A name dear to every American of Dutch descent
David William Voorhees is the Director of the Papers of Jacob Leisler Project at New York University and, since 1990, has served as Managing Editor of de Halve Maen, a quarterly scholarly journal dedicated to the study of New Netherland.
Previously, he was the Managing Reference History Editor at Charles Scribner’s Sons and a Co-Editor of The Papers of William Livingston. He earned his Ph.D. in history from New York University in 1988.
His published works include The Concise Dictionary of American History (1983), The Holland Society: A Centennial History 1885–1985 (1985), Records of the Reformed Protestant Church of Flatbush, Kings County, New York, Volume I, 1677–1720 (1999), and Volume II, Midwood Deacons’ Accounts 1654–1709 (2008). He is also the author of numerous scholarly articles.
Voorhees was a New York State Council of the Humanities Speaker from 1996 to 1998.
