lee emerge as the principal symbol of the “Lost Cause” in the wake of his death in 1870, and why over time were so many monuments, books, and other expressions of Lee’s lega - cies so plentiful all across the South by the early 20th century? EMORY M. T HOMAS is Regents Professor of History Emeritus at the University of Georgia and the author of Robert E. Lee: A Biography and Nathaniel Currier and Robert E. Lee: An Album . DAVID W. B LIGHT , MODERATOR , is the Class James Merritt Ives of 1954 Professor of American History and the Director of the Gilder The Political Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition at Gymnasium , 1860 Yale University. He is the author of Race and Reunion , which won the Lithograph New-York Historical Frederick Douglass, Lincoln, and Bancroft Prizes. Society Library

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Programs $15 The Lincoln-Douglas Debates Fighting For the City (students, educa - Tuesday, February 17, 6:30 pm Thursday, February 26, 6:30 pm tors, seniors $10; In 1858, what was ostensibly a campaign for the U.S. Senate became, in New York City’s government faces enormous legal challenges, including bal - members $8) New York Story unless otherwise effect, a battleground over conflicting ideals in a nation deeply divided. Two ancing constitutional rights with terrorist concerns in a post 9/11 world. The noted experts examine one of the most colorful, engaging, and vital episodes in 325-year-old Corporation Counsel’s Office is the City’s law firm responsible American history: the debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. for defending the City in facing these challenges. This program will focus on Douglas. The issues so fiercely debated were not about ordinary partisan dif - several controversial cases and topics, including subway bag searches, gay Celebrating ferences, but one momentous, nation-threatening issue: slavery. marriage, under what circumstances the Police Department can video tape polit - Lincoln’s DOUGLAS L. W ILSON is George A. Lawrence Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus at ical demonstrations, litigation involving public protests, and other legal issues. Bicentennial Knox College and a two-time winner of the , which he won most recently for MARIO M. C UOMO served three terms as Governor of New York State Lincoln’s Sword: The Presidency and the Power of Words . RODNEY O. D AVIS is Szold from 1983 to 1994 and is now Of Counsel in the law firm of Wilkie Farr Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of History at Knox College and was co-recipient & Gallagher, LLP. MICHAEL A. C ARDOZO is New York City’s 77th of the First Annual Abraham Lincoln Institute Book Award in 1998. They are co-directors Corporation Counsel and the longest to serve in that office in modern of the Lincoln Studies Center at Knox and co-editors of The Lincoln-Douglas Debates , the New York history. WILLIAM E. N ELSON is the Edward Weinfeld Professor most complete record ever assembled of the debates. of Law at NYU and the author of Fighting for the City: A History of the New York City Corporation Counsel . With Wings Like Eagles: A History of the Battle of Britain A special reception of New York wines will follow the program. Thursday, February 19, 6:30 pm It was the most intense and concentrated moment of the war, when a World War II Robert E. Lee: New Yorker handful of young men fought and won the most important battle of World Tuesday, March 3, 6:30 pm War II, the loss of which would have meant the invasion of Britain, and a Organized in Prior to the Civil War, Robert E. Lee spent more of his adult life in New York Europe dominated and controlled by a victorious Nazi Germany that we can conjunction with than in any other state. He left us wonderful descriptions of West Point tat - the exhibition hardly even imagine. In this program, Michael Korda tells toos and cadet antics; of sleigh riding down Broadway; and of the tall ships the story of the Battle of Britain, from the political back - Grant and Lee in War and Peace and commercial activity in New York’s harbor. Lee’s time in New York was ground of the 1930s to the new military technology of the day also key to forming his remarkably nationalist attitude—an attitude that to the battle itself. would cause him anguish in 1861 when he was forced to take sides as the MICHAEL KORDA is the author of such books as Ike , Horse People , and nation careened toward war. Ulysses S. Grant . His latest book is With Wings Like Eagles: A History ELIZABETH BROWN PRYOR is a historian and a senior diplomat in the American Foreign of the Battle of Britain . Service. She is the author of Reading the Man: A Portrait of Robert E. Lee Through His Private Letters . DAVID W. B LIGHT , MODERATOR, is the Class of 1954 Professor of Film Clips/Interview American History and the Director of the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Looking for Lincoln Resistance, and Abolition at Yale University. He is the author of Race and Reunion , which Tuesday, February 24, 6:30 pm won the Frederick Douglass, Lincoln, and Bancroft Prizes. Celebrating The PBS Documentary Looking for Lincoln , hosted by renowned scholar Lincoln’s Henry Louis Gates, Jr., addresses many of the controversies surrounding Bicentennial Lincoln – race, equality, religion, politics, and depression – by carefully inter - preting evidence from those who knew him and those who study him today. Bob Herbert joins Professor Gates to discuss these issues and more in this special program, augmented by short clips of the film. HENRY LOUIS GATES , J R., is Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and Director of the W.E.B. DuBois Institute of African American History at Harvard University. He is the author or editor of many books, most recently Lincoln on Race and Slavery with Donald Yacovone. BOB HERBER T, MODERATOR , is an op-ed columnist at The New York Times who often writes about politics, urban affairs, and social trends.

