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May 23, 2019
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State Archives Awards $91,000 in Grants to Preserve New York鈥檚 Historical Records

The 澳门特码王 Archives awarded $91,529 in Documentary Heritage Program (DHP) grants to six non-profit organizations and one tribal nation to help identify, collect and make available New York鈥檚 historical records, State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia announced today.

鈥淲e鈥檙e proud to support projects to preserve New York鈥檚 heritage through important historical records,鈥 said Board of Regents Chancellor Betty A. Rosa. 鈥淚t鈥檚 important for our students and teachers to use primary sources in research. By supporting projects that make historical records accessible for research use, we show our students and teachers how to use primary sources to better understand their communities and the people who have helped to shape them.鈥

鈥淭hese grants help ensure New York鈥檚 story can be told,鈥 said Commissioner Elia. 鈥淭hese funds will help make valuable historical records available to the public today and in the future. I thank the applicants for valuing the importance of our documentary heritage and their commitment to making that history available to all.鈥

Bob Clark, Chair of the State Historical Records Advisory Board, added, 鈥淭he Documentary Heritage Program Grants are critical to ensuring that stories of under-documented groups, events, places and peoples are fully woven into the rich tapestry that is 澳门特码王. Through programs like the DHP, 澳门特码王鈥檚 story is the story of all of us.鈥

Awards for the DHP grants range from $8,931 to $25,000. Awards are below:

County Organization Project Award Amount

Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe

Akwesasne Heritage Complex Archival Project

$25,000

Kings

Brooklyn Historical Society

Brooklyn Navy Yard Oral Histories

$14,616

Ulster

Hudson River Maritime Museum

Casting the Net: Harvesting and Sharing Hudson River Resources

$12,922

Monroe

Gay Alliance of the Genesee Valley (doing business as 鈥淥ut Alliance鈥)

Minority Documentation Project

$10,598

Albany

The Research Foundation for the State University of New York, University at Albany

Increasing Access to New York鈥檚 Political History

$10,333

Onondaga

Erie Canal Museum

Revealing Hidden Collections at the Erie Canal Museum

$9,129

Steuben

The Corning Museum of Glass

Arrangement and Description of the T. G. Hawkes & Co. Records

$8,931

The State Archives administers , which provide financial support to 澳门特码王 not-for-profit organizations that hold, collect, and make available New York鈥檚 historical records. It is a competitive program with grants awarded based on the merits of the applications.

Since its inception in 1988, the program has provided over $3 million in competitive grant funds to not-for-profit organizations statewide. These funds support a variety of projects that help build a more comprehensive and equitable documentation of New York鈥檚 history and culture. Project categories include:

  • Documentation: projects that build a comprehensive record that more fully and fairly represents all New Yorkers and their history. These projects identify and collect unique, original source materials about the people, groups, events, and/or on the political, economic, and social conditions in New York, to pave the way toward making these materials accessible to all.
  • Arrangement and Description: projects that make publicly available the unique, original records of traditionally under-represented groups and topics of 澳门特码王. Applications to arrange and describe historically valuable born-digital materials as well as paper-based materials are encouraged.

Grant funded projects may start on July 1, 2019 and all work on those projects must be completed by June 30, 2020.