Student Historian Program

Student Historian Program


“Through this internship, I learned to research more efficiently, think outside the box for creative projects and voice my opinions in group discussions.”
– Marcia White, 2012 Student Historian


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Titanic Sinks!: Commemorate the 100th Anniversary of one of the Twentieth-Century's Most Infamous Disasters

 Free with museum admission!

Sun, 04/15/2012 - 2:00pm

Experience the Titanic’s doomed voyage as Barry Denenberg, author of Titanic Sinks!, joins us in the Barbara K. Lipman Children's History Library to read excerpts and discuss his book for young readers. Questions surrounding the sinking of the Titanic will be certain to drive this discussion – questions about arrogance and corporate greed, questions about the lifeboats leaving half empty, questions about iceberg warning signs and questions about why so many third-class passengers perished. Join Mr.

You Are Here!

Sun, 11/13/2011 - 11:30am

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From the 17th century to the 21st, through fiction and through fact, hear tales of NYC and the people who made it great.

Explore wayfinding, a room-sized map, and what Manhattan looked like 400 years ago in these stories about maps.

Free with museum admission. Please check back for information on upcoming story tellers and stories.

Location

Barbara K. Lipman Children's Library, New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West, New York, NY 10024

Sunday Scholars

High school students from the New York City metropolitan area are invited to spend six Sunday afternoons examining art, artifacts and documents.

Sun, 11/06/2011 - 1:00pm

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Sundays, November 6, 13, 20 and December 4, 11, 18, 2011

Historians and Art Historians regularly come to the New-York Historical Society to conduct research. Now, budding scholars will have the chance to do the same. High school students from the New York City metropolitan area are invited to spend six Sunday afternoons examining art, artifacts and documents. Together, they will choose and research a topic in American History and create a video guide to the museum's collections for our website.

Recommended Reading

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Resources for Teachers

Brookhiser, Richard. Alexander Hamilton, American (New York: Touchstone, 2000)

Burrows, Edwin G., and Wallace, Mike. Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898 (New York: Oxford University Press, 1999)

Chernow, Ron. Alexander Hamilton (New York: Penguin Books, 2004)

Chernow, Ron. Washington: A Life (New York: The Penguin Press, 2010)

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School Days

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School Days
Date 
September 1877
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Artist/Maker: John Rogers
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Bronze
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Overall: 21 1/4 x 12 1/4 x 9 in. (54 x 31.1 x 22.9 cm)
Description 
Genre figure.
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Purchase
Object Number 
1936.642
Marks 
signed: center top of base: "JOHN ROGERS/NEW YORK 1877"inscribed: center top back of base: "PAT.JUNE 26 1877."inscribed: front of base: "SCHOOL DAYS"
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This bronze served as the master model for the plasters that Rogers sold to a broad audience of middle-class Americans. Rogers had taken childhood education as a theme in the past, including the intimate drama of the student under pressure in The School Examination of 1867 and the budding romance of The Favored Scholar, 1872. For this work, however, Rogers surprised viewers by referring to a period in one's life rather than to an actual school subject. The title suggests that School Days is not a commentary on contemporary life but a nostalgic glimpse of a fleeting period of innocence and enjoyment. The scene takes place on the street where two children (modeled after Rogers' daughter Katherine and his son Charles) have stopped on their way to school, fascinated by an organ grinder and his monkey. The man stands with his weight on his back foot cranking his instrument somewhat perfunctorily. Organ grinders were a common (and, for some, annoying) part of New York street life, and many were recent immigrants. Though Rogers did not specify his street musician's nationality, several commentators described him as Italian, perhaps based on the figure's bushy hair and mustache. The girl is entranced by the remarkably detailed figures dancing in the organ, and the boy is discovering that the monkey has stolen his hat. Rogers issued this group at approximately the same time as The Traveling Magician (1936.637, 1926.35). He may have intended the two views of street life to function as pendants. It has been said that monkeys were considered bad luck during this period, and, indeed, School Days seemed ill-fated. Rogers exhibited it at the National Academy of Design's 1877 annual exhibition, where it seems not to have attracted critical notice. The group sold poorly; perhaps a scene of urban street life was considered inappropriate for middle-class parlors.
Bibliography 
Articles, Scrapbooks of miscellaneous clippings, etc. about John Rogers, Vol. 4, New York Historical Society. Daily Evening Transcript, Boston, Oct. 30, 1877, p. 6. Barck, Dorothy, "Rogers Group in the Museum of the New-York Historical Society," New-York Historical Society Quarterly, Vol. XVI, No. 3, October, 1932, p. 78. Smith, Mrs. and Mrs. Chetwood, Rogers Groups: Thought and Wrought by John Rogers, Boston: Charles E. Goodspeed & Co., 1934, pp.84-5. Wallace, David H., John Rogers, The People's Sculptor, Middleton, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1967, pp. 117, 149, 242-3, 285, 294, 301, 304. Holzer, Harold, and Farber, Joseph, "The Sculpture of John Rogers," Antiques Magazine, April 1970, pp. 756-68. Bleier, Paul and Meta, John Rogers Statuary, Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 2001, pp. 162-3.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Programs

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Programs

The Institute for Constitutional History currently offers a variety of programs that enhance the teaching of Constitutional Studies and encourage scholars to increase their involvement in the field:

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College Groups

College Groups

The interdisciplinary nature of the New-York Historical Society’s collections and exhibitions are ideal for in-depth intellectual discussions. If you are interested in bringing a class to New-York Historical, please visit our online booking system.

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College and Graduate Internships

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College & Graduate Internships

The New-York Historical Society, through the generous support of the Peter Jay Sharp Foundation, offers internships for graduate and undergraduate students, as well as recent graduates each fall, spring and summer.

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Student and Class Visit

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We ask that students at the high school level or younger visit the Patricia D. Klingenstein Library with an adult, such as a teacher or parent, and that the teacher or parent call ahead to discuss briefly the nature of the student's project with a reference librarian. The Klingenstein Library's research collections are not geared primarily to school history projects and students should undertake secondary source research prior to visiting this library. Please contact the Education Department if you're a school teacher and would like to bring your class to the New-York Historical Society.

Teachers of college and graduate school classes who would like to schedule a class visit to the Klingenstein Library should contact Nina Nazionale at nnazionale@nyhistory.org

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