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This article originally appeared on the WAMC Podcast website. In this episode, Devin and Lauren discuss the “Burned Over District,” and how upstate New York became a “cauldron” of emergent religions and alternative communities during the 19th c...

It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Ruth Piwonka. Ruth was Village of Kinderhook Historian and a local expert on Dutch New York History. She will be missed by the entire New York State History community. https://www.hudsonva...

This article originally appeared on the WAMC Podcasts website. On this episode of A New York Minute in History, Devin and Lauren delve into the public health industry that emerged in New York in the 19th century. As the understanding of medicin...

The newest issue of New York History is now available. This special issue focuses on Attica's Legacy at 50 and can be viewed here. A sample article by Heather Ann Thompson can be read here.  

Devin and Lauren dive into the history of Timbuctoo, an African American settlement founded by philanthropist Gerrit Smith in response to an 1846 law requiring all Black men to own $250 worth of property in order to vote in New York state. To coun...

This episode investigates the life and times of Audrey Munson, America’s first supermodel. Born and raised in upstate New York, Audrey Munson would go on to become the most famous artist's model of the Gilded Age, posing for many of the top Amer...

This article originally appeared on the WAMC website. WAMC is proud to announce that it has won three Excellence in Broadcasting Awards from the New York State Broadcasters Association. In the 55th annual competition, WAMC won in the followi...

The following is a message from A New York Minute in History and RTDNA. A New York Minute in History has been awarded a Regional Edward R. Murrow award for Best Podcast by the Radio Television Digital News Association. The Radio Television D...

This season of A New York Minute in History features a brand new format. Each episode will delve into a chapter of New York’s history through a topic introduced by one of the William G. Pomeroy Foundation’s historic markers, which collec...

Just in time for the November election, New York History, published by Cornell University Press, is featuring an article by historian Marsha E. Barrett titled "Millionaires are More Democratic Now: Nelson Rockefeller and the Politics of ...

Today’s historical community is as dynamic as it is diverse. It includes scholars, curators, preservationists, librarians, archivists, genealogists, re-enactors and local and community historians. In October, historians across the state will work ...

  The New York State Board of Regents (“the Regents”) charters museums in New York State as educational corporations and has governing authority over these incorporated organizations. In 2011, the Regents approved an amendment to its Rules...

This article originally appeared on the Women at the Center, New-York Historical Society website. Early in the morning on August 26, 1920, Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby unceremoniously certified the ratification of the 19 Amendment at his...

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The New York State Board of Regents (“the Regents”) charters museums in New York State as educational corporations and has governing authority over these incorporated organizations. In 2011, the Regents approved an amendment to its Rules regarding...