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| 11/10/2005 |
Author Discusses Research on the Jewish Population of Sing Sing Prison
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| ALBANY - Nationally known scholar Ron Arons will discuss his upcoming book
The Jews of Sing Sing on Friday, November 18, 2005 at 12:00 PM in the
11th floor seminar room of the Cultural Education Center, Empire State Plaza
in Albany. The event is sponsored by the New York State Archives and is free
and open to the public. Due to limited seating, reservations are required by
contacting Theresa at (518) 473-8037 or email at tgitto@mail.nysed.gov.
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| 10/20/2005 |
C-SPAN Founder to Receive Archives and History Award in Albany
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| ALBANY – C-SPAN founder and CEO Brian Lamb will be presented with the
NYS Archives Partnership Trust’s first-ever Empire State Archives
and History Award on Monday, October 24, 2005 at 7:30 PM at The Egg, Center
for the Performing Arts, Empire State Plaza in Albany. The award recognizes
Lamb’s contributions to our society’s understanding and use of history.
The event, sponsored by Time Warner Cable and M&T Bank, is free and open
to the public.
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| 09/28/2005 |
Solomon Schechter Student Wins State Archives Award
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| ALBANY -- The Board of Regents and the New York State Archives have selected Lauren Koenig, a ninth grade student from Solomon Schechter High School in Glen Cove as the recipient of the 2005 Laura and Robert Chodos Award for Excellence in Student Research Using Historical Records, Grades 9-12. The award is named for Regent Emerita Laura Chodos and her husband Dr. Robert Chodos, who created an endowment for the award as a way to encourage the educational uses of historical records.
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| 09/28/2005 |
Cornell Librarian Honored with Archives Award
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| ALBANY -- The Board of Regents and the New York State Archives will award the Distinguished Service Award to the late Herbert Finch, former Assistant Director of Cornell University Libraries. His widow, Elsie Freeman Finch, has been invited to accept the award on his behalf at a luncheon ceremony at the State Education Building in Albany on October 6.
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| 09/28/2005 |
Town Of Victor To Receive State Archives Award
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| ALBANY -- The Board of Regents and the New York State Archives have selected the Town of Victor in Ontario County to receive the 2005 William H. Kelly Annual Archives Award for Excellence in Local Government Archival Program Development.
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| 09/28/2005 |
State Civil Service Department Wins State Archives Award
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| ALBANY -- The Board of Regents and the New York State Archives have selected the New York State Department of Civil Service to receive the 2005 Annual Archives Award for Excellence in State Agency Records Management.
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| 09/28/2005 |
Chemung Elementary School Students Win State Archives Award
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| ALBANY -- The Board of Regents and the New York State Archives have selected twenty-six fourth and fifth grade students at Chemung Elementary School as the recipients of the 2005 Regents Award of Distinction for Student Research for their video production, Ambush in Chemung, which describes the Sullivan campaign against the Iroquois Nation in 1779.
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| 09/28/2005 |
Rutgers University Professor Wins State Archives Award
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| ALBANY -- The Board of Regents and the New York State Archives have selected
Dr. Benjamin Justice of Rutgers University to receive the 2005 Annual Archives
Award for Excellence in Research Using the Holdings of the New York State Archives.
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| 09/28/2005 |
Victor Educator Wins State Archives Award
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| ALBANY -- The Board of Regents and the New York State Archives have selected Babette Huber to receive the 2005 Bruce W. Dearstyne Annual Archives Award for Excellence in the Educational Use of Local Government Records by an Educator.
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| 09/28/2005 |
Saratoga County Cooperative Extension To Receive State Archives Award
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| ALBANY -- The Board of Regents and the New York State Archives have selected the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Saratoga County to receive the 2005 Cheryl Steinbach Annual Archives Award for Excellence in Local Government Records Management.
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| 09/28/2005 |
Saratoga Springs Student Win State Archives Award
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| ALBANY -- The Board of Regents and the New York State Archives have selected Eli Sterngass, a fifth grade student from the Lake Avenue School in the Saratoga Springs School District, as the recipient of the 2005 Laura and Robert Chodos Award for Excellence in Student Research Using Historical Records, Grades 4-5. The award is named for Regent Emerita Laura Chodos and her husband Dr. Robert Chodos, who created an endowment for the award as a way to encourage the educational uses of historical records.
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| 09/28/2005 |
Honeoye Falls-Lima Middle School Student Wins State Archives Award
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| ALBANY -- The Board of Regents and the New York State Archives have selected Rebecca Gravenstede, an eighth grade student from Honeoye Falls-Lima Middle School, as the recipient of the 2005 Laura and Robert Chodos Award for Excellence in Student Research Using Historical Records, Grades 6-8. The award is named for Regent Emerita Laura Chodos and her husband Dr. Robert Chodos, who created an endowment for the award as a way to encourage the educational uses of historical records.
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| 09/28/2005 |
Marist College Wins State Archives Award
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| ALBANY -- The Board of Regents and the New York State Archives have selected the Marist College Archives and Special Collections to receive the 2005 Debra E. Bernhardt Annual Archives Award for Excellence in Documenting New York's History.
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| 09/28/2005 |
SUNY Albany Wins State Archives Award
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| ALBANY -- The Board of Regents and the New York State Archives have selected the M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections and Archives at the University at Albany to receive the 2005 Annual Archives Award for Program Excellence in a Historical Records Repository.
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| 08/15/2005 |
Plattsburgh History Featured in New York Archives Magazine
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| ALBANY - An article about the World War I –era Civilian Military Training
Camp in Plattsburgh, illustrated with historic photographs, will be featured
in the Fall 2005 issue of New York Archives, a quarterly magazine published
by the New York State Archives and the Archives Partnership Trust.