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For the Birds! Cartooning Night with In Lincoln’s Hand Mort Gerberg & Alan Messer Tuesday, March 17, 6:30 pm Thursday, March 5, 6:30 pm On the occasion of the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s birth, In Join cartoonist Mort Gerberg and Lincoln’s Hand offers an unprecedented look at perhaps our greatest presi - wildlife artist Alan Messer for a night dent through vivid images of his handwritten letters, speeches, and even of birds, art, and fun at the Society as childhood notebooks—many never before made available to the public. Co- they take us on a virtual birding tour editors Harold Holzer and Joshua Wolf Shenk discuss the greatest of and other flights of fancy with on- presidential writers and the look, feel, and sound of his words. Readings of stage cartoon improvisations. Before Lincoln’s writings by Cynthia Ozick. the program begins you will receive an HAROLD HOLZER , MODERATOR, is co-chairman of the U.S. Lincoln Bicentennial illustrated map of a bird walk through Commission and has written or edited more than 30 books on Lincoln and the Civil War. Central Park’s Ramble, complete with JOSHUA WOLF SHENK is the author of Lincoln’s Melancholy: How Depression Challenged a illustrations of key birds, their President and Fueled His Greatness and the director of the Rose O’Neill Literary House at Washington College. They are co-editors of In Lincoln’s Hand: His Original Manuscripts plumage, and habitats. On stage, with with Commentary by Distinguished Americans . CYNTHIA OZICK , READINGS , is the author of Mr. Messer’s assistance, Mr. Gerberg numerous acclaimed works of fiction and nonfiction. She is a recipient of the National will transport us to a Ramble all his Book Critics Circle Award, four O. Henry first prizes, and the 2008 PEN/Nabokov Award. Reproduced from The All-Jewish Cartoon own with his hilarious cartoonist’s imagination. Join us and celebrate the Collection: Strictly Kosher. Society’s new Audubon’s Aviary exhibition. Lethal Legacy Prepared Under Rabbinical ORT ERBERG Supervision . M G is a cartoonist and author whose cartoons have Thursday, March 19, 6:30 pm appeared regularly in several magazines, including the The New Linda Fairstein has written the eleventh novel featuring her fictional Yorker and Publisher’s Weekly . His latest book is The All-Jewish heroine, Manhattan DA Alex Cooper. Joined by journalist Lesley Stahl, Cartoon Collection: Strictly Kosher. Prepared Under Rabbinical Programs $15 Fairstein discusses Lethal Legacy , a murder mystery set inside the rarefied Supervision . ALAN MESSER is a wildlife artist and illustrator of books, (students, educa - world of the New York Public Library for crime fiction fans and bibliophiles tors, seniors $10; field guides, and periodicals. He is a former president of the Linnaean alike. Set against a meticulous New York backdrop, this story is a breath - Society of New York. His paintings may be viewed at alanmesser.net. members $8) taking blend of history and suspense. unless otherwise Co-sponsored by the New York City Audubon Society and the Linnaean Society of New York. noted LINDA FAIRSTEIN is the author of the Alex Cooper crime novels and a former Manhattan Assistant District Attorney, where she headed the sex crimes Abraham Lincoln and His Generals unit. Her latest novel is Lethal Legacy . LESLEY STAHL , Thursday, March 12, 6:30 pm MODERATOR, has been a correspondent for “60 Abraham Lincoln shrewdly ran the Civil War through his generals, George B. Minutes” on CBS since 1991. She was previously a McClellan and Ulysses S. Grant. In this program, three experts examine the CBS News White House correspondent and moderator of “Face the Nation.” leadership and management skills of the commander-in-chief, his crucial and sometimes contentious relationships with the military men who served him, Blindspot and how Lincoln’s relationship with Grant compares to other notable Tuesday, March 24, 6:30 pm President/General relationships in wartime, such as Truman/MacArthur and Nathaniel Currier and Jane Kamensky and Jill Lepore discuss their gripping book Blindspot , a 21st- Bush/Petraeus. James Merritt Ives century novel in 18th-century garb. A work of fiction that is full of rich, accu - President Lincoln at JOSIAH BUNTING III , MODERATOR , is President of the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Home (detail), 1865 rate history that only two such accomplished historians can provide, the and President of the Lehrman American Studies Center at the Intercollegiate Studies Lithograph book plays with the conventions of 18th-century novels, newspapers, por - Institute in Wilmington, Delaware. He is the author of, most recently, Ulysses S. Grant . New-York Historical traits, and histories. Set in boisterous, rebellious Boston on the eve of the Society Library ELIOT COHEN is Robert E. Osgood Professor of Strategic Studies at Johns Hopkins Gift of American Revolution, Blindspot is at once fiction and history, mystery and University and was a counselor to U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. He is the Henry O. Havemeyer love story, tragedy and farce. author of Supreme Command: Soldiers, Statesmen, and Wartime Leadership . JANE KAMENSKY is Chair of the Department of History at Brandeis University, where she Organized in conjunction with Lincoln’s Bicentennial and the exhibition Grant and Lee in has taught since 1993. JILL LEPORE is the David Woods Kemper ’41 Professor of American War and Peace History and chair of the History and Literature Program at Harvard University. They are the co-authors of Blindspot: by a Gentleman in Exile and a Lady in Disguise .

