American History & Heritage Archives

2024 O’Neill Fellowship Presentation

October 9, 2024

The second O’Neill Fellowship Presentation was held on October 6, 2024 and featured presentations by Wena Teng and Zachary Vanderslice,… Read More

Making the Presidency with Lindsay M. Chervinsky and Joanne B. Freeman

October 5, 2024

Please help us welcome Dr. Lindsay M. Chervinsky, a presidential historian and the Executive Director of the George Washington Presidential Library… Read More

Rich Soil by Kristine Mays – Open Now Through November 17

September 7, 2024

Kristine Mays pictured with one of her life-sized wire sculptures. Embedded in the piece is a quote from Zora Neale… Read More

Margaret “Maggie” Nolan O’Neill Fellows 2024

July 4, 2024

The Margaret “Maggie” Nolan O’Neill Fellowship was established in 2022 in memory of Margaret “Maggie” Nolan O’Neill (Class of 2021),… Read More

Women’s History Month Kicks Off with Phillis Wheatley’s Odyssey

March 18, 2024

An engaged crowd welcomed David Waldstreicher, celebrated author and historian of early and nineteenth-century America to discuss his latest work,… Read More

Westchester Historian Dave Thomas Shares New Discoveries at Black Cemetery

March 3, 2024

What can we learn about Black History from cemeteries? On Wednesday, February 28th, Westchester historian Dave Thomas shared the newest… Read More

Grant Ujifusa and Kim Roosevelt – A Discussion About Why the Internment Camps Happened

February 20, 2024

This year’s Presidents’ Day Weekend coincided with a Day of Remembrance of Japanese American Incarceration, the anniversary of Franklin Delano… Read More

Meet Our Architects for the “New” Wachenheim Center

February 9, 2024

In 2007, Carl Elefante wrote an article in National Trust’s Forum Journal “The greenest building is … one that is already… Read More