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| 08/03/2005 |
State Archives Awards $9.65 Million to Care for Public Records
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| ALBANY - Commissioner of Education Richard P. Mills has announced that the
New York State Archives has awarded approximately $9.65 million in grants as
provided in Governor Pataki's 2005-2006 budget to hundreds of local governments
and community organizations across the state. These awards are intended to help
those governments and organizations care for the records in their custody.
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| 07/07/2005 |
State Archives and State Library Complete National Save America's Treasures Grant Campaign
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| ALBANY -- The New York State Archives and the New York State Library have
completed the private match for the National Park Service’s and the National
Trust for Historic Preservation’s Save America’s Treasures grant
for conservation of New York State’s Revolutionary War treasures. According
to Save America’s Treasures program officials, the grant was
awarded to the state in recognition of the fact that the documents and artifacts
included within the state’s collections are of national importance and
must be conserved for future generations.
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| 04/07/2005 |
Rare New York State Documents and World Photos Available on Archives Website
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| ALBANY -- For the first time, the public can view the rare and priceless
"treasures" of the State Archives and State Library's Manuscripts
and Special Collections at www.archives.nysed.gov.
Site visitors will also find several new galleries of early twentieth century
photos of people and places in 23 countries.
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| 01/12/2005 |
NYS Archives Partnership Trust Hires Director
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| ALBANY -- State Archivist Christine W. Ward has announced that Robert E. Bullock
has accepted the position of Director of the New York State Archives Partnership
Trust, the support arm of the New York State Archives.
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| 12/20/2004 |
State Archives Sponsors Annual Student Research Contest
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| ALBANY -- To encourage students to use historical records, the New York State
Archives, a program of the State Education Department, is sponsoring the 15th
annual Student
Research Awards. The 2005 contest is open to all New York students in grades
4-12 who use historical records in their research projects.
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| 12/07/2004 |
Celebrate the Opening of the Erie Canal
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| ALBANY – The New York State Archives has launched an innovative educational
website: Erie
Canal Time Machine. Located at www.archives.nysed.gov,
the site promotes learning through the use of historical records.
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| 11/15/2004 |
Public Invited to Celebrate New Archives and Library Facility
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| ALBANY -- After a three-year, $7.5 million renovation, the New York State Archives and the Manuscripts and Special Collections Unit of the New York State Library are reopening their shared research facility to the public. An open house will be held on Saturday, November 20th from 10:00 am - 4:00 pm on the 11th floor of the Cultural Education Center, Empire State Plaza in Albany. The six-hour event is free and open to the public.
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| 10/29/2004 |
New York State's Electoral College
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| ALBANY -- Just in time for Election Day, the New York State Archives has
revised its website at www.archives.nysed.gov
to include several pages and a gallery of 48 historical images from the archival
records of New York State's Electoral College. Site visitors will also find
Voting
for Strangers by Gary Bugh, a feature story about the Electoral College
in the fall issue of New
York Archives magazine.
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| 10/18/2004 |
Assemblyman Tokasz To Receive State Archives Award
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| ALBANY -- The Board of Regents and the New York State Archives have selected
two New York State Legislators and three local government officials to receive
the 2004 William Hoyt Annual Archives Award for Advocacy.
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| 10/18/2004 |
Senator Rath To Receive State Archives Award
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| ALBANY -- The Board of Regents and the New York State Archives have selected
two New York State Legislators and three local government officials to receive
the 2004 William Hoyt Annual Archives Award for Advocacy.
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| 10/18/2004 |
State Insurance Department Wins State Archives Award
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| ALBANY -- The Board of Regents and the New York State Archives have selected
the New York State Insurance Department to receive the 2004 Annual Archives
Award for Excellence in State Agency Records Management.
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| 10/18/2004 |
Dr. Janny Venema Wins State Archives Award
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| ALBANY -- The Board of Regents and the New York State Archives have selected
Dr. Janny Venema of the New Netherland Institute to receive the 2004 Annual
Archives Award for Excellence in Research Using the Holdings of the New York
State Archives.
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| 10/18/2004 |
Patricia Bryce To Receive State Archives Award
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| ALBANY -- The Board of Regents and the New York State Archives have selected
two New York State Legislators and three local government officials to receive
the 2004 William Hoyt Annual Archives Award for Advocacy.
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| 10/18/2004 |
Bronx County Clerk To Receive State Archives Award
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| ALBANY -- The Board of Regents and the New York State Archives have selected
two New York State Legislators and three local government officials to receive
the 2004 William Hoyt Annual Archives Award for Advocacy.
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| 10/18/2004 |
Clarkstown Student Wins Archives Award
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| ALBANY -- The Board of Regents and the New York State Archives have selected
a student from Clarkstown High School North as the recipient of the 2004 Laura
and Robert Chodos Award for Excellence in Student Research Using Historical
Records, Grades 9-12.
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| 10/18/2004 |
Guilderland Teacher Wins State Archives Award
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| ALBANY -- The Board of Regents and the New York State Archives have selected
Deborah Escobar, a teacher from the Guilderland Central School District in Albany
County, to receive the 2004 Bruce W. Dearstyne Annual Archives Award for Excellence
in the Educational Use of Local Government Records by an Educator.
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| 10/18/2004 |
Carmel High Student Wins State Archives Award
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| ALBANY -- The Board of Regents and the New York State Archives have selected
Craig Auster, a 2004 graduate of Carmel High School, as the recipient of the
2004 Regents Award of Distinction for Student Research for his research paper,
Uncovering the African American Experience: The Guinea Community Archaeology
Project .
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| 10/18/2004 |
Rensselaer County Clerk To Receive State Archives Award
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| ALBANY -- The Board of Regents and the New York State Archives have selected
two New York State Legislators and three local government officials to receive
the 2004 William Hoyt Annual Archives Award for Advocacy.
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| 10/13/2004 |
Guilderland School Student Wins State Archives Award
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| ALBANY -- The Board of Regents and the New York State Archives have selected
Zagreb Mukerjee from Farnsworth Middle School, Guilderland Central School District
as the recipient of the 2004 Laura and Robert Chodos Award for Excellence in
Student Research Using Historical Records, Grades 6-8.
