History and Archives Videos
The History of Church Pew Rentals at Trinity | Ask Trinity Archives
February 5, 2021
Paying rent to sit in a certain pew at church for a worship service may seem extremely strange nowadays. Yet there was a time when the practice was quite common.
Trinity and the First U.S. Presidential Inauguration | Ask Trinity Archives
January 20, 2021
The role of St. Paul's Chapel to the first U.S. presidential inauguration of George Washington.
NYE: Before Times Square, It was Trinity | Ask Trinity Archives
December 23, 2020
Times Square in Midtown Manhattan has been the focus of New Year’s Eve for New Yorkers for more than a hundred years. For the century before that, the celebration was synonymous with Lower Manhattan, and Trinity Church Wall Street.
Alexander Hamilton's Funeral | Ask Trinity Archives
November 20, 2020
The funeral of Alexander Hamilton was held at Trinity Church Wall Street on July 14, 1804.
Different Americas: The Stories We Tell about Ourselves with Colin Woodard
November 12, 2020
We are living through a time of diverging national narratives. How do we come to understand who we are as a country? Hear from Colin Woodard, author...
Your Personal Home Archives | Ask Trinity Archives
November 6, 2020
Most of us are certainly not trained archivists, yet we all tend to collect and save certain items that are important to our personal or family identity. So we can all benefit from expert advice on preserving those treasures. Watch the latest episode of Ask Trinity Archives with archivists Joe Lapinski and Marissa Maggs.
Digitizing History | Ask Trinity Archives
October 15, 2020
Does a device as simple to use and as ubiquitous as a scanner provide the path that brings historical artifacts into the digital age? Good question. The answer is more complicated than you might think. Watch the latest episode of Ask Trinity Archives with archivists Joe Lapinski and Marissa Maggs.
Alexander Hamilton’s Church Attendance | Ask Trinity Archives
October 2, 2020
If we could somehow be transported back in time to a Sunday morning in either the late 18th or early 19th century, how likely is it that we would see Alexander Hamilton sitting in a pew during a worship service?
NYC Real Estate: 17th-Century Style | Ask Trinity Archives
September 18, 2020
Ask Trinity Archives deals with the history of Trinity Church Wall Street, which is now into its fourth century in the same location in Lower Manhattan. A viewer of the video series recently sent a question about the origin of Trinity’s ownership of the land at Broadway and Wall Street.
Four Centuries of Artifacts | Ask Trinity Archives
September 3, 2020
The archives of Trinity Church Wall Street is a rare place, where digital records produced on a laptop or photos shot on an iPhone can be found alongside documents from the 17th century written in ink on parchment.