"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. …
Lecture : Slavery and Dutch – Palatine Farmers
Thursday, September 12, 6:00pm As part of our on-going lecture series, the Leisler Institute, in conjunction with the Gotham Center, and the Hudson Area Library History Room, present, Slavery and Dutch - Palatine Farmers: How did middle class farmers in Colonial New York interact with slavery? In New York State slavery existed for 200 years and recent interest and research, particularly focused on the Hudson Valley area, confronts this reprehensible fact. This lecture is an opportunity to …
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SUNY-New Paltz student Edward Stehr begins internship at the Leisler Institute
Mr. Stehr is a sophomore at SUNY-New Paltz majoring in history. He hales from East Meadow, Long Island. We look forward to working with Mr. Stehr during the coming months. Mr. Stehr comments, "I am honored to be working under the tutelage of Dr. Voorhees and with the others at the Leisler Institute." …
Waterman Collection of European-Indian Relations in the Hudson River Valley being Cataloged
Volunteer Jim Hoon is cataloging the Kees-Jan Waterman Collection of colonial European-Indian interaction in the Hudson River Valley at the Jacob Leisler Institute. Acquisition of the eight boxes of the Kees-Jan Waterman Collection of materials relating to colonial European-Indian relations in the Hudson River Valley was made possible by Kees-Jan Waterman's heirs and through the support of the Dutch Culture USA program by the Consulate General of the Netherlands in New York. …