News Articles
Portal Opens February 15 for Partnership Grants for Capacity Building
Published February 8, 2022 | State History
This article originally appeared in a MANY newsletter. The Museum Association of New York is excited to announce a new regrant partnership with the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) to distribute 100 grants of $5,000 to assist New York...
Ulster County Clerk named History Award Winner
Published February 9, 2022 | State History
This article originally appeared in a Dutchess History newsletter. Ulster County Clerk Nina Postupack is the 2022 Martha Washington Woman of History. Washington’s Headquarters State Historic Site gives this award annually to a woman who has mad...
FreedomCon 2022: Toward Change – Toward Equality
Published February 14, 2022 | State History
This article originally appeared on the Underground Railroad History Project website. Focusing on the nation’s unprecedented, and long overdue, examination of systemic racism in America, UREC connects the historical Underground Railroad, the fi...
Hungry for History™ Marker Grant Program
Published February 22, 2022 | State History
This article originally appeared on the William G. Pomeroy Foundation website. The Hungry for History™ grant program celebrates America’s food history by telling the stories of local and regional food specialties across the United States. This ...
AASLH Reframing History
Published February 24, 2022 | State History
This article originally appeared on the AASLH website. AASLH is proud to introduce Reframing History, a new set of evidence-backed communications strategies for more effectively communicating what history is and why it matters to society. The r...
Semiquincentennial Grant Program
Published February 28, 2022 | State History
This article originally appeared in a National Park Service Newsletter. The National Park Service is pleased to honor the 250th anniversary of the United States with the launch of the Semiquincentennial Grant Program. This is a new grant progra...
New Podcast Available Now: Rapp Road and the Great Migration
Published March 4, 2022 | State History
This article originally appeared on the WAMC Podcast website. On this episode, Devin and Lauren delve into the history of Albany County’s Rapp Road Community, an African American neighborhood built by southern immigrants who moved north for a b...
The Delaware Company's New Website is Live
Published March 7, 2022 | State History
This article originally appeared in a Delaware Company Newsletter. In anticipation of this unprecedented era in our existence, The Delaware Company is proud to announce the launch of our new website, available for viewing now at thede...
2022 New York State Family History Conference
Published March 7, 2022 | State History
This article originally appeared on the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society website. New York state’s largest family history event returns this September and October, featuring more than 40 educational sessions, in-person events...
Historical Society of Woodstock wins Engaging Communities Award
Published March 15, 2022 | State History
This article originally appeared in a Historical Society of Woodstock press release. "Standing on Their Shoulders: 101 Years of Voting and Still Marching for Women's Rights," the suffrage centennial celebration produced by the Historical Societ...
Lakes to Locks Passage 2022 Byway Funding
Published March 28, 2022 | State History
This article originally appeared on the Lakes to Locks Passage website. The Federal Highway Administration has announced an appropriation of $22M for Discretionary funding through a Notice of Funding Opportunity for the National Scenic By...
AAHA Black History Exhibit at the Rome Historical Society
Published April 4, 2022 | State History
This article originally appeared in a Rome Historical Society press release. The Afro-American Heritage Association (AAHA) installed a temporary exhibit at Rome Historical Society (RHS) last month in honor of the 44th Annual Black History Month...
National Historic Marker Day
Published April 4, 2022 | State History
This article originally appeared on the William G. Pomeroy Foundation website. People everywhere enjoy historic markers, from roadsides and parks to historic sites or even their own neighborhoods. According to The Historical Marker Database, th...
Jennifer A. Ingold, Bay Shore Middle School, Receives 2022 Mary K. Bonsteel Tachau Teacher of the Year Award from the Organization of American Historians
Published April 7, 2022 | State History
This article originally appeared in a Organization of American Historians press release. The Organization of American Historians (OAH) today announced that Jennifer A. Ingold, Bay Shore Middle School, is recipient of the OAH’s 2022 Mary K. Bons...
Two New York Museums Named as Finalists for the IMLS National Medal for Museum Service
Published April 7, 2022 | State History
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) announced today that the Children’s Museum of Manhattan in New York City and the Wild Center in Tupper Lake are both finalists for the prestigious 2022 National Medal for Museum Service. The Nati...
The Johnson Student Research Fund of the Hudson River Valley Institute
Published April 14, 2022 | State History
This article originally appeared in a Hudson River Valley Institute press release. As HRVI celebrates its 20th anniversary throughout 2022, we are also celebrating the countless achievements and contributions of our founding Executive Director ...
Grants Available for Roadside Markers Commemorating History in New York State
Published April 26, 2022 | State History
This article originally appeared in a William G. Pomeroy Foundation press release. The William G. Pomeroy Foundation has announced the next round of its New York State Historic Marker Grant Program officially opens today, Monday, April 25. This...
Saratoga County Life in Photographs Exhibit to Open May 5th
Published April 26, 2022 | State History
This article originally appeared in a Saratoga County History Center press release. The Saratoga County History Center at Brookside Museum will open a new exhibit, “County Life in Photographs,” on Thursday, May 5, with a 7:00 pm reception. It w...
Searching for Timbuctoo Screening Followed by Q&A with Filmmaker Paul Miller
Published April 27, 2022 | State History
In 1846 New York State enacted a law requiring African American men to own $250 worth of property to vote. To circumvent this unjust law, radical abolitionist Gerrit Smith gave away 120,000 acres of land in Essex and Franklin Counties to 3,000 fre...
Farmington Quaker Meeting House awarded a National Parks Service Equal Rights Grant
Published April 29, 2022 | State History
This article originally appeared in a National Parks Service press release. Ten historic sites associated with the preservation of civil rights history in America will receive a combined $3.27 million in National Park Service History of Equal R...