Friday Links

2010 October 22
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by ASHP Staff

Links from Aaron:

This week Queens remembers Nathaniel Woodhull, a Revolutionary War era POW who was fatally wounded at what is now the corner of 196th St. and Jamaica Ave. But in a changing attitude towards memorial, borough historian Jack Eichenbaum suggests that the remembrance be part of an “Iphone Application” or tour of Revolutionary War sites in Queens.  Meanwhile, ReadWriteWeb asks the hard questions about technology’s impact for historians and archaeologists working in the field.  Buffalo, NY remembers Vietnam war resisters, border crossers, and the role that the city played in the anti-draft movement by recounting the story of two 19 year olds who burned their papers and took sanctuary in the Unitarian Universalist Church.

But if I had to recommend one thing above all this week, it would be this story of teen crime, the NYPD and a penguin that didn’t pay for its subway ride.

From Ellen:

A heartfelt plea from Mike O’Malley about academic conferences in the history profession; amen, brother!

From Leah N:

This week on the Tenement Museum blog, a reader asked about how immigrants sent money home to relatives in Europe during the nineteenth and early twentieth century. I learned a lot from the answer, but I was delighted to read about the Tenement Museum’s use of records from the Emigrant Savings Bank.  The Emigrant Savings Bank–which still exists today!–was founded in 1850 by Irish immigrants living in the Five Points. We use a table of records from the bank in our seminars about Irish immigrants; the bank records, along with marriage records from the Church of the Transfiguration and artifacts recovered from the Five Points neighborhood, are important sources for understanding people who seldom left behind records in their own words.  I am so excited that HERB, our forthcoming database of history education resources, will soon be live so that teachers and students will be able to access the documents I’ve just described.  In the meantime, read below or check out the Five Points Database, from which this data was recovered:

This sample of account records from Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank sketches an outline of the lives of a number of immigrants living in New York City's Five Points neighborhood in the mid-nineteenth century. The bank also recorded the account number, the person's city of origin, the ship's point of origin and arrival date in America, the name of the parents and whether or not they were still living, the names and whereabouts of siblings, and children's names.

This sample of account records from Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank sketches an outline of the lives of a number of immigrants living in New York City's Five Points neighborhood in the mid-nineteenth century. The bank also recorded the account number, the person's city of origin, the ship's point of origin and arrival date in America, the name of the parents and whether or not they were still living, the names and whereabouts of siblings, and children's names.

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2012 May 13
Irene Stewart permalink

Do you have any information about an Immigrant’s Bank in Pearl Street between 1840 and 1850. We are researching the background to a Mr Francis Edington who worked in New York between 1840 – 1850 and returned to North Berwick. On his death he left a considerable sum of money to the Town Council who in turn built a cottage hospital. We will, in the summer hold centenary celebrations. But we are struggling to find out where he lived. We know he had a bank account in Pearl Street.

Kind regards

Irene Stewart

2012 May 13
Irene Stewart permalink

~Any help would be appreciated.

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