News Articles

Paul Supley

Local living history presenter Paul Supley dies at 60

Published April 5, 2024 | State History

This article originally appeared on the Daily Gazette website.

We would like to express our condolences to Paul Supley's family and friends. He will be greatly missed by the history community.

Paul Supley was always happy to share his love of history with others,...

A New York Minute in History logo

New Podcast Available Now: Grace Leach Hudowalski

Published March 28, 2024 | State History

In celebration of Women’s History Month, this episode tells the story of Grace Leach Hudowalski, the first woman to summit all 46 of the Adirondack High Peaks. Besides being an accomplished mountain climber, Grace was also the first president of the Adirondack 46ers Club as well as its historian...

William G. Pomeroy Foundation Logo

Register for National Historic Marker Day

Published March 28, 2024 | State History

This article originally appeared on the William G. Pomeroy Foundation website.

Welcome volunteers! Complete the form below to register as a National Historic Marker Day participant.

Your name, town/city, and state will be featured our acknowledgments webpage. If you are...

Indigenous America 250 StoryMakers Logo

StoryMakers Internship Application, 2024

Published March 28, 2024 | State History

This article originally appears on the StoryMakers website.

StoryMakers: Indigenous American 250 Summer Internship will be an unforgettable research experience. 

With multiple research centers and archives that steward collections related to Indigenous...

Her March to Democracy Logo

The National Votes for Women Trail announces New Podcast: Her March to Democracy

Published March 26, 2024 | State History

This article originally appeared on the Her March to Democracy podcast website.

Welcome to Her March To Democracy where we're telling stories along the National Votes For Women Trail. The trail chronicles the fight for voting rights for women. If you are a historian, history...

SUNY Brockport Logo

SUNY Historians Network Pilot Series, Spring 2024: U.S. History

Published March 21, 2024 | State History

This article originally appeared on the SUNY HistoryLab website.

Call For future SUNY Historians Network Webinar Presenters (all fields, ideas, topics welcome)

...

APHNYS Logo

APHNYS Conference Proposals

Published March 12, 2024 | State History

This article originally appeared in an APHNYS newsletter.

The APHNYS Program Committee is still accepting proposals for our upcoming 2024 Annual Conference being held on Long...

Fort Plain Museum Logo

Registration is Open for the Revolutionary War Conference 250 in the Mohawk Valley

Published March 12, 2024 | State History

This article originally appeared in a Fort Plain Museum & Historical Park newsletter.

The Revolutionary War Conference 250 in the Mohawk Valley

Please Note the Date Change

June 14-16, 2024

...

National Trust for Historic Preservation Logo

Backing Historic Small Restaurants

Published March 12, 2024 | State History

This article originally appeared on the National Trust for Historic Preservation website.

Now in its fourth year, American Express and the National Trust for Historic Preservation are doubling the number of Backing Historic Small Restaurants grant awardees to 50 small or...

Historic Chronicles of Genesee County Book Cover

Historic Chronicles of Genesee County by Michael J. Eula

Published March 8, 2024 | State History

This article originally appeared on The History Press website.

ASSASSINATIONS, IMMIGRATION, PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS AND SUFFRAGISTS

The dramatic events of American history have left an indelible mark on the life and...

Greece Historical Society Logo

A Legacy Deferred: The Architecture of Thomas W. Boyde, Jr. Project

Published February 28, 2024 | State History

This article originally appeared on the Westside News website.

The Greece Historical Society (GHS) sponsored a Cultural Resource Survey of The Architecture of Thomas W. Boyde, Jr., Rochester’s first African American architect. The project was funded by grants from the Rochester...

New York City Department of Cultural Affairs Logo

NYC Department of Cultural Affairs announces $52.2m in grants to more than 1,000 organisations

Published February 26, 2024 | State History

This article originally appeared on The Art Newspaper website.

The NYC Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA) announced it has awarded $52.2m to more than 1,000 cultural organisations across New...

New York City Department of Cultural Affairs Logo

Department of Cultural Affairs Commissioner Laurie Cumbo Joins Brooklyn Museum to Cut Ribbon on the Toby Devan Lewis Education Center

Published February 26, 2024 | State History

This article originally appeared as a NYC Department of Cultural Affairs press release.

 On Saturday, January 27, NYC Cultural Affairs Commissioner Laurie Cumbo joined Brooklyn Museum leadership, local officials, and museum visitors to officially open the new Toby Devan Lewis...

DHPSNY Logo

Antiracism Resources: Indigenous History is New York's History

Published February 23, 2024 | State History

This article originally appeared on the DHPSNY website.

On February 1, we kicked off our 2024 antiracism Dialogue series with a program to introduce the 250th commemoration field guides from AASLH and APHNYS/Office of the New York State Historian: Building an Inclusive...

NYG&B Logo

Save the Date: 2024 New York State Family History Conference

Published February 15, 2024 | State History

This article originally appeared on the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society website.

This year's theme is "Connect at the Crossroads,” and you can attend the two-day conference online or in person at the Erie...

New Netherland Institute Logo

New Netherland Institute Graduate Fellowship: Documenting Untold Stories 1664-1827

Published February 8, 2024 | State History

The New Netherland Institute (NNI) seeks a scholar doing graduate work in History, African American Studies, Native American and Indigenous Studies, Germanic Literature, or archives management (and allied fields) to identify, research, and...

Putnam County Seal

The Hidden History of Tone’s Pond Discovered: The Namesake of a Revolutionary War Hero

Published February 7, 2024 | State History

This article originally appeared on the Brewster High School Newspaper website.

For many years, there has been a great debate regarding the origins of the name of Lake Tonetta in the Town of Southeast in Putnam County, New York. During this time, Lake Tonetta, also known as Tone’...

I Love New York Logo

New-York Historical Society Presents New York Before New York: The Castello Plan of New Amsterdam

Published January 31, 2024 | State History

This article originally appeared on the I Love NY website.

This March, the New-York Historical Society presents New York Before New York: The Castello Plan of New Amsterdam, on the occasion of the 400th anniversary of the Dutch founding of a colony that would give rise...

St. Thomas Aquinas College Logo

Making History Come Alive at St. Thomas Aquinas College Through Grant from the Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation.

Published January 31, 2024 | State History

This article originally appeared on the St. Thomas Aquinas College website.

St. Thomas Aquinas College has received a $229,624 two-year grant from The Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation to establish The St. Thomas Aquinas Institute for the Study of Loyalists in the...

Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor Logo

Digitizing the Erie Canal

Published January 22, 2024 | State History

This article originally appeared in an Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor newsletter.

Paper charts of the Erie Canal are in the process of being transformed to electronic navigational charts. The Department of Commerce’s...

Pages