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Programs $15 Life Without Lawyers Organized in The Global Financial Crisis, A Great Depression? (students, educa - Thursday, March 26, 6:30 pm conjunction with Tuesday, April 14, 6:30 pm tors, seniors $10; Today Americans are inundated by rules and legal threats that prevent us the exhibition, A Join us for a timely and in-depth discussion about the current global finan - members $8) New President unless otherwise from taking responsibility and using our common sense—managers are Takes Command: cial crisis and its parallels to past financial crises. Does it threaten another noted trained to avoid candor, schools ban the game of tag, and companies plaster FDR’s First Great Depression? Three economic experts will shed light on the impact of inane warnings on everything: “Remove Baby Before Folding Stroller.” Hundred Days the turmoil here at home and abroad. Philip K. Howard explains how we got to this point and provides his urgent JAMES D. W OLFENSOHN was the ninth president of the World Bank. He is Chairman of and darkly humorous take on the potential of the law to undermine freedom. Wolfensohn & Company, and an advisor to corporations and governments. NIALL FERGUSON PHILIP K. H OWARD is a lawyer, senior corporate adviser, and partner in is Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History at Harvard the firm Covington & Burling, LLP. He is a frequent contributor to The University and William Ziegler Professor of Business New York Times and The Wall Street Journal and is the author of Life Administration at Harvard Business School. RICHARD Without Lawyers: Liberating Americans from Too Much Law . SIR SYLLA is the Henry Kaufman Professor of The History HAROLD EVANS , MODERATOR, is Editor at Large of The Week Magazine of Financial Institutions and Markets and Professor of and the former President and Publisher of Random House. He is the Economics at the Leonard N. Stern School of author of They Made America . Business, New York University.

Make It Plain: A Life in Speaking Mrs. Lincoln Tuesday, March 31, 6:30 pm Wednesday, April 22, 6:30 pm African Americans have long relied on the oral tradition of storytelling, Catherine Clinton, interviewed by Eric Foner, crafts a richly detailed portrait preaching, and speechmaking to inspire, educate, and preserve their history Celebrating of one of our most complicated, controversial, and often misunderstood first Lincoln’s ladies: . Raised to be a proper Southern lady, this educated, and culture. Vernon E. Jordan, Jr., one of the nation’s finest speakers, Bicentennial imbibed this tradition as a young man and has never forgotten the men and vivacious woman made an unlikely match with the poor but rising lawyer women whose oratorical skill in service to social justice deeply influenced Abraham Lincoln, but she played an essential role in her husband’s life and him. Their examples and voices, reflected in his own, make this program career through many disappointments, challenges, and tragedies. both a history and an embodiment of that oral tradition at CATHERINE CLINTON holds a chair in U.S. History at Queen’s University Belfast and serves its finest. on the Advisory Committee to the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission. She is the author of Mrs. VERNON E. J ORDAN , J R., is a senior managing director of Lazard Frères & Lincoln: A Life. ERIC FONER , MODERATOR , is DeWitt Co., LLC. He was previously president and chief executive officer of the Clinton Professor of History at Columbia University National Urban League, executive director of the United Negro College d

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Regional Council. His latest book is Make it Plain: A Life in Speaking . r a Perspectives on Lincoln and His World . M Great Writers on Lincoln: From Whitman to Obama Angels and Ages: Darwin, Lincoln, and Modern Life Thursday, April 2, 6:30 pm Thursday, April 23, 6:30 pm Harold Holzer is The Library of America is celebrating the Lincoln Bicentennial with a On a memorable day in human history, February 12, 1809, two babies were Chief Historian for single, authoritative volume of the greatest poetry and prose written about born an ocean apart: Abraham Lincoln in a one-room Kentucky log cabin; the upcoming fall Lincoln, from the eve of the Civil War to the dawn of the 21st century. The N-YHS exhibition, on an English country estate. By the time both men died, Lincoln Anthology boasts an unprecedented range of literary perspectives on Lincoln and New the world had changed, and together, Darwin and Lincoln had become mid - York and advisor on Lincoln—from Walt Whitman and William Cullen Bryant to Thomas wives to the spirit of a new world, a new kind of hope and faith. New Yorker Lincoln Bicentennial Mallon and Gore Vidal. programming. writer Adam Gopnik shows us Lincoln and Darwin as they HAROLD HOLZER , MODERATOR, is co-chairman of the U.S. Lincoln Bicentennial really were: family men, social climbers, ambitious manipula - Commission and has written or edited more than 30 books on Lincoln and the Civil War. tors, and courageous adventurers. He is the editor of The Lincoln Anthology: 85 Writers on His Life and ADAM GOPNIK has been writing for The New Yorker since 1986, and his Legacy from 1860 until Now . LIAM NEESON , READINGS, is an Academy Award-nominated actor best known for his roles in such films as work for the magazine has won both the National Magazine Award for Schindler’s List . He will portray Abraham Lincoln in an upcoming film Essay and the George Polk Award for Magazine Reporting. He is the author of Angels and Ages . directed by Steven Spielberg. MATTHEW MODINE , READINGS , an Emmy and Golden Globe-nominated actor, is best known for his role as “Private Joker” in Stanley Kubrick's film Full Metal Jacket .

