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The New York State Archives leads efforts to manage, preserve, ensure open access to, and promote the wide use of, records that support information needs and document the history, governments, events and peoples of our State.

View of the Statue of Liberty on Liberty Island in New York Harbor. The statue, modeled by Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi 18...
06/24/2026

View of the Statue of Liberty on Liberty Island in New York Harbor. The statue, modeled by Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi 1834-1904, was a gift to the United States from France in 1884. It was dedicated on October 28, 1886 and was designated a National Monument on October 15, 1924. https://ow.ly/2Umz50Z6k74

Soul and Latin Theater’s street performance of Maryat Lee’s “After the Fashion Show,” in East Harlem, 1968. The play, pe...
06/23/2026

Soul and Latin Theater’s street performance of Maryat Lee’s “After the Fashion Show,” in East Harlem, 1968. The play, performed by the theater’s all-teenage troupe, centered on homosexuality and explored the relationship between father and son. https://ow.ly/OlUi50Z6jQY

Today is the summer solstice! During WWI Donald Jamieson spent his summer as a Farm Cadet and wrote about it in his es...
06/21/2026

Today is the summer solstice! During WWI Donald Jamieson spent his summer as a Farm Cadet and wrote about it in his essay "How I Spent my Summer." Enjoy today's extended daylight and take some time to think about how you will spend your summer. https://ow.ly/jnSo50Z6aHB

Happy Father’s Day to all who are celebrating today! Governor Hugh L. Carey is pictured here at the Executive Mansion in...
06/21/2026

Happy Father’s Day to all who are celebrating today! Governor Hugh L. Carey is pictured here at the Executive Mansion in 1977 with his wife, Helen Owen Carey, and their fourteen children. With a family that size, he probably deserved not just a tie that year, but a vacation! https://ow.ly/w5TL50Z6awf

In recognition of Juneteenth we encourage you to read through the draft of a 1962 speech given by Dr. Martin Luther King...
06/19/2026

In recognition of Juneteenth we encourage you to read through the draft of a 1962 speech given by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to commemorate the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, owned by the New York State Library.

There is no record of who made the handwritten edits on the draft.
https://ow.ly/Lr9c50Z6aAI

View of Harold Cormie raising the American flag at the ceremonies commemorating the Battle of Saratoga (1777) on the Sar...
06/14/2026

View of Harold Cormie raising the American flag at the ceremonies commemorating the Battle of Saratoga (1777) on the Saratoga Battlefield in Stillwater, Saratoga County, N.Y. https://ow.ly/2ZRu50Z6arN

Check out our Records Management Topic page on Email! it includes useful information such as setting policies, identifyi...
06/10/2026

Check out our Records Management Topic page on Email! it includes useful information such as setting policies, identifying email records, retention strategies, email management tools, and more! https://ow.ly/2jKZ50Z6e4F

This week, Records Advisory Officers were in Lake Placid for the annual conference of the New York Association of Local ...
06/09/2026

This week, Records Advisory Officers were in Lake Placid for the annual conference of the New York Association of Local Government Records Officers (NYALGRO).
Are you a member of a local government organization? Are you looking for speakers for your next conference? Consider a session about records management! https://ow.ly/v2yG50Z9vRx

Recently, A devastating fire tore through the abandoned former Hudson River State Hospital in Poughkeepsie, with firefig...
06/08/2026

Recently, A devastating fire tore through the abandoned former Hudson River State Hospital in Poughkeepsie, with firefighters from two counties battling flames for hours across multiple connected buildings. Once a groundbreaking psychiatric treatment center operating from 1873 to the early 2000s, the site is home to a nationally recognized Kirkbride building and is celebrated for its landmark High Victorian Gothic architecture; pictured here in 1912. https://ow.ly/mSyN50Z8Nql

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