Essays & Talks
Over many years, the New Netherland Project and the New Netherland Research Center, working with the New Netherland Institute and its predecessor, the Friends of New Netherland, have published essays and hosted talks by leading scholars.
Essays include the Annals series by Dr. Charles Gehring, originally undertaken with the support of the Consulate General of the Netherlands in New York. Talks typically were presented at the annual meeting of the New Netherland Institute or the annual Rensselaerswijck Seminar (renamed the New Netherland Seminar in 2009).
Also be sure to watch our NNRC scholars’ video presentations, a fairly recent but growing content medium.
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
The patroonship plan of colonization was attempted in various regions. Only Rensselaerswijck proved a success.
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...
A collection of essays by the Keeper of Manuscripts at the New York State Library early in the 20th Century, edited by Dr. Gehring.
Buying and Selling Real Property in New Amsterdam.
Governors Island, landing place of the first colonists from the Dutch Republic.
The Story of the Holland Society's journal de Halve Maen by its editor.
Jeroen van den Hurk uses historic documents to analyze the architecture of New Netherland.
Selected papers from the Rensselaerswijck Seminar, now the New Netherland Seminar, are presented online in "A Beautiful and Fruitful Place."
The New Netherland Institute mourns the passing of Stefan Bielinski, long-time historian at the New York State Museum and creator of the Colonial Albany Social History...
