See, hear, and read about Julie's work in the world.

“Oliver Sacks Archive Heads to the New York Public Library.” In October 2024, New York Times reporter Jennifer Schuessler visited Julie to explore the archives of Oliver Sacks, which the Library had recently acquired.

“Newly revealed archive of East Village Eye newspaper gives unusual view into forgotten NYC underground.” In March 2024, Julie welcomed New York Post reporter Jesse O’Neill to the Library to explore the East Village Eye records, which had recently opened to researchers.

“A Lincoln Trove Lands at the Library (Pie Safe Included).” In January 2024, Jennifer Schuessler of The New York Times covered the donation of a vast and valuable collection of Lincolniana donated by family of Lincoln scholar and collector Jonathan Mann after his death. Julie oversaw the acquisition and spoke to the collection’s significance.

As part of a series exploring The New York Public Library’s Treasures, Julie tells the remarkable story of the Library’s rare engrossed copy of the Bill of Rights.

On March 27, 2023, Julie joined Alison Stewart on the podcast “All of It with Alison Stewart” to debate the best books set in New York City.

“Pandemic Diaries: Julie Golia, Julia Kwon, Jeremiah Moss, and Camilo José Vergara.” At a March 26, 2023 LIVE at NYPL program, Julie joined fellow panelists to discuss ways of chronicling and commemorating the COVID-19 pandemic.

“LISTEN: How Many Punks Did it Take to Screw in a Lightbulb?” On February 9, 2023, Julie was a guest on The City’s podcast, FAQ NYC, to discuss the Library’s acquisition of the East Village Eye records, in conversation with the Eye’s co-founder Leonard Abrams.

“The Archives of The East Village Eye Go to the New York Public Library.” In February 2023, Hannah Gold profiled Julie’s acquisition of the records of the famed underground newspaper The East Village Eye for The New Yorker.

“New York Public Library Acquires Joan Didion’s Papers.” In January 2023, The New York Times covered the Library’s purchase of the Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne papers, an acquisition overseen by Julie.

In January 2022, Julie was a guest on NYPL’s podcast, “The Librarian is In,” to discuss her book, the practice of history, curatorial work, and the importance of libraries.

“Even before the Internet, we forged virtual relationships — through advice columns.” In October 2021, Julie wrote about the history and contemporary relevance of advice columns for the Washington Post.

“New York Public Library’s Human Search Engines.” in August 2021, Julie spoke to New York Magazine’s Christopher Bonanos about the essential work of the Library’s expert staff during the pandemic.

On June 1, 2021, Julie spoke with Marshall Poe, founder and editor of the New Books Network, about her book, Newspaper Confessions: A History of Advice Columns in a Pre-Internet Age, on the podcast “In Conversation: An OUP Podcast.”

“The Most Radical Advice Columnist of the 1920s.” On May 16, 2021, historian and journalist Rebecca Onion interviewed Julie about Princess Mysteria, an advice columnist featured in Newspaper Confessions.

“Remarkable Photographs Capture The Late 1970s Subway System And Its Straphangers” “This 19th Century "Gentleman's Directory" Provided A Guide To NYC's Brothels.” In December 2020, Julie shared two of her favorite NYPL collections with reporters at Gothamist as part of their month-long “Dear NYC” initiative highlighting some of the Library’s hidden gems.

“New York Public Library’s ‘Pandemic Diaries’ Is Your Chance to Make Your Mark on History.” On September 7, 2020, Julie spoke to Inside Edition about NYPL’s Pandemic Diaries project, which collected audio diaries of people all over the world sharing their experience amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Brooklyn’s Muslim Presence Goes Back Centuries. Here’s Proof from 1643.” On December 3, 2019, Julie spoke with New York Times reporter Jennifer Schuessler about a rare 17th century deed acquired by Brooklyn Historical Society documenting the first land purchase in Brooklyn by a person of Muslim origin.

“Brooklyn’s History With Public Health on Display at Brooklyn Historical Society.” On October 21, 2019, Julie took Shaye Weaver of AM New York behind the scenes of the making of Brooklyn Historical Society’s exhibition “Taking Care of Brooklyn.”

“Historian Julie Golia is Excited To Be Wrong.” In September 2019, Julie was the featured Woman of the Week on The M Dash, the digital magazine of fashion startup MM.LaFleur.

“Stories of Sickness & Health.” On September 19, 2019, Julie was a guest on PBS’s Metrofocus to discuss Brooklyn Historical Society’s “Taking Care of Brooklyn” exhibition and the history of public health in the city’s most populous borough.

“Top Ten Secrets of the Brooklyn Historical Society.” On July 24, 2019, Julie welcomed Untapped Cities to Brooklyn Historical Society, revealing ten of the most interested details about the institution’s history and architecture.

“Taking Care of Brooklyn on 112BK.” On June 17, 2019, Julie was a guest on 112BK, BRIC’s podcast and broadcast program, to speak about Brooklyn Historical Society’s “Taking Care of Brooklyn” exhibition, which tells stories about sickness and health over 400 years of Brooklyn’s history.

“The Killing of Arthur Miller Jr., 40 Years Later.” Julie was a guest on Errol Louis’s Inside City Hall on June 8, 2018 to discuss the death of Arthur Miller Jr., who was killed by police chokehold in 1978.

“Roasted: The History of Coffee in NYC.” On April 26, 2018, Julie spoke on a panel at Brooklyn Historical Society about the history of coffee in New York City.

“The Brooklyn Waterfront - A History With Julie Golia.” On March 27, 2018, Julie was a featured speaker at St. Francis College’s Spring 2018 Senior Citizen Lecture Series, "From New Nation to World Power: Culture, Politics, and Society in the United States, 1789-1896."

