#newyorkculture — Public Fediverse posts

LI Herald: Oceanside/Island Park Herald archives go digital, ending microfilm era. “Library patrons once had to rely on microfilm to search past editions of the Oceanside/Island Park Herald, threading reels into bulky readers and scanning pages by hand to find specific articles. That process has been replaced by a searchable digital archive. The Herald is now available through the New York […]

New-to-me, from Village Preservation Blog: Exploring Black History Through Village Preservation’s Online Resources. “To help make these histories visible and accessible, Village Preservation has created a rich collection of online resources that allow anyone to explore the people, places, and movements that shaped Black life in our communities.”

New-to-me, from Village Preservation Blog: Exploring Black History Through Village Preservation’s Online Resources. “To help make these histories visible and accessible, Village Preservation has created a rich collection of online resources that allow anyone to explore the people, places, and movements that shaped Black life in our communities.”

New-to-me, from Village Preservation Blog: Exploring Black History Through Village Preservation’s Online Resources. “To help make these histories visible and accessible, Village Preservation has created a rich collection of online resources that allow anyone to explore the people, places, and movements that shaped Black life in our communities.”

New-to-me, from Village Preservation Blog: Exploring Black History Through Village Preservation’s Online Resources. “To help make these histories visible and accessible, Village Preservation has created a rich collection of online resources that allow anyone to explore the people, places, and movements that shaped Black life in our communities.”

New York Almanack: The New York State Historic Newspapers Project. “This week Kaatscast features Chuck Henry, the Project Lead of New York State Historic Newspapers, a digital archive containing over 1,200 newspaper titles, 1.5 million editions, and more than 15 million searchable pages spanning from 1725 to 2025.”

WXXI: Digitized issues of the weekly Brighton-Pittsford Post’s entire run now available online. “The entire production run of the Brighton-Pittsford Post has been digitized and is now available online. The Brighton Memorial Library and the Town Historian’s Office said they have completed a project to digitize the weekly paper’s entire run, which included more than 3,800 issues published from […]

New York State Archives: New York State Archives Awards $4.9 Million In Local Government Records Management Grants. “The New York State Archives today announced that $4.9 million has been awarded to 80 local governments, school districts, and educational institutions across the state to improve records management systems, better preserve documents, and serve the public. The Local Government […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/22/new-york-state-archives-new-york-state-archives-awards-4-9-million-in-local-government-records-management-grants/

Daily Freeman (New York): Ulster launches online archive of thousands of historical Freeman photos. ” A trove of Freeman photographs taken during a four-decade period is now easily accessible online after the Ulster County Clerk’s Office launched a site cataloging the area’s photographic history. Acting Ulster County Clerk Taylor Bruck said the Freeman archives website is now available be […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/16/daily-freeman-new-york-ulster-launches-online-archive-of-thousands-of-historical-freeman-photos/

Long Island Press: Digital archive of Port News delivers 20th century history to your fingertips. “For three years, library archivists have been working to digitize over 115,000 pages of The Port News. Through the database on the public library website, anyone can read complete editions of the paper or search for articles based on keywords like a name or address.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/02/18/long-island-press-digital-archive-of-port-news-delivers-20th-century-history-to-your-fingertips/