• NYPL: Warhol’s Assailant Left Mark on Book
• City Room: Q & A 19th Century NYC Black Life
• HNN: We Had a Gay President, Just Not Nixon
• The Atlantic: Rise And Fall of American Whaling
• Wired: Q&A with Hacker Historian George Dyson
• Adirondacks: A Trip to Great Camp Santanoni
• Bruce Chadwick: History Films Back at the Oscars
• Crisis at PortSide: Saving the Mary A. Whalen
• Don Rittner: Schenectady’s Official Song Has Dutch Roots
• Buffalo: World’s Oldest Pro Hockey Arena

Each Friday afternoon New York History compiles for our readers the previous week’s top weblinks about New York’s state and local history. You can find all our weekly round-ups here.

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