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| 10/05/2004 |
Hudson River Park Trust To Receive State Archives Award
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| ALBANY -- The Board of Regents and the New York State Archives have selected the Hudson River Park Trust to receive the 2004 William H. Kelly Annual Archives Award for Excellence in Local Government Archival Program Development.
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| 10/05/2004 |
Onondaga Historical Association Wins State Archives Award
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| ALBANY -- The Board of Regents and the New York State Archives have selected the Onondaga Historical Association (OHA) to receive the 2004 Annual Archives Award for Program Excellence in a Historical Records Repository.
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| 10/05/2004 |
Ulster County Wins State Archives Award
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| ALBANY -- The Board of Regents and the State Archives have selected Ulster County to receive the 2004 Annual Archives Award for Excellence in the Educational Use of Local Government Records. This award is presented annually to a local government that has demonstrated outstanding initiative, leadership, and creativity in encouraging and promoting the use of local government historical records for elementary and secondary education.
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| 10/05/2004 |
Village of Dexter To Receive State Archives Award
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| ALBANY -- The Board of Regents and the New York State Archives have selected the Village of Dexter in Jefferson County to receive the 2004 Cheryl Steinbach Annual Archives Award for Excellence in Local Government Records Management.
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| 10/05/2004 |
Peru Students Win State Archives Award
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| ALBANY -- The Board of Regents and the New York State Archives have selected fourteen students from the Peru Intermediate School as the recipients of the 2004 Laura and Robert Chodos Award for Excellence in Student Research Using Historical Records, Grades 4-5.
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| 10/01/2004 |
Westchester County Family History Symposium
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| ALBANY -- Ever wonder how to go about researching your family history? Do you
know how to protect crumbling family letters and fading photographs from the
ravages of time? These questions and others will be addressed at the Discovering
Your Story: Family History in a New Century symposium on Tuesday, October
5th from 7:00-9:30 pm at the Good Counsel Convent Building, Good Counsel Complex,
52 North Broadway in White Plains. Registration is $10 per person payable at
the door.
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| 09/03/2004 |
Look for the Union Label
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| ALBANY - Just in time for Labor Day, the New York State Archives has added
a gallery of 22 images of historical labor union labels to its website - www.archives.nysed.gov
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| 08/24/2004 |
City of Schenectady's History Returns
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| ALBANY - The New York State Archives will give back to the City of Schenectady
a part of its history when the Archives returns some of the City's historical
records that were created at the end of the 18th century. A change in state
legislation and a multi-million dollar renovation of state facilities prompted
the transfer.
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| 07/14/2004 |
State Archives Awards $9.65 Million to Care for Public Records
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| ALBANY - Commissioner of Education Richard P. Mills has announced that the
New York State Archives has awarded approximately $9.65 million in grants as
provided in Governor Pataki's 2004-2005 budget to hundreds of local governments
and community organizations across the state. These awards are intended to help
those governments and organizations care for the records in their custody.
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| 04/16/2004 |
Richard Dreyfuss to Appear in Albany
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| ALBANY - Academy Award-winning actor Richard Dreyfuss will read the words of American original Ulysses S. Grant when he and Civil War authority Harold Holzer present Ulysses S. Grant: Seen and Heard on Monday, May 3, 2004 at 7:00 PM at The Egg, Center for Performing Arts at the Empire State Plaza in Albany. Tickets for the event are $10 and can be purchased by contacting the Egg Box Office at (518) 473-1845. The Archives Partnership Trust is sponsoring the event and proceeds will benefit the State Archives history education programs.
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| 03/05/2004 |
Innovative Education Project to be Demonstrated in Syracuse
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| ALBANY - A new and innovative educational website, known as The Legacies Project, will be demonstrated in front of an audience of Syracuse-area educators and invited guests on March 12, 2004 at 4:00 p.m. The demonstration will be held at the Onondaga Historical Association at 321 Montgomery Street and is sponsored by the Archives Partnership Trust, Verizon Foundation, New York State Alliance for Family Literacy, and the JP Morgan Chase Foundation.
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| 02/05/2004 |
Innovative Education Project to be Demonstrated in Yonkers
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| ALBANY - A new and innovative educational website, known as The Legacies Project, will be demonstrated in front of an audience of Yonkers-area educators and invited guests on February 10, 2004 at 5:30 p.m. The demonstration will be held at the Richard Gazzola Teacher Center of Yonkers at 1061 North Broadway and is sponsored by the Archives Partnership Trust, Verizon Foundation, New York State Alliance for Family Literacy, and the JP Morgan Chase Foundation.
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| 01/14/2004 |
Innovative Education Project to be Demonstrated in Guilderland
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| ALBANY - A new and innovative educational website, known as The Legacies Project, will be demonstrated in front of an audience of Guilderland-area educators and invited guests on January 20, 2004 at 4:00 p.m. The demonstration will be held at the Guilderland Public Library at 2228 Western Avenue and is sponsored by the Archives Partnership Trust, Verizon Foundation, New York State Alliance for Family Literacy, and the JP Morgan Chase Foundation.
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| 01/07/2004 |
Students' Research Rewarded
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| ALBANY -To encourage students to use historical records, the New York State Archives, a program of the State Education Department, is sponsoring the 14th annual Student Research Awards. The contest is open to all New York students in grades 4-12 who use historical records in their research projects.
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| 01/06/2004 |
Innovative Education Project to be Demonstrated in Amsterdam
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| ALBANY - A new and innovative educational website, known as The Legacies Project,
will be demonstrated in front of an audience of Amsterdam-area educators and
invited guests on January 13, 2004 at 3:00 p.m. The demonstration will be held
at Centro Civico of Amsterdam, Inc. at 143-145 East Main Street and is sponsored
by the Archives Partnership Trust, Verizon Foundation, New York State Alliance
for Family Literacy, and the JP Morgan Chase Foundation.
