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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 Island this year! Our theme, It's a Whale of a Tale: Outstanding...

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 Registration is Open   Registra...

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 gr...

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 culture of New York’s Gene...

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 f...

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 York City. The payments will be distributed throug...

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 off...

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 Histori...

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 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, resear...

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 thi...

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 foundi...

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...

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 National Oceanic ...

Cedar Hill Schoolhouse Museum Opens for the Season February 4

Published January 18, 2024 | State History

This article originally appeared in a Bethlehem Historical Association press release. The Cedar Hill Schoolhouse Museum, home of the Bethlehem Historical Association, 1003 River Road, Selkirk, opens for the season on February 4 at 2 p.m. Dis...

Apply Now for 2024 NYS Canal System Tourism Infrastructure and Events Grants

Published January 16, 2024 | State History

This article originally appeared in an Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor newsletter. The New York State Canal Corporation and the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor are offering competitive grant funding to support tourism and recr...

Grant Program to Develop and Enhance the Museum Workforce Relaunched by the Institute of Museum and Library Services

Published December 20, 2023 | State History

This article originally appeared on the IMLS website. The Institute of Museum and Library Services is now accepting applications for its relaunched 21st Century Museum Professionals Program (21MP). 21MP will support projects that offer pro...

Military museum wants your stories

Published December 14, 2023 | State History

This article originally appeared on the Post Star website. From a press release: The New York State Military Museum and Veterans Research Center in Saratoga Springs has resumed its veterans’ oral history collection program and is seeking interv...

CCHS accepting applications for Elinor Robb Troicke Memorial Scholarship

Published December 5, 2023 | State History

This article originally appeared on the Chenango County Historical Society website. The Chenango County Historical Society (CCHS) has announced that applications are now being accepted for the Elinor Robb Troicke Memorial Scholarship CCHS p...

Telling Women's Stories: A Toolkit for Historic Sites and Museums

Published December 1, 2023 | State History

This article originally appeared on the National Collaborative for Women's History Sites website. This Toolkit has been created by the NCWHS Research and Interpretation Committee to assist sites as they expand and integrate their efforts to tel...