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Programs $15 Lincoln at Peoria: The Turning Point From “Hooverville” to the First Hundred Days: (students, educa - Tuesday, April 28, 6:00 pm Note early start time The Coming of FDR and the New Deal tors, seniors $10; On October 16, 1854, a Springfield lawyer gave an extraordinary, three-hour members $8) Tuesday, May 12, 6:30 pm unless otherwise antislavery speech at Peoria. His name was Abraham Lincoln. This remark - After his election to the Presidency in 1932, Franklin D. Roosevelt noted able address marked a turning point in Lincoln’s political pilgrimage, setting faced a very difficult period of transition. America was in the throes him on a course that ultimately led to the White House, and changing of the worst financial crisis in its history and confidence in govern - American history forever. Lewis E. Lehrman discusses the historical context ment was at an all-time low. What early steps did Roosevelt take to of the speech, which formed the foundation of Lincoln’s later draw the country out of turmoil? What did he do to restore confidence? politics and principles. And what did he learn from the mistakes of his predecessor, Herbert LEWIS E. L EHRMAN is co-founder of the Gilder Lehrman Institute of Hoover? Join three experts for a fascinating and acutely relevant evening. Edwin Marcus American History and the Lincoln and Soldiers Institute at Gettysburg BENNO SCHMIDT , MODERATOR , is Chairman of the Edison Schools, and has served as “Hoarding is About College, which awards the Lincoln Prize. A trustee of the New-York Over” (detail), President of Yale University and Dean of Columbia Law School. He is Chairman of the Historical Society, he was awarded the National Humanities Medal in March 1933 Board of Trustees of the City University of New York. JONATHAN ALTER is senior editor for 2005. His latest book is Lincoln at Peoria: The Turning Point . Originally published in Newsweek and a contributing correspondent for NBC News. He is the author of The The New York Times Defining Moment: FDR’s Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope . WILLIAM E. A special Champagne Reception will follow the program. Franklin D. Roosevelt LEUCHTENBURG is a professor emeritus at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a Presidential Library and former Bancroft Prize-winner, and an expert on FDR. He is the author of six books on Abraham Lincoln: A Life Museum, Hyde Park, Roosevelt, including In the Shadow of FDR: From Harry Truman to George W. Bush , and Tuesday, May 5, 6:30 pm New York Herbert Hoover , the latest biography in the American Presidents Series. Lincoln scholar Michael Burlingame offers a fresh look at the life of one of America’s greatest presidents, from Lincoln’s early childhood to his legal Organized in conjunction with the exhibition, A New President Takes Command: FDR’s training to Congress, the presidency, and the Civil War. Burlingame dis - First Hundred Days. cusses Lincoln’s public struggles—his battles with relentless office seekers, hostile newspaper editors, and incompetent field commanders. He also Richard Gilder Distinguished Lecturer John Chester Buttre offers new interpretations of Lincoln’s private life, discussing his humor, his after Francis Bicknell marriage to Mary Todd, and the untimely deaths of two sons to disease. Program $18 (students, educators, seniors $12; members $10) Carpenter MICHAEL BURLINGAME is the author of several books on Abraham Lincoln, including most The in 1861 (detail), 1873 recently Abraham Lincoln: A Life , the first multi-volume biography of Abraham Lincoln to Who's Your Daddy? Mezzotint engraving be published in decades. He is the May Buckley Sadowski ’19 Professor Emeritus of Thursday, May 14, 6:30 pm New-York Historical History at Connecticut College. HENRY LOUIS GATES , J R., is Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and Director of the Society Library W.E.B. DuBois Institute of African American History at Harvard University. In 2006, Shopping Old New York with Mary Todd Lincoln and Barry Lewis Professor Gates wrote and produced the PBS documentary “African American Lives,” Thursday, May 7, 6:30 pm which profiled prominent African-Americans and reconstructed their family trees by tracing Follow the New York City shopping trail with Barry Lewis as he takes their roots down through American history and back to Africa using genealogy and DNA us back to old New York—beginning with the first department store science. In 2007, a follow-up one-hour documentary, “Oprah’s Roots: An African that began the “consumer” shopping trend we have come to know American Lives Special,” aired on PBS, further examining the genealogical and genetic today. During the 18th century the wealthy did not go “outside” to heritage of Oprah Winfrey, who had been featured in the original documentary. The second series, “African American Lives 2,” aired on PBS in February 2008, and he authored com - shop—the purveyor came to the house. Then in the 19th century, panion books for these series. His latest book is In Search of Our Roots: How 19 the wealthy “stepped out” with the industrial revolution that Extraordinary African Americans Reclaimed Their Past . helped to usher in the age of the consumer. Meet the poor boy from Ireland who started it all here in New York with Stewart’s Department Who's Your Mama? Store (a warehouse wrapped in a “Medici Palace”), and discover how the Stay tuned for “Who’s Your Mama?,” which Mr. Gates will deliver next fall. Program $18 shopping district grew to provide Mrs. Lincoln with an abundance of places Funding for this series has been provided by Lewis E. Lehrman. (students, educa - to spend. tors, seniors $12; BARRY LEWIS hosts a popular series of walking tours on PBS. He is an architectural historian members $10) and teaches at both Cooper Union CU Forum and the New York School of Interior Design.