“A Shore Thing: Uncovering the History of Brooklyn’s Waterfront.” Julie gave a behind-the-scenes look of Waterfront, BHS’s new landmark exhibition, to Julianne Cuba of the Brooklyn Daily on January 26, 2018.

“131 Miles and Countless Stories: Finding the Lost Histories of Brooklyn’s Waterfront.” In a January 19, 2018 Medium post, Julie chronicled how the BHS public history team conceived, researched, and developed WATERFRONT, a long-term exhibition and multimedia experience at Brooklyn Historical Society DUMBO.

“Woman Suffrage Turns 100!: Reshaping Politics.” On November 6, 2017, Julie moderated a panel with Christine Quinn and A'Shanti F. Gholar about the relationship between gender and politics. This was the second in a three-part series honoring the centennial of woman suffrage in New York state.

“Feeling DUMBO.” Julie was featured in this Village Voice article by Joshua David Stein about the Empire Stores building and the history of DUMBO. It was the cover story for the August 29, 2017 issue, which the last printed edition of the Voice.

“Bombshell report! Historians: Cannonball found at Bklyn Heights home dates to Revolutionary War.” Julie spoke to reporter Lauren Gill about the discovery of a Revolutionary War-era cannonball in Brooklyn Heights. The story appeared in the Brooklyn Paper on August 4, 2017. 

"The National Park Service just turned 100. We visited one of its filthiest, most forgotten sites." Julie spoke to reporter Rafi Letzler about the smelly, dirty history of Brooklyn's Dead Horse Bay. The piece appeared in Business Insider on August 25, 2016.

"Brooklyn's Waterfront Yields Treasures." Reporter Hannah Furfaro interviewed Julie about BHS's new public history project, Waterfront, and the material history of Empire Stores, the 19th century warehouse that will house BHS DUMBO, the institution's new satellite museum. The story appeared in the Wall Street Journal on July 25, 2016.

"Bernie's Brooklyn. Nearby, and Far, Far Away." Julie spoke with reporter Andrea Bernstein about Bernie Sanders' roots in mid-twentieth-century Brooklyn. The piece aired on WNYC on April 13, 2016. 

"Unusual Names of Brooklyn Neighborhoods and Streets Rooted in Borough's Past." Julie helped NY1's Jeanine Ramirez explore the history of some of Brooklyn's unusual place names. This was part 5 in a series of segments about Brooklyn names produced by NY1 in October 2015. 

"Going off the Grid: How Brooklyn's Streets Got their Name." Julie spoke with Jeanine Ramirez from NY1 about the history embedded in Brooklyn's street names. Part 4 in a series of segments about Brooklyn names produced by NY1 in October 2015, this piece also features documents from BHS's archives.

"The American Revolution Gave Names to Some Brooklyn Nabes." Along with other historians, Julie spoke with Jeanine Ramirez from NY1 about places in Brooklyn named after Revolutionary War participants. This was part 3 in a series of segments about Brooklyn names produced by NY1 in October 2015. 

On September 30, 2015, Julie spoke on a panel at BHS, "Lost, Found, and Stewarded: Collecting Stories of African American Ciivil War Soldiers." 

"Park Slope and the Story of Brownstone Brooklyn." Julie was one of the first special guests on the Bowery Boys' popular history podcast. She spoke to them about the development of Park Slope in May 2015.

"In Rescued Letters, a Civil War Soldier from Brooklyn Faces Death." Julie spoke to reporter Jim O'Grady about Samuel Sims, a Civil War soldier featured in the BHS exhibition Personal Correspondents: Photography and Letter Writing in Civil War Brooklyn. The piece aired on WNYC on May 5, 2015.

"Snapshots of Wounded Limbs, Pride and Psyches." New York Times, April 10, 2015. A thoughtful review of BHS exhibition Personal Correspondents: Photography and Letter Writing in Civil War Brooklyn, curated by Julie.

"Civil War Remembered in Photos and Letters of Brooklyn Soldiers." Newsweek, April 9, 2015. Julie discussed some of the major themes and interpretive challenges of the BHS exhibition Personal Correspondents: Photography and Letter Writing in Civil War Brooklyn. 

"A Brooklyn Map that Shows Battle Positions Instead of Trader Joe's." New York Times, August 20, 2014. Julie spoke to reporter David Dunlap about BHS and Green-Wood's recent acquisition of a rare Revolutionary Map - and what we can learn from the historic document.

"Q&A: Julie Golia of the Brooklyn Historical Society," BKLYNR, June 26, 2014. Julie spoke to Madeline Joyce about Gowanus' industrial past and the cultural significance of the area's Kentile sign. 

"Brooklyn Historical Society Exhibit to Highlight the Borough's Ferry History." New York Daily News, April 28, 2014. Julie discussed her experiences curating the BHS exhibition Full Steam Ahead: 200 Years of Ferries in Brooklyn.

In conjunction with BHS's exhibition, The Emancipation Proclamation: Americans Respond, Julie sat down with Eric Foner at BHS in December 2013 to discuss the impact of the Emancipation Proclamation 150 years later.

"The Emancipation Proclamation: Americans Respond." From December 2013 to February 2014, Julie wrote and edited a blogging series, in conjunction with a BHS exhibition of the same name, that examined the varied ways that Americans of different backgrounds, regions, and beliefs responded to the Emancipation Proclamation and to the topic of slavery during the Civil War.

"Early America, With a Brooklyn Accent." The Junto Blog, January 19, 2013. Julie spoke with historian Sarah Georgini about a digital exhibition she created about the Lefferts Family, and the benefits and challenges of doing family history.