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| 12/22/2003 |
Magazine Gives Historical Perspective on Malvo Case
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| ALBANY - As society continues to grapple with the issue of punishment for youthful criminals, the Winter issue of "New York Archives" magazine features one historian's examination of the case of seventeen-year-old Charley Miller who was executed for murder in 1892. See story below.
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| 12/02/2003 |
Regents Appoint New State Archivist
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| ALBANY - The Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York has appointed Christine W. Ward Assistant Commissioner for the State Archives (State Archivist). The Regents made the appointment at their November 13 meeting in Albany.
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| 11/12/2003 |
State Archives Seeks Applicants for Educational Grants
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| ALBANY - The New York State Archives is seeking applicants for grants that fund projects using local government records in the classroom. The funding is available to any New York State local government including public schools, teacher centers, BOCES, towns, villages, cities, counties, cooperative extensions, and others.
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| 10/28/2003 |
Preserving Family Records Clinic
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| ALBANY - Worried about those crumbling family letters and fading photographs? Find out how to save them from the ravages of time with a free consultation from The Document Doctor on Saturday, November 1st from 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM at the Crandall Public Library at 251 Glen Street in Glens Falls.
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| 10/21/2003 |
Television Journalist Garrick Utley to Speak in Albany
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| ALBANY - Award-winning television journalist Garrick Utley will lecture on Vietnam to Iraq: Reporting Goes High Tech on Tuesday, October 28 at 7:00 PM in The Egg at the Empire State Plaza. The event is free and open to the public. The lecture is sponsored by the Archives Partnership Trust as part of the "Archives at 25" Lecture series celebrating the 25th anniversary of the New York State Archives.
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| 10/15/2003 |
Central New York Family History Conference
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| ALBANY - Untangling the branches of your family tree will be a lot easier if
you attend The Central New York Family History Conference, a free, day-long
series of presentations on doing family history research on Saturday, November
1st in Liverpool.
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| 10/08/2003 |
Free Expert Advice on Keeping Family Records
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| ALBANY - Worried about those crumbling family letters and fading photographs? Find out how to save them from the ravages of time with a free consultation from The Document Doctor on Tuesday, October 14 from 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. at the Genesee County History Department at 3 Main Street in Batavia.
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| 10/07/2003 |
Document Doctor Helps Save Family Documents
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| ALBANY - Worried about those crumbling family letters and fading photographs? Find out how to save them from the ravages of time with a free consultation from The Document Doctor on Wednesday, October 15th from 9:30 - 11:30 a.m. at the North Collins Senior Center in North Collins and 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. at the Civil Defense Building at 139 Niagara Street in Lockport.
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| 09/23/2003 |
Canajoharie Library and Art Gallery Wins State Archives Award
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| ALBANY -- The Board of Regents and the New York State Archives have selected the Canajoharie Library and Art Gallery to receive the 2003 Annual Archives Award for Program Excellence in a Historical Records Repository.
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| 09/23/2003 |
Yorkshire Pioneer Teacher Wins State Archives Award
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| ALBANY -- The Board of Regents and the New York State Archives have selected Larry Slanovich, a teacher from the Yorkshire Pioneer Central School District, to receive the 2003 Bruce W. Dearstyne Annual Archives Award for Excellence in the Educational Use of Local Government Records by an Educator.
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| 09/23/2003 |
Oral History Project Wins State Archives Award
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| ALBANY -- The Board of Regents and the New York State Archives have selected the Consumer/Survivor/Ex-patient (C/S/X) Oral History Project to receive the 2003 Debra E. Bernhardt Annual Archives Award for Excellence in Documenting New York's History.
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| 09/22/2003 |
Niagara County To Receive State Archives Award
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| ALBANY -- The Board of Regents and the New York State Archives have selected Niagara County to receive the 2003 Cheryl Steinbach Annual Archives Award for Excellence in Local Government Records Management.
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| 09/22/2003 |
Two Clarkstown School District Students Win State Archives Awards
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| ALBANY - The Board of Regents and the New York State Archives have selected Daniel Mann, an eighth grade student at the Felix Festa Middle School, and Laura Caccavo, a ninth grade student at Clarkstown High School North, as the recipients of the 2003 Laura and Robert Chodos Award for Excellence in Student Research Using Historical Records, Grades 6-8 and 9-12 respectively.
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| 09/22/2003 |
Ludlum Elementary School Win State Archives Award
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| ALBANY - The Board of Regents and the New York State Archives have selected the students and teachers of Ludlum Elementary School of the Hempstead School District as the recipients of the 2003 Regents Award of Distinction for Student Research.
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| 09/22/2003 |
Albany County Clerk Wins State Archives Award
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| ALBANY -- The Board of Regents and the New York State Archives have selected Albany County Clerk Thomas G. Clingan to receive the 2003 William Hoyt Annual Archives Award for Advocacy.
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| 09/22/2003 |
Ulster County To Receive State Archives Award
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| ALBANY -- The Board of Regents and the New York State Archives have selected Ulster County to receive the 2003 William H. Kelly Annual Archives Award for Excellence in Local Government Archival Program Development.
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| 09/22/2003 |
P.S. 197 Manhattan Students Win State Archives Award
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| ALBANY - The Board of Regents and the New York State Archives have selected thirteen fifth grade students from P.S. 197 Manhattan Elementary School as the recipients of the 2003 Laura and Robert Chodos Award for Excellence in Student Research Using Historical Records, Grades 4-5.
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| 09/22/2003 |
Binghamton University Wins State Archives Award
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| ALBANY - The Board of Regents and the New York State Archives have selected Binghamton University to receive the 2003 Annual Archives Award for Excellence in State Agency Archival Program Development.
