As the New York celebrates the 200th anniversary of the building of the Erie Canal in 2017, amateur and professional photographers are invited capture the canal corridor’s distinctive sense of place for the 12th annual Erie Canalway Photo Contest. Winning photos will be featured in the 2018 Erie Canalway calendar. [Read more…] about Erie Canalway Photo Contest Call for Entries
Event: Queer Politics, AIDS, Reproductive Rights History
On Sunday, June 18, at 1 pm at the Oneida Community Mansion House, 170 Kenwood Ave., Oneida, historian and author Tamar Carroll and Mansion House curator Molly Jessup will lead a discussion entitled ‘It Saved My Life:’ AIDS & Reproductive Rights Activism in the Creation of Queer Politics.
The discussion will focus on AIDS and women’s health activists in New York City during the late 1980s and early 1990s. In the face of official silence and avoidance, members of the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP New York) and of the Women’s Health Action Mobilization (WHAM!) joined together to advocate awareness and a public health response to the HIV epidemic and for the right to health care. Carroll’s extensive interviews with some of those activists formed the basis for her book, Mobilizing New York: AIDS, Antipoverty, and Feminist Activism. [Read more…] about Event: Queer Politics, AIDS, Reproductive Rights History
WWI Centennial Remembrance at Time and the Valleys Museum
July, 2017 is 100th anniversary of the first U.S. forces sent overseas to fight in World War I.
The Time and the Valleys Museum in Grahamsville, Sullivan County will be hosting a weekend of educational programming and exhibit on July 8th and 9th. [Read more…] about WWI Centennial Remembrance at Time and the Valleys Museum
State Museum Acquires Woodstock Art Colony Artwork
The New York State Museum has announced the acquisition of a significant collection of artwork of the historic Woodstock Art Colony. The collection includes 1,500 paintings, works on paper, sculptures, and archival material and represents more than 170 artists from the early 20th century art colony in Woodstock.
Long before the famous music event in 1969, Woodstock was home to what is considered America’s first intentional year-round arts colony: the historic Woodstock Art Colony, founded in 1902. Its artists have been the focus of collector and donor Arthur Anderson for three decades, resulting in the largest comprehensive art collection of its type. [Read more…] about State Museum Acquires Woodstock Art Colony Artwork
New Book: Upstate Uncovered
Chuck D’Imperio’s new book Upstate Uncovered: 100 Unique, Unusual, and Overlooked Destinations in Upstate New York (SUNY Press, 2017) shares an array of fun and amazing places in Upstate New York that the casual traveler might otherwise miss.
As one of Upstate’s most ardent advocates, D’Imperio has traveled the backroads and byways of the region seeking out the stories, tales, and folklore writ upon the landscape. He takes readers to one hundred small towns and cities from the Hudson Valley to the High Peaks of the Adirondacks and out through the rolling hills of the Finger Lakes region. Not only a reflection of “the road less traveled,” Upstate Uncovered includes pertinent information such as websites, photographs, personal interviews, and explicit directions to each of the included entries. [Read more…] about New Book: Upstate Uncovered
Lakes to Locks Passage: New York’s Great Northeast Journey
Lakes to Locks Passage has completed the third in the series of Waterways of War guidebooks. Waterways of War: The Turning Point of the American Revolution focuses on the 1777 northern campaign of British General John Burgoyne. The book is also the centerpiece of a broader initiative to develop the Turning Point Trail, a narrated driving tour from Plattsburgh to Albany. [Read more…] about Lakes to Locks Passage: New York’s Great Northeast Journey
12th U.S. Infantry Hosts Civil War Weekend in Peterboro
The 12th Regiment U.S. Infantry Co. A (reenacting) and the Civil War Heritage Foundation will host the 25th Annual Peterboro Civil War Weekend from June 9 to 11. The 12th was first organized in 1798 and disbanded in 1800, raised again in 1812 and for the Mexican War. The regiment portrayed by the reenacting unit was organized by direction of President Lincoln on May 4, 1861. The 12th Infantry is still active.
As in many years past, “The 12th” (reenacting) will be encamped on the western half acre of the Peterboro Green and will be joined by several other military re-enacting units. The field is under the command of Captain Neil MacMillan. “The 12th ” participates in both local and national events as members of the U.S. [Read more…] about 12th U.S. Infantry Hosts Civil War Weekend in Peterboro
New York History Around The Web This Week
- New Issue of The Public Historian Features Women’s History
- Whiteface Mountain Zip Line Faces Article 14 Test
- CCC Offers 90% Tuition Discount For Locals
- Even The Biggest Scandals Can’t Kill Party Loyalty
- Dig Completed at Albany’s Oldest Building
- DeVos: End Public Service Loan Forgiveness
- Scott Christianson, 69, Acclaimed Journalist, Historian
- Beyond the Hudson: The Achievements of Robert Scott Duncanson
- LSD Maker Nicholas Sand, Dead at 75
- Rail Trail Sessions End With Small Crowd
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Women’s Suffrage Events in Newburgh, New Lebanon, Penn Yann
Event registration for the 2017 Path Through History Weekends has begun. Events will be held in Newburgh, New Lebanon and Penn Yann to celebrate the theme of Women’s Rights. [Read more…] about Women’s Suffrage Events in Newburgh, New Lebanon, Penn Yann
Adirondack Preservation Award Nominations Sought
Adirondack Architectural Heritage (AARCH), the historic preservation organization for the region, has opened nominations for its 2017 Preservation Awards. For over 20 years, these annual awards have recognized sensitive restoration, rehabilitation, and adaptive reuse of historic structures, as well as individuals who have promoted historic preservation and community revitalization consistent with AARCH’s mission.
Projects of all sizes and scopes are eligible for consideration. The deadline for nominations is July 1, 2017. A celebration of the 2017 award winners will be on September 18, 2017, at a farm-to-table luncheon at the Nettle Meadow Farm, a 2016 AARCH Presevation Award recipient in the town of Thurman near Warrensburg. [Read more…] about Adirondack Preservation Award Nominations Sought