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40-593: The Saint Nicholas Society of the City of New York is a charitable organization in New York City of men who are descended from early inhabitants of the State of New York. Thomas S Johnson is the current president. The organization preserves historical and genealogical records of English-ruled New York and Dutch-ruled New Amsterdam. The society has helped preserve the oldest historically landmarked buildings in New York City. The Society

80-2590: A Board of Managers annually, and have three members for each Class or year who serve between a one and a five-year term. Members are men descended from men who lived in the State of New York prior to 1785. Speakers and award winners – Governors, Mayors, Presidents, Authors, and Philanthropists. Society members, past and present, include: Medal of Merit Winners by Year 1937 The Hon Robert Moses , 1938 The Hon Thomas Dewey , 1939 Archer Milton Huntington , 1940 Senator Winthrop Aldrich , 1941 William Church Osborn, 1942 Col Arthur McDermott, 1943 General Hugh Drum, 1944 Hon Lee Smith, 1945 Mayor Fiorello Laguardia, 1946 Hon Herbert L. Satterlee , 1947 John D. Rockefeller Jr. , 1948 Hon George McAnemy, 1949 Judge Learned Hand , 1950 Fairfield Osborn, 1951 Hon Frank Hogan , 1952 Howard Cullman, 1953 Frederick Ecker, 1954 Alfred Sloan , 1955 Clarence Michalis, 1956 David Rockefeller , 1957 Hon Myron Taylor, 1958 Jerimiah Milbank, 1959 Robert Dowling, 1960 Cleveland E. Dodge Jr , 1961 Lee Wood, 1962 Hon Edward Lumbard, 1963 James Rorimer, 1964 Michael Murphy, 1965 Whitney North Seymour, 1966 Reginald Townsend, 1967 James McNaughton Hester, 1968 Mayor John Lindsay , 1969 Hoyt Ammidon, 1970 Hon Bernard Botein, 1971 Helen Hayes , 1972 Rev Horace Donegan, 1973 Joseph Papp , 1974 Hon Francis Plimpton, 1975 Secretary Treasury Douglas Dillon , 1976 Dr William McGill, 1977 John DeButts, 1978 Thomas Murphy, 1979 Walter Hoving, 1980 Vincent Sardi Jr , 1981 Rev Norman Vincent Peale , 1982 Dr Henry Kissinger , 1983 Maestro James Levine , 1984 Hon Jean Kirkpatrick, 1985 Washington Irving (posthumous) 1986 Douglas Fairbanks Jr. , 1987 Brooke Astor , 1988 Thomas Watson Jr, 1989 Hugh Bullock, 1990 Rev David Read, 1991 Daniel Davison, 1992 Rev Hugh Hildesley, 1993 Walter Cronkite , 1995 John Elliott Jr, 1996 Kenneth Jackson, 1997 Rev Thomas Pike, 1998 Henry Luce III, 1999 Schuler Chapin, 2000 Henry Stern, 2002 Eleanor Thomas Elliott, 2003 William F Baker, 2004 Vartan Gregorian , 2005 Mirian Heiskell, 2006 Hon William Vanden Heuvel, 2007 E L Doctorow , 2008 Hope Preminger, 2009 John L Loeb Jr, 2010 Rev James Cooper, 2012 Hon Thomas Kean , 2013 Phillipe de Montebello, 2014 Gregory Long, 2015 Dr Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel, 2016 Dr Louise Mirrer, 2017 Casey Kemper, 2018 Adele Chatfield-Taylor, 2019 Ian Wardropper, 2021 Colin Powell, 2022 Henry Louis Gates New-York Historical Society The New York Historical (originally

120-705: A lottery in 1814. The failure of the lottery resulted in a debt that forced the Society to mortgage some of its books, which were not redeemed until 1823. The Historical Society and its collections moved frequently during the 19th century. In 1809, the Historical Society and its collections moved to the Government House on Bowling Green . Constructed as a residence for the President of the United States when New York

160-537: A manuscript collection, several oil portraits and 38 engraved portraits. The Historical Society suffered under heavy debt during its early decades. In 1809, it organized a celebration of the 200th anniversary of the arrival of Henry Hudson in New York Harbor . Inspired by the event, the Historical Society petitioned and later obtained an endowment from the New York State Legislature , to be financed by

200-745: A state-of-the-art library reading room, and a new facility to house and provide access to the letters and manuscripts of the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History . In 2005, the Historical Society was among 406 New York City arts and social service institutions to receive part of a $ 20 million grant from the Carnegie Corporation , which was made possible through a donation by New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg . The museum has mounted exhibits on national themes through history in New York. For instance, beginning in 2005 with Slavery and

240-553: A three-year, $ 65 million renovation of the landmark building on Central Park West was completed in 2011 to enhance public access to the institution's resources. On Central Park West, windows were lengthened to form new entrances, with views into the main gallery, and windows were expanded. To establish "a street presence," the society has installed life-size bronze sculptures outside the building— Abraham Lincoln on Central Park West, Frederick Douglass on West 77th Street—national figures with connections to New York. After reopening,

280-539: A world-class collection of Hudson River School paintings, including major works by Thomas Cole and Frederic Edwin Church ; iconic genre and history paintings, including works by William Sidney Mount and Eastman Johnson ; a vast range of American portraits, including paintings by Rembrandt Peale and Gilbert Stuart ; all 435 of John James Audubon 's extant preparatory watercolors for The Birds of America ; and an encyclopedic collection of more than 800 works documenting

320-569: Is financing the digitization of its colonial historical archives to be made publicly available at the New-York Historical Society . Washington Irving , with the financial backing of John Jacob Astor and other prominent New Yorkers, organized the society in 1835 for historical and social purposes, holding its first meeting at Washington Hall . The group continues to hold regular dinners and meetings and to pay for newspaper announcements when one of their members dies. The annual dinner

360-507: Is usually addressed by notable speakers, with reports of speeches appearing in The New York Times . Speakers such as Mark Twain , President Theodore Roosevelt , Henry Kissinger , John D. Rockefeller Jr. , Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia , Mayor John Lindsay , Brooke Astor , David Rockefeller and Governor Thomas Kean . One famous speaker every year for 179 years. In 1900 Mark Twain was an honored guest, he said "I find great improvement of

400-512: The 1974 volume of the same name edited by John A. Garraty . Construction for its eighth home began September 10, 1902. The central portion of the current building on Central Park West was completed on December 15, 1908, to designs by architects York and Sawyer , who were known for their bank designs. In 1938 that central block was extended and sympathetically completed by the construction of pavilions on either end, with Walker & Gillette as architects. That extension project stands among

440-506: The Edict of Nantes , known as the French Huguenot memorial window, in honor of religious refugees to New York. It is inscribed and signed by the artist, Mary Elizabeth Tillinghast . The window was underwritten by Margaret Olivia Slocum Sage , a philanthropist who was instrumental in commissioning other windows by Tillinghast. The Historical Society's collection continued to grow throughout

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480-744: The Marine Corps and was assigned to run the bachelor officers’ mess at the Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point in North Carolina in 1942 and was sent to Okinawa . He left the Marines as captain. After serving in the military, he took over the restaurant when his father retired in 1947. He was known for extending lines of credit to unemployed Broadway actors and offered special menus with reduced prices to them. He also made sure to attend every show and insisted that his headwaiters do

520-529: The New-York Historical Society ) is an American history museum and library on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City . The society was founded in 1804 as New York's first museum. It presents exhibitions, public programs, and research that explore the history of New York and the nation. The New York Historical Museum & Library has been at its present location since 1908. The granite building

560-615: The history of the Constitution . The Society also offers an extensive range of curriculum-based school programs and teacher resources, and provides academic fellowships and organizes public programs for adults to foster lifelong learning and a deep appreciation of history. The New York Historical's museum is the oldest in New York City and predates the founding of the Metropolitan Museum of Art by nearly 70 years. Its art holdings comprise more than 1.6 million works. Among them are

600-575: The 20th century, but renewed financial woes in the 1970s and 1980s forced the Historical Society to limit access to its collections to professional researchers. In the 1980s, under the leadership of Herbert S. Winokur, Jr. , a private equity financier and Enron board member, the Society was forced to use endowment invasion to pay their annual operating costs and cover their salaries, to the point where by 1988, they had only enough money in their endowment to pay for another 18 months of operating expenses. Barbara Knowles Debs from Manhattanville College

640-404: The City of New York, some say it has improved because I have been away, Others and I agree with them, say it has improved because I have come back!" In 1852, Senator and Secretary of State Daniel Webster said, "Gentlemen, I deem it a great good fortune to pass a few minutes with you", "I am happy to be here", "I have raised my voice and swung my hat for forty years for Orange Boven." The colors of

680-499: The Historical Society offered a multimedia installation of major themes of American history through stories and figures from New York's past. It also has a new section for an interactive children's history museum. In 2023, the New York Historical Society began constructing the 80,000-square-foot (7,400 m ) Tang Wing, designed by Robert A. M. Stern . The wing will contain collections on LGBTQ+ history. As of 2024 ,

720-742: The Long Island Historical Society (later Brooklyn Historical Society ) was founded in Brooklyn in 1863. The New York Historical holds an extensive collection of historical artifacts, works of American art, and other materials documenting the history of New York and the United States. It presents well-researched exhibitions on a variety of topics and periods in American history , such as George Washington , Alexander Hamilton , Slavery in New York , The Hudson River School , Abraham Lincoln , Ulysses S. Grant , Tiffany designer Clara Driscoll , and

760-560: The Making of New York, 1600s–1827 , it mounted the first exhibition ever in New York City on the major but little-known role of slavery in the city's economy and history. During the colonial years, 41% of households had slaves, and much of the city's economy through the Civil War was related to the South and slavery; half of its exports were related to cotton. Devoting the entire first floor to the exhibit,

800-600: The New York Historical has invested significantly in facility and installation upgrades, and conducted fundraising. It has increased its operating budget by 160 percent to enhance and expand its public programs, while maintaining a balanced budget from 1998 to the present. Recent renovations to the Historical Society include new galleries and exhibition spaces, the Henry Luce III Center for the Study of American Culture,

840-429: The United States prior to 1860; American fiction, poetry, and belles-lettres prior to 1850; a broad range of materials relating to the history of the circus; and American travel accounts from the colonial era to the present day. The Society operates a website showing many images from its collection. In 2015, it announced the digitization and posting of over a thousand negatives by photographer Robert L. Bracklow from

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880-489: The class of 1937 as a pre-medical student. However, Sardi failed the chemistry examination because he had sold his textbook at Barnes & Noble so he could attend a dance. He then transferred to Columbia Business School after two years, graduating in 1937. In the meantime, Sardi worked at the family business and worked at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel before rejoining Sardi's in 1939 as dining-room captain. Sardi joined

920-477: The desk at which Clement Clarke Moore wrote " A Visit from Saint Nicholas ", one of the world's largest collections of Tiffany lamps and glasswork, and a collection of more than 550 late 19th-century American board games. Its research library contains more than three million books, pamphlets, maps, atlases, newspapers, broadsides, music sheets, manuscripts, prints, photographs, and architectural drawings. Among its collections are far-ranging materials relating to

960-442: The founding and early history of the nation including the first documentary evidence of the phrase "United States of America" ; one of the best collections of 18th-century newspapers in the United States; an outstanding collection of materials documenting slavery and Reconstruction; an exceptional collection of Civil War material, including Ulysses S. Grant 's terms of surrender for Robert E. Lee ; collections relating to trials in

1000-680: The full catalog of representational sculpture in America from the colonial period to the present day. The Historical Society holds an important collection of paintings and drawings by marine artist James Bard . The museum holds much of sculptor Elie Nadelman 's legendary American folk art collection, including furniture and household accessories such as lamps, candlesticks, textiles, glass, and ceramic objects, as well as paintings, toys, weather vanes, sculptural woodcarvings, and chalkware. The Historical Society's holdings in artifacts and decorative arts include George Washington 's camp bed from Valley Forge,

1040-566: The last examples of Beaux-Arts architecture completed in the city and in the entire country. The building was designated a landmark by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1966. Two notable stained glass windows are found in the library on the 2nd floor. The Arrival of Henry Hudson was designed by Mr. Calvert of the Gorham Manufacturing Company . The second is Revocation of

1080-505: The late 19th and early 20th centuries. The Historical Society was founded on November 20, 1804, largely through the efforts of John Pintard . He was for some years secretary of the American Academy of Fine Arts, as well as the founder of New York's first savings bank. He was also among the first to agitate for a free school system. The first meeting comprised 11 of the city's most prominent citizens, including Mayor DeWitt Clinton . At

1120-408: The meeting, a committee was selected to draw up a constitution, and by December 10, the Historical Society was officially organized. According to the Historical Society's first catalogue, printed in 1813, the museum then held 4,265 books, as well as 234 volumes of United States documents, 119 almanacs, 130 titles of newspapers, 134 maps, and 30 miscellaneous views. It had already collected the start of

