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“They deliberately set fire to it … simply because it was the home of...
This post was written by Matthew Murphy, Head of Cataloging and Metadata. This week marks the 150th anniversary of the New York Draft Riots, one of bloodiest and most violent insurrections in American...
View ArticleDraft Riot Sketches: At Rest and To Arms!
This post was written by Jonah Estess, former digital projects intern in the Patricia D. Klingenstein Library. Martin Scorsese’s Gangs of New York familiarized audiences with the New York Draft Riots,...
View ArticleNew York Attempts to Clean Up its Act: The 150th Anniversary of Tenement Reform
This post was written by Mariam Touba, Reference Librarian for Printed Collections This week marks the 150th anniversary of New York’s passage of the Tenement House Law of 1867. Loophole-ridden and...
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