Previously-Funded Projects:
Cunningham and Quinn-Library Research Residencies

The following projects have been funded in previous years.

2009

To Elevate the mind: female instruction, women artists and the Hudson River School
Influence of 19th century Bishop John McCloskey and 20th century Gov. Martin Glynn on the Irish ethnicity and Attitudes of Albany, NY
The gubernatorial administration of Alfred E. Smith and its importance to U.S. political development in the years preceding the New Deal
Research for a college text book on the history of New York State
Transformation of the Mercantilist system from 1630 through 1790 in New Netherland and Colonial New York (Quinn-Library Research Residency)
Sharing Spaces in a new world environment: African-Dutch contributions to North American Culture (Quinn-Library Research Residency)

The Cradle of globalization: Iroquois-New York State conflict over infrastructure development from 1950-1956.
Achieving energy sustainability through the examination of past energy technology practices at various historic sites in New York State
How early 19th Century Americans associated the gothic revival with the American wilderness
A long dark shadow: the life and legacy of Anthony Comstock (1844-1915)

The role of Yankee/Dutch ethnic relations in the Americanization of Albany, New York.
Examination of the persecution of Spiritualists under fortune telling laws as a window into relations between police power and public morality in the early twentieth century.
The role of political interest groups and individuals in promoting the repeal of prohibition in New York State.
Music in Early Albany, 1820-1850s.
Research for annotations to the Fort Orange Records and the New Netherland Papers (Quinn-Library Research Residency)
Dutch vernacular architecture in the former New Netherland area (Quinn-Library Research Residency).

Republic of Risk: The Intellectual basis of Entrepreneurship in Upstate New York, 1783-1800.
Loyalists’ changing relationship with British military administrators in New York City during the American Revolution.
Relationship between the Erie Canal and the Iroquois of New York State.
Study of the Indoctum Paraliamentum, an 1818 Satirical Drama.

Readers and books in colonial New York City
The environmental; history of the upper Hudson-Champlain corridor, and its interrelationship with social conflict and settlement
Businesswomen in 19th-century Albany
Women's history in three Northern New York counties

Last Updated: November 23, 2009