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New York History Around The Web This Week

March 20, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

  • First To Volunteer: The Conflicting Civil War Claims
  • MANY Update: Museums Conference Postponed
  • Poster Women: Commercial Communication
  • Schoharie Aqueduct Restoration Update
  • Tavern on the Green Epitomized Colonial NYC Development
  • Words From Underground: Madness and the OED
  • Census Suspends 2020 Count Until April
  • Long Islanders Who Worked for Women’s Suffrage
  • Preservation Myths: Government Money
  • An Adirondack Uranium Rush

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New York History Around The Web This Week

March 13, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

  • Revolutionary War Farmhouse Will Be Preserved
  • Executions Ended ‘Lonely Hearts Killers’ Spree
  • Preservation Myths: Government Money
  • Librarian of Congress Seeks Copyright Input
  • Jack Welch: A Bitter Foe of American Workers
  • Historical Novelists Owe the Truth to Readers
  • Truth and History: Historical Truth and Historical Narrative
  • The Emergency Civil War Ironclads
  • An Adirondack Uranium Rush
  • Company Wants To Sink Old Ferry in Lake Champlain
  • American Revolution Mohawk Valley Conference Set
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    New York History Around The Web This Week

    March 6, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

    • American Revolution Mohawk Valley Conference Set
    • When Condoms Were Avant-Garde: A History
    • Mesmerism, (Im)propriety, and Power Over Women’s Bodies
    • Download 1,700 Free 3-D Cultural Heritage Models
    • Categorization, Commodification: Colonial America Racial Control
    • Busting Historic Preservation Myths
    • Proposed US Education Budget Slashes $6B
    • Facebook Removes Trump Census Ads As Fakes
    • Curated Compilations: Mixed Tapes and Playlists
    • Bout of the Century: Heenan and Sayers

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    New York History Around The Web This Week

    February 28, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

    • Bout of the Century: Heenan and Sayers
    • Madison Co Prepares for Women’s Suffrage Centennial
    • Michael Hertz, 1932-2020: ‘Father’ of NYC’s Metro Map
    • Rockland Co Preservation Awards Nominations Sought
    • Thomas Downing, From Son of Slaves to Oyster King
    • The 150th Anniversary of the 15th Amendment
    • An Open Letter to Presenters of Who Killed Malcolm X?
    • How Prohibition Killed the Bowery
    • The Millionaire Next Door: John K. Cullin
    • Local History Matters. Now, More Than Ever

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    New York History Around The Web This Week

    February 21, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

    • New Museums Education Bill Introduced
    • 1000th Historic Marker Grant Awarded
    • 900 High School Newspapers Digitized Online
    • Fostering Inclusive Historical Narratives at Dyckman Farmhouse
    • Olympic ‘Miracle’ Legacy, Comes At A Cost
    • Black Agency Legacies of Mildred Johnson Edwards
    • RPI’s Model Railroad Society Could Be in Trouble
    • After 60 Years, Man Confesses to Lake George Sub Sinking
    • Big Tupper Ski Area Exhibit Brings Love, Sorrow
    • The Massive Snowmaking for 1980 Lake Placid Olympics

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    New York History Around The Web This Week

    February 14, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

    • 7 Historic Places Needing Saving Now
    • Capital District Genealogical Conference Planned
    • Fort Ti Preservation History Conference Planned
    • Hackers Con Dutch Museum Out of $3.1M
    • David Rocco: Romancing the Hudson (Photos)
    • Adirondacker Nell Painter’s Next Act Unfolds
    • Jackrabbit Ski Trail History, And Changes Ahead
    • Canal Cleanout: Champlain Lock Gets Winter Makeover
    • Trump Proposes End to Student Loan Forgiveness
    • Wilderness Has Answers To Questions Yet Unasked

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    New York History Around The Web This Week

    February 7, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

    • Amsterdam Native, ‘Rag Man’s Son,’ Kirk Douglas, 103
    • National Archives Destroying Records of ICE Victims
    • The Oldest Building in 100 U.S. Cities
    • Black History Month Events in NYS
    • Fifteenth Amendment NYS Museum Education Tools
    • Roosevelt Island Visitors Center An Architectural Gem
    • Brooklyn Park Being Renamed For Trans Activist Marsha P. Johnson
    • Brooklyn Navy Yard Story Told In Oral Histories
    • Revolutionary War Battle Rages in Fishkill
    • Chinese-Americans Museum Destroyed by Fire

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    New York History Around The Web This Week

    January 31, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

    • Inside the Restoration of Yaddo Artists’ Retreat (Architectural Digest)
    • The Recent AHA Meeting (Peter Feinman)
    • Building Bridges Among Historians, K-12 History Teachers
    • NY Times is Wrong: Preservation is Good for Communities
    • NYS Community Colleges Losing the Most Students Ranked
    • Community Colleges Grapple with Enrollment Crash
    • WWI Vet, Belgian Painter Edward Buyck in NY
    • Schaefer Named Rotterdam Historian
    • Museum of Chinese in America Destroyed by Fire
    • Hiram Burke, Noted Guide of Twitchell Lake
    • 27th Adirondacks Conference Papers Sought
    • 2020 NYS Canal Conference Set
    • DEC Marking 50th Anniversary

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    New York History Around The Web This Week

    January 24, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

    • Central Park Women’s Rights Statue Unveiling Date Set
    • Historic Preservation Certificate Program Set for Peekskill
    • 2020 NYS Canal Conference Being Held In Schenectady
    • 31 Grants Awarded To Humanities Projects
    • New Interim Director at Oneida Co History Center
    • 27th Adirondacks Conference in May, Papers Sought
    • When Toni Morrison’s First Play Premiered in Albany
    • Susan B. Anthony’s Wash Co Home Being Stabilized
    • National Archives’ Caught Corrupting History
    • Viewpoint: Convert Hudson Rails to Multi-Use Trail

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    New York History Around The Web This Week

    January 17, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

    • ADKX, Wild Center Working on Diversity
    • The Case For Never Demolishing Another Building
    • #MeToo: Young Director Out At Erie Art Museum
    • WIRY Hometown Radio Keeps the Signal Alive
    • 190-Year-Old Neir’s Tavern Is Closing
    • Hopes Rise For Long Closed Amusement Park
    • Viewpoint: Tearing Out Railroads Is Not Progress
    • 1960s Bronx Theme Park Celebrated History
    • Slavery and Resistance in New York Podcast
    • 2019 Local Historian Reports Are Due

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