Resources
The resource section provides information that can be used as a quick reference. It is a
handy document that can be helpful in answering questions that may arise at any moment.
Because you have front-line contact with visitors, educators are encouraged to pursue
individual research to expand their knowledge, which helps to effectively answer any visitor
question.
The following information includes a list of LESTM staff, a list of museum related
organizations that might be useful to contact for advice and research; docent and museum
educator organizations dedicated to the advancement and development of the docent
profession; bibliography for reference and research related to the institution and its mission
but also related to interpretation and education in museums; a terminology list of frequently
used terms related to museum work, a brief and general description of staff positions can
be found as part of the terminology list. This section offers the educator an introduction to
museums and museum work.
To provide to our visitors with the best possible tour experience, docents are encouraged to
conduct individual research in LESTM - related topics as well as other museum-related
topics. Research topics and related publications as well as additional museum related
contact information is included for your convenience.
Information Packet provided to the educators by the LESTM
• Tour Scripts for Getting By, Piecing it Together, and Confino Tours
• A copy of the policies and procedures
• A copy of the educator manual
LESTM website: General information about the LESTM. Tours information and
descriptions, actuality topics concerning to the LESTM. www.tenement.org
Museum related organizations: including statement of who they are and general
information
* Indicates LESTM affiliation
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American Association of Museums-AAM
1575 Eye Street, NW, Suite 400
Washington, DC, 20005
Phone: (202) 289-1818
Fax: (202) 289-6578
www.aam-us.org
Publications: Museum News (bimonthly magazine) and AVISO (monthly newsletter).
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American Association for State and Local History-AASLH
530 Church Street, Suite 600
Nashville, TN 37219
Fax: (615) 255-2979
Email: history@aaslh.org
www.aaslh.org
Publications: History News (quarterly magazine) and Dispatch (monthly newsletter).
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Association of Living Historical Farms and Agricultural Museums
C/o Farmers Museum
PO Box 800
Cooperstown, NY 13326
Phone: (607) 547-1400
www.alhfam.org/
Annual Conferences hosted by member institutions in the United States and
Canada.
Publications: ALHFAM Bulletin (quarterly), and ALHFAM Proceedings (annual,
papers and summaries of work presented at the annual conferences).
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The Lower Hudson Conference-LHC
Service agency for museums and historical organizations.
2199 Saw Mill River Road
Elmsford, New York 10523
Phone: (914) 592-6726
Toll Free: (877) 592-6700
Fax: (914) 592-6946
E-mail: lowerhudson@email.msn.com
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Museum Association of New York
265 River Street
Troy, NY 12180
Phone: (518) 273-3400
Fax: (518) 273-3416
E-mail: Info@MANYonline.org
www.manyonline.org
Publications: MANY Connections (monthly newsletter).
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Museum Education Roundtable-MER
621 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE
Washington, DC 20003
Phone: (202) 547-8378
Fax: (202) 547-8344
Email: merorg@msn.com
www.mer-online.org
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National Park Service*
US Department of the Interior
www.nps.gov.
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National Trust for Historic Preservation*
1785 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: (202) 673-4000
www.nthp.org/
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New England Museum Association-NEMA
Boston National Historic Park
Charlestown Navy Yard
Boston, MA 02129
Phone: (617) 242-2283
Fax: (617) 241-5797
www.nemanet.org
Publications: NEMA News (quarterly journal).
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New York Folklore Society
Nonprofit organization offering programs and services to folk and traditional arts in
New York City.
PO Box 764
Schenectady, New York 12301
Phone: (518) 346-7008
Fax: (518) 346-6617
Email: nyfs@nyfolklore.org
www.nyfolklore.org
Publications: VOICES: The Journal of The New York Folklore (membership
magazine).
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Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums
PO Box 27151
Baltimore, Maryland 21230
Phone: (410) 223-1194
Fax: (410) 223-2773
www.MidAtlanticMuseums.org
Publications: The Courier (quarterly newsletter) and The Museologist (on line
journal)
Docent organizations and resources
National Docent Symposium- A biennale forum for volunteer docents. Next meeting is in
2003, hosted by the Art Institute of Chicago Museum Education Department.
