MY Business is to Sing: Emily Dickinson, Musician and Poet
 Emily Dickinson ca. 1847. Courtesy Special Collections, Amherst College. Used with permission. We celebrate the birthday of Emily Dickinson (December 10) with an exhibit at The New York…
 Emily Dickinson ca. 1847. Courtesy Special Collections, Amherst College. Used with permission. We celebrate the birthday of Emily Dickinson (December 10) with an exhibit at The New York…
Select Bibliography Lichtenwanger, William. The Music of The Star Spangled Banner: From Ludgate Hill to Capitol Hill. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1977. Sonneck, Oscar (1873-1928…
December 10th is the birthday of Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), a beloved poet who in her youth was a talented pianist and active music collector. The collections of The New York Public Librar…
As the centennial year of The New York Public Library's Stephen A. Schwarzman Building comes to a close and the next 100 years begin, it's a good opportunity to journey through the history, …
This last week of October, 2011 is Magic Week. Perhaps it's a good time to tell this true story about how I found a life at The New York Public Library: In the spring of 1923, my grandfathe…
On Sunday, the first of October, 2000 in Rome, Pope John Paul II presided over the ceremony that would elevate Philadelphia born Katharine Drexel to sainthood. It’s doubtful that …