March 2024 eUpdate

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The Moral Arc Toward Freedom:

Lincoln, King, and the Emancipation Proclamation

The State Museum, State Library, and State Archives have brought together two remarkable documents: Abraham Lincoln’s 1862 Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation and select pages from a speech Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered in New York City on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation.

On view now through March 3 in the Huxley Theater

Cultural Education Center, 222 Madison Avenue, Albany, NY 12230

To celebrate Women's History Month, ConsidertheSourceNY.org now features select items from the "New York State Women's Division Newsletter Files" of the NYS Archives. This collection was digitized through support from the Archives Partnership Trust. For more information about the Women's Division records, see the Archives finding aid for Series 13699.

For Women's History Month the

New York State Archives’ presents, “A Woman's Place: the History of the New York State Women's Division.” This display highlights records created by the Women’s Division, a unit within the Executive Chamber that promoted equal status for women and worked with state government agencies on issues affecting women. The display, located on the 11th floor in the Cultural Education Center, will be up throughout the month of March.

For more Women's History Month resources, see our collections on ConsidertheSourceNY.org

March 12, 2024 12:30 pm

A Woman's Place: the History of the

New York State Women's Division

The New York State Women’s Division was responsible for promoting equal opportunity and status for women. Join Jasmine Bumpers, archivist, NYS Archives, and Jordan Jace, Assistant Director of Education & Development,

NYS Archives Partnership Trust to learn more about this little known government agency and the Women’s Division records held by the

State Archives.  

Enjoy the Recorded Presentations of Mr. Holzer and Professor Mosterman:

New York State Archives

The Archives Research Room is open by appointment Monday through Friday, 9:30am to 4pm, as are our e-mail and telephone reference services. To make an appointment, call (518) 474-8955 or for assistance or guidance with our records, email archref@nysed.gov.

New York State Board of Regents | New York State Education Department 

Office of Cultural Education

New York Archives Partnership Trust, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, supports education, preservation, and outreach programs not funded by the state in order to make accessible archives from nearly 400 years of New York's colonial and state governments. Visit us at nysarchivestrust.org and considerthesourceny.org.