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Hackman Research Residency Forms

Applications must be postmarked or emailed by midnight (ET) January 15, 2024. Proposals will be reviewed by a panel of scholars and archivists familiar with the New York State Archives and its holdings. Decisions will be made by April 15, 2024.

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Larry J. Hackman Research Residency Program

Applicant/Project Eligibility

Eligible applicants include:

  • University and college faculty and graduate students in all academic fields
  • Community historians, including those who work for a municipality or a historical society, museum, or similar non-profit organization
  • Primary or secondary school teachers
  • Journalists
  • Filmmakers
  • Artists
  • Scientists
  • Authors

Projects may lead to diverse research products, including:

Constitutions and Constitutional Conventions

The holdings of the New York State Archives documenting the development of the state constitution prior to 1900 are generally limited to engrossed copies of proposed or adopted versions.  However, post-1900 holdings include administrative and financial records of conventions, published reports, transcripts of proceedings, and records of individual convention committees.

New York State Constitutions and Constitutional Conventions from 1777 to 1965

Land Records

The New York State Archives holds numerous records documenting title to real property in New York. The records range in date from the Dutch colonial period to the near present. Practically all of the records dating after the early nineteenth century concern real property acquired or disposed by the State of New York. However, many of the earlier records document conveyances of real property from colonial authorities to private individuals and between private persons.
 

Selected New Accessions, January 2018

Agency Title Accession Quantity
Department of Audit and Control. Bureau of Municipal Research and Statistics Annual Financial Reports of School Districts, BOCES, Community Colleges, Libraries, and Vocational Extension Boards, 2006-2013 11166-18 47 cubic feet

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