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| 08/08/2003 |
Innovative Education Project makes Statewide Debut in Buffalo
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| ALBANY - A new and innovative educational website, known as The Legacies Project,
makes its statewide debut in front of an audience of Buffalo-area educators
and invited guests on August 12th at 12:30 p.m. The demonstration will be held
at the Buffalo Professional Development and Technology Center at 150 Lower Terrace
Street and is sponsored by the Archives Partnership Trust, Verizon Foundation,
New York State Alliance for Family Literacy, and the JP Morgan Chase Foundation.
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| 08/07/2003 |
Archives Magazine Wins National History Award
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| ALBANY - The American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) has selected
the Archives Partnership Trust to receive the Award of Merit for New York Archives
magazine. The AASLH awards program is considered the nation's most prestigious
competition for recognition of achievement in state, local, and regional history.
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| 07/13/2003 |
Archives Partnership Trust Research Grants Announced.
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| ALBANY - The New York State Archives Partnership Trust has announced that ten
individuals will receive Larry J. Hackman Research Residency Awards during 2003-2004
to use records in the New York State Archives to examine a variety of historical
subjects
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| 06/30/2003 |
State Archives Awards $9 Million to Care for Public Records
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| ALBANY- Commissioner of Education Richard P. Mills has announced that a total
of 532 local governments and community organizations in the state will receive
$9 million in grants from the New York State Archives to care for their public
records.
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| 05/29/2003 |
Magazine Wins Three Awards in One Week
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| ALBANY - New York Archives magazine has garnered three awards in one week:
a coveted Nori from the Albany Ad Club Association of Communications Professionals,
the prestigious Hamer-Kegan Award from the Society of American Archivists, and
a second prize in the publications design competition from the American Association
of Museums.
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| 05/21/2003 |
Archives Partnership Trust Receives $10,000 Grant
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| ALBANY - The Archives Partnership Trust has received a $10,000 grant from the
New York Council for the Humanities, a state program of the National Endowment
for the Humanities (NYCH) to help support the "Archives at 25" lecture
series. The lectures are part of the New York State Archives' 25th Anniversary
celebration.
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| 04/29/2003 |
Town of Ramapo Receives Historical Records
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| ALBANY - The New York State Archives gave back to the Town of Ramapo a part of its history when it returned some of the Town's historical records that date back to the end of the 19th century. A change in state legislation and a multi-million dollar renovation of state facilities prompted the transfer.
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| 04/29/2003 |
Presidential Historian to Speak in Albany
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| ALBANY - Award-winning Presidential historian Michael Beschloss will lecture on Presidential Leadership on Wednesday, May 7, 2003 at 7:00 PM in The Egg's Lewis A. Swyer Theatre.
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| 03/31/2003 |
Historical Records Returned to Four Saratoga County Communities
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| ALBANY - The New York State Archives gave back to Saratoga County, the City of
Saratoga Springs, and the Towns of Clifton Park and Moreau a part of their history
when it returned some of each community's historical records that were created
from 1823-1891. A change in state legislation and a multi-million dollar renovation
of state facilities prompted the transfer.
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| 03/26/2003 |
Origins of Baseball's Enduring Myth Revealed in Archives Magazine
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| ALBANY - The letter that helped to create one of baseball's most enduring myths - that Abner Doubleday invented the game in Cooperstown, New York - was written in 1905 by a mining engineer from Colorado, according to an article by Mark McGuire in the Spring issue of New York Archives magazine. The letter was discovered by Jim Gates, library director at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, in the bottom of a trunk.
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| 03/13/2003 |
Archives Magazine Wins Fourth Award
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| ALBANY - The Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) District II Accolades Awards program has selected New York Archives to receive its Gold Award for Magazines, the highest level of the category. The district covers Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, and Ontario, Canada.
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| 03/13/2003 |
Saranac Central School District Receives Historical Records
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| ALBANY - The New York State Archives gave back the Saranac Central School District a part of its history when it returned some of the District's records that were created during the middle of the 19th century. A change in state legislation and a multi-million dollar renovation of state facilities prompted the transfer.
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| 02/06/2003 |
Bethany to Receive Historical Records
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| ALBANY - The New York State Archives will give back to the Town of Bethany a part of its history when it returns records that were created during the second half of the 19th century. A change in state legislation and a multi-million dollar renovation of state facilities prompted the transfer.
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| 02/06/2003 |
Perrysburg and Lyndon to Receive Historical Records
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| ALBANY - The New York State Archives will give back to the Towns of Perrysburg and Lyndon a part of their history when it returns records that were created from 1864 to 1901. A change in state legislation and a multi-million dollar renovation of state facilities prompted the transfer.
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| 01/22/2003 |
Historical Records Returned to Towns of Johnstown and Minden
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| ALBANY - The New York State Archives gave back the Towns of Johnstown and Minden a part of their history when it returned some of each community's historical records that were created from 1836-1853. A change in state legislation and a multi-million dollar renovation of state facilities prompted the transfer.
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| 01/10/2003 |
Proof of Benedict Arnold's Treachery on the Web
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| ALBANY - The documents that prove that American Revolutionary war hero Benedict Arnold was a traitor are now on display on the New York State Archives web site (www.archives.nysed.gov). The Archives' Treason in New York gallery was developed to coincide with the Arts & Entertainment (A&E) Network's premiere of "Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor" scheduled to air on Monday, January 13th at 8:00 PM.
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| 12/23/2002 |
Archives Partnership Trust Receives Three Grants Totaling $32,500
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| ALBANY - The New York State Archives Partnership Trust has received three grants totaling $32,500 from The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, The J.P. Morgan Chase Foundation, and Furthermore, The Publication Program of the J.M. Kaplan Fund, to help support Trust-sponsored programs at the New York State Archives.
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| 12/18/2002 |
Three Capital District Communities to Receive Historical Records
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| ALBANY - The New York State Archives will give back to the City of Troy, Town of Colonie, and Rensselaer County, a part of their history when it returns some of each community's historical records that were created from 1791 to 1901. A change in state legislation and a multi-million dollar renovation of state facilities prompted the transfer.
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| 10/29/2002 |
Historical Records Returned to Montgomery County
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| ALBANY - The New York State Archives gave back Montgomery County a part of its history when it returned some of the County's historical records dating to the end of the 18th century. A change in state legislation and a multi-million dollar renovation of state facilities prompted the transfer.
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| 10/10/2002 |
Town of Stillwater's History Returns Home
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| ALBANY - The New York State Archives will give back to the Town of Stillwater a part of its history when it returns some of the Town's historical records that were created during the latter part of the 18th century. A change in state legislation and a multi-million dollar renovation of state facilities prompted the transfer.
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| 10/09/2002 |
Ulster County's History Returns Home
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| ALBANY - The New York State Archives will give back to Ulster County a part of its history when it returns some of the County's historical records dating to the beginning of the 18th century. A change in state legislation and a multi-million dollar renovation of state facilities prompted the transfer.
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| 09/20/2002 |
Town of Beekmantown's History Returns Home
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| ALBANY - The New York State Archives gave back the Town of Beekmantown a part of its history when it returns some of the Town's historical records dating back to the middle of the 19th century. A change in state legislation and a multi-million dollar renovation of state facilities prompted the transfer.
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| 09/19/2002 |
Town of Bolton's History Returns Home
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| ALBANY - The New York State Archives gave back the Town of Bolton a part of its history when it returns some of the Town's historical records dating back to the beginning of the 19th century. A change in state legislation and a multi-million dollar renovation of state facilities prompted the transfer.
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| 09/19/2002 |
Town of Greenfield's History Returns Home
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| ALBANY - The New York State Archives gave back the Town of Greenfield a part of its history when it returned some of the Town's historical records dating back to the middle of the 19th century. A change in state legislation and a multi-million dollar renovation of state facilities prompted the transfer.
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| 09/12/2002 |
Historical Perspective on 9/11
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| ALBANY - The first time terrorism struck lower Manhattan was September 16, 1920, according to "Explosion on Wall Street," an article by Beverly Gage in the Fall issue of New York Archives magazine, scheduled for publication on September 20.
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| 09/12/2002 |
Town of Glen's History Returns Home
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| ALBANY - The New York State Archives will give back the Town of Glen a part of its history when it returns some of the Town's historical records dating back to the middle of the 19th century. A change in state legislation and a multi-million dollar renovation of state facilities prompted the transfer.
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| 09/12/2002 |
Town of Mohawk's History Returns Home
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| ALBANY - The New York State Archives will give back the Town of Mohawk a part of its history when it returns some of the Town's historical records dating back to the middle of the 19th century. A change in state legislation and a multi-million dollar renovation of state facilities prompted the transfer.
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| 09/04/2002 |
Corning Community College To Receive State Archives Award
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| ALBANY - The Board of Regents and the New York State Archives have selected Corning Community College to receive the 2002 Cheryl Steinbach Annual Archives Award for Excellence in Local Government Records Management.
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| 09/04/2002 |
Attorney General's Office Wins State Archives Award
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| ALBANY - The Board of Regents and the New York State Archives have selected the New York State Office of the Attorney General to receive the 2002 Annual Archives Award for Excellence in State Agency Archival Program Development.
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| 09/04/2002 |
Center for Puerto Rican Studies Wins State Archives Award
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| ALBANY - The Board of Regents and the New York State Archives have selected the Center for Puerto Rican Studies, Hunter College, CUNY to receive the 2002 Debra E. Bernhardt Annual Archives Award for Excellence in Documenting New York's History.
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| 09/04/2002 |
Holland Patent Students Win State Archives Award
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| ALBANY - The Board of Regents and the New York State Archives have selected eleven fifth grade students from the General William Floyd Elementary School as the recipients of the 2002 Laura and Robert Chodos Award for Excellence in Student Research Using Historical Records, Grades 4-5.
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| 09/04/2002 |
Genesee County To Receive State Archives Award
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| ALBANY - The Board of Regents and the New York State Archives have selected Genesee County to receive the 2002 William H. Kelly Annual Archives Award for Excellence in Local Government Archival Program Development.
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| 09/04/2002 |
Hofstra University Archives Wins State Award
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| ALBANY - The Board of Regents and the New York State Archives have selected Hofstra University Archives to receive the 2002 Annual Archives Award for Program Excellence in a Historical Records Repository.
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| 09/04/2002 |
Oswego County Clerk Wins State Archives Award
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| ALBANY - The Board of Regents and the New York State Archives have selected Oswego County Clerk George J. Williams to receive the 2002 William Hoyt Annual Archives Award for Advocacy.
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| 09/04/2002 |
Eastchester Student Wins State Archives Award
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| ALBANY - The Board of Regents and the New York State Archives have selected Keiji Ishiguri, a student at Eastchester Middle School, as the recipient of the 2002 Laura and Robert Chodos Award for Excellence in Student Research Using Historical Records, Grades 6-8. The award-winning entry is a traditional research paper entitled, Secrets Behind the Stone: The History of Tuckahoe's Old Stone Mill, Revealed!
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| 09/04/2002 |
BOCES Teachers Wins State Archives Award
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| ALBANY - The Board of Regents and the New York State Archives have selected Mary Borden and Ruth Shippee, teachers at the Washington-Saratoga-Warren-Hamilton-Essex BOCES, to receive the 2002 Bruce W. Dearstyne Annual Archives Award for Excellence in the Educational Use of Local Government Records by an Educator.
