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Featured Collections: West Point Military Academy Photographs

September 25, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Formation Review at West Point courtesy National Archives CatalogMore than 2,500 photographs taken at the West Point Military Academy in the early 20th century are now available in the National Archives Catalog. [Read more…] about Featured Collections: West Point Military Academy Photographs

Filed Under: History, Hudson Valley - Catskills Tagged With: Black History, Featured Collections, Highlands, Horses, Military History, National Archives, Orange County, Photography, West Point, World War One

World War II Escape and Evasion Firsthand Accounts

January 7, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Hamblin, Oscar Klass Escape and Evasion Reports, 1942-1945 At the National Archives there are nearly 3,000 reports containing information on escape and evasion activities and training of U.S. soldiers serving in the European theater during the Second World War.

These records contain dramatic and gripping firsthand accounts of survival, including these three: [Read more…] about World War II Escape and Evasion Firsthand Accounts

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Archives, Aviation History, Featured Collections, Military History, National Archives, World War Two

Harvard Library Focuses On Improving Access To Black History Collections

January 6, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

front page from The Genius of Universal Emancipation, an "anti-slavery journal, and register of news" published in Baltimore, July 26, 1828Houghton Library, Harvard University’s largest rare books and manuscripts repository, is home to hundreds of thousands of materials relating to history across the world. Houghton’s collections related to Black history range from the 18th century through today, but have been difficult to find among all the other material.

During the 2020‒21 academic year however, library staff paused their other digital projects to focus on building the collection related to Black American history. The effort has made more primary sources by and about African Americans available digitally, along with a considerable amount of context. [Read more…] about Harvard Library Focuses On Improving Access To Black History Collections

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Abolition, Archives, Black History, Cultural History, Featured Collections, Genealogy, Political History, Slavery

Justice from a Distance: NYS Courts Pandemic Oral History

October 7, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Chief Judge Janet DiFiore and Chief Administrative Judge Lawrence K Marks observe one of the first virtual arraignments of the NYC Criminal CourtWhen COVID-19 shut down New York, the courts stayed open. How the work of the courts continued is a central theme of a new digital archive of oral histories from the Historical Society of the New York Courts and the Unified Court System.

[Read more…] about Justice from a Distance: NYS Courts Pandemic Oral History

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Crime and Justice, Featured Collections, Historical Society of the New York Courts, Legal History

Featured Collection: St Lawrence Co Genealogy Resources

August 21, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

St Lawrence County Historical AssociationThe Archives and Reading Room at the St. Lawrence County Historical Association (SLCHA) in Canton, NY, offers resources to help the public learn about aspects of history and genealogy.

The Archives and Reading Room features: [Read more…] about Featured Collection: St Lawrence Co Genealogy Resources

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History Tagged With: Featured Collections, Genealogy, St Lawrence County, St Lawrence County Historical Association

Featured Collection: Merchant’s House Costumes

December 9, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Tredwell Costume CollectionThe Tredwell Costume Collection at Merchant’s House Museum comprises more than 400 articles of clothing, including a remarkable 39 dresses documented to have been owned and worn by the women of the family. Many are outstanding examples of the 19th century dressmaker’s art, composed of fine and delicate fabrics and ornamentation. [Read more…] about Featured Collection: Merchant’s House Costumes

Filed Under: History, New York City Tagged With: Fashion History, Featured Collections, Fiber Arts - Textiles, New York City

Featured Collections: Fort Ti’s Early American History Materials

October 14, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Erin Benz provided by fort ticonderogaFort Ticonderoga holds one of North America’s largest collections of military material culture, covering the colonization of North America and the ensuing colonial conflicts, the Seven Years’ War (a.k.a. French & Indian War), the American Revolution, and the War of 1812. [Read more…] about Featured Collections: Fort Ti’s Early American History Materials

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History Tagged With: American Revolution, Atlantic World, Featured Collections, Fort Ticonderoga, French And Indian War, Military History, Online Resources

Featured Collection: NYS Underwater Land Records

October 8, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Survey of lands under water for Andrew Cornwall and Charles and John F WaltonThis collection of applications to the Commissioners of the New York State Land Office, later the Division of Land Utilization, for grants to lands under water is located at the New York State Archives. [Read more…] about Featured Collection: NYS Underwater Land Records

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Featured Collections, Labor History, Maritime History, New York State Archives, Transportation History

Featured Collection: Van Rensselaer Library Collection

September 29, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

books from the Van Rensselaer library collectionThe Van Rensselaer library collection at Historic Cherry Hill includes books inherited and collected by the Van Rensselaers who lived at the house from 1787 to 1963.

Books span the 16th through the 20th century and demonstrate the changing patterns and tastes in literature consumption, production, and marketing. [Read more…] about Featured Collection: Van Rensselaer Library Collection

Filed Under: Events, History Tagged With: Books, Featured Collections, Historic Cherry Hill, Van Rensselaers

Featured Collection: Harold Toles’ Schoharie County Photos

September 13, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

harold toles a sentimental journeyHarold Toles took a lot of pictures. If anything big happened in Schoharie County from 1948 to 1984, Toles was probably there with his camera.

The Old Stone Fort Museum Research Library has more than 150,000 of his negatives in its collection, as well as 13 notebooks recording a description of each shot. [Read more…] about Featured Collection: Harold Toles’ Schoharie County Photos

Filed Under: Events, History, Mohawk Valley, Western NY Tagged With: Featured Collections, Historic Preservation, Old Stone Fort, Photography, Schoharie Co Hist Soc, Schoharie County, Schoharie Valley

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