Series II. Press Kits, 1976-1995

Abigail Adams is one of many women celebrated in this exhibition. Includes photo and biography of historian Linda Grant DePauw, consultant for the exhibition.

A comprehensive view of American childhood from the 17th-19th centuries.

Explores the history and future collaboration between artists and architects. Includes booklet on works and architects involved.

This gift collection from Dr. Egon Neustadt represents pieces from each of Tiffany's major periods.

Traced the history of firefighting in America from Colonial times to the Civil War. Includes The New York Fire House Fact Sheet.

Featured photographs, including of stars such as Marion Davies, Gloria Swanson, Rudolph Valentino, and W.C. Fields, posters, and artifacts from the Astoria Motion Picture and Television Foundation and other museums. Folder includes a newsletter of the Astoria Foundation.

Materials of nearly 100 rare European and American playing card decks and board games from the 16th to the 20th centuries.

Traces the history of the China trade chronologically and its contribution to the decorative arts to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the sailing of the ship Empress of China. Includes a list of distinguished exhibition committee members.

Commemorated the quincentennial of the incorporation of the College of Arms by King Richard III in 1484. It was the first major heraldic exhibition of its kind to be mounted in the United States.

Focused on the manufacturing period from the beginning of the Industrial Revolution to the 20th century.

Photographs relating to the Statue of Liberty to celebrate the centennial of the statue. Approximately 75 original photographs from the 1870s to the present were assembled for the exhibition, which was divided into three sections: Bartholdi's Vision, "...To Breathe Free," and "Liberty Enlightening the World."

Focused on the changing image of children in New York from 1709 to 1984. Also celebrated the 275th anniversary of the Trinity School, the oldest continually operated school in New York City.

Celebrated the bicentennial of the birth of John James Audubon. All of Audubon's 433 known original watercolors painted for his monumental volume, The Birds of America. Also includes a release for the exhibition John James Audubon: Science into Art at the American Museum of Natural History, which coincided with the N-YHS exhibition.

New-York Walks explored the history and development of New York's varied neighborhoods. Includes a brochure of the program and maps of the various walking tours.

N-YHS tours offered to students from grade K-High School. Included are descriptions of tours appropriate for each grade level.

Major exhibition, lecture series, catalogue, workshops, and tours as part of the Celebration of the 200th Anniversary of the US Constitution. Includes photos of artifacts on display and a small copy of the Constitution published by the N-YHS.

Featured 75 paintings and drawings by Cropsey (1823-1900), 19th century American landscape artist.

Illustrated the manner in which upper class New Yorkers of the 19th century lived, highlighting figures such as William H. Vanderbilt and the Astors.

Focused on the work of Francis W. Edmonds (1806-1863), and the stylistic debt 19th century American art owed to Dutch paintings. Included 27 paintings, 13 oil studies and drawings, sketchbooks, and 3 engravings.

Traveling retrospective of Newman's work in honor of his 50th anniversary as a photographer. Included were 150 predominately black and white images featuring portraits of many influential personalities of the 20th century.

N-YHS celebrated Farm-City Week by promoting ten restaurants and NY state wineries. Organizations provided information on how each group's agricultural /horticultural programs were interspersed throughout the metropolitan area. Included are the pamphlets on the food and wine festival and The Virtuosi Quintet, which provided music for the event.

This exhibition provided an in-depth look at what domestic life was like in rural working-class America in the 19th century. The exhibition was divided into several sections such as tending the hearth, cooking and baking, and food service.

Exhibition on architectural drawings, photographs, and prints exploring the changes in the urban landscape of New York City from the mid-19th to mid-20th centuries. Highlights included the Woolworth Building, the Crystal Palace, and the second Madison Square Garden built in 1890.

The spirit of New York was captured in this presentation of 19th century photographs and other materials, such as Washington Irving's Knickerbocker's History of New York (1809).

Presidential campaign ephemera captured 150 years of presidential salesmanship. Included were eclectic examples of campaign rhetoric and marketing tactics of political parties such as the Free-Soil party and the Bull Moose (Progressive) party.

Included are pamphlets and photos announcing the new conservation lab, and a 1988 NY Times article on N-YHS's efforts to raise funding for its future.

Celebrated the invention of photography with an exhibition of over 40 unique daguerreotypes dating from 1840-1860 from the N-YHS collections. Also included is a leaflet announcing a lecture on The Modern Daguerreotype.

Focused on the changing urban architecture, lifestyle, and people of New York in the 1920s and 1930s. On display were 80 photographs by Browning (1895-1961) that documented both the glamorous and destitute environment that existed in the city at that time.

Included more than 120 works from the Shelburne Museum's extensive Americana collection, including quilts, coverlets, rugs, weathervanes, and carved figures.

Explored the pivotal role of history's influence on American culture in a three-part multi-disciplinary program.

A display of Eugene Richards' black and white photos.

Includes material on the following: Luman Reed Gallery, Thomas Jefferson Bryan Gallery, Audubon's Birds of America, and general N-YHS program brochures.

Includes photographs of some of the paintings.

Marked the Quincentenary of Christopher Columbus' voyage to the Americas in 1492.

Commemorated the 50th anniversary of the U.S. entry into World War II.

Featured 47 architectural drawings, as well as watercolors, prints, and manuscripts. Includes a list of architectural collections held by N-YHS as of 1994.

Exhibition at The Equitable Gallery of 50 American paintings and sculpture from N-YHS's collection.

Retrospective of works by Cole (1801-1848), an early 19th century landscape painter.

Exhibition celebrating the May 1995 re-opening of the N-YHS galleries after being closed for two years; includes object photographs and checklist. Also includes Executive Director Betsy Gotbaum's Vision Statement released in conjunction with the re-opening. The checklist for the exhibition On the Avenue, Fifth Avenue that also opened then is included in the packet.