Symposium date: September 11-14, 2003.
Registration: starts January and due date is in July.
Coordinator of the Symposium at the Art institute of Chicago:
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Francesca Rodriguez, docent coordinator
Art Institute of Chicago
111Michigan Ave.
Chicago IL 60603
Ph: (312) 443-3798 Fax:(312) 606-0493
E-mail: frodriguez@artic.edu
The Docent Educator-Quarterly journal dedicated to inform and improve docent
educator’s performance providing to the docents teaching techniques. They also offer “The
Best of the Docent Educator” a compendium of their 12 years of publications.
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Alan Gartenhaus-Publisher/Editor
PO Box 2080
Kamuela, HI 96743-2080
Phone: (808) 885-7728
Fax: (808) 885-8315
Email: arg-de@aloha.net
National Association of Interpretation-NAI- Dedicated to the advancement of the
profession of interpretation offering education programs and workshops.
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P.O. Box 2246
Fort Collins, CO 80521
Phone: (970) 484-8283
Fax: (970) 484-8179
Toll Free: (888) 900-8283
www.interpnet.com
Publications: Legacy (magazine published six times per year) and Journal of Interpretation
Research.
Bibliography/ research materials
Sources are organized by topic.
General/Museum
Alexander, Edward P. Museums in Motion: An Introduction to the History and Functions of
Museums. American Association for State and Local History: Nashville, 1979.
American Association of Museums Committee on Ethics. Museum Ethics. Washington
D.C.: American Association of Museums, 1978.
American Association of Museums. The Official Museum Directory. Washington D.C.:
American Association of Museums, current edition (2002).
Butcher-Younghans, Sherry. Historic House Museums: A Practical Handbook for their
Care, Preservation, and Management. New York: Oxford University Press, 1993.
Falk, John H. and Lynn D. Dierking. Learning From Museums: Visitor Experiences and the
Making of Meaning. California: Altamira Press, 2000.
Falk, John H. and Lynn D. Dierking. The Museum Experience. Washington D.C.:
Whalesback Books, 1992.
Hooper-Greenhill, Ellian, ed. The Education Role of the Museum.
London: Routledge, 1994.
West, Patricia. Domesticating History: The Political Origins of America’s House Museums.
Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Press, 1999.
Museum interpretation
Anderson, Jay. Time Machines: The World of Living History. Nashville: American
Association for State and Local History, 1993.
Beck, Larry and Ted Cable. Interpretation for the21st Century: Fifteen Guiding Principles
for interpreting Nature and Culture. Champaign IL: Sagamore Publishing, 1998.
Credle, Jamie. “10 Red Flags for the Historic House Museums.” The Docent Educator.
Vol.6, No.3, Spring 1997:4-5.
“Interpreting the Historic House Museum.” The Docent Educator.
Vol.9, No.1, Autumn 1999:14-15.
Donnelly Jessica Foy. ed. Interpreting Historic House Museums.
California: Altamira Press, 2002.
Gartenhause, Alan. “Crafting a Tour.” The Docent Educator Vol.5, No1, Autumn, 1995:.2-5.
Jones, Dale. “Living History in the City.” History News. Vol.50, No.3, Summer 1995:10-13.
Levy, Barbara A., Sandra Lloyd and Susan Schreiber. Great Tours! : Thematic Tours and
Guide Training for Historic Sites. California: Altamira Press, 2001.
Loewen, James W. Lies Across America: What Our Historic Sites Get Wrong. New York:
New Press, 1999.
Lubar, Steven and W. David Kingery. History FromThings. Washington D.C.: Smithsonian
Institution Press, 1995.
Roth, Stacy F. Past Into Present: Effective Techniques for First-Person Historical
Interpretation. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1998.
Tilden, Freeman. Interpreting Our Heritage.
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1957.
Lower East Side Tenement Museum- History of the museum and the 97 Orchard Street
building. Family histories. Articles, publications related.
