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New York State History

New York State History

 

 a classified list of links to online resources

 

          See also separate web pages for:   Counties of New York State

                                                                  Cities of New York State

                                                                  Governors of New York State [& Colony]

                                                                  New York City and its Borough (County) Histories    

                                    

General

-- Classic NYS Histories & Classic Historic Document Collections 

              [nearly all full-text, searchable, downloadable]

  • See also classics under more specific headings below, for example:  
    • under "History - Revolution, 1775-1783":
      • New York in the Revolution as Colony and State, vols. 1-2
    • under  "Canals":
      • History of the Canal System of the State of New York

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Adirondack Mountains

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African-American History, Abolitionism, & Slavery

        See also   Burned-Over District (Western NYS)

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Allegheny Plateau

       See also  Southern Tier

Aviation History

Broadsides

         See also  Music

  • Broadsides (Excelsior:  New York State Library/Archives/Museum Catalog.  Digital Collections.  New York State Library Scanned Publications Collection)
  • Teaching with Broadsides [video] (New York State Archives)

Burned-Over District (Western NYS)

       See also   African-American History

                       Slavery, Abolitionism, & the Underground Railroad

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Canals 

        See also  Transportation

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Capitol Building

Catskill Mountains

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Censes

        See also  Genealogy

 

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  • Census - New York State  (New York State Library) - note some links (usually the earliest years) work, to many link, as yet, to no viewable document
  • New York  (United States.  Census Bureau.  Mapstats)
  • New York Region (United States.  Census Bureau.  Regional Offices)

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----  General

----  1683-1925

----  1790

----  1790-1830  

----  1790-1925

---- 1790-1980

---- 1800

----  1810

----  1820

----  1830

----  1840

----  1850

----  1855-1925

----  1860

----  1870-1925

----  1890

----  1892

----  1920

----  1930

----  1960

----  1970

----  1980

----  1990

----  2000

Cities

       See   Cities of New York State  web page

                New York City and Its Boroughs  web page

       See also   Counties of New York State

                       Long Island Villages - Nassau

                               under  Glen Cove, NY and Long Beach, NY 

               

Colleges and Universities (Higher Education)

 

       Note:  Most of the college and university history pages (below) have links to the home page of that institution, often accessible by clicking on the institution name or logo in the upper left corner; from which additional information on the institution and its offerings is available 

 

--  General

-- Adelphi University

--  Adirondack Community College  (State University of New York / SUNY)

-- University at Albany  (State University of New York / SUNY)

-- Alfred University

  • About AU  (Alfred University)
  • History (New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University.  State University of New York / SUNY)

--  Bard College

--  Barnard College

--  Baruch College (City University of New York / CUNY)

-- Berkeley College

--  Binghamton University (State University of New York / SUNY)

--  Borough of Manhattan Community College / BMCC  (City University of New York / CUNY)

--  College at Brockport (State University of New York / SUNY)

--  Bronx Community College  (City University of New York / CUNY)

--  Brooklyn College  (City University of New York / CUNY)

--  Broome Community College  (State University of New York / SUNY)

--  Buffalo State College  (State University of New York / SUNY)

--  University at Buffalo (State University of New York / SUNY)

  • About UB  (State University of New York at Buffalo.  University at Buffalo)

--  Canisius College

--  College at Canton  (State University of New York / SUNY)

--  Cayuga County Community College  (State University of New York / SUNY)

--  Cazenovia College

--  Clarkson University

-- Clinton Community College  (State University of New York / SUNY)

--  College at Cobleskill  (State University of New York / SUNY)

--  Colgate University

--  College at Cortland (State University of New York / SUNY)

  • History (State University of New York.  College at Cortland.  About Us)

--  City College of New York (CCNY)

--  College at Cobleskill  (State University of New York / SUNY)

--  Columbia University in the City of New York

--  Columbia-Greene Community College  (State University of New York / SUNY)

--  Cornell University

--  Cornell University.  College of Agriculture and Life Sciences  (State University of New York

             / SUNY)

--  Cornell University.  College of Human Ecology  (State University of New York / SUNY)

  • History  (The College.  About.  Facts)

--  Cornell University.  College of Veterinary Medicine  (State University of New York / SUNY)

--  Cornell University.  ILR  [Industrial and Labor Relations] School  (State University of New

           York / SUNY)

--  College at Delhi  (State University of New York / SUNY)

--  Corning Community College  (State University of New York / SUNY)

--  Downstate Medical Center  (State University of New York / SUNY)

--  Dutchess Community College  (State University of New York / SUNY)

--  Empire State College  (State University of New York / SUNY)

--  Erie Community College  (State University of New York / SUNY)

--  College of Environmental Science and Forestry  (State University of New York / SUNY)

--  Farmingdale State College  (State University of New York / SUNY)

--  Fashion Institute of Technology [FIT]  (State University of New York / SUNY)

--  Finger Lakes Community College  (State University of New York / SUNY)

  • Presidents  (The College.  Charles J. Meder Library.  Archives)