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Celebrating A. Lincoln: A Biography Lincoln’s Tuesday, May 19, 6:30 pm Bicentennial Everyone wants to define the man who signed his name “A. Lincoln.” In his lifetime and ever since, friend and foe have taken it upon themselves to char - acterize Lincoln according to their own label or libel. With special attention to Lincoln’s triumphant Second Inaugural address, Ronald C. White, Jr., offers a fresh and compelling definition of Lincoln as a man of integrity, Programs $15 whose moral compass holds the key to understanding his life. (students, educa - RONALD C. W HITE is the author and editor of seven books, including Lincoln’s Greatest tors, seniors $10; Speech: The Second Inaugural , and most recently, A. Lincoln: A Biography . He is members $8) Professor Emeritus of American Intellectual and Religious History at San Francisco unless otherwise Theological Seminary and Visiting Professor of History at UCLA. noted Lincoln and the American Dream Tuesday, May 26, 6:30 pm Abraham Lincoln was a man who started humbly and worked his way up the social and economic ladder by sheer discipline, persistence, and force of will. It was a perspective he never lost. More than any other President, Lincoln is the father of the American Dream. Three experts discuss how this economic and social struggle influenced Lincoln, what he thought of the American Dream, and the viability of the Dream today. BILL MOYERS is the host of “Bill Moyers Journal,” a weekly public affairs show on PBS, and the winner of over thirty Emmy Awards. His latest book is Moyers on Democracy . HAROLD HOLZER is co-chairman of the U.S. Lincoln Bicentennial Commission and has written or edited more than 30 books on Lincoln and the Civil War. His most recent book is Lincoln, President-Elect: Abraham Lincoln and the Great Secession Winter, 1860- 1861 . NORTON GARFINKLE , MODERATOR , is Chairman of the George Washington University Institute for Communitarian Policy Studies and a former professor of Economics at Amherst College. He is the author of The American Dream vs. The Gospel of Wealth: The Nathaniel Currier and Fight for a Productive Middle-Class Economy . James Merritt Ives The Death-Bed of the Martyr President, Abraham Lincoln (detail), 1865 Lithograph New-York Historical Society Library

John Sartain after W.H. Hermans Abraham Lincoln, The Martyr, Victorious , 1866 Mezzotint engraving New-York Historical Society Library Gift of Oscar T. Barck, Sr.

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Walks and talks are limited to 35 guests per tour. Please be sure to buy tickets in advance by calling SmartTix at (212) 868-4444.

Audubon’s Aviary Tour with Curator Roberta J. M. Olson Tuesday, February 24, 1:00 pm Roberta Olson’s annual curatorial tours of Audubon’s Aviary have drawn sold-out crowds each year. The 2009 tour features a new selection of dazzling watercolors by John James Audubon, the last time a large group of these national treasures will be displayed for several years. Ms. Olson will examine Audubon’s debts to his predecessors and illuminate his

Unknown artist own major contributions to the history of ornithological illustration and to “The riots in New York: the development of the watercolor medium. conflict between the ROBERTA J. M. O LSON is curator of drawings at the New-York Historical Society. military and the rioters in First-Avenue,” August 15, 1863 Legacies of Grant and Lee Gallery Tour The Illustrated Organized in Saturday, March 14, 11:00 am London News Discover how Grant and Lee, born commoner and patrician and twinned by Wood engraving conjunction with New-York Historical the exhibition war and history, left us profoundly differing legacies of national outlook, mil - Society Library Grant and Lee in itary philosophy, and American veneration. War and Peace CAL SNYDER is the author of Out of Fire and Valor: The War Memorials of New York City from the Revolution to 9/11.

Audubon’s Aviary Gallery Tour with Artist Alan Messer Programs $15 (students, educa - Saturday, March 21, 11:00 am tors, seniors $10; Join wildlife artist Alan Messer for an intimate stroll through the galleries of members $8) the final Audubon’s Aviary exhibition as he discusses Audubon’s art, his influ - unless otherwise ence, and the birds he depicted. noted ALAN MESSER is a wildlife artist and illustrator of books, field guides, and periodicals. He is a former president of the Linnaean Society of New York.

The Civil War Draft Riots: A Walking Tour Saturday, March 28, 11:00 am In July 1863, several months after President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Above: Proclamation and signed the nation’s first federal draft law, New York City John James Audubon, was nearly destroyed in a four-day cataclysm of arson, looting, and lynching. engraved by Robert Havell Jr. Join historian Barnet Schecter for an in-depth look at the festering racial and White Ibis (Eudocimus class conflicts that produced the deadliest riots in American history. The albus), Havell plate no. tour includes South Street Seaport; two Irish Catholic churches; the site of 222 (detail), 1821 the infamous Five Points slum; the African Burial Ground; Tweed Watercolor, collage, graphite, pastel, oil, Courthouse; and the former New York Times Building, across from City Hall. gouache, and black ink BARNET SCHECTER is the author of The Devil’s Own Work: The Civil War Draft Riots and Purchased from the Fight to Reconstruct America . Mrs. John J. Audubon New-York Historical Society