Accreditation Self-Study Questionnaire, April 2001
Abram, Ruth. “Planting Cut Flowers.” History News, Vol.55, No.3, Summer 2000:4-10.
Lower East Side Tenement Museum. Goals of Tenement Museum Programming. New
York: LESTM
Lower East Side Tenement Museum. Handling Museum Objects Memorandum. New York:
LESTM, July 23, 2001.
Lower East Side Tenement Museum. Institutional Code of Ethics. New York: LESTM,
December 6, 2001.
Lower East Side Tenement Museum. Lower East Side Tenement Museum Emergency
Response and Recovery Plan. New York: LESTM, 2002.
Lower East Side Tenement Museum. Lower East Side Tenement Museum’s Vision
Statement. New York: LESTM, May 2001.
Lower East Side Tenement Museum. Tenement Encyclopedia. New York: LESTM
www.tenement.org/emcyclopedia.pdf November/2002.
Lower East Side Neighborhood/Local History
Archibald, Robert A. A Place to Remember: Using Local History to Build Community.
California: Altamira Press, 1999.
Dwork, Deborah. “Health Conditions of Jews on the Lower East Side of New York 18801914.” Medical History 25. (January 1981).
Hawes, Elizabeth. New York, New York: How the Apartment House Transformed the Life of
the City, 1869-1930. New York, 1993.
Kammen, Carol. On Doing Local History. California: Altamira Press, 1986.
Kerr, K. Austin. Nearby History: Local Business, Exploring their History. California: Altamira
Press, 2000.
Kyving, David and Myron Marty. Nearby History: Exploring the Past Around You. California:
Altamira Press, 2000.
Nadel, Stanley. Little Germany: Ethnicity, Religion, and Class in New York City, 1845-1880.
Chicago 1990.
Wasserman, Suzanne R. The Good Old Days of Poverty: The battle Over Fate of the New
York City’s Lower East Side During the Depression Ph.D. dissertation, New York
University: New York, 1990.
Folklore
Exploring Italian Folklore. http://www.deborahmillemaci.com/Ita-Folklore.html
Gaster, Thomas. The Holy and the Profane: Evolution of Jewish Folkways.
New York, 1980.
Jewish Folklore. http://www.folklore.org.il/books.htm. Nov 2002.
Jewish Legends Guides Jewish Folklore Books Yiddish Folktales Reference Information.
http://www.walterswebs.com/am167.htm Nov 2002.
Lamm, Maurice. The Jewish Way in Death and Mourning. New York, 1969.
Nardini, Gloria. “Review of Studies in Italian American Folklore.”Journal of American
Folklore Fall: 1998.
Pignoloni, Flaminio. Italian folklore, Canti popolari del nord e del sud. Vol. 1. New York, O.
Pagani [c1934].
Suter, John ed. Working With Folk Materials in New York State: A Manuall for Folklorists
and Archivists. New York: New York Folklore Society, 1994.
Tenement History
Bayles, James C. The tenement house problem in New York: for the information of the
commission on legislation affecting tenement and lodging house, provided for in chapter
84, laws of 1887. New York: W.P. Mitchell, 1887.
Bonner, Hugh. Tenement house fire escapes in New York and Brooklyn : Prepared for the
Tenement House Commission of 1900. New York: Evening Post Job Printing House, 1900.
Bureau of Municipal Research New York, N.Y. Tenement house administration, steps taken
to locate and to solve problems of enforcing the tenement house law. New York: Bureau of
municipal research, 1909.
Day, Jared N. Urban castles : tenement housing and landlord activism in New York City
1890-1943. New York: Columbia University Press, 1999.
De Forest, Robert W and Lawrence Veiller, ed. The tenement house problem. New York:
Arno Press, 1970.
Evarts, William Maxwell. The tenement-house cigar law. Argument of the Hon. William M.
Evarts, senior counsel for the New York cigar manufacturers, in the Court of Appeals of the
State of New York, against the constitutionality of said law. To which is appended, the
briefs of counsel for the manufacturers. New York: Cigar Manufacturers' Association, 1883.