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| 09/04/2002 |
Clarkstown Student Wins State Archives Awards
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| ALBANY - The Board of Regents and the New York State Archives have selected Jonathan Menitove, a student at Clarkstown High School South, as the recipient of the 2002 Laura and Robert Chodos Award for Excellence in Student Research Using Historical Records, Grades 9-12. The award-winning entry is an audiovisual presentation entitled, Snake Oil and Embalmed Beef: Women Fight for Pure Food and Drug Reform Legislation.
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| 09/04/2002 |
Museum Services Director Wins State Archives Award
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| ALBANY - The Board of Regents and the New York State Archives have selected Philip Lord, Jr., Director of Museum Services at the New York State Museum, to receive the 2002 Annual Archives Award for Excellence in Research Using the Holdings of the New York State Archives.
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| 09/04/2002 |
P.S. 197M Elementary Students Win State Archives Award
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| ALBANY - The Board of Regents and the New York State Archives have selected six fourth grade students from P.S. 197M in Harlem as the recipients of the 2002 Regents Award of Distinction for Student Research.
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| 09/03/2002 |
Borough of Manhattan Historian Wins Regents Award
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| ALBANY - The Board of Regents has selected Caledonia (Cal) Jones, Borough of Manhattan Historian, to receive the first annual New York State Local Historian of the Year Award for excellence in promoting and bringing to life the history of a region.
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| 07/25/2002 |
Verizon to Fund Literacy and Archives Project
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| ALBANY - The New York State Archives Partnership Trust has received an $80,000 grant from the Verizon Foundation to help the State Archives replicate a very successful pilot program it funded at Liberty High School in New York City.
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| 07/09/2002 |
$7 Million in Grants to Improve Local Records Announced
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| ALBANY - Commissioner of Education Richard P. Mills has announced that a total of 452 local governments and community organizations in the state will receive $7 million in grants from the New York State Archives to care for their public records.
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| 06/27/2002 |
Archives Magazine Wins Two Awards
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| ALBANY - New York Archives magazine has received a First Prize in Magazine Design from the American Association of Museums and a NORI Award for magazine design from the Albany Ad Club of the Association of Professional Communicators. The magazine is designed by 2K Design of Clifton Park and published by the Archives Partnership Trust.
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| 06/07/2002 |
Archives Partnership Trust Research Grants Announced
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| ALBANY - The New York State Archives Partnership Trust has awarded fourteen Larry J. Hackman Research Residency awards and one Invitational Residency award for 2002-2003.
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| 06/03/2002 |
Town of Hebron's History Returns Home
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| ALBANY - The New York State Archives gave back the Town of Hebron a part of its history when it returned some of the Town's historical records dating back to the beginning of the 19th century. A change in state legislation and a multi-million dollar renovation of state facilities prompted the transfer.
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| 05/31/2002 |
Governor Appoints Deputy Monroe County Clerk to Archives Partnership Trust Board
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| ALBANY - Governor George Pataki has appointed Deputy Monroe County Clerk Lawrence A. Staub Jr., to the board of the New York State Archives Partnership Trust.
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| 05/23/2002 |
Governor Appoints Oswego County Clerk to Archives Partnership Trust Board
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| ALBANY - Governor George Pataki has appointed Oswego County Clerk George Williams to the board of the New York State Archives Partnership Trust.
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| 04/18/2002 |
State Archives Celebrates 225th Anniversary of State Constitution
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| ALBANY - The New York State Archives, part of the State Education Department, will celebrate the 225th anniversary of New York's first constitution with an exhibition of the original constitution in Kingston on April 20 and 21, the publication of a special feature in the Spring issue of New York Archives magazine about the document's history, and the creation of web pages about the constitution.
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| 04/12/2002 |
Female Adolescence Expert to Speak in Albany
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| ALBANY - Joan Jacobs Brumberg will lecture on From Corset to Body Piercing: The Changing Experience of Female Adolescence on Thursday, May 9, 2002, 12:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m, in the Albany Room of the Empire State Plaza. The event is sponsored by the Archives Partnership Trust.
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| 03/12/2002 |
State Archives Receives Record Number of Grant Applications
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| ALBANY - The New York State Archives, part of the State Education Department, has received a record number of grant applications (707) from local governments and community organizations requesting a record $17.7 million to help them care for their records.
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| 03/11/2002 |
St. Lawrence County's History Returns Home
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| ALBANY - The New York State Archives will give back St. Lawrence County a part of its history when it returns some of the County's historical records dating back to the end of the 19th century. A change in state legislation and a multi-million dollar renovation of state facilities have prompted the transfer.
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| 02/15/2002 |
New York Vital Records Index Available in Syracuse
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| ALBANY - The New York State Archives, the New York State Department of Health, and the Onondaga County Public Library have worked together to place an important genealogical resource in Syracuse. A copy of the Vital Records Index -- which provides information to help locate birth, death and marriage certificates filed since the 1880s in New York State -- will be available as of March 1, 2002 at the Central Library, 447 South Salina Street.
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| 02/04/2002 |
New Book Examines New York State's Role During Civil War
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| ALBANY - The Archives Partnership Trust, the not-for-profit arm of the New York State Archives, has co-published with Fordham University Press, State of the Union, New York & the Civil War, a book that examines the pivotal role of New York State during the Civil War.
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| 01/31/2002 |
Clinton County's History Returns Home
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| ALBANY - The New York State Archives will give back Clinton County a part of its history when it returns some of the County's historical records dating to the beginning of the 19th century. A change in state legislation and a multi-million dollar renovation of state facilities have prompted the transfer.
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| 01/28/2002 |
State Archives Awards NYC Agencies Grants in Response to WTC Attack
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| ALBANY - Commissioner of Education Richard P. Mills has announced that the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) and the Bronx District Attorney's Office have been awarded $67,000 in grants from the New York State Archives. These grants will be used to address records management emergencies resulting from the September 11th World Trade Center attack.
