The New York State Archives Partnership Trust Presents
Conflict, Commerce & Cooperation: John Bowne, Petrus Stuyvesant and the Question of Tolerance in 1660s New Amsterdam
Join Charlotte Jackson, Archivist for the Bowne House Historical Society, and Toya Dubin, Director of
Mapping Early New York on a journey that includes a New Amsterdam prison sentence, a trans-Atlantic
voyage, and the Quaker community in Flushing that insisted upon religious tolerance while retaining
trading relationships throughout New Netherland. The Bowne House Historical Society and the New
Amsterdam History Center have come together to research this story, sharing their distinct perspectives
and resources to expand the map of Colonial New Netherland. This presentation will include
documents, maps, and 3D models.
This is a Virtual Event
Charlotte Jackson
Charlotte Jackson is the archivist at the 1661 Bowne House, a historic home in Flushing, Queens
associated with religious liberty and the Underground Railroad. She has been working with over 300 years of historic documents in the Bowne House Archives since 2016. Ms. Jackson also works in Interlibrary Loan and Resource Sharing at the Brooklyn College Library. She holds a Master's Degree in Library Science from the Pratt Institute and an MFA in Creative Writing, Non-Fiction from Columbia University.``
associated with religious liberty and the Underground Railroad. She has been working with over 300 years of historic documents in the Bowne House Archives since 2016. Ms. Jackson also works in Interlibrary Loan and Resource Sharing at the Brooklyn College Library. She holds a Master's Degree in Library Science from the Pratt Institute and an MFA in Creative Writing, Non-Fiction from Columbia University.``
Toya Dubin
Toya Dubin helped to launch the New Amsterdam History Center’s Mapping Early New York, a detailed encyclopedia of Dutch Colonial History linked to 3D models and maps of the Castello Plan, the earliest map of New Amsterdam: https://nahc-mapping.org. Ms. Dubin is President of Hudson Archival, responsible for the digitization of the Dutch Documents collection at the New York State Archives. She lives in the Hudson Valley surrounded by Dutch history.
Thomas J. Ruller
Thomas J. Ruller recently retired from his position as New York State Archivist, a role he held since 2015. An active professional for 35 years, he is the author of several peer-reviewed journal articles and reviews on the use of technology in Archives and the preservation of records in electronic form. Tom has been a consultant for several State governments and other organizations focusing on electronic records.