Gallatin, James. Tenement-house reform in the city of New York.
Boston: Franklin Press, 1881.
Huls, Mary Ellen. Tenement houses: a bibliography. Monticello, Ill.:
Vance Bibliographies, 1986.
League of Mothers' Clubs of the United Neighborhood Houses, Inc., New York. Tenements
and tenants; a study of 1104 tenement families, members of the League of Mothers' Clubs,
showing income, rent, and housing conditions. Collated by Sidney Axelrad for the League
of Mothers' Clubs ... New York [1933]
Lubitz, Edward. The tenement problem in New York City and the movement for it's reform,
1856-1867. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University Microfilms International, 1981.
Meagher, Joseph William. The tenement of dreams. Boston: Little, Brown, 1956.
Price, George Moses. Tenement-house inspector. A text book for civil service candidates
for the positions of tenement-house inspector and clerk, also for sanitary and building
inspectors, including answers to all questions given in previous examinations, written for
the Chief, journal of the civil service, by George M. Price. New York, Chief Publishing
Company, 1910.
Sternlieb, George. The tenement landlord. New Brunswick, N.J:
Rutgers University Press, 1969.
Slobin,.Mark. Tenement songs : the popular music of the Jewish immigrants. Urbana:
University of Illinois Press, 1982.
Sullivan, J W. Tenement tales of New York. New York: H. Holt and company, 1895.
Theodore, Roosevelt. Tenement house industries and the public health; a judicial
experience. New York: National Consumers' League, 1912.
Veiller, Lawrence. Tenement house legislation in New York, 1852-1900. Prepared for the
Tenement House Commission of 1900. Albany, N.Y., Brandow, 1900.
Tenement house reform in New York, 1834-1900. Prepared for the Tenement house
Commission of 1900 . New York: The Evening Post Job Printing House, 1900.
Wagner, Yohanna von. Tenement house inspection. N.p.,1901.
Women's City Club of New York. Tenement home work and a new bill initiated by the
Women's City Club and the City Club of New York. New York, 1920?.
Wright, Julia McNair. Shoe-binders of New York, Tenement-life in New York ; no. 1.
Philadelphia : Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1867.
Tenement Reform Laws
New York State. The tenement house act. caption title. "Chapter 908. An act for the
regulation of tenement and lodging houses in the cities of New York and Brooklyn. Passed
May 14, 1867." Act for the regulation of tenement and lodging houses in the cities of New
York and Brooklyn. New York: 1867.
New York State. The Tenement House Law : enacted by the Legislature of the state of New
York, 1901 : Chapter 334 of the Laws of the state of New York for 1901. Brooklyn, N.Y.:
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 1901.
New York State. The Tenement House Law and the Lodging House Law of the city of New
York : with headings, paragraphs, marginal notes and full indexes. New York : The Record
and Guide, 1902.
New York State. The tenement house act: prepared for the Tenement House Department.
New York:: The Dept., 1903.
New York State. Building and health laws and regulations affecting the city of New York,
the Tenement House Act, the Building Code, the Sanitary Code, charter provisions, statute
and rules regulating plumbing. Brooklyn, N.Y.: Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 1903.
New York State. The Tenement House Law : enacted by the Legislature of the state of New
York, 1901, with amendments to the law enacted 1902, and diagrams of tenements :
Chapter 334 of the Laws of the state of New York for 1901. Building Code of New York City
: providing for all matters concerning, affecting, or relating to the construction, alteration or
removal of buildings, or structures erected or to be erected in the city of New York, as
constituted by the Greater New York Charter. Brooklyn, N.Y.: Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 1902.
New York State. The Tenement House Law of the State of New York. Including all
amendments to June, 1918. Brooklyn, N.Y.: Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 1918.
New York State. The tenement house law of the State of New York. Including all
amendments to July, 1919. Brooklyn, N.Y.: Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 1919.
New York State. The tenement house law of the State of New York. Including all
amendments to July, 1921. Brooklyn, N.Y.: Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 1921.
