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This Week’s Top New York History News

January 23, 2015 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Latest New York History News

  • Historian Named Atlantic Politics Editor
  • Frederick Douglass Movie Planned?
  • ‘World’s Oldest’ Hockey Stick Sold
  • Top 100 Genealogy Websites for 2015
  • Website Maps NYC Potters Field
  • Carl Degler, Past AHA President, Dies
  • Community Colleges Buck Humanities Trend
  • 2nd #MuseumSelfie Day A Success
  • Erie Canalway Grants Available
  • Fort Ti Purchases Cruise Boat

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This Week’s Top New York History News

January 16, 2015 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Latest New York History News

  • FamilySearch Launches App Gallery
  • Mass Anti-Slavery Petition Database Planned
  • Colgate President Stepping Down
  • Atlantic Story Hits CUNY Admissions
  • HathiTrust Copyright Suit Upheld
  • Fort Ti Purchases Cruise Boat
  • School Funding Rally At Capitol
  • Drilling Begins In Wilderness Area
  • MANY’s 2015 Legislative Priorities Set
  • Economic Councils Ignore Path Through History

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This Week’s Top New York History News

January 9, 2015 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Latest New York History News

  • Captain Doswell, NY Waterfront Advocate
  • Public History Review Published
  • MANY’s 2015 Legislative Priorities Set
  • FY 2015 Federal Funding For Arts, Culture
  • Economic Councils Ignore Path Through History
  • Winter Weekends at Camp Santanoni
  • First Wilderness Program Gets $400k
  • NYS Senate, Assembly Reconvene
  • 1795 Mass. Time Capsule Opened
  • Education Issues Focus in 2015

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This Week’s Top New York History News

January 2, 2015 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Latest New York History News

  • Stuntman Plans Jump Across St. Lawrence
  • Mario Cuomo Has Died
  • Bronx Oral History Project Launches
  • Britain Puts Millions Of Records Online
  • Historian Carleton Mabee Dies at 99
  • Unique Irish-American Records Found
  • Albany History Program Sets Record
  • NEH’s $4.9M Mid-Atlantic Awards
  • Cornell To Digitize A Hip-Hop Archive
  • Tate Puts Artists’ Artifacts Online

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This Week’s Top New York History News

December 26, 2014 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Latest New York History News

  • NEH’s $4.9M Mid-Atlantic Awards
  • Cornell To Digitize A Hip-Hop Archive
  • Tate Puts Artists’ Artifacts Online
  • Academic Journals Lead Way In Profits
  • NYS Preservation Awards Announced
  • GAO Finds Fault With Higher Ed Oversight
  • NYS Requires Colleges to Report Crimes
  • Oneida Building ‘Oz’ Themed Casino
  • Replica Ship Half Moon Leaving NYS
  • Jeff Co Museum Faces Financial Woes

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This Week’s Top New York History News

December 19, 2014 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Latest New York History News

  • Replica Ship Half Moon Leaving NYS
  • Jeff Co Museum Faces Financial Woes
  • Cuomo Challanges Teacher Evals
  • Most NYS Teachers Rated Effective
  • New Amsterdam Ordinances Online
  • NY Funds Scenic RR Repair Facility
  • Google Launches Museum Apps
  • Clinton Community College Cuts Staff
  • UAlbany Gets Largest Donation Ever
  • Am Museum of Natural History Expanding

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This Week’s Top New York History News

December 12, 2014 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Latest New York History News

  • Harriet Tubman Park Nears Approval
  • NEH Announces $17.9M In Awards
  • DC Museums Advocacy Day Planned
  • College Enrollments Fall For 3rd Year
  • NY Ed Commish King Headed to DC
  • 1795 Boston Time Capsule Unearthed
  • Albany Icon ‘Nipper’ For Sale
  • Historic Dolge Mansion Burned
  • Landmarks Panel Drops Plan to Trim List
  • Schumer Pushes Henry Johnson MOH

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This Week’s Top New York History News

December 5, 2014 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Latest New York History News

  • Gates Foundation Seeks Journals Access
  • AHA Issues Concerns Over Regents Changes
  • Nassau Adjunct Union Ousts Leader
  • NYC Preservation Commission Cutting 96 Sites
  • SUNY Unveils Campus Rape Policy
  • Clarkson Seeks Spot On Historic Register
  • Empire Passport Deal Crashes System
  • Early Dylan Lyrics Going to Auction
  • Harlem Hellfighters Records Being Digitized
  • Gov Cuomo Seeks LGPC Head Ouster

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This Week’s Top New York History News

November 28, 2014 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Latest New York History News

  • VT Adjuncts Vote to Unionize
  • New director For Ithaca History Center
  • Virtual Secrecy In NYS Archivist Hiring
  • P’burgh Stone Barracks Plans Announced
  • Women’s History Month Honoree Named
  • Jefferson-Signed VT Document Auctioned
  • Gov Cuomo Seeks LGPC Head Ouster
  • Syracuse Protesters End Sit-In
  • DEC Misinformed Public On Rail-Trail
  • Conference on NYS History Seeks Proposals

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This Week’s Top New York History News

November 21, 2014 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Latest New York History News

  • Syracuse Protesters End Sit-In
  • DEC Misinformed Public On Rail-Trail
  • NYS Hiring New State Archivist in Virtual Secrecy
  • Conference on NYS History Seeks Proposals
  • Researching New York Conference Held
  • Statewide Underground Railroad Group Forming
  • NYC ‘Evacuation Day’ Celebration Planned
  • NLRB: Marist Interfered In Union Vote
  • SUNY Approves Tuition Increase
  • Upgrades at Saratoga Spa State Park

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