NAHC is dedicated to the exploration of the Dutch history of New Amsterdam as it laid the foundational character for today’s New York City, with special reference to its ethnic, racial, and religious diversity, urban landscapes, economic vitality, and global legacy.
Posts
Biographies
Lectures & History
- A Talk on The Rediscovery of a 1653 Portrait by Jan Lievens -Spring Newsletter, 2023
- An Interview with colonist, Catalina Trico
- Dutch Painter, Pieter de Hooch, Embraced the Simple Joys of Home – Spring Newsletter, 2023
- Meet Lisbeth Vrooman, Speaking from 17th-Century Albany
- Over 40,000 Undelivered Dutch Letters Rediscovered – Spring Newsletter, 2023
- The “Little Ice Age”
- The Animal Fleet to New Amsterdam
- The Animal Fleet to New Netherland – Facebook Paragraph
- The First Families
- The Schaghen Letter – The Land Agreement between the Native Americans and the Dutch Settlers
- The Story of New Amsterdam
News
- A Spring Walk with Susan Fenimore Cooper – Spring Newsletter, 2023
- A Talk on The Rediscovery of a 1653 Portrait by Jan Lievens -Spring Newsletter, 2023
- A Win for Women – Spring Newsletter, 2023
- Dutch Painter, Pieter de Hooch, Embraced the Simple Joys of Home – Spring Newsletter, 2023
- Len Tantillo’s New Work on the Connecticut River and Fort Good Hope
- Mapping Early New York and Long Island – Spring Newsletter, 2023
- Over 40,000 Undelivered Dutch Letters Rediscovered – Spring Newsletter, 2023
- The Birthplace of Patroon Kiliaen van Renssaelaer to be Museum – Spring Newsletter, 2023
- Tulips on Park Avenue – Spring Newsletter, 2023
Read
- A Blauvelt Descendant: Researching Family History Paperback
- A Description of New Netherland
- A Dutch Family in the Middle Colonies: 1660-1800
- A Dutch Prince, His American Jeep, and Two Female Passengers #16
- A Saltwater Frontier: Indians and the Contest for the American Coast
- A Spring Walk with Susan Fenimore Cooper – Spring Newsletter, 2023
- A Talk on The Rediscovery of a 1653 Portrait by Jan Lievens -Spring Newsletter, 2023
- A Win for Women – Spring Newsletter, 2023
- An Interview with colonist, Catalina Trico
- Before Central Park
- Brothers Among Nations: The Pursuit of Intercultural Alliances in Early America, 1580-1660
- Dutch American Perspective #10
- Dutch Painter, Pieter de Hooch, Embraced the Simple Joys of Home – Spring Newsletter, 2023
- Edward Winslow: Anglo-Dutch-American Pilgrim #15
- Explorers, Fortunes and Love Letters: A Window on New Netherland
- Exploring Historic Dutch New York: New York City * Hudson Valley * New Jersey * Delaware
- Facing East from Indian Country: A Native History of Early America
- Food, Drink and Celebrations of the Hudson Valley Dutch
- Four Hundred Years in America: Seventeenth Century Immigrant Ancestors Paperback
- Fur, Fortune, and Empire: The Epic History of the Fur Trade in America
- Govert Loockermans
- Growing Up Dutch in Iowa #11
- Imagine New Amsterdam
- Jane Addams and Aletta Jacobs at the Women’s Congress in The Hague #13
- John Romeyn Brodhead’s Hunt for History #5
- Johnny Goes Dutch #7
- Kiliaen van Rensselaer (1586-1643): Designing a New World
- Lady Liberty as Muse: An Inspired Dutch Writer and Her Love for the United States of America #17
- Land So Fair
- Len Tantillo’s New Work on the Connecticut River and Fort Good Hope
- Manuel de Gerret de Reus
- Mapping Early New York and Long Island – Spring Newsletter, 2023
- Margrietje Cosyns
- Mass Murder on Manhattan #4
- Mayken’s World #2
- Meet Lisbeth Vrooman, Speaking from 17th-Century Albany
- New Amsterdam: What’s in a Name? #3
- New Netherland in a Nutshell
- Newsletter – Spring, 2023
- On the First Dutch Translation of the U.S. Constitution #8
- Over 40,000 Undelivered Dutch Letters Rediscovered – Spring Newsletter, 2023
- Rising from the Ashes: The Afterlife of a Phoenix #14
- Sojourner Truth: Enslaved Woman of a Dutch-New York Family #12
- Sweet Prospects and a Bitter Experience: The Adventures of Gerrit Boon and Jan Lincklaen #9
- The “Little Ice Age”
- The Animal Fleet to New Amsterdam
- The Animal Fleet to New Netherland – Facebook Paragraph
- The Birthplace of Patroon Kiliaen van Renssaelaer to be Museum – Spring Newsletter, 2023
- The Colony of New Netherland: A Dutch Settlement in Seventeenth-Century America
- The Diary of Asser Levy: First Jewish Citizen of New York Hardcover
- The First Families
- The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony that Shaped America
- The Patron Saint of New York #1
- The Schaghen Letter – The Land Agreement between the Native Americans and the Dutch Settlers
- The Story of Asser Levy
- The Story of New Amsterdam
- The Tale of the White Horse: The First Slave Trading Voyage to New Netherland #6
- Tulips on Park Avenue – Spring Newsletter, 2023
Reading Recommendations
- A Blauvelt Descendant: Researching Family History Paperback
- A Description of New Netherland
- A Dutch Family in the Middle Colonies: 1660-1800
- A Saltwater Frontier: Indians and the Contest for the American Coast
- Before Central Park
- Brothers Among Nations: The Pursuit of Intercultural Alliances in Early America, 1580-1660
- Explorers, Fortunes and Love Letters: A Window on New Netherland
- Exploring Historic Dutch New York: New York City * Hudson Valley * New Jersey * Delaware
- Facing East from Indian Country: A Native History of Early America
- Food, Drink and Celebrations of the Hudson Valley Dutch
- Four Hundred Years in America: Seventeenth Century Immigrant Ancestors Paperback
- Fur, Fortune, and Empire: The Epic History of the Fur Trade in America
- Imagine New Amsterdam
- Kiliaen van Rensselaer (1586-1643): Designing a New World
- Land So Fair
- New Netherland in a Nutshell
- The Colony of New Netherland: A Dutch Settlement in Seventeenth-Century America
- The Diary of Asser Levy: First Jewish Citizen of New York Hardcover
- The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony that Shaped America