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| 12/19/2001 |
State Archivist Accepts Position with National Archives
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| ALBANY - The New York State Archives and the Archives Partnership Trust have announced that V. Chapman-Smith will leave her position as New York State Archivist and Executive Officer of the Archives Partnership Trust to become the director of the Mid-Atlantic office of the National Archives in Philadelphia. She will begin her new position at the end of January.
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| 10/29/2001 |
NYS Historical Records Advisory Board Wins State Archives Award
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| ALBANY - The Board of Regents and the New York State Archives have selected the New York State Historical Records Advisory Board to receive the 2001 William Hoyt Annual Archives Award for Advocacy.
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| 10/29/2001 |
Oswego County Wins State Archives Award
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| ALBANY - The Board of Regents and the New York State Archives have selected Oswego County to receive the 2001 William H. Kelly Annual Archives Award for Excellence in Local Government Archival Program Development.
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| 10/29/2001 |
Chapman Professor Wins State Archives Award
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| ALBANY - The Board of Regents and the New York State Archives have selected Robert A. Slayton, Professor of History at Chapman University in Orange, California, to receive the 2001 Annual Archives Award for Excellence in Research Using the Holdings of the New York State Archives.
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| 10/29/2001 |
New York City Teacher Wins State Archives Award
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| ALBANY - The Board of Regents and the New York State Archives have selected Sherry Tu, a teacher at Liberty High School in New York City, to receive the 2001 Bruce W. Dearstyne Annual Archives Award for Excellence in the Educational Use of Local Government Records by an Educator.
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| 10/29/2001 |
City of Troy Wins State Archives Award
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| ALBANY - The Board of Regents and the New York State Archives have selected the City of Troy to receive the 2001 Cheryl Steinbach Annual Archives Award for Excellence in Local Government Records Management.
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| 10/29/2001 |
Crandall Public Library Wins State Archives Award
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| ALBANY - The Board of Regents and the New York State Archives have selected the Crandall Public Library's Center for Folklife, History, and Cultural Programs in Glens Falls to receive the 2001 Annual Archives Award for Program Excellence in a Historical Records Repository.
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| 10/29/2001 |
Wagner Labor Archives Wins State Archives Award
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| ALBANY - The Board of Regents and the New York State Archives have selected the Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives of New York University to receive the 2001 Debra E. Bernhardt Annual Archives Award for Excellence in Documenting New York's History.
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| 10/29/2001 |
Teacher Center Wins State Archives Award
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| ALBANY - The Board of Regents and the State Archives have selected the Greater Capital Region Teacher Center to receive the 2001 Annual Archives Award for Excellence in the Educational Use of Local Government Records.
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| 10/29/2001 |
Clarkstown Student Wins State Archives Award
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| ALBANY - The Board of Regents and the New York State Archives have selected Jonathan Menitove, a student at Clarkstown High School South, as the recipient of the 2001 Annual Archives Award for Student Research Grades 9-12 for his audiovisual presentation, Cody's Buckskins and Turner's Plowshares: The Continuing Myths of the Frontier in American History.
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| 10/29/2001 |
Guilderland Students Wins State Archives Award
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| ALBANY - The Board of Regents and the New York State Archives have selected four students from Farnsworth Middle School in the Guilderland School District as the recipients of the 2001 Annual Archives Award for Student Research Grades 6-8. The students -- Kate Albanese, Molly Bebb, Cate McNelis, and Victoria Wells -- will receive the award for their audio-visual documentary, No Time to Play in God's Sunshine.
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| 10/29/2001 |
Lynbrook Student Wins State Archives Award
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| ALBANY - The Board of Regents and the New York State Archives have selected Michael Moritz, a student at the Waverly Park School in Lynbrook, as the recipient of the 2001 Annual Archives Award for Student Research Grades 4-5 for his Power Point Presentation, Quotes from the Revolutionary War.
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| 10/29/2001 |
DEC Wins State Archives Award
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| ALBANY - The Board of Regents and the New York State Archives have selected the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) to receive the 2001 Annual Archives Award for Excellence in State Agency Archival Program Development.
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| 07/11/2001 |
New York Archives Magazine
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| ALBANY - The New York State Archives and the Archives Partnership Trust proudly announce the publication of New York Archives magazine.
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| 07/01/2001 |
State Archives Brings The Erie Canal To The Classroom
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| ALBANY - The New York State Archives, a program of the State Education Department, announces the publication of Erie Canal: New York's Gift To The Nation, a book for educators that combines archival documents, essays from historians, and lessons from teachers into one desktop reference that will help fulfill New York State's learning standards, and complement any history curriculum in the nation.
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| 05/21/2001 |
Archives' Photographs Featured In Exhibit
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| ALBANY - Nearly one hundred photographs and other historical documents from the New York State Archives' extensive holdings are featured in The High Line: A City Divided, A City United exhibit on display at the New York State Museum from May 4, 2001 through February 24, 2002. The exhibit traces the construction of Elmira's railroad elevations from 1932 - 1937 and the unanticipated impact the project had on the community.
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| 03/07/2001 |
State Archives Showcases Rebel Screenwriter
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| ALBANY - What do the Hollywood classic movie Spartacus and the House Un-American Activities Committee have in common? The bond between these two seemingly unrelated things is one man: the controversial, Academy Award winning screenwriter Dalton Trumbo.
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| 01/24/2001 |
State Archives Appoints Director of Operations
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| ALBANY - The New York State Archives has announced the appointment of Christine W. Ward to the position of Director of Operations.
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| 01/08/2001 |
State Archives' Web site Features Historical World Travel Photographs
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| ALBANY - Have you ever wondered how the world appeared to travelers during the early part of the twentieth century? A photographic glimpse into this bygone era can be obtained by visiting Picture This: The World in the Early Twentieth Century on the New York State Archives' web site
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| 01/03/2001 |
State Archives Web site Receives Award
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| ALBANY - The Rediscovering New York History and Culture section of the New York State Archives' web site has been selected as an Ancestry Family History Favorite Award recipient by Ancestry.com.
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