--  College at Fredonia  (State University of New York / SUNY)

--  Fulton-Montgomery Community College (State University of New York / SUNY)

--  Genesee Community College (State University of New York / SUNY)

--  College at Geneseo  (State University of New York / SUNY)

  • History (State University of New York at Geneseo)

--  The Graduate Center (City University of New York / CUNY)

--  Graduate School of Journalism (City University of New York / CUNY) 

--  Herkimer County Community College  (State University of New York / SUNY)

--  Hostos Community College  (City University of New York / CUNY)

--  Hudson Valley Community College  (State University of New York / SUNY)

--  Hunter College (City University of New York / CUNY)

--  Institute of Technology at Utica / Rome  (State University of New York / SUNY)

--  Iona College

--  Ithaca College

--  Jamestown Community College  (State University of New York / SUNY)

--  Jefferson Community College (State University of New York / SUNY)

--  John Jay College of Criminal Justice  (City University of New York / CUNY)

--  Julliard School

--  Kingsborough Community College  (City University of New York / CUNY)

--  LaGuardia Community College  (City Universoty of New York / CUNY)

--  Lehman College  (City University of New York / CUNY)

--  Manhattanville College

--  Medgar Evers College  (City University of New York / CUNY)

--  Mohawk Valley Community College  (State University of New York / SUNY)

--  Monroe Community College  (State University of New York / SUNY)

  • Campuses  (The College.  College and Community Relations.  About MCC)
  • History  (The College.  College and Community Relations.  About MCC)

--  College at Morrisville  (State University of New York / SUNY)

--  Nassau Community College  (State University of New York / SUNY)

--  Campus at New Paltz  (State University of New York / SUNY)

--  New York City College of Technology  (City University of New York / CUNY)

--  Niagara Community College  (State University of New York / SUNY)

--  North Country Community College  (State University of New York / SUNY)

-- College at Old Westbury  (State University of New York / SUNY)

-- College at Oneonta  (State University of New York / SUNY)

--  Onondaga Community College  (State University of New York / SUNY)

--  College of Optometry  (State University of New York / SUNY)

--  SUNY Orange  (State University of New York / SUNY)  [community college]

--  College at Oswego  (State University of New York / SUNY)

--  College at Plattsburgh  (State University of New York / SUNY)

--  C.W. Post Campus  (Long Island University / LIU)

--  College at Potsdam  (State University of New York / SUNY)

--  Purchase College  (State University of New York / SUNY)

  • History  (The College.  About Purchase)

--  Queens College  (City University of New York / CUNY)

--  Queensboprough Community College  (City University of New York / CUNY)

--  Rockland Community College  (State University of New York / SUNY)

--  Schenectady County Community College  (State University of New York / SUNY)

--  School of Law  (City University of New York / CUNY)

--  Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education  (City University of New York / CUNY)

--  College of Staten Island  (City University of New York / CUNY)

  • About CSI  (City University of New York.  College of Staten Island)

--  Stony Brook University  (State University of New York / SUNY)

--  Suffolk County Community College  (State University of New York / SUNY)

--  Sullivan County Community College  (State University of New York / SUNY)

--  SUNY Learning Network (State University of New York / SUNY)

--  SUNY Maritime College  (State University of New York / SUNY [at Ft. Schuyler])

--  SUNYUlster  (State University of New York / SUNY)  -- community college

--  Tompkins-Cortland Community College [TC3]  (State University of New York / SUNY)

--  United State Merchant Marine Academy

--  United States Military Acdemy  (The Academy, West Point, NY)

--  Upstate Medical University  (State University of New York / SUNY)

--  Vassar College

--  Webb Institute

--  Westchester Community College  (State University of New York / SUNY)

--  York College  (City University of New York / CUNY)

Counties

          See   Counties of New York State  web page

          See also  New York City and Its Borough (County) Histories web page

                         Long Island Counties web page

                         Suffolk County History  web page

 

Environmental history

Famous New York Staters

Federalists and Anti-Federalists  (New York's debate over ratification of the U.S. Constitution)

       See also   Hamilton, Alexander

                       Jay, John

                       Legal History

                       Madison, James

Forts and fortifications

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Genealogy

       See also  Censes

                      History -- Colonial Period, ca. 1600-1775

                                        under  -- Dutch Colony [New Netherland, later New Belgium]

Geology

Government

Historians

Historical Societies

History -- Colonial Period, Ca. 1600-1775

         See also  Long Island-related web pages

                       under  Colonial Period, ca. 1600-1775  (where it occurs, and in general histories)

 

-- General

-- Dutch Colony [New Netherland, 1609-1664; and New Belgium, 1673-1674]

          See also   Forts and Fortifications

                          History - Kieft's War, 1643-1645

                          History - Anglo Dutch Wars, 1652-1784

                          History - Anglo-Dutch War, First, 1652-1654

                          History - Esopus War, First, 1659-1660

                          History - Esopus War, Second, 1663

                          History - New Sweden, Dutch Conquest of, 1664

                          History - Anglo-Ducth War, Second, 1664-1667