New York State. The tenement house law of the State of New York. Including all
amendments to June, 1923. Brooklyn, N.Y.: Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 1923.
New York State. The Tenement House Law of the State of New York. Including all
amendments to June, 1924. Brooklyn, N.Y.: Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 1924.
New York State. The Tenement House Law of the State of New York. Including all
amendments to June, 1926. Brooklyn, N.Y.: Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 1926.
New York State. The tenement houses of New York City: a contribution to the study by The
Tenement House Building Co. New York : Albert B. King, 1891.
New York State. Dept. of Health. The tenement house problem in New York : for the
information of the Commission on Legislation Affecting Tenement and Lodging Houses,
provided for in Chapter 84, Laws of 1887. New York: Health Dept., 1887
United Real Estate Owners Association. The tenement house law of the city of New York.
(Law of April 12th, 1901). New York, P.G. Dux ,1901.New York State. The Tenement
House Act. (Chapters 334 and 555, laws of 1901; chapter 352, laws of 1902; chapter 179,
laws of 1903; chapters 346 and 739, laws of 1904.) Prepared for the Tenement House
Department. New York: M.B. Brown,1904.
Historic Preservation – related to the museum building and other buildings within the
neighborhood.
Preservation League of New York State. Preservation: Building
New York, 1981.
Community Identity:
Shaver, Peter D. The National Register of Historic Places in New York State. New York:
Preservation League of New York State, 1993.
Tyler, Norman. Historic Preservation: An Introduction to its History, Principles and Practice.
New York: W.W. Norton and Company, Inc., 2000.
Immigration – In general and for specific immigrants represented by the museum, Jewish,
Germans, Italians, Chinese, etc.
Abbott, Edith. Imagination: Select Documents and Case Records. Chicago: University of
Chicago Press, 1924.
American History 102: Foreign Immigrants in Industrial America.
http://us.history.wisc.edu/hist102/lectures/lecture08.html. Nov 2002.
Ellis Island. http://www.genealogytoday.com/topics/ellis.htm. Nov 2002.
The Changing Character of Immigration.
http://www.history.ohiostate.edu/projects/immigration/CharacterofImmigration/CharacterIm
migration.htm. Nov, 2002.
The Foreign Immigrant in New York City. http://www.mnsmc.edu/history/clag1.html.
Nov, 2002
The Second Wave: European Immigration from 1850-1920.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/educators/workshop/european/wimmlink.html#ellis.
Nov, 2002.
Charles C. Abbott. The New York bond market, 1920-1930. Cambridge, Harvard University
Press, 1937.
Complete guide to the daily attractions and points of interest in New York.
Apr. 23-Dec. 23, 1917.
Josephine Chase. New York at school: a description of the activities and administration of
the public schools of the city of New York. Public education association of the city of New
York, 1927.
Forner, Nancy. New immigrants in New York. New York, 2001.
From Ellis Island to JFK: New York’s Two Great Waves of Immigration. New Haven, 2000.
Higman, John. Strangers In the Land. New York, 1955.
Kerner, Thomas and H. Fiorello. La Guardia And The Making of Modern New York. New
York, 1989.
Kuo Wei J. Tchen. New York before Chinatown : Orientalism and the shaping of American
culture, 1776-1882. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999.
Morrison, J. and Zabusky C.F. American Mosaic: The Immigrant Experience in the Words
of Those Who Lived It. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1980.
“New York at work, 1898-1948 : a report / by the Mayor's Committee for the
Commemoration of the Golden Anniversary of the City of New York”, New York: s.n., 1948.
New York bicycle directory : a hand-book of manufacturers of bicycles and accessories.
New York, 1896.
NYC Department of City Planning. The Newest New Yorkers 1990-1994 and 1995-1996.
New York, 1996, 1999.
O’Neil T. ed. Immigration: Opposing Viewpoints. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 1992.
Reimer, David. Unwelcome Strangers: American Identity and the Turn Against Immigration.
New York, 1998.
Still The Golden Door: The Third World Comes to America. New York, 1992.
