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Who’s Who

WHO’S WHO

Officers and Trustees of the New Netherland Institute

Marilyn E. Douglas, President

Phoebe Bender, Vice President

E. James Schermerhorn, Secretary

Dr. Arthur Fontijn

Richard C. Kiger

Michael Vande Woude

Everett Law Zabriskie, III

Ellen Zunon

Ex Officio

Dr. Charles T. Gehring

Mark Schaming, New York State OCE/NYSED

Thomas J. Ruller, State Archivist

Lauren Moore, State Librarian

Past President
R. J. Jippe Hiemstra, deceased

(Current as of 02/2021)

New Netherland Research Center

Dr. Charles T. Gehring, Director

Dr. Janny Venema, Emeritus

New Netherland Institute Office

Jeanne Hawkey, Office Manager

Dr. Dennis Maika, Senior Historian and Education Director

Russell Shorto, Senior Scholar

General Office Contact Information

Phone: 518-486-4815

Email: nni@newnetherlandinstitute.org

Mail (no packages please): P. O. Box 2536, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12220-0536

Mail (packages) New Netherland Institute, Cultural Education Center, Room 10D45, 222 Madison Avenue, Albany, NY 12230

Dutch Treat

"New Netherland is the
epitome, and the noblest of
all countries,
a blessed province,
where milk and honey flow"

- A 1664 poem by Dutch poet Jacob Steendam

In the NNI Shop

A Description of New Netherland Natural history & native life through the eyes of an original settler

History & Heritage

Peter Douglas's Totidem Verbis Dutch people, places, miscellany

Online Exhibits

A Tour of New Netherland Wander a lost world stretching from Connecticut to Delaware

Online Exhibits

Charting New Netherland How maps trace a growing knowledge of the land

About the New Netherland Institute

For over three decades, NNI has helped cast light on America's Dutch roots. In 2010, it partnered with the New York State Office of Cultural Education to establish the New Netherland Research Center, with matching funds from the State of the Netherlands. NNI is registered as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Contributions are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law. More

The New Netherland Research Center

Housed in the New York State Library, the NNRC offers students, educators, scholars and researchers a vast collection of early documents and reference works on America's Dutch era. More