Historian Notes
The Madison County World War I Project
Published January 19, 2017 | Matthew Urtz, Madison County Historian
The Madison County World War I project was an offshoot of a project we undertook in 2013. Each year in October we host Archives Day, usually displaying documents from our archives. In 2013 we decided to “create new archives.” Par...
Falling Forward
Published December 15, 2016 | Carol Kammen, Tompkins County Historian
“We fall forward,” said women in New York in November 1915 when the suffrage bill failed by 80,000 votes. After that initial stumble, two years later New York voters passed the 1917 Suffrage Amendment. President Wilson then changed his position on...
How Hamilton Defended the Rights of Catholics in a Young America
Published November 1, 2016 | Jason K. Duncan, Ph.D. — Professor of History, Aquinas College
Article originally appeared in America: The National Catholic Review. Access article HERE.
Chief Justice John Jay Explains New York State's First Constitution
Published October 24, 2016 | Dr. Bruce W. Dearstyne
2017 is New York State's 240th birthday! The first State Constitution was finished and approved in Kingston on April 20, 1777, and promulgated two days later by being read from the courthouse steps in that city. The document had been written...
Welcome to the New York Office of State History Website!
Published September 9, 2016 | Devin R. Lander, New York State Historian
Find statewide history at your fingertips. The idea for this website is to provide an online conduit for information exchange between the New York’s historical field and the work of the NYS Museum Office of State History. The website includ...