Uhl, Lauren. “The Kins House: Museum of the American Immigrant Experience.” History
News Spring 1996.
Weiner, Myrna Rieur. “New York Inside Out: An exhibition and Experiment in Collecting 20th
Century New York.” History News Summer 2000.
Wheeler, C.W. ed. The Immigrant Experience: The Anguish of Becoming American. NY:
Penguin, 1971.
Wirt Howe. New York at the turn of the century, 1899-1916. Toronto: Priv. print,1946.
Wilson & Co.'s weekly dispatch, New York: Wilson & Co., 1849-1851.
Chinese
Adler, Joseph Alan. Chinese religious traditions. Upper Saddle River,
N.J.: Prentice Hall, 2002.
Carus, Paul. Chinese life and customs, by Paul Carus; illustrated by Chinese artists.
Chicago: The Open court publishing company, 1907.
Celebrations, Holidays and Customs.
http://www.newton.mec.edu/Angier/DimSum/china__dim_sum__celebratio.html. Nov, 2002.
Chinese Festivals and Holidays. http://www.c-cc.org/chineseculture/festival/festival.html.
Nov, 2002
Eberhard, Wolfram. A Dictionary of Chinese Symbols.
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd., 1986.
Giskin, Howard and Bettye S. Walsh. An introduction to Chinese culture through the family.
Albany: State University of New York Press, 2001.
Holidays & Traditions: Chinese Holidays.
http://library.thinkquest.org/18802/chinhol.htm?tqskip1=1&tqtime=1120 Nov, 2002.
Germans
Cobb, Sanford H. The Palatine, or, German immigration to New York and Pennsylvania: a
paper read before the Wyoming Historical and Geological Society. Wilkes-Barry, Pa: The
Society, 1897.
German Culture. http://www.germanculture.com.ua/library/links/holidays.htm. Nov, 2002.
German and German-American Customs, Traditions, Origins of Holidays.
http://www.serve.com/shea/germusa/customs.htm Nov, 2002
Lemcke, Ernst Eduard. An illustrated grammar of skat, the German game of cards. A
bibliography of skat. New York: B. Westermann & co., 1887.
Nadel, Stanley. Little Germany: Ethnicity, Religion, and Class in New York City, 1845-1880.
Chicago 1990.
Tolzmann, Don Heinrich, ed. German pioneer life: a social history.
Bowie, Md.: Heritage Books, 1992.
Wellauer, Maralyn A. German immigration to America in the nineteenth century : a
genealogist's guide. Milwaukee, Wis.: Roots International, 1985.
Italians
Betty B. Caroli, Robert F. Harney, and Lydio F. Tomasi, “The Italian immigrant woman in
North America : proceedings of the tenth annual conference of the American Italian
Historical Association”, Multicultural History Society of Ontario, 1978.
Del Giudice, Luisa, ed. Italian traditional song. Santa Monica, CA: Italian Heritage Culture
Foundation, 1989.
Easter in the Italian Tradition. http://www.notti.it/special/pasqua/Welcomeb.html. Nov, 2002.
Gabaccia, Donna R. From Sicily to Elizabeth Street: Housing and Social Change Among
Italian Immigrants, 1880-1930. Albany, NY: 1984.
Italian Language: Holidays and Festivals. http://italian.about.com/cs/festivalsholidays/.
Nov, 2002
Kesner, Thomas. The Golden Door: Italians and Jewish Immigrant Mobility in New York
City, 1880-1915. New York, 1977.
Lawrence F. Pisani. The Italian in America, a social study and history. New York:
Exposition Press, 1957.
Lydio F. Tomasi. The Italian in America: the progressive view, 1891-1914.
New York, Center for Migration Studies, 1972.
Mary E. Brown. Italian immigrants and the Catholic Church in the Archdiocese of New York
1880-1950 [microform]. Thesis (Ph. D.)--Columbia University, 1987.
Salvatore Mondello. “The Italian immigrant in urban America, 1880-1920.” The
Contemporary Periodical Press. New York: Arno Press, 1980.
