History

This article originally appeared on the William G. Pomeroy Foundation website. One of the William G. Pomeroy Foundation’s core initiatives is to help people celebrate their community’s history. The Foundation strongly believes that historic mar...

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The COVID-19 pandemic has caused an unprecedented crisis in our local communities, country, and world. In response to concerns from the history community, AASLH has developed a new webinar series—AASLH conversations—to help practitioners and insti...

PRESERVE NEW YORK A signature grant program of the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) and the Preservation League of New York State, with additional support from The Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation GUIDELINES FOR 2020 Hist...

The Preservation League is proud to announce that it has received a $33,000 grant from the 1772 Foundation. This grant will allow the League, in partnership with Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor, to identify and study vacant and underutili...

NORWICH, N.Y. – For four generations, the I.L. Richer Company was the oldest privately-owned feed business in the Northeast. Learn more about this highly-respected company during “A History of the I.L. Richer Company” as the Chenango County Histor...

68 volunteers, more than 1,600 boxes, rolls and rolls of archival wrapping materials, miles of packing tape and bubble wrap, thousands of pages of crumpled newspaper, 24 months of planning, countless hours working with the fine arts movers, bag ...

(April 17th, 2019) Humanities New York (HNY) today announced just under $150,000 in awards to 31 grantees for innovative public humanities offerings. Awards were made in every region of the state, from the North Country to Long Island. “We are ...

Marist to Hold Conference on the 50th Anniversary of the Woodstock Festival and Its Lasting Impact Courtesy of Bethel Woods Center for the Arts March 5, 2019—Three days of peace and music were actually almost a decade in the making. This...

Exhibition at The Museum of Bronx History: A History of the Bronx Latino Utilizing its photographic and research collections, The Bronx County Historical Society has installed its exhibition, A History of The Bronx&nbsp...

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 New York State Education Department website in October, 2018. The New York State Archives and the Archives Partnership Trust have received a $125,760 “Save America’s Treasures” grant from the National Par...

Press Release Issued by the United States World War One Commission, July 3, 2018. The World War One Centennial Commission, along with the Pritzker Military Museum & Library, the Society of the Honor Guard of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier,...

This article originally appeared on the Oneida County History Center website in July, 2018. Rediscover the golden age of downtown Utica. The streets were lined with wall to wall department stores, theaters, restaurants, and much more. Read more...

This year Wyoming County Historian's Office and museums of Wyoming County are doing a “Treasure Hunt Through History.” Participants travel around the county, look for the clue in each museum, get their map and journal stamped (each location h...

New Paltz Town Historian Susan Stessin-Cohn has created a dynamic Story Map that describes the history of the Ulster County Poorhouse, which was opened in 1828 at the site of the current Ulster County fairgrounds.  The complete Story Map can ...

This article first appeared on the Old Fort Niagara website in April, 2018 Old Fort Niagara recently hosted its annual Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast and recognized James and Cheryl Brown of Lockport, NY, as the "2017 Volunteers of the Year." T...

This article originally appeared on the Ithaca Heritage Website in February, 2018. The Heritage Ambassador Program is a free, fun, and engaging training program to get to know Tompkins County's history and rich heritage. In turn, you will be a ...

This article originally appeared on the National Endowment for the Humanities website on January 17th, 2018.  This month the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) celebrates a milestone in one of its signature grant programs,&nb...

This article originally appeared on the Niagara Falls National Heritage Area website. The Tuscarora Heroes Monument is permanent symbol of thanksgiving to the Tuscarora Nation from a grateful nation for heroically saving the lives of dozens of ...