The New Amsterdam History Center joins the New York City Department of Records and Information and the Lower Manhattan Historical Association to cordially invite you to join us for
LUNCH AND LEARN
The Birth of New York City's Municipal Government
An online program of presentations on Dutch colonial records to launch the 400th Anniversary of the arrival of the Dutch in New York.
About this event
The NYC Department of Records & Information Services (DORIS) held Lunch & Learn, The Birth of New York City’s Municipal Government, a virtually on on the collections of the Municipal Archives and Library, as well as the history of New York City. Friday, February 2nd.
If you missed the event or would like to watch the recorded presentation, you can watch the video on their YouTube page here.
On February 2, 1653, the States General in the Hague and the Dutch West India Company issued a charter officially establishing a government structure like those existing in the Netherlands. On February 2, 2024, join historians and archivists to learn about New Amsterdam, the colonial records at the New York City Municipal Archives, and connect with a celebration of Lower Manhattan.
New Amsterdam Stories & New York City Government's Municipal Archives
Sylvia Kollar - Director of the Municipal Archives, DORIS
Michael Lorenzini - Director of Operations, DORIS
Candles and Groundhogs: An Audiovisual Presentation
Firth Haring Fabend - Historian, Author & Trustee of the New Amsterdam History Center
Toya Dubin - New Amsterdam History Center’s Director of Mapping Early New York
Archaeology of Place: It Happened Here
Abby Suckle - FAIA & President
Remarks
Ambrose M. Richardson - President, Lower Manhattan Historical Association
Zoom access information will be emailed before the event.
*The presentation will be followed by a Q & A
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