The New-York Historical Society: Lessons from One Nonprofit’s Long Struggle for Survival

by Kevin Guthrie,

This document presents a study of the evolution over almost two centuries of the New-York Historical Society (N-YHS). N-YHS is a venerable institution founded before the Metropolitan Museum of Art. After reading this document, readers will want to draw their own conclusions from the chronicle of events and personalities that make up the first part of the book.