Charles G. Koch (born 1935) is an American businessman and chairman of Koch Industries. Under his leadership, the company grew into the world’s largest privately held corporation, expanding from oil refining into diverse global industrial operations.
The first encounter between the Dutch and the Indigenous peoples shaped lasting impressions—marked by curiosity, cautious exchange, and cultural contrast—laying the foundation for a complex relationship of trade, diplomacy, and eventual conflict.
Peter Kiewit (1900–1979) was an American construction executive who transformed his family’s Omaha contracting firm into the global Kiewit Corporation. Under his leadership, the company built major infrastructure projects and became one of North America’s largest construction firms.
The Hudson Valley’s natural beauty and abundance captivated all who encountered it—from Native peoples sustained by its waters and woods to Dutch traders and, later, artists drawn to its dramatic seasons and landscapes.
Willem Kieft (c.1597–1647) served as Director of New Netherland from 1638 to 1647. His authoritarian leadership and conflicts with settlers and Native Americans sparked Kieft’s War, leading to his recall by Dutch authorities.
This bibliography gathers key works on Dutch influence in colonial America, with a focus on New Netherland, the Hudson Valley, and the transition from Dutch to English rule. Covering politics, society, law, architecture, trade, culture, and daily life, these sources provide a comprehensive foundation for studying Dutch contributions to early American history and their lasting legacy.
Jim Kaat (born 1938) is a Dutch American former Major League Baseball pitcher and broadcaster. Over a 25-year career he won 16 Gold Glove Awards and later became an Emmy-winning baseball analyst for NBC, ESPN, and the Yankees Network.
The economic patterns that the Dutch established in New Netherland flourished under the English. The principles and practices of private entrepreneurship, introduced under the West India Company umbrella, provided the underlying foundations for New York's commercial economy.
Meindert De Jong (1906–1991) was a Dutch-born American author of children’s books who won the Newbery Medal for The Wheel on the School and the Hans Christian Andersen Medal for his lasting contributions to children’s literature.
From the start, the Dutch introduced European foodways to the Hudson Valley: breads, cheese, meats, fruit trees, spices, and beverages like cider, beer, and wine—later adding tea, coffee, chocolate, and rum.
