![About Me!](https://hawksites.newpaltz.edu/historyinternships/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
Hi! My name is Aracely Rivera (pronounced R-ra-sell-lee) and I am currently a Senior History major at SUNY New Paltz. My love for history, especially…
![Olana State Historic Site: Case Study](https://hawksites.newpaltz.edu/historyinternships/files/2018/12/800px-Olana_WLM_06-17tzdrx-470x140.jpg)
In 1964, Charles Lark had inherited the Olana estate, just ten minutes south of Hudson, New York. His aunt willed him the property as he…
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I was born and raised in the lower Hudson Valley and have spent the last four years of my life living in the middle and…
![Discovering the Past: The Detective Work of a History Intern](https://hawksites.newpaltz.edu/historyinternships/files/2018/11/farmhouse-2h96cf3-470x140.jpg)
Working on the Hasbrouck’s of Locust Lawn exhibit this semester has been both challenging and rewarding in a multitude of ways. While the work itself…
![The Hudson Athens Lighthouse and the Youmans](https://hawksites.newpaltz.edu/historyinternships/files/2018/11/light-s7ipfg-470x140.png)
During my time at the Hudson River Maritime Museum, one of the major projects I worked on was doing research for a book that the…
![The Hurley Heritage Society: Local History’s Place in Modern Life](https://hawksites.newpaltz.edu/historyinternships/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
This semester I am assisting with the curation of an exhibit at the Hurley Heritage Society located in the Elmendorf House at 52 Main Street…
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Hello! My name is Kerri Widrick and I’m a Junior at SUNY New Paltz majoring in Anthropology (concentrating in Archaeology and Biological Anthropology) and minoring…
![The Mystery Behind Rachel Ferguson](https://hawksites.newpaltz.edu/historyinternships/files/2018/11/Nurses-in-Home-I-Parlor-1893_Digital-version-1q4spym-470x140.jpg)
The Mystery Behind Rachel Ferguson The photo is dated 1893. Nine young Vassar Brothers Hospital nurses are seated with the head nurse, smiling (or the…
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Hi, I am Julia Morini, a massive art history nerd and meme enthusiast! I currently have three majors in History, Art History, and English with…
![Making a Narrative out of the Past: The Jacob Leisler Institute for Early New York History](https://hawksites.newpaltz.edu/historyinternships/files/2018/11/Dec.-4-2016a-300x188-2mko9ku-300x140.jpg)
While working at the Jacob Leisler Institute, not surprisingly I have come across a plethora of material regarding Jacob Leisler himself, the rogue governor of…