Jews
Gilman, Sander L. and Milton Shain. Jewries at the frontier: accommodation, identity,
conflict. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1999.
Hacker L. “The Communal Life of the Sephardic Jewish of New York.” The Jewish Social
Service Quarterly Dec,1926.
Jewish Holidays and Festivals on the Net. http://www.melizo.com/festivals/. Nov, 2002.
Jewish Holiday. http://www.jewfaq.org/holiday0.htm. Nov, 2002.
Joselit, Jenna Weisman. The Wonders of America: Reinventing Jewish Culture, 1880-1950
New York. New York, 1994.
Kesner, Thomas. The Golden Door: Italians and Jewish Immigrant Mobility in New York
City, 1880-1915. New York, 1977.
Moore, Deborah Dash. At Home in America: Second Generation New York Jews. New
York, 1981.
Rischin, Moses. The Promised Land: New York’s Jews, 1870-1914. Cambridge, MA, 1962.
Rischin, Moses, ed. The Jews of North America. Detroit, 1987.
Rubenstein, Shmuel. The Jewish funeral: an illustrated analysis of the laws and customs
governing the Jewish funeral. Bronx, N. Y.: S. Rubenstein, 1977.
Stein, G. Marguerite, Journey of a Sephardic Woman. Morgantown, PA: Masthol Press,
1997.
The Jewish Communal Register Of New York City 1917-1918. New York, 1918.
Weisser, Michael. A Brotherhood of Memory: Jewish Landsmanshaftn in the New World.
New York, 1985.
Yiddish
Birnbaum, Salomo A. Yiddish, a survey and a grammar. Toronto; Buffalo: University of
Toronto Press, 1979.
Galvin, Herman. The Yiddish Dictionary Sourcebook : a transliterated guide to the Yiddish
language. Hoboken, New Jersey: Ktav, 1986.
Harkavy, Alexander. English-Yiddish Dictionary. New York : Hebrew Publishing Co., 1891.
Heskes, Irene. Yiddish American popular songs, 1895 to 1950 : a catalog based on the
Lawrence Marwick roster of copyright entries. Washington: Library of Congress,1992.
Shepard, Richard F. Live & Be Well : A Celebration of Yiddish Culture in America from the
First Immigrants to the Second World War. New York : Ballantine Books, 1982.
Steinmetz, Sol. Yiddish and Eniglish: a century of Yiddish in America. Alabama: University
of Alabama Press, 1986.
Yiddish and English: the story of Yiddish in America. Tuscalussa: University of Alabama
Press, 2001.
Weinstein, Miriam. Yiddish: a nation of words. South Royalton Vermont:
Press, 2001.
Steerforth
Women’s History/Interpretation
Howe, Barbara J. and Helen M. Bannan. “Women’s History, Local History,
and Public History.” History News. Vol.50, No.2, March/April 1995:7-11.
Levin, Louis. The Women Garment Workers: A History of the International Ladies’ Garment
Workers Union. New York: B.W. Huebsch Inc, 1924.
National Park Service. Exploring A Common Past: Interpreting Women’s History in the
National Park Service. National Park Service, 1996
Reid, Debra. “A Story to Pass On: Interpreting Women in Historic Sites and Open-Air
Museums.” History News, Vol. 50, No2, March/April 1995:12-15.
Strasser, Susan. Never Done: A History of American Housework. New York, 1982.
Garment Industry/Sweatshops/Immigrant Work
America’s Social History Project. Who Builds America? Working People and the Nation’s
Economy, Politics, Culture, and Society. New York, 1992.
Ching Yoon Louie, Miriam. Sweatshops Warriors: Immigrant Women Workers Take on the
Global Factory. Cambridge, MA: South End Press, 2001.
Gamber, Wendy. The Female Economy: The Millinery and Dressmaking Trades, 18601930. PhD dissertation: Brandies University, 1991.
Green, Nancy. Ready-to-Wear and Ready-to-Work: A Century of Industry and Immigrants
in Paris and New York. Durham: Duke University Press, 1997.
Kosak, Hadassah. Cultures of Opposition: Jewish Immigrant workers, New York City, 18811905. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1997.
