Multimedia Presentations

Duration:

2 minutes, 56 seconds

In 2018 for the 102nd anniversary of the National Park Service we decided to celebrate the best unit in the system: Martin Van Buren National Historic Site. Directed by Dan Gelles

 

Duration:

40 minutes, 55 seconds

In the first installment of Martin Van Buren National Historic Site's virtual speaker series, Van Buren biographer James Bradley joined park staff for a conversation about the eighth president’s personality, political career, and legacy. Mr. Bradley is the co-editor of the Papers of Martin Van Buren and is currently writing "Van Buren: America’s First Politician," which will be published by Oxford University Press. For more information about the speaker series, please check our website at https://www.nps.gov/mava/learn/news/virtual-speaker-series.htm An audio-described version of this video is available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9c-DLSnULY&t

 

Duration:

5 minutes, 59 seconds

A brief look at an unusual method of preparing coffee from Martin's home here at Lindenwald.

 

Duration:

10 minutes, 55 seconds

In this video the park explores the history of African Americans on the land that would become Van Buren's Lindenwald and the community of Kinderhook. Directed by Dan Gelles

 

Duration:

14 minutes, 51 seconds

The working lives of the domestic servants at Lindenwald were busy, to say the least. They worked at least ten hours a day, usually more, and rarely had an entire day to spend off the property. When they were in the home, the domestics were literally on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week, as attested to by an elaborate system of call bells throughout Lindenwald. To see how the call bell system was recreated in the home we have a 15 minute video of the restoration.

 

Duration:

5 minutes, 37 seconds

A video celebrating and explaining the remarkable reproduction table adorning the dining hall in Van Buren's home, Lindenwald, in Kinderhook, NY.