Office of State History

  This article originally appeared on the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor website. The Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor pleased to announce recipients of the 2020 Erie Canalway Heritage Award of Excellence. Congratulati...

This article originally appeared on the Humanities New York website. Humanities New York (HNY) announced nearly $1 million in CARES Act funding to 197 New York cultural nonprofits affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. HNY CARES Emergency Gran...

This article originally appeared on the William G. Pomeroy Foundation website.  The Pomeroy Fund for NYS History has awarded an additional $50,000 in grants to provide general operating assistance to 18 history-related organizati...

This originally appeared on the Gilder Lehrman Institute website. We are pleased to offer new courses for the summer months for elementary, middle, and high school students.  The Gilder Lehrman Online History School for middle and high ...

This article originally appeared in the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs newsletter. Saludos from Jackson Heights,   When I introduce myself, I do so as a Queer, Latinx Immigrant t...

This article originally appeared on the Poughkeepsie Public Library District website. Here in the Local History room we have some original letters from a soldier who saw action during the Civil War. Not only did he witness men fighting and dyin...

This article originally appeared in the Dutchess County Dispatch Newsletter. The Dutchess County Historical Society is pleased to announce the launch of the Walter M. Patrice Online Library for African Heritage Studies. A veteran of WW2, Walter...

This article originally appeared on the Smithsonian Magazine website. In a short essay published earlier this week, Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch wrote that the recent killing in Minnesota of George Floyd has forced ...

This article originally appeared on the New York Archives Conference website.  Please join us for a free Virtual New York Archives Conference on Friday, June 12th from 9am to 5pm. The full day program for NYAC 2020 will include ses...

This article originally appeared on the New York State Archives website. The New York State Archives announces its thirtieth annual Student Research Awards program to promote and recognize excellence in student research. The main purpose of the...

This article was originally posted on the New York State Archives website.  In honor of American Archives Month, the award-winning New York Archives magazine announces its first annual essay competition to promote and recognize e...

From the Researching New York website. With great regret, Researching New York organizers have made the decision to to postpone the November 2020 conference.  As we gather more information and have a clearer sense of what might be possible...

This article originally appeared on the Museum Association of New York website. The Pomeroy Fund for NYS History is a new partnership between the William G. Pomeroy Foundation and the Museum Association of New York (MANY). This second round ...

This article originally appeared on the WAMC Podcast website. 75 years after the end of World War II, the ranks of the so-called Greatest Generation are dwindling. Among those still able to tell their stories, is Lieutenant Colonel Harry Stewar...

This article originally appeared on the APHNYS Facebook page.  At its last meeting, the APHNYS Board of Trustees made the difficult decision to cancel the in-person annual conference scheduled for September 21-23, 2020, in Oswego due to co...

The Clinton County Historical Association was selected for a $2,000 grant from the William G. Pomeroy Foundation, as part of the foundation’s efforts to aid history-related organizations in New York State during the COVID-19 pandemic. CCHA will...

This article originally appeared on the Institute of Museum and Library Services website. Museums that tell the many stories of African American history, heritage, and culture are among the many types of institutions making their collections mo...

This article originally appeared on the IMLS website.  As Small Business Administration (SBA) Phase 2 Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) funding remains available, IMLS hosted SBA Economic Development Coordinator Noah Brod in a webinar disc...

This article originally appeared on the Pomeroy Foundation website. The Pomeroy Fund for NYS History has awarded $50,808 in grant funding to assist history-related organizations across New York State that have been forced to close in response t...

This article originally appeared on the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society newsletter. Ready for New York’s largest—and only—statewide family history event? The New York State Family History Conference (NYSFHC) is September 10–12, 2...