19 CALL SMARTTIX (212) 868-4444 TO PURCHASE TICKETS Organized in Walks and Talks, continued conjunction with the exhibitions, Gallery Talk World Science Festival A New President Takes Command: Presidents in Crisis: Lincoln and Roosevelt, The First Hundred Days Roosevelt’s First Saturday, April 11, 11:00 am A special evening presentation of the World Science Festival Hundred Days , Their two presidencies were plunged into national crisis during their first Thursday, June 11, 6:30 PM and Celebrating 100 days. How did Lincoln and Roosevelt meet the challenges of forming a In honor of the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson’s first sail up the Lincoln’s Hudson, the New-York Historical Society and the World Science Festival Bicentennial government and mobilizing a nation? What lessons can be drawn from their approach and what aspects of their character served the nation best? will host a discussion. World-renowned scientists and trailblazing thinkers CAL SNYDER is the author of Out of Fire and Valor: The War Memorials of New York City discuss the ecological history of the Hudson River, and how breakthroughs from the Revolution to 9/11. in geology, biology, and botany influenced Hudson River School artists such as Church, Cole, and Bierstadt. This event is open to the public. Please go to http://www.worldsciencefestival.com for details.

Organized in Spring Migration Walks in the Ramble conjunction with The New-York Historical Society at the World Science Festival the exhibition Journey with wildlife artist and illustrator Alan Messer to some of the most Saturday, June 13 Audubon’s Aviary magical places in Central Park’s wooded Ramble, discovering along the way Visit the New-York Historical Society booth at the World Science Festival both resident and migrating birds. Walks are limited to 35 guests per tour. Street Fair and explore the intersection of science and history with an all-day Please be sure to buy tickets in advance by calling SmartTix at (212) 868-4444. program of mapmaking, discovering art forgeries, and other interactive exhibits, experiments, games, and shows that will entertain and inspire.

April Bird Walk Saturday, April 25, 9:00 am During the April walk through Central Park’s Ramble, we will search for res - Living History Days at N-YHS ident, late winter, and early migrants, including common birds at feeders. Living History Days are free with Museum admission. See calendar pages 4 Chickadees, nuthatches, woodpeckers, finches, and sparrows may be seen at and 5 for specific times, dates, and appearances of all troops and special per - this time. formances. For updated information and biographies, please visit May Bird Walk www.nyhistory.org. Saturday, May 9, 9:00 am During the spring migration in May, delight in the colorful warblers, hum - Special All Day 4th of July Celebration mingbirds, tanagers, and thrushes. Come celebrate our nation’s Independence Day with the third annual New- York Historical Society July 4th Celebration! History comes alive with ALAN MESSER is a wildlife artist and illustrator of books, field guides, and periodicals. He is a former president of the Linnaean Society of New York. His paintings may be viewed at re-enactment troops, Living History actors, and arts and crafts workshops. alanmesser.net. All-Day Meet Benjamin Franklin, Mrs. Franklin, and American Revolutionary sol - diers, and learn what life was like during the Revolution. Make and wear your John James Audubon, engraved by own tricorner hats during an ongoing arts and crafts workshop. Robert Havell, Jr. Scarlet Ibis (Eudocimus 12:00 noon ruber), Havell plate no. Master storyteller Jonathan Kruk spins tales of the American Revolution in 397 (detail), c. 1837 this special performance. Watercolor, pastel, graphite, charcoal, and black ink Purchased from Mrs. John J. Audubon New-York Historical Society

20 NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY 21 NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY Guys and Dolls The Genius of Frank Loesser

For Spring 2009, the American Musicals Project at the New-York Historical Society honors a man of the theater whose work, career and influence are part of history – history of New York, and history of the theater. Frank Guys and Dolls and Damon Runyon: The American Musicals Project Loesser set Broadway alight with one hit after another – Where’s Charley , Gala Benefit Guys and Dolls , The Most Happy Fella , Greenwillow and How to Succeed in Monday, April 6, 7:30 pm Pamela Hunt directs a Broadway cast in songs from the amazing classic Business Without Really Trying . We honor the man, the music, and the theater that’s run for 1600 performances and is having its fifth Broadway revival this world that still bears his imprint. winter. Hear “Fugue for Tinhorns,” “Luck, Be a Lady,” “Adelaide’s Lament,” “A Bushel and a Peck,” “I’ll Know,” and others we love so well. We pair these Loesser Is More: Howard Kissel takes us to Frank’s Other Shows great songs with some of the Damon Runyon stories that inspired them. Monday, March 9, 7:00 pm Added treat: Frank’s widow, Jo Sullivan Loesser, lends her special sparkle! The season opener focuses on the great songs Frank wrote for Ray Bolger, Robert Weede, Robert Morse, and Rudy Vallee. You’ll hear “Once in Love For the March 9th, 16th, and 23rd concerts, ticket prices range from $30- with Amy,” “Big D,” “I Believe in You,” all directed by the season’s producing $45. For the April 4th Gala Benefit, ticket prices range from $75 to $500. director, Pamela Hunt, and sung by Broadway artists. To purchase tickets or to receive more information, please call 212-873-3400 Songs for Men Only!: Sheldon Harnick introduces The Guys ext. 305. Monday, March 16, 7:00 pm Pulitzer-winning lyricist Sheldon Harnick introduces a crew of Broadway Proceeds from the series benefit the American Musicals Project (AMP), a hunks singing the testosterone-laden songs written by Frank Loesser, and by social studies and English language arts curriculum program developed in the many Broadway writers who wrote extra-bass hits. Hear ‘guy songs’ like collaboration between the New-York Historical Society and the New York Adler & Ross’s “You Gotta Have Heart,” Frank’s “Standing on the Corner,” City Department of Education. and Sheldon’s own “Politics and Poker” and “Little Tin Box,” written with Jerry Bock.

