The Dutch & the English, and the Wall That Divided Them
- Title
- The Dutch & the English, and the Wall That Divided Them
- Creator
- Michael Lorenzini
- Description
- The New Amsterdam Stories project began as a collaboration between the New York City Municipal Archives and the Stadsarchief Amsterdam. Both of these city archives were working to digitize and make available 17th-century records related to New Amsterdam, the Dutch settlement on the southern tip of Manhattan that would become New York City. A joint project was suggested by Russell Shorto, encouraged by the New Netherland Institute, and facilitated by the Dutch consulate. New Amsterdam Stories was born, a platform to share each archives' efforts to document the stories of the people of New Amsterdam. The project set in motion a unique shared cultural-heritage partnership seeking to bring archival collections to wider audiences and to establish opportunities for greater research, knowledge-sharing, and storytelling. We hope to serve as a model for access and interpretation of digital heritage collections. (NYC Dept of Records)
- Publisher
- New Amsterdam Stories (a collaboration between the New York City Municipal Archives and the Stadsarchief Amsterdam), NYC Department of Records & Information Services
- Date
- 2017
- Format
- blog post
- Link
- newamsterdamstories.archives.nyc
- Source
- Lorenzini, Michael. 2017. "The Dutch & the English, and the Wall That Divided Them" New Amsterdam Stories (a collaboration between the New York City Municipal Archives and the Stadsarchief Amsterdam), NYC Department of Records & Information Services. https://newamsterdamstories.archives.nyc/blog/the-dutch-the-english-and-the-wall-that-divided-them