Cemetery Tour Cancelled Over Protests Women’s History Gets Digitized Battle of Valcour Never Frgotten East Village Historic District Approved Old Forge HoJo’s Getting Makeover John Brown Portrait Unveiling Set Restructuring of Tourism Efforts Ordered Google and Publishers Settle Hackers Breach 53 Universities 1st Albany Distillery Since Prohibition Each Friday morning New York History compiles for […]
While researching stories that deal with history, I enjoy finding offbeat items, things that have happened in the past, which allows me the liberty to stretch the definition a bit and label them as history. Work can’t be all dullness and difficulty, and these items help make it fun. Which brings me to a list […]
Bowery Boys: Yom Kippur Riot of 1898 Martitime History: Art Studios at Brooklyn Navy Yard Dick Eastman: Advocates Fight For Georgia Archives Kristen Fountain: Northeast Fire Towers History Frommer’s: America’s Top Museum Restaurants Mark Mcguire: The CD at 30 Historical Societies: Keepers of the Flame ‘-Sailor Twain’: Hudson River Graphic Novel One Principal: Impact of […]
Slavery Museum Bankruptcy Dismissed Witch Trial Descendants Want Justice Common Core Mtg for Museum Educators Mohican Artifacts Uncovered in Troy Judge Sustains Mohawk Land Claim Iroquois to Visit Sacred Cohoes Site Juan Rodriguez, Early NYC Settler Honored Roosevelt Conservation Lauded New UAlbany Pres to Get 1/2 Million Per Yr NYS Ed Approves Evaluation Plans Each […]
The Greater Hudson Heritage Network (GHNN) held its annual conference on September 28 at the Henry A. Wallace Visitor Center, Hyde Park. The theme of the conference was “Mining the Museum: Using Your Existing Resources in New Ways” with Executive Director Priscilla Brendler presiding. The meeting was so-well attended I didn’t even have a chance […]
Albany History: The Battle In Lincoln Park Schaghticoke: War of 1812 Bicentennial AHA Today: Statement on Scholarly Journal Publishing Theodore Roosevelt: Mimic Plays Him for Posterity Wired: NY Museum Taxidermists Profiled Boat US Magazine: Erie Canal Moments NYS Dept of Education: Teacher Evaluation Tracker Paul Grondahl: Ticky Burden Profile Each Friday morning New York History […]
NYS Ed Approves Evaluation Plans NYS Archives Student Research Awards AHA: Not So Fast on ‘-Open Access’ Draft Emancipation Proclamation Travels State MoMA to Open 7 Days Per Week Abolition Hall Names Inductees NYC College Graduation Rate Low Slavery Historian Genovese Dies Lake Placid Trustees Oppose Train Historic Whiteface Facilities Not A Priority Each Friday […]
Summer is over. Fall is upon us. Schools are back in session (even in Chicago), and now is the time to start planning a Spring 2013 County History Conference. It is a time of breaking bread and sharing stories among people with similar interests. We are a social species so bringing people together is good […]
If you have an opinion on whether or not New York State and local history should be taught in our public schools, now is the time to speak up. As noted on September 17 here at the online news magazine New York History, the State Education Department has released a draft version of the “New […]
An extensive selection of works by the one of 20th century’s most compelling artist will be spotlighted in the exhibition “The Prints of Andy Warhol: From A to B and Back Again” on view June 9 through September 8, 2013 in the Museum of Art, Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute.