Spring '25 Issue of The Review

Spring 2025 Issue of The Hudson River Valley Review

The diverse collection of articles in this issue span nearly 300 years of American history. Geoff Benton takes a closer look at the shifting relationship between Robert R. Livingston and John Jay. Before becoming bitter political rivals, these two Founding Fathers were the dearest of friends. Tracing the evolution of slang at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, John C. Malinowski demonstrates how its use serves as a means of establishing and maintaining identity and hierarchy in the institution's unqiue social order. Paul G. Schneider surveys the many ways Hudson River Valley residents have adapted to and made a living from the frozen river. Offering a rare firsthand glimpse into the "downstairs" denizen of the Gilded Age, Susan Ingalls Lewis introduces Emma Waite, an African American domestic worker who kept a diary of her experiences in Saratoga Springs and New York City throughout 1870. Francis R. Kowsky describes how the legacies of Andrew Charles, a prominient horticulturalist, were celebrated in their Newburgh hometwon thanks to the tenacity of Andrew's widow Caroline and the visions of the acolytes Calvert Vaux and Frederick Law Olmsted. Finally, Charlotte Del Vecchio offers a long-overdue appreciation of Jazz Age icon Edna St. Vincent Millay, whose home in rural Columbia County preserves the inspiration for much of her remarkable poetry as well as her irrepressible spirit. 

The Hudson River Valley Review

Volume 41, Number 2, Spring 2025

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A Connection of This Kind: The Romantic Friendship of Robert R. Livingston and John Jay, Geoff Benton

Cows Outrank Beasts: Slang Class Names at West Point, Jon C. Malinowski

Notes & Documents

Frozen Over: Obstacle, Opportunity, and Peril on the Hudson River, Paul G. Schneider, Jr., with an afterward by Brad L. Utter

A Year in the Life: The 1870 Diary of Emma Waite, Susan Ingalls Lewis

Personal Reflection

Frederick Law Olmsted, Calvert Vaux, and Newburgh's Downing Park, Francis R. Kowsky

Regional History Forum

Rise to Steepletop: The Elevation of Edna St. Vincent Millay, Charlotte Del Vecchio

Book Reviews

Elverhoj: The Arts and Crafts Colony at Milton-on-Hudson, William B. Rhoads and Leslie Melvin, reviewed by Meghan Freeman

An Unfinished Revolution: Edna Buckman Kearns and the Struggle for Women's Rights, Marguerite Kearns, reviewed by Cheryl Weaver

Votes for College Women, Alumni, Students, and the Woman Suffrage Campaign, Kelly L. Marino, reviewed by Brooke Timmins

Grapes of the Hudson Valley and Other Cool, Climate Regions of the United States and Canada, 2nd Edition, J. Stephen Casscles, reviewed by José Moreno-Lacalle

New & Noteworthy Books

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