Research & Collections

Source: National Parks Service WASHINGTON – The National Park Service (NPS) today announced funding for 39 projects in over 20 states that will preserve and highlight the sites and stories associated with the Civil Rights Movement and the Afric...

The public is invited to attend a free film screening and discussion of “Men of Bronze: The Black American Heroes of World War I”, a documentary about the black American soldiers known as the Harlem Hellfighters during World War I, on Friday, Febr...

Source: Time Warner Cable News UTICA, N.Y. -- Soon it'll be 200 years since construction on the Erie Canal, an "engineering marvel," began. "It's not an exaggeration to say that the canal opened up the western territories of the United State...

On April 30, 1789, George Washington was sworn in as president of the United States on the balcony of Federal Hall in lower Manhattan, uttering for the first time the words that every succeeding president would recite: “I do solemnly swear that I ...

In 2013 Tom Mayes, deputy general counsel at the National Trust for Historic Preservation, was selected as a winner of the Rome Prize, which is awarded to about 30 emerging artists and scholars who represent the highest standard of excellence. A l...

Washington, DC - A new report from the Institute of Museum and Library Services and Reinvestment Fund provides insights for libraries and museums to connect with their communities in newer and deeper ways. Produced as part of the Community Ca...

For the past four years, History Relevance has been creating united voice in the history field. Our ultimate goal is that people will value history for its relevance to modern life and use historical thinking skills to actively engage with and add...

Erie Canalway, in partnership with the NYS Canal Corporation, offers a limited number of sponsorships of up to $500 for events or festivals that showcase the Canalway Corridor's nationally significant heritage and the tremendous recreational appea...

The following information has been provided by Johanna Yaun, Orange County Historian. Here in the Orange County Historian's office, we receive a surprising number of questions regarding cemeteries. Every week we hear about a hiker stumbling upo...

Caked in dust and dating back to 1674, the written records of a growing city are headed to new homes, to be preserved and made accessible to researchers. By Rick Rojas, New York Times

By Johanna Yaun, Orange County Historian On a summer day in 1998, I stood on Grand Street, waiting. First Lady Hillary Clinton's press bus had broken down on I-87 and she was now several hours late. When she finally arrived, she gave an impr...

Excerpt written by Paul Grondhal of the Times Union The Dutch officials acknowledged that some of the finest collections of 17th- and 18th-century Dutch records, correspondence and artifacts reside in the State Library, State Archives...

March 2017 (available for pre-order) / 520 pages / Illustrated: 37 color photographs, 79 b/w photographs/ jacketed hardcover Tales of New York State history from the pages of the award-winning New York Archives. "An original, authoritative, ...

This is a survey course providing an overview of the peoples and land of New York State from the earliest human occupation to the 21st century. The course will focus on physical geography, literature and the arts, demographics, government and poli...

On January 3rd, 2017, the Tompkins County Legislature issued a proclamation celebrating the 100th anniversary of the passage in New York State of the Suffrage Act, which granted women the right to vote in local and state elections, and naming 2017...

For More Information, Contact: Antonia Giuliano, (518) 474-1201 Representatives from state historic sites and cultural institutions will provide educational hands-on activities, unique artifacts to explore, and information about upcoming event...

Source: National Council on Public History blog History@Work

Woodstock Music Festival Site Leads the List of 26 Historic Nominations 

The Museum of the City of New York is pleased to announce over 1,650 pieces and sets from our preeminent collection of New York Silver is now digitized, catalogued, publicly accessible and fully searchable via our online Collections Portal – http:...

Governor Andrew Cuomo announced on December 8th, 2016 the awardees for the 2016 Regional Economic Development Council (REDC) grants.  110 projects that total over $24.5 million in grant funding are for work being done in the history, heritage...