The Dolls: Polly Bergen and AMP Honor the Ladies Monday, March 23, 7:00 pm American Musicals In a long-deserved tribute to the gals who wrote some great scores, AMP honors women like Kay Swift ( Fine and Dandy ), Lucy Simon ( The Secret Garden ), Mary Rodgers ( Once Upon a Mattress ), Dorothy Fields ( Sweet Project: 2009 Charity ), and Carol Hall ( The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas ). Concert Series

22 NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY 23 NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY N-YHS on iTunes U  www.nyhistory.org/itunesu Public Programs Podcast Highlights Did you miss one of the exciting evening public programs at the New-York Historical Society? Audio recordings of these and other programs, as well as walking tours, are now available on iTunesU. Log onto iTunesU, download your selections to your iPod, and listen anywhere.

Einstein: His Life and Universe 6/6/07 With Walter Isaacson

The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court 10/25/07 With Jeffrey Toobin and Margot Adler

Lincoln, Bush, and the War Powers of the Presidency 4/3/08 With Benno Schmidt, Michael Oreskes, and Frank J. Williams.

Ladies of Liberty 4/9/08 With Cokie Roberts

The Republic of Suffering: Death and the 4/30/08 With Drew Gilpin Faust and David W. Blight

The Constitution and the Court in 2008 5/13/08 With Benno Schmidt, Akhil Reed Amar, and Kenneth W. Starr Morse Untitled Lincoln and Douglas: The Debates that Defined America 5/22/08 [Lincoln and Davis With Allen C. Guelzo and Harold Holzer Boxing], 1861 Woodcut NEW! James Madison and the Constitution 10/2/08 New-York Historical With Benno Schmidt, Joseph J. Ellis, and Sean Wilentz Society Library NEW! The Hemingses of Monticello 10/14/08 With Annette Gordon-Reed and Brent Staples

NEW! The Constitution and the Age of Terror 11/18/08 With Benno Schmidt and Philip C. Bobbitt

NEW! Lincoln President-Elect: Abraham Lincoln and the Great Secession Winter, 1860-1861 11/25/08 With Harold Holzer and Jonathan Alter

Public Programs at the New-York Historical Society are made possible, in part, with funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, and the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency.

25 VISIT WWW.NYHISTORY.ORG FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION Space Rental Fall Preview 2009 Make your special occasion an historic event! The New-York Historical Society offers guests a unique experience. Corporate, private, and New Exhibition: Lincoln and New York fundraising events in one of five gallery spaces will leave lasting memories. October 2, 2009 through March 21, 2010 The historically grand 314-seat theatre is perfectly suited for corporate Abraham Lincoln—the quintessential westerner—owed much of his national meetings, concerts, award ceremonies, and film premiers. Celebrating political success to his impact on the eastern state of New York—and, in turn, Lincoln’s For more information please contact the special events department New York’s impact on him. This exhibition of original artifacts, iconic images, Bicentennial Phone: (212) 485-9294 and hand-written period documents, many in Lincoln’s own hand, will for the first time fully trace the evolution of Lincoln’s relationship with the nation’s largest and wealthiest state: from the time of his triumphant Cooper Union Explore the Store address here in 1860 to his efforts to hold the Union together in 1861. Give the gift of New-York. Shop for New York gifts, Audubon prints, Additionally it will trace the early challenges of recruitment and investment in apparel, jewelry, books, cards and more at the N-YHS Museum Store. Every the Civil War to the development of new military technologies and the chal - purchase supports our museum and library. Become a member and receive a lenge to civil liberties in time of rebellion. 10% discount on store purchases. HAROLD HOLZER is Chief Historian for the N-YHS exhibition, Lincoln and New York and PHONE: (212) 485-9203 advisor on Lincoln Bicentennial programming. E-MAIL: museumstore @nyhistory.org

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This exhibition is made possible, in part, with funds from the U.S. Department of The Café at N-YHS Education’s Underground Railroad Educational and Cultural Program administered by Sandwiches, salads, pastries, and beverages are available. The Café is open Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education. Tuesday through Sunday 11:00 am – 5:00 pm.

Sounds of the City: Where Rising Stars Meet Musical Legends Rights &Reproductions at the N-YHS Stay tuned for “Sounds of the City,” a “Free Friday Nights” concert series. Did you see a painting or graphic image you like on a recent visit but Visit www.nyhistory.org for updates. couldn’t find a copy of it in the store? Rights & Reproductions can provide a reproduction for you. The Rights & Reproductions Department can To receive early notice about fall//winter 2009 public programs please send your email provide photographic or digital reproductions of most of the New-York address to: [email protected]. Programs subject to change. Historical Society's collections. For more information, please visit the N-YHS website, www.nyhistory.org, click on “Exhibitions & Collections” Credits for the exhibition Grant and Lee in War and Peace from p. 2: and then go to “Rights & Reproductions.”

