Arnold Johan Ferdinand Van Laer
A.J.F. (Arnold Johan Ferdinand) van Laer (21 October 1869, Utrecht - 25 March 1955, Albany, New York) was an archivist, translator, editor, and historian of Dutch-language documents from New Netherland and seventeenth century Albany, New York.[1]
Career
From 1887 until 1892 Van Laer studied in Delft.[2] He emigrated to Albany, New York in 1897, where he married Naomi van Deurs (1868–1930), with whom he had three sons.[3][4] Van Laer became the archivist at the New York State Library at Albany.[5] He worked tirelessly the remainder of his life to translate and to reconstruct documents damaged in the New York State Capitol library fire of 25 March 1911.[6]
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References
- Bielinski, Stefan. "Arnold Van Laer". New York State Museum. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
- Registration in Delft
- "Family of Dutch archivist A.J.F. van Laer donate books to state". syracuse.com. The Associated Press.
- Van Laer family in Albany in the 1910 United States Census
- Bulletin of Information State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Princeton University: State Historical Society of Wisconsin. 1918. p. 29.
- "Archivist A.J.F. van Laer". www.newnetherlandinstitute.org.
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