Posts by Julie Golia

In this episode, NYPL’s Liz Denlinger and Professor Michelle Levy of Simon Fraser University analyzed an album of letters by "Eminent Women," collected by a London librarian and self-professed sufferer of “autographic mania,” William Upcott.

In this episode, NYPL's Gregory Stall and Fran Leadon, Associate Professor of Architecture at City College, analyzed maps and menus that reveal the multilayered history of Broadway, with a focus on the transformation of the Upper West Side.

In this episode, NYPL's Matt Knutzen and NYU Professor Tom Augst probed the archives of Brown Brothers & Company and revealed the hands-on role that the financial firm played in managing one Southern plantation.

In this episode, NYPL’s Ian Fowler and Elizabeth Cronin revealed the cultural and technological origins of aerial photography, analyzed several examples, and provided historical context for its use in exploration, the military, mapmaking, and more.

In this episode, NYPL's Jessica Cline and photographer, publisher, and Pratt Institute photography professor Peter Kayafas discussed the history and scope of the Picture Collection, analyzing the concept of subjectivity in the subject headings assigned to images and considering how description shapes representation and creates trust in the work of librarians.

On March 4, 2021, Doc Chat kicked off Women's History Month by examining the intersection of gender, conservation, activism, fashion, and birds—yes, birds!—in the early 20th century.

In this episode, Miguel Rosales of NYPL and costume designer Raven Ong of Central Connecticut State University, analyzed images of Filipiniana dress in the context of the Philippines' colonial past and discussed the ways in which clothing influences the weaving of a national narrative.

In this episode, the Schomburg Center's Zakiya Collier and Dr. Yarimar Bonilla of Hunter College and CUNY Graduate Center explored Schomburg's #Syllabi web archive collection and the Puerto Rico Syllabus, and discussed erasure and underrepresentation in academia, digital protest, and ways of deploying Hashtag Syllabi in the classroom.

This week NYPL's Ian Fowler and Camilla Townsend, Distinguished Professor of History at Rutgers University, analyzed John Ogilby's 1671 atlas of the Americas that depicted Indigenous peoples and lands along with fantastic elements like fictional beasts.

In this episode we're joined by Amaka Okechukwu, professor of sociology at George Mason University, to analyze excerpts from 'Black Dialogue' and discuss the historical context in which the magazine was written, published, and circulated.

In this episode, NYPL's Zulay Chang and public historian Richard Cheu analyzed several 19th-century photographs related to the construction and completion of the transcontinental railroad.

In the final Doc Chat of the year, we dug into the stories behind photographs of radical demonstrations in early 20th-century New York City.

On the most recent episode of Doc Chat we explored the intersection of gender and modernism in early 20th-century photography. NYPL's Elizabeth Cronin and Andrea Nelson of the National Gallery of Art discussed the little known histories of two female photographers: Thérèse Bonney and Elizabeth Buehrmann.

In this episode, NYPL curators Ian Fowler and Julie Golia analyzed maps, illustrations, and other primary sources from NYPL’s collections to look at the transformation of Brooklyn’s waterfront economy and built environment

Doc Chatters explored themes of memory, trauma, and resilience through the oral history of one Holocaust survivor.

A behind-the-scenes glimpse into the making of one of Malcolm X's most iconic—and misunderstood—speeches, "The Ballot or the Bullet".

The 1939 New York World's Fair promised a view of the "World of Tomorrow" through its dazzling displays of up-to-the-minute cultural and technological advancements. The fair's iconic posters were the topic of the most recent episode of Doc Chat—find a recording of the event below as well as links to related resources to explore.

Revolution was in the air on October 8, 2020, when the Doc Chat community traveled back in time to New York City in the 1960s to learn about the vibrant radical literary culture of the Lower East Side.

A spirited conversation about a professional rivalry between two colonial printers, and what it can tell us about the American Revolution, and early American print culture.