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Christchurch, city, New Zealand
(Encyclopedia)Christchurch, city, E South Island, New Zealand, on the Avon River. It is the second largest city in New Zealand by population (2020) and the commercial...Fish, New York family
(Encyclopedia)Fish, family long prominent in New York politics. Nicholas Fish, 1758–1833, b. New York City. He studied law before serving ably as a major in a New York regiment throughout the American Revolution....New Brunswick, University of
(Encyclopedia)New Brunswick, University of, at Fredericton, N.B., Canada; nondenominational; provincially supported; coeducational; chartered and opened 1800 as the College of New Brunswick, called King's College b...New Guinea, Territory of
(Encyclopedia)New Guinea, Territory of: see Papua New Guinea. ...New Madrid Fault System
(Encyclopedia)New Madrid Fault System: see under New Madrid, Mo. ...New Mexico State University
(Encyclopedia)New Mexico State University, at Las Cruces; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered and opened 1889 as a college. It became New Mexico State Univ. of Engineering, Agriculture, and Sci...New Providence, island, Bahamas
(Encyclopedia)New Providence: see Bahamas.New York Central RR
(Encyclopedia)New York Central RR, U.S. transportation compay formed in 1853 by the consolidation of many small New York state railroads. In 1867, Cornelius Vanderbilt became president of the railroad and, through ...New York City Ballet
(Encyclopedia)New York City Ballet (NYCB), one of the foremost American dance companies of the 20th and 21st cents. It was founded by Lincoln Kirstein and George Balanchine as the Ballet Society in 1946. In 1948 th...New York Pro Musica
(Encyclopedia)New York Pro Musica (New York Pro Musica Antiqua), vocal and instrumental ensemble, founded in New York City in 1952 by Noah Greenberg. One of the earliest groups to attempt historically correct perfo...Browse by Subject
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