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Baseball Hall of Fame

Digital Collections: Rethinking Established Systems & Standards

October 18, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

many logoThe Museum Association of New York (MANY) will host “Digital Collections in Review: Rethinking Established Systems and Standards,” a program set for Friday, October 21st. [Read more…] about Digital Collections: Rethinking Established Systems & Standards

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, Events, History Tagged With: Baseball Hall of Fame, Museum Association of New York

Nineteenth-Century Baseball Myths, History (Podcast)

April 1, 2019 by Nick Thony Leave a Comment

capital district civil war round table podcastThe Opening Day of Baseball edition of the Capital District Civil War Round Table Podcast features Tim Wiles, the former director of research at the Baseball Hall of Fame Library in Cooperstown and current director of the Guilderland Public Library.

Tim talked about his time in Cooperstown, the Doubleday Myth, Troy-native Johnny Evers, the story behind ‘Take Me Out to the Ball Game,’ the services offered by the Guilderland Public Library, and much more. [Read more…] about Nineteenth-Century Baseball Myths, History (Podcast)

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Baseball, Baseball Hall of Fame, Capital District Civil War Round Table, Cooperstown, Podcasts, Sports History

Connecting History And Public Policy

January 3, 2013 by Bruce Dearstyne 1 Comment

Four recent developments remind us of the opportunities to tie history to other initiatives here in New York. Doing that successfully will continue to require leadership, persistence, and imagination.

*New York pride…and history? The New York State Economic Development Corporation is running ads in business journals to attract businesses to the state. The ads link to the Development Corporation’s Web Site. The ads say, among other things: [Read more…] about Connecting History And Public Policy

Filed Under: Nature Tagged With: Andrew Cuomo, Baseball Hall of Fame, Bruce Dearstyne, Disaster Management, Economic Development, Erie Canal, Historic Preservation, Hudson River, Hurricane Sandy, Natural History, Public History

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