CRAILO STATE HISTORIC SITE - Heidi Hill joins Russell Shorto to explore the history of Rensselaerswijck, Crailo’s evolution as a museum, and the legend of “Yankee Doodle” possibly being written at the historic site.
The Return of the Experiment by Len Tantilo Introduction Your mind drifts off as your teacher talks about the Dutch here in America. You picture...
John Updike was a prolific American novelist, poet, and critic best known for the Rabbit series. A two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, he published more than sixty books and was widely regarded as one of America’s leading writers.
A documentary DVD about the New Netherland Project, where more than 18 volumes of the official archives of New Netherland have been transcribed, translated, and published to date, and its connection with modern times.
INTIMATE NETWORKS AND THE 17th-CENTURY ATLANTIC - Historian Susanah Romney joins Russell Shorto to discuss her research on intimate networks in the 17th-century Atlantic world, themes from New Netherland Connections, and the challenges of translating early Dutch texts.
Sources & Citations This digital project, Voyages of New Netherland (1609–1664), offers a richly detailed database tracing roughly 250 voyages of over 150 ships between...
Wouter van Twiller served as Director of New Netherland from 1633 to 1638. His administration expanded trade but was criticized for weak leadership, particularly after the Dutch lost control of territory in Connecticut.
This volume of land papers from the “Colonial Manuscripts” in the New York State Archives comprises translations of three Dutch record books lettered GG, HH...
NATIVES IN NEW NETHERLAND - Archaeologist James Bradley joins Russell Shorto to discuss Indigenous peoples of the American Northeast, exploring both historical and contemporary perspectives on the region’s Native communities, culture, and enduring presence.
The database records details on voyages of ships that made port in New Netherland for the years 1609-1664. (This period covers Dutch control of New...
