2020 Events
March
New York State Archives Celebrates Women's History Month
In recognition of Women's History Month, the State Archives is highlighting a selection of records in a document display and an online exhibit. The online exhibit, featuring three areas: Women's Rights, Women at Work, and Prominent New York Women, also includes resources for K-12 educators and links to related New York Archives magazine articles. The document display will be located on the 11th floor of the Cultural Education Center and will run from Wednesday, March 11th through the end of the month.
National Council for History Education Conference: Past, Present, and Future: CHE at 30
March 19-21 -Cleveland, OH Online
NYS Writers Institute Albany Film Festival
March 27-28 - Albany
Event has been postponed until Spring 2021.
Museum Association of New York Annual Conference: The Power of Partnership
March 29 -31 - Albany
Event has been postponed.
April
Central New York and the Era of Women’s Suffrage: A Celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment
April 1 - Fayetteville
Event has been postponed.
Consider the Source/NYCHE Central NY Teacher Workshop. Open to K-12 Teachers.
May
Sources of Freedom: Abolition, Anti-Slavery and the Coming of the Civil War – Daytime Workshop for K-12 Teachers.
May 11 - Auburn
Event has been postponed.
Consider the Source/NYCHE Central NY Teacher Workshop.
“The Moving Spirit” - Lucretia Mott at Seneca Falls
May 11 - Auburn
Event has been postponed.
Drawing from Lucretia Mott’s experience as a Quaker minister, abolitionist, and reformer, hear celebrated author and historian Carol Faulkner explore her distinctive perspective on the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention. Information on resources related to abolition, anti-slavery and the Civil War housed in local collections, as well as the New York State Archives, will be made available. The interactive “Seeing Equal Rights in NYS” exhibit – showcasing the creative ways New Yorkers organized to stand for justice from the 1800s to modern day – will also be on display.
Annual Conference for Educators:
The Coming Revolution: 1763-1775
May 15 - Fort Ticonderoga
This annual day-long conference focuses on the theme “The Coming Revolution: 1763-1775” and immerses teachers in primary sources, material culture, and pedagogical techniques to help connect students to history. Presentations are by classroom teachers, museum staff, archivists, and academics.
Consider the Source/NYCHE North Country Teacher Workshop
May 19 - Canton
Event has been postponed.
Daytime workshop. Open to K-12 Teachers.
Students Inside Albany Conference- Daytime Workshop
May 19 - Albany
Event has been postponed.
Co-sponsored with the League of Women Voters of NYS Education Foundation Cultural Education Center, 222 Madison Ave., Albany
June
New York Archives Conference
June 10-12 - Marist College, Poughkeepsie
July
Deadline to submit entries to the 2020 Student Research Awards contest and New York Archives Magazine Essay Competition
July 1
August
New York State Archives and Archives Partnership Trust participate in The Great New York State Fair
August 26-September 7 - Syracuse
September
October
2020 Empire State Archives & History Award
October 8 - Albany
The Empire State Archives and History Award acknowledges the outstanding contributions by a national figure to advance the understanding and uses of history in society. Join us in celebrating Annette Gordon-Reed as the 2020 ESAHA Laureate.
"8 BRAVE CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS: Past Meets the Present when Fourth Graders Honor the Fallen in Pittsford."
October 13 - Greece
Event has been postponed.
Presented by the New York Archives Magazine Speaker Series, The Greece Historical Society, the Greece Public Library and the New York Council for History Education.
November
Researching New York Conference
Co-sponsored by the New York State Archives Partnership Trust
November 19-21 - Albany
