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A First Ever National Census of History Organizations

June 10, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

AASLH logoThe American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) has announced the results of the first ever National Census of History Organizations, an effort to research the size and scope of the history community in the United States. [Read more…] about A First Ever National Census of History Organizations

Filed Under: History Tagged With: AASLH, Archives, Historic Preservation, Municipal Historians, Museums, National Endowment for the Humanities, Public History

Bruce Dearstyne On Commemorating America’s 250th Anniversary

May 5, 2022 by Bruce Dearstyne Leave a Comment

revolutionary new yorkPlanning has begun for commemoration of the nation’s 250th anniversary, to be officially called the “Semiquincentennial.” The federal government has established America 250. A number of states, including Virginia have established state commissions. In Massachusetts it is called Revolution 250. [Read more…] about Bruce Dearstyne On Commemorating America’s 250th Anniversary

Filed Under: History Tagged With: America's 250th Anniversary, America250 Foundation, American Revolution, Public History

Bruce Dearstyne’s ‘Spirit of New York’ Reissued In Expanded Edition

January 24, 2022 by Editorial Staff 1 Comment

Bruce Dearstyne Spirit of New YorkBruce W. Dearstyne’s expanded new edition of The Spirit of New York (SUNY Press, 2022; first published 2016) explores nineteen dramatic events from New York State’s history that altered the course of U.S. history.

From the launch of the state government in April 1777 thru the tragedy of September 11th and through the debut of the musical play Hamilton in 2015, Dearstyne’s chapters describe great political changes, historical turning points, and struggles for social, racial, and environmental reform.
[Read more…] about Bruce Dearstyne’s ‘Spirit of New York’ Reissued In Expanded Edition

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Books, Capital-Saratoga, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills, Mohawk Valley, New York City, Western NY Tagged With: 1964 World's Fair, Aviation History, Baseball, Cultural History, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Environmental History, Glenn Curtiss, Jackie Robinson, John Jay, Legal History, New York, New York State Archives, Office of State History, Political History, Public History, Robert Moses, Sports History, The Spirit of New York, womens history

Firsting and Lasting: Writing Indians Out of Existence

January 2, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Firsting and LastingThe Vermont Historical Society will host “Firsting and Lasting: Writing Indians out of Existence in New England” with Jean M. O’Brien, a virtual program on Wednesday, January 19th.

Drawing on more than six hundred local histories from Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island written between 1820 and 1880, O’Brien explores how these narratives inculcated the myth of Indian extinction, a myth that has stubbornly remained in the American consciousness.

O’Brien argues that local histories became a primary means by which European Americans asserted their own modernity while denying it to Indian peoples. [Read more…] about Firsting and Lasting: Writing Indians Out of Existence

Filed Under: Events, History Tagged With: Colonialism, Cultural History, Indigenous History, New England, Public History, Vermont Historical Society

Saratoga National Historical Park Getting $6.6M For Infrastructure

December 26, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

saratoga national historic park courtesy wikimedia user UpstateNYerThe primary visitor experience at Saratoga National Historical Park is about to benefit from $6.6 million in funding provided by the Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA).

Extensive work on the park’s self-guided battlefield Tour Road will begin in 2022 and is expected to result in increased accessibility and visible improvements to the parking areas, trailheads, walkways, seating, exhibits and viewing areas along the ten-mile-long route. [Read more…] about Saratoga National Historical Park Getting $6.6M For Infrastructure

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, History Tagged With: America's 250th Anniversary, Battle of Saratoga, Historic Preservation, Military History, National Park Service, Public History, Saratoga, Saratoga National Historical Park

2021 Municipal Historian Reports Due

December 12, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

office of state historianAs per § 57.09 of the NYS Arts and Cultural Affairs Law, all appointed Local Government Historians “shall make an annual report, in the month of January, to the local appointing officer or officers and to the state historian of the work which has been accomplished during the preceding year.”

In an attempt to make this process easier, the State Historian has created an online form. [Read more…] about 2021 Municipal Historian Reports Due

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Municipal Historians, Office of State History, Public History

Bruce Dearstyne: Making Use of New York’s Usable Past

December 1, 2021 by Bruce Dearstyne 1 Comment

Map of the State of New York courtesy Nations Online ProjectNew York, the nation’s historically most important state, has a lot of history worth exploring and sharing more extensively. That history is particularly useful for perspective on current critical public issues.

Many of these are discussed in a historical vacuum, as if they have never been considered before. In fact they have, and history is a good place to start the discussion because it provides parallels, precedents, and perspectives. [Read more…] about Bruce Dearstyne: Making Use of New York’s Usable Past

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, History, New York City Tagged With: covid, Education, Immigration, Kathy Hochul, Legal History, Medical History, New York State History Month, Public History, Rensselaer County

Oneida History Center Names New Director, 1st Woman To Hold Position

September 14, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

oneida county history center logoThe Oneida County History Center (OCHC) has named Rebecca M. McLain as the new Executive Director.

McLain is the first woman to hold the position of Executive Director of the Center, which was founded in 1876. [Read more…] about Oneida History Center Names New Director, 1st Woman To Hold Position

Filed Under: History, Western NY Tagged With: Oneida County, Oneida County History Center, Public History, Utica

Kinderhook’s Ruth Piwonka Receives Woman of History Award

August 20, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Ruth PiwonkaHistorian and preservationist Ruth Piwonka has been named the 2020 Martha Washington Woman of History.

This award is given annually by Washington’s Headquarters State Historic Site to a woman who has made a contribution to the history of the Hudson Valley through education, promotion, or preservation. The honor was inspired by Martha Washington, an outstanding woman in history who resided in the Hudson Valley with her husband, General George Washington, during the last days of the Revolutionary War. [Read more…] about Kinderhook’s Ruth Piwonka Receives Woman of History Award

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills Tagged With: Columbia County Historical Society, Jacob Leisler Institute, Kinderhook, Public History, Washington's Headquarters

NNY Pandemic Documentation Project Launched

July 16, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Fiddling Bear with Mask provided by TAUNYTAUNY (Traditional Arts In Upstate New York) has invited the Northern New York community to share their stories of and creative responses to the Coronavirus Pandemic for the new “Get the Folk Through It” Pandemic Documentation Project. [Read more…] about NNY Pandemic Documentation Project Launched

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Arts, History Tagged With: art, Public History, TAUNY

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