Everyone is invited to the opening reception of 'The History of the Census in Hudson' exhibition curated by the Hudson Area Library and the Jacob Leisler Institute for the Study of Early New York History, for a shared viewing and conversation with refreshments. The History of the Census in HudsonHudson Area Library51 N 5th St., Hudson, NY.Thursday, February 6, 6-7:30pm …
2020 Lecture Series
On January 9, Dr. David W. Voorhees delivered the first lecture of the 2020 series in the Hudson Area Library's History Room. His topic, colonial census enumerations in what is now Columbia County, brought out many interested local residents. The next lecture, given by New Netherland Institute Director Stephen McErleane, will be on Thursday, April 9. …
Karlijn Waterman Visits
The Jacob Leisler Institute was delighted yesterday to host Karlijn Waterman, wife of late trustee Kees-Jan Waterman, who donated to the Institute her husband's extensive collection of materials relating to colonial European-Algonquian and Iroquoian relations in New York and New Jersey. Ms. Waterman, Coordinator of Dutch as a Foreign Language at Nederlandse Taalunie, brought with her several more of her late husband's files to be added to the Institute's collections. …
Collaboration with Basel University
"Sandgrube," built in Basel, Switzerland, in 1746 as the home of Achilles Leissler (1723-1784), became this month the new location of the European Global Studies Institute in Basel. Achilles Leisler was a grandson of Jacob Leisler's brother Franz Leisler. The Jacob Leisler Institute and the Europainstitut of Basel University are now collaborating in recovering the global connections of the Leisler family. …
A standing-room only crowd for the latest in the Lecture Series
Thank You to Travis Bowman for an illuminating lecture, to Tina Lesem for organizing it, to the Hudson Area Library for hosting, and to everyone in the standing-room only crowd for attending. …
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Mary Collins joins the Institute
The Leisler Institute is pleased to announce that Mary Collins has joined the Institute as our Librarian. Ms. Collins has a Master of Library and Information Science with a concentration in rare books and special collections, a nearly completed Master of Arts from the City University of New York Graduate Center, and holds the Certified Genealogist credential. She is former librarian at the Holland Society of New York. We are delighted to have her join us as a colleague. …