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Exhibition Honors Woman Behind the Tiffany Lamp ****

Jan 14th, 2007 · Tiffany Studios' lamps are a legend, but few people know who actually designed them. Tiffany's chief designer was a young Ohio woman named Clara Driscoll. She and her crew of female artisans are about to recieve credit for their work in a large exhibition of Tiffany pieces at the New York Historical Society.

Keywords: Ohio · exhibit · legend · artisans · reciever · New York Historical Society · Tiffany · lamps · Tiffany Studios · Clara Driscoll

New Exhibit Examines Slavery in New York City *

Oct 17th, 2005 · James Horton is chief historian of the "Slavery in New York" exhibition at the New York Historical Society. Horton talks about the recently-opened exhibit, which details the first arrival of Africans in the city -- which, for two centuries, was the capital of American slavery.

Keywords: city · slavery · Americans · York · New York · capital · historian · Africans · centuries · exhibit · James Horton · New York Historical Society