History
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[edit] Community-Based Leadership Projects
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Staten Island History: 19th Century transformations
History Majors applied to local history the methodologies of the discipline. We thank Phil Papas and Barnett Shepard for their assistance with this work.
In 1661, Belgian and French Protestant Refugees, as well as Dutch Protestants, became the first permanant settlera on Staten Island. Many congregated in the area known as "New Paris" (later renamed Grant City). There are many traces of this less well-known community even today. The initial fuding for this research was provided by the Staten Island Huguenot Fund administered by the New York Geneological and Biographical Society.
World War I: Staten Island Student presentation
[edit] "Nearby History"
History majors studying "nearby history" had the option of researching topics related to the college past.
Edwin Markham and 20th Century Labor Reform
Prohibition Park, Staten Island
Student Protest 1968 and after at Wagner College
Impressed by the efforts of community activists, the History department is committed to a multi-year effort to strengthen assets in the Park Hill neighborhood. By examining economic development issues, including housing and small businesses, religion, migration and immigration, education, crime and youth activism, we have tried to identify a range of assets as well as issues for further dialogue. We hope the grants and other resources on this page will benefit community members. Students constructing these pages studied leadership, including the history of grassroots advocacy. Other departments, notably Nursing and Government and Politics, have been active in Park Hill.
We invite the public to comment on and edit any information in this section.
Please address any comments or complaints to Prof. Lori R. Weintrob, Chair, LRWeintr@wagner.edu.