1160-423: The museum mounted the largest theme exhibit in its 200-year history. It also addressed the strengths of African Americans who resisted slavery and created their own culture, both in New York and the nation. A related part of the exhibit was commissioning 20 new works by invited artists, some of whom used objects from the museum's collections to create new works and installations on this theme. The second exhibition

1200-529: The next 50 years. The Historical Society later acquired a collection of Egyptian and Assyrian art, which was eventually transferred to the Brooklyn Museum of Art . In 1936 it acquired the collections of the Naval History Society (1912–1936). Between 1934 and 1970, the Historical Society published a 10-volume Encyclopedia of American Biography , edited by Winfield Scott Downs. It is distinct from

1240-471: The president of the New York Historical since 2004. Beginning in 2005, the museum presented a two-year exhibit on Slavery in New York, its largest theme exhibition in 200 years on a topic which it had never addressed before. It included an art exhibit by artists invited to use museum collections in their works. The Society generally focuses on the developing city center in Manhattan . Another historical society,

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1280-532: The restaurant to a pair of producers Ivan Bloch and Harvey Klaris and restaurateur Stuart Lichtenstein. He regained ownership of the restaurant in 1991 and due to his failing health, turned the operation of the restaurant to his business partner Max Klimavicius. In 2004, Sardi received a Tony Honor for Excellence in Theatre , an award also given to his father during the first year of the Tony Awards in 1947. Sardi

1320-605: The same so that the actors would be well treated. He was president of the Greater Times Square Committee in the 1960s and the Restaurant League of New York in the 1970s, serving as official and unofficial spokesperson of Manhattan's Theater District . He later opened a branch of the restaurant on East 54th Street and a dinner theater in Long Island but neither turned out to be a success. In 1985, he sold

1360-635: The society are orange and symbolic of the Dutch settlement of New York. The Society has held a spring dinner every year since 1848. The Paas Ball includes a presentation of Debutantes. The St Nicholas Society is part of a committee of organizations and governments planning to celebrate the 400th Anniversary of New Amsterdam settlement and the founding of the City that became New York. The Society has several Officers including President, four Vice presidents, Secretary, Treasurer, historian, Genealogist, Assistant Genealogist, Chaplains, and Physicians. Members are appointed to

1400-619: The wing is scheduled to open in 2026. The Historical Society uses an archaic spelling of the name "New York". Hyphenating the city's name was common in the 19th century when the institution was founded. The hyphen is still used in the 21st century to give the Historical Society a unique identity. In October 2024, the organization announced that it would be rebranding itself as New York Historical . The New York Historical gives three book prizes annually. 40°46′45″N 73°58′27″W  /  40.77917°N 73.97417°W  / 40.77917; -73.97417 Vincent Sardi Jr. Sardi

1440-475: Was New York Divided: Slavery and the Civil War, 1827–1865 , (November 17, 2006 to September 3, 2007), which explored the economy before the war and strong business ties to the South, events related to the war such as the New York City Draft Riots , and other aspects. Southerners visited New York so frequently in the antebellum era that they had favorite hotels. Under the direction of Louise Mirrer,

1480-511: Was born on July 23, 1915, in Manhattan and spent his early childhood in a railroad flat on West 56th Street before moving to a brownstone at 246 West 44th Street, where his father, Vincent Sardi, Sr. founded Sardi's restaurant. Sardi attended Holy Cross Academy and appeared in a Broadway play at the Little Theatre . The Sardi family moved to Flushing, Queens , and Sardi attended Flushing High School . He entered Columbia College with

1520-450: Was designed by York & Sawyer in a classic Roman Eclectic style . The building, along Central Park West between 76th and 77th Streets, is a New York City designated landmark . A renovation, completed in November 2011, made the building more accessible to the public, provided space for an interactive children's museum, and facilitated access to its collections. Louise Mirrer has been

1560-412: Was named interim director of the Historical Society. In the same year hundreds of paintings, decorative art objects, and other artifacts, which were stored in a Manhattan warehouse, were found to be critically deteriorating. Many of the objects were on long-term loan to the museum. In 1995, grants from the city and state restored public access under the direction of Betsy Gotbaum . Since the late 1990s,

1600-480: Was the temporary capital, the building had been unoccupied since the government's relocation to Philadelphia in 1790. In 1816, the Historical Society moved to the New York Institution, formerly the city almshouse on City Hall Park . In 1857, it moved into the first building constructed specifically for its collections, at the then-fashionable intersection of Second Avenue and 11th Street, where it stayed for

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