Celebrate New York Archives Month
October 2009
Your History is New York’s History: Visit Your Local Archives
Children Taking Home Produce; Hedges, Jefferson Park Gardens. New York; October 1916. New York State Archives, State Education Department, Division of Visual Instruction, Instructional Lantern Slides, 1859-1936.
For a complete listing of Archives Month Exhibits and Events throughout New York State, visit the State Archives' calendar of events.
For events in the New York city metropolitan region, visit the website for the Archivists Roundtable of New York:
www.nycarchivists.org
Spread the Word
You can
Download our Archives Month Poster (pdf) or get a copy from the New York State Archives and its Documentary Heritage Program and Government Records Services offices throughout New York State.
The poster was funded by the New York Council for the Humanities, a local affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities and produced by the Archives Partnership Trust.
Attend the Events
To find out what's happening across New York see our listings of Archives Month Exhibits and Events.
New York is not alone. Want to know what's happening around the country? The Directory of Archives Week/Month activities provides links to other activities around the nation.
Host Your Own Event
A number of states and organizations, including New York, have created tools and kits to help you.
Much of the advice the guides provide is easily transferred across state lines and can be used at anytime to help promote your organization.
If you're thinking about starting an Archives Month observance in your repository, you're sure to find something in one of these to help.
- New York's Action Guide
- Action Guides from other states
- The SAA Archives month website also has many additional resources to help you plan your activities. The 2009 American Archives Month Public Relations Kit and supplemental materials include tips for media interviews, sample proclamations and press releases, and an event planning guide.
Curious about other Archvies Week/Month posters. You can see current and past posters, organized by state, in Archives Week/Month poster gallery.
Did you know the celebration began in New York!!
Curious about how Archives Week got started and evolved into a national celebration of Archives month?
- You'll find background information and articles on its history at http://statearchivists.org/archivesmonth/AAM-bkgd.htm.
- "Archives Week in the United States?" by former New York State Archivist Larry J. Hackman. SAA Newsletter (March 1991): 14-15, 20. discusses the first Archives Weeks in New York (Reprinted on teh COSA website with permission from the Society of American Archivists).
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The New York Archives is part of the Office of Cultural Education within the New York State Education Department.