Kwon, Peter. Forbidden Workers: Illegal Chinese Immigrants and American Labor. New
York: New Press, 1997.
Liebhold, Peter and Harry R. Rubenstein. Between a Rock and a Hard Place: A history of
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Terminology List
Accession- A formal act of entering an object into the collection of a museum. ***
ADA-American With Disability Act is a Department of Justice regulation which prohibit
discrimination on the basis of disability in a all services, programs, and activities provided to
the general public (title II); and in places of public accommodation (title III). (As defined in
US Department of Justice)
Assistant Curator-Under supervision of curator, responsible for cataloging, care and
maintenance of collection. ***
Cataloguing-Organized classification system. *
Collections- Collected objects of a museum, with own value as examples, reference
material, aesthetics and education. *
Collection Management-Ensuring the effective documentation, preservation, and access
to objects in a museum collection. ***
Conservator-Responsible for examination, repairs and conservation of art objects. ***
Curator-Responsible for the care and academic interpretation of all objects belonging or
lent to the museum. Responsible for selecting, scheduling and curating of exhibitions. ***
Director of Education-Develops, implements, evaluates and/or supervises the museum’s
educational programs with the goal of enhancing public access to and understanding and
interpretation of the collections and resources. ***
Director, Manager, President-Chief Executive Officer of the Institution. Responsible for
policymaking, funding, planning, organizing, staffing ad-directing activities through staff. ***
Director of Development-Responsible for development of museum support, including
membership. ***
Docent, Guide, Interpreter- see educator- Trained staff or volunteer who provides
educational tours for museum visitors. ***
Education Assistant-Under the supervision of education director helps develop, organize
and implements educational programs. ***
Educator-A specialist in the theory and practice of education. Person in charge of the
education programming in a museum setting. (Definition from The American Heritage
Dictionary. Third Edition, 1997.)
Exhibition- Assemblage of objects designed to be meaningful, instructional and
aesthetical, in which visitors can move through. *
First person Interpretation-The act of portraying a person from the past (real or
composite). Interpreters refer to the past in the present tense; employ a combination of
techniques including storytelling, demonstration, question and answer and discussion.
(Definition extracted from ALHFAM web page Glossary compiled by Stacy F. Roth)
Interpretation--The media/activities through which a museum carries out its mission and
educational role: Interpretation is a dynamical process of communication between the
museum and the audience; Interpretation is the means by which the museum delivers its
contents; Interpretation media/activities include, but not limited to exhibits, tours, web sites,
classes, school programs, publications, outreach. (As defined by AAM)
Living History-Costumed role-players portraying life in a different time. Recreates a
particular time and place in the past ignoring the intrusions of the present bringing history to
life. (As defined by ALHFAM)
Membership Assistant-Compiles and maintain membership list; process and provides
information to members of the institution’s supporting organization. ***
Museum-Various definitions:
Cultural and educational institutions, community-centered, places for remembering,
discovering and learning. They present the best of the world’s culture, heritage and
achievement. Museums help preserve the past, define the present, and educate for the
future. (As defined by AAM)**
A non-profit making, permanent institution in the service of society and of its development
and open to the public, which acquires, conserves, communicate and exhibit, for purposes
of study, education and enjoyment, material evidence of people and their environment. (As
defined by ICOM)
A public or private nonprofit agency or institution organized on a permanent basis for
essentially educational or aesthetic purposes, which utilizing a professional staff, owns or
utilizes tangible objects, care for them, and exhibits them to the public on a regular basis.
(As defined by Museum and Library Services)
An object in a museum collection collected for its own sake. *
An item which forms part of an institution’s collection either permanently or temporarily. ***
Registration- A permanent and unique number assigned for identification in accordance
with a specific system. *
Shop Associate/Store Manager-Oversees museum store operations. ***
* Excerpted from Introduction to Museum Work
**Excerpted from AAM definition for American’s Museum
*** Definitions and excerpted from CIDOC (International Committee for Documentation of
the International Council Museums)