Blog Posts by Subject: Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775

Now Screening: American Founding Era Papers

by Meredith Mann, Manuscripts and Archives Division, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
August 18, 2016

Everyone's talking about the ten dollar Founding Father these days. If you are researching the Revolutionary Era, the New York Public Library's database American Founding Era Papers is for you.

Hannah Lawrence Schieffelin and Women's Experiences in Revolutionary America

by Mira Hayward, Manuscripts and Archives Division, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
July 29, 2016

A New York woman's interactions with women of different cultures on the northern frontier of the American Revolution.

Mary Katherine Goddard's Declaration of Independence

by Mark Boonshoft
June 29, 2016

Most Americans in the revolutionary period found out who signed the Declaration of Independence in print, not parchment. The job of printing it went to a woman named Mary Katherine Goddard.

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The Material Realities of Slavery in Early New York

by Mark Boonshoft
April 12, 2016

A look at the history of slavery in early New York, through the estate of the manor lord, Adolphus Philipse.

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The Witch: A Reading and Resource List

by Chasity Moreno
February 26, 2016

Already being touted as one of the best horror films of the year, The Witch is the story of a New England family that slowly begins to fall apart when they are banished from their Pilgrim community. Writer and Director Robert Eggers recently mentioned in an interview that he used the library's resources to do research for the film.

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