The exhibition Grant and Lee in War and Peace is organized by the New-York Historical Society in collabo - ration with the sister project Lee and Grant , and they share many objects. Lee and Grant was organized by Docent Tours the Virginia Historical Society in partnership with the New-York Historical Society, Washington and Lee University, the Museum of the Confederacy, the Civil War and Underground Railroad Museum of Philadelphia, Docent-led tours through our special exhibitions and permanent installa - Arlington—the Robert E. Lee Memorial, and Stratford Hall—the birthplace of Robert E. Lee. Lee and Grant tions are available daily at 1:00 pm, 2:00 pm, and 3:00 pm. These tours are was made possible by the National Endowment for the Humanities: great ideas brought to life. free with museum admission. Unless otherwise noted, tours meet in the Great Hall located by our Central Park West entrance. Please note that gallery closings will alter the focus of our daily tours. Verbal description guided tours for blind or visually impaired visitors are available by appoint - BROCHURE PUBLICATION TEAM : ment and are free with museum admission. Dale Gregory, Vice President for Public Programs Nick Mancini and Angie Sadhu, Co-Managers , Public Programs Phyllis Levy Mandell , Editorial Assistance For groups larger than eight or groups that would like a private tour, please Design: Angela Voulangas visit www.nyhistory.org/education or call 212-485-9293 for information on the types of tours that are offered as well as instructions on how to arrange your visit. Please call 212-873-3400 ext. 363 to make an appointment.

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The New-York Historical Society General Information Program Registration 170 Central Park West at 77th Street HOURS: Tuesday to Saturday, 10:00 am –6:00 pm, Sunday, 11:00 am–5:45 pm. (212) 873-3400 Open on select National Holidays: Presidents' Day (Monday, February 16) and Program admission unless noted: $15 adults, $10 students, educators, seniors, $8 members www.nyhistory.org Independence Day (Saturday, July 4) Unless noted tickets for public programs are sold through

Museum hours and Open Fridays until 8:00 p.m. TO ORDER ONLINE: Visit www.smarttix.com. prices are subject BY TELEPHONE: Please call SmartTix at (212) 868-4444 to charge your order, Monday–Friday 9:00 am to to change. MUSEUM ADMISSION : $10 Adults, $7 educators and seniors, $6 students. Members and children 12 and under are free. Free admission on Fridays from 6:00 –8:00 p.m. 8:00 pm, Saturday 10:00 am to 8:00 pm, Sunday 10:00 am to 6:00 pm. BY MAIL: Complete the coupon with charge information or enclose a check payable to SmartTix and return Please note: PROGRAM ADMISSION unless noted: $15 adults, $10 students, educators, seniors, to SmartTix Entertainment Services, 312 West 36th Street, Suite 200, New York, NY 10018. due to construction, $8 members the 77th Street Please include a daytime phone number. Unless otherwise noted evening programs begin at 6:30 pm. entrance will be SUBWAY : B or C train to 81st Street and Central Park West Sales are final and payments cannot be refunded. Programs and dates may be subject to change. closed through BUS : M10 to 77th Street, M79 to 81st Street and Central Park West Management reserves the right to refuse admission to latecomers. July 2009 PUBLIC PARKING GARAGES : 203 West 77th Street; 207 West 76th Street; For up-to-date information, view the listing of Public Programs at www.nyhistory.org. 201 West 75th Street between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue Advanced payment required to guarantee seating. To receive E-MAIL NOTICES and updates for upcoming events, activities and programs, please e-mail us at [email protected] with “e-mail announcements” in the subject line. Name

SERVICES FOR VISITORS WITH MOBILITY IMPAIRMENTS : Address N-YHS facilities, galleries, and auditorium are wheelchair accessible. A wheelchair acces - sible entrance is located at 5 West 76th Street. Wheelchairs are available to visitors free City State Zip of charge. It is advisable to reserve in advance by calling (212) 485-9200 or (212) 873- 7489 (TTY). Please ask security for assistance when you arrive. Telephone (day) (evening) SERVICES FOR VISITORS WHO ARE DEAF OR HARD OF HEARING: Audioguides are T-coil compatible and equipped with volume control. Neckloops and E-mail Large Print transcripts are also available. Please inquire at the admissions desk. PROGRAM # OF TICKETS PRICE SUBTOTAL The Auditorium is equipped with an FM assistive listening system. Headsets and neckloops are available. Please ask a staff member for assistance. All New-York Historical Society films are Open Captioned . All films and listening stations in Grant and Lee in War and Peace are T-coil compatible. Please switch your hearing aid to T-coil. Headsets are also available. American Sign Language (ASL) interpreters are available to accompany scheduled docent or educator led group tours. To schedule a group visit, please use our Ed-Net reservation system.

SERVICES FOR VISITORS WHO ARE BLIND OR VISUALLY IMPAIRED: Text for all exhibitions is available in LARGE PRINT . Verbal description guided tours are available by appointment and are free with museum admission. Please call 212-873- 3400 ext. 363 to make an appointment. K I am a N-YHS member Subtotal For more information about accessibility please call 212-873-3400 ext. 363 or 212-873-7489 (TTY), or email your questions to ACCESS @NYHISTORY .ORG K I would like to make a tax-deductible contribution Contribution

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