Selected papers from the Rensselaerswijck Seminar, now the New Netherland Seminar, are presented online in "A Beautiful and Fruitful Place."

Our most recent conference, the 44th, in October 2022, was Alida Livingston's World: Women in New Netherland and Early New York, held in conjunction with the New-York Historical Society.

Jeroen van den Hurk uses historic documents to analyze the architecture of New Netherland.

The Story of the Holland Society's journal de Halve Maen by its editor.

Governors Island, landing place of the first colonists from the Dutch Republic.

Buying and Selling Real Property in New Amsterdam.

A collection of essays by the Keeper of Manuscripts at the New York State Library early in the 20th Century, edited by Dr. Gehring.

The Dutch Among the People of the Long River De Witte Leeuw (“The White Lion”) was a heavily armed trading ship of 320 tons, sailing...

The patroonship plan of colonization was attempted in various regions. Only Rensselaerswijck proved a success.

Bread was the mainstay of the Dutch diet in the seventeenth century. It was consumed with butter or cheese for breakfast, paired with meat or hutspot (a one-pot dish of meats and vegetables) for the midday main eal, and served with, or as part of, the porridge at night

Ryan Fitzpatrick talks to Dr. Charles Gehring, director of the New Netherland Project at the NYS Library. Together they discuss the 1609 exhibition, Henry Hudson and the role of Dutch in the early colonial period.

The Flemish Contribution to European Settlement in America