Office of State History

Association of Suffolk County Historical Societies The next Newsfeed will be posted during the 1st week of February, 2019.   NEWS Eastern L.I. GRANT WRITING WORKSHOP January 31, 8:30 to 3:30 pm Suffolk County Histori...

SPORTS ARE A VIBRANT PART OF THE HISTORY AND CULTURE OF NEW YORK STATE. New York is home to some of the most famous teams and venues in the nation including Madison Square Garden, the Buffalo Bills, Watkins Glen International and so many more. The...

Monday's launch of Collections & Community: A Survey for New York State Collecting Institutions marked the start of a multi-year research project conducted by DHPSNY under the leadership of Lead Scholar Jorge Arévalo Mateus, P...

This article originally appeared on the Preservation League of NYS website in January, 2019. The New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) and the Preservation League of New York State are pleased to offer the Preserve New York grant program. ...

This article originally appeared on the National Endowment for the Humanities website in December, 2018. Preservation Assistance Grants help small and mid-sized institutions—such as libraries, museums, historical societies, archival repositorie...

This article originally appeared on the New York Landmarks Conservancy website in December, 2018. The New York Landmarks Conservancy has been a leader in preserving, restoring, and reusing New York City’s architectural legacy for more than 45 y...

This article originally appeared on the Clinton County Historical Society website. The Clinton County Historical Association Museum, 98 Ohio Avenue, will be closed December 19, 20, 21, 27, 28 and January 2. The museum will be open from 10 am to...

This article originally appeared on the Saving Places website in December, 2018. Grants from the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund are designed to advance ongoing preservation activities f...

    This article was written by Bill Jeffway, Executive Director of Dutchess County Historical Society      The identification of “lost” African American burial grounds is not limited to downtown Manhattan.  I...

This article originally appeared on the Museum Association of New York website in November, 2018. Robert K. Cassetti, Senior Director of Creative Strategy and Visitor Engagement, Corning Museum of Glass, completed service on the Board of Direct...

Vol. 62, No. 4; OCTOBER-DECEMBER 2018 IN THIS ISSUE Two Sneden Families or One?  Alice Gerard, author, community activist and municipal historian of Palisades, has a long list of books to her name, as well as several articles in South ...

This article originally appeared on the Humanities New York website. In each of Humanities NY's Reading & Discussion Programs, participants read a series of thematically linked texts over the course of four, five, or six sessions....

This article originally appeared on the Documentary Heritage and Preservation Services for New York website. We will be launching our annual Statewide Constituent Needs Survey on Monday, October 29. This important surve...

This article originally appeared on the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society website. Please join the NYG&B for an exclusive guided tour of the Netherlands April 7-13, 2019. This tour includes a group guide for the five-day tour, ...

This article originally appeared on the New York City Cultural Affairs website. In FY19 the Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA) will continue the Mayor's Grant for Cultural Impact, an initiative that supports partnerships between New York Cit...

This article originally appeared in Vol. IV, No. 4 of Blackwell's Almanac. Everyone agrees New York is an exceptionally vibrant city, a characteristic it owes to its large population, dense urban landscape, crowded public spaces and influx of p...

This article originally appeared on the Colgate University website. EH Summer Seminars and Institutes allow K-12 teachers an opportunity to enrich and revitalize their teaching through the study of humanities topics that bear upon K-12 educatio...

This article originally appeared on the William G. Pomeroy Foundation website. The William G. Pomeroy Foundation strongly believes that historic markers play an important role in local historic preservation by serving a dual purpose. They educa...

This article written by Bob Cudmore was originally featured in the Schenectady Daily Gazette. Amsterdam Strong: A Tight Knit Community    The bits and pieces of Amsterdam’s past have been part of many of my history columns and hist...

This article originally appeared on the New York State Archives website. The Documentary Heritage Program (DHP) is a statewide program established by law to provide financial support and guidance to not-for-profit organizations that h...