“Victory depends in large measure on the increased war production we are able to get from our factories and arsenals…This is total war. We are all under fire…soldiers and civilians alike-no one is a spectator. To win we must fight, and to fight we must produce.” – Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The Army Navy “E” Award,…
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“E” For Excellence during WWII
January 13, 2021
“Victory depends in large measure on the increased war production we are able to get from our factories and arsenals…This is total war. We are all under fire…soldiers and civilians alike-no one is a spectator. To win we must fight, and to fight we must produce.” – Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The Army Navy “E” Award,…
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Brown Brothers Harriman Collection: Walker Evans Portfolio
December 3, 2010
The Brown Brothers Harriman Collection at the New-York Historical Society was amassed to support the publication of Partners in Banking published by Doubleday & Co. in celebration of the firm’s 150th anniversary in 1968. Partners in Banking was designed as an image-heavy history of the firm, and the Collection is rich in visual materials. However,…
Read MoreThe Naval History Society Collection at the New-York Historical Society
November 26, 2010
The Naval History Society was chartered in 1909 “for the purpose of publishing and preserving manuscripts, documents, and writings relating to our naval history, naval art and science, and the surroundings and experiences of seamen in general and of American seamen in particular.” Its founding meeting was held at the New York Yacht Club, where…
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