nycldshistory.com has moved!
I’ve moved servers and in the process changed the addresses for this blog and for the nycldshistory wiki. Instead of the www.nycldshistory.com address for these sites, they are now at:
I’m sorry if the change has led to confusion. I’m trying to get the old addresses to forward to the new ones.
The Fall 2008 BYU Magazine has an article on Harleman Halls, the building on West 111th Street that has managed to fill nearly half its apartments with LDS Church members. The article not only tells how the building gained such a preponderance of Church members, but also gives a sense of the community in the building that developed as a result.
This past sunday evening New York Stake member and friend of our history committee, Mark Holden, showed many of the interesting items from his personal collection at a fireside held in the 87th street building. The collection was really quite fascinating, as were Mark’s stories about the items and how he found them. The fireside drew more than 50 people and even included a few items of interest to those studying the Mormon presence in New York.
4 videos about the Church in Harlem that were added to YouTube about a month ago. The videos were done by a non-Mormon Brazilian graduate student at Columbia University (I assume in Journalism)
While perhaps not as researched as many on this list would like, they do include a brief overview of the history of blacks and the priesthood, and include appearances by both Richard and Claudia Bushman.
So I’ve embedded them in the NYC LDS History website:
http://www.nycldshistory.com/nycldshist/index.php?title=Harlem
Please feel free to pass this on to whomever you think would be interested.