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For Queen Victoria, the personal and the political were closely intertwined, and this affected her relations with her ten prime ministers. Join Anne Somerset, author of Queen Victoria and Her Prime Ministers, as she shares a fascinating new perspective on Victoria’s reign through the bitter clashes—sometimes comic, sometimes shocking—and affectionate interactions she had with her prime ministers.

Finding information about New York ancestors can be tricky. In this online lecture, Chief Genealogist David Allen Lambert will discuss go-to repositories for research in the Empire State—including the New York State Library and Archives, the New York Public Library, and more. 

In this unique panel our guest speakers will focus on the defining years of 1860-1920 and bring to life the experiences of a great variety of Americans, from the enslaved-then-free peoples and soldiers who marched with Union Civil War General Sherman to immigrants, workers, Native Americans, and women. Don’t miss learning more about Bennett Parten’s and Manisha Sinha’s groundbreaking research, new books, and insightful discussion with Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Alan Taylor.