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- EIN 14-1672400
- (518) 486-4815
- Po Box 2536 Albany NY 12220-0536 USA
- www.newnetherlandinstitute.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: International, International Studies
Mission: To increase the knowledge (both 'popular' and academic) of new netherland and its
Programs: The institute conducts programs that bring new netherland to the public: the annual conference showcases research on the history and culture of new netherland and early new york. In 2017, the 40th annual conference was titled "women in new netherland" and included talks on infulential women in new netherland and the socail life of women in the 17th century. Summer programs took new netherland "on the road". In 2017 the institute visited hartford, connecticut with the program "the dutch in connecticut, exploring new netherland's fresh river.
nni supports the new netherland research center (nnrc) in conjunction with the new york state office of cultural education. The nnrc is respondsible for the transcription, transaltion, and publication of the 17th-century dutch colonial records held by the new york state office of cultural education. These records constitute the worlds largest collection of original documentation of the dutch west india company and its new world colonies.
special project promote recent developments in new netherldand studies and create educational opportunities. These include the organization of summer programs for teachers, the publication of educational materials, the support of senior and student scholars, participation in global mutual heritage progarms of the new netherlands, and the support and creation of public programs that promote the awareness of dutch heritage in the united states.