Lloyd Ultan (historian) explained

Lloyd Ultan
Birth Place:	The Bronx, New York City
Alma Mater:	Hunter College Columbia University
Occupation:	Historian
Employer:	Fairleigh Dickinson University
Organization:	The Bronx County Historical Society
Known For:	Histories of The Bronx
Notable Works:	The Northern Borough: A History Of The Bronx
Bronx Borough Historian emeritus
Office:	may be used as an alternative when the label is better rendered as "Office" (e.g. public office or appointments) -->
Predecessor:	Dr. William A. Tieck

Lloyd Ultan (born 1938) is a historian and author. A native of the borough of The Bronx in New York City, he was the Bronx borough historian from 1996^[1] to 2023.^[2] He is a professor of history at Fairleigh Dickinson University's and a member of the adjunct faculty at Lehman College.^[3] Ultan received a B.A. in history from Hunter College in 1959 and an M.A. in history from Columbia University in 1960.^[4]

He has written several books, including The Beautiful Bronx (1920-1950), The Bronx in the Innocent Years: 1890-1925, and Bronx Accent.^[5] Ultan is renowned for his walking tours.^[6] His predecessor as the official Bronx Borough Historian was Dr. William A. Tieck, who served from 1980 to 1996.^[7]

Selected works

• Legacy of the Revolution: The Valentine-Varian House^[8] (1983), popular general history
• Bronx Accent: A Literary and Pictorial History of the Borough^[9] (2006), popular general history
• Blacks in the Colonial Bronx Era: A Documentary History^[10] (2010), popular general history
• The Bronx: The Ultimate Guide to New York City's Beautiful Borough^[11] (2015), popular general history
• The Northern Borough: A History Of The Bronx (2009), popular general history
• The Bronx in the frontier era: from the beginning to 1696 (1994)
• The Beautiful Bronx (1920–1950) (1979), heavily illustrated
• The Birth of the Bronx, 1609–1900 (2000), popular
• The Bronx in the innocent years, 1890–1925 (1985), popular
• The Bronx: It Was Only Yesterday, 1935–1965 (1992), heavily illustrated popular history
• "History of the Bronx River," Paper presented to the Bronx River Alliance, November 5, 2002 (notes taken by Maarten de Kadt, November 16, 2002), retrieved on August 29, 2008. This 2½ hour talk covers much of the early history of the Bronx as a whole, in addition to the Bronx River.

See also

• History of the Bronx
• Gary Hermalyn - Centennial Historian of New York City.
• The Bronx County Historical Society

External links

• Podcast Professor Lloyd Ultan Bronx Borough Historian Bronx Bohemian

Notes and References

1. Bronx Borough President . 2011-10-26 . Bronx Borough Historian Lloyd Ultan Marks 15 Years in Office . 2012-02-08 .
2. News: Ortega . Ralph R. . Editor's Note: The Bronx honors Lloyd Ultan, someone truly historic . May 16, 2023 . City & State NY . May 15, 2023 . en.
3. Web site: Lloyd Ultan - Fairleigh Dickinson University (FDU). view2.fdu.edu. 11 November 2017.
4. Web site: Faculty and Staff Directory.
5. Web site: Lloyd Ultan: used books, rare books and new books @ BookFinder.com. BookFinder.com.
6. Web site: FDU News Highlights. Fairleigh Dickinson University. 2012-02-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20120108012221/http://view.fdu.edu/default.aspx?id=7044. 2012-01-08. dead.
7. Web site: Thomas . Robert McG. Jr. . Dr. William A. Tieck, Minister And a Bronx Historian, 89 . The New York Times . January 20, 1997 . September 5, 2017.
8. Book: Ultan . Lloyd . Legacy of the Revolution: The Valentine-Varian House . January 1, 1983 . Bronx County Historical Society . 130 . 094198012X .
9. Book: Ultan . Lloyd . Bronx Accent: A Literary and Pictorial History of the Borough . March 23, 2006 . Rutgers University Press . 330 . 0813538629 .
10. Book: Ultan . Lloyd . Blacks in the Colonial Bronx Era: A Documentary History . January 4, 2010 . CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform . 240 . 978-1466423015 .
11. Book: Ultan . Lloyd . The Bronx: The Ultimate Guide to New York City's Beautiful Borough . June 1, 2015 . Rutgers University Press . 224 . 978-0813573199 .