Preservation Nation: Greening the Empire State Bldg NYPL: Using the Census in Genealogy Research Modernizing Mental Health Care: Elwood in Albany Bowery Boys: A Bowery Tattoo Parlor, 1941 Chelsea Hotel: History and Tenants Under Attack Louis Nemeth’s Photos: From World War II to the Radio Mirror Magazine: Hague Market, Adirondacks’ Oldest Old Salt Blog: The […]
History Projects Get Development Money 5,000 Artifacts Found Beneath Fulton St Dramatists Guild Discovers Audio Trove South Street Seaport Volunteers Allowed Back New Rail Operator Thrilled With Results Champlain Maritime Historian Dies Audit: NYC Parks Squandered Millions Whiteface Honors Early Ski Pioneers Museum Room Added to Santa’s Workshop French and Indian War Cemetery Confirmed Each […]
The August 2011 issue of The Public Historian focused on both the richness of the history of New York State and the diverseness of the systems in place to protect and promote that history. This same issue has been seen in recent blogs and articles on the online site New York History and elsewhere. I […]
Alice Miner Museum: A Sampling of Platters Ephemeral NY: Secret Tragedies of Defunct Midtown Hotel Brooklyn Historical: Adrian Vanderveer Martense’s Lantern Slides Dick Eastman: Explaining Second Cousin Once Removed Don Rittner: Rensselaer Co Should Save Troy Library The Beehive: The Hoosac Tunnel Old Salt Blog: The USS Hornet Project Historian: Canada Won War of 1812 […]
Records Reform Bill Moves in House NEH Awards $21M in New Grants Museum Collects Occupy Wall St Materials Museum Finds a Home for the Enterprise War of 1812 Bicentennial Disorganized After 108 Yrs, Steuben Glass Closes Doors Teddy Roosevelt’s Home Set For Rehab Incubator Brings Digital Tools to History 1759 Powder Horn Donated to Fort […]
That was the headline of a major article in the New York Times on November 25. In case you missed it while shopping on Black Friday, it was a scathing indictment of the State’s commitment to history. The byline for the article was Sackets Harbor, home to a New York State Historic Preservation Site.
Comments Sought on Crown Point Site Adk Architectural Heritage Supports Multi-trail Fort Niagara Nurse Mystery Solved Tenement Museum Open New Center Matthew Brady Birthplace Discovered? 1940 US Census Hosting Awarded Cornel West Leaves Princeton Yale History Dept Eyes Reform Highway Bill Worries Archaeologists Each Friday morning New York History compiles for our readers the previous […]
It’s been two months since I announced that we’d be taking this site to the next level, and how far we have come! More than a dozen organizations and individuals from around the state have answered the call to contribute to this online effort to help foster a sense of shared mission and purpose among […]
Matthew Brady Birthplace Discovered? 1940 US Census Hosting Awarded Cornel West Leaves Princeton Yale History Dept Eyes Reform Highway Bill Worries Archaeologists Governors’ Portraits On The Move Preyer Prizes to Fleming, Schoeppner, Arlyck Finger Lakes Museum Gets Dev Council Boost Dev Council: Rehab Adirondack RR Each Friday morning New York History compiles for our readers […]
Sing Sing Warden, Opposed Death Penalty A NY Maritime Museum Revivall AHA Counters Criticisms Princeton Battlefield Devleopment Opposed Adovcates Ask NPS to Restore Grant Memorial Website Offers Free Access to WWI Records New Champlain Bridge Opens Each Friday morning New York History compiles for our readers the previous week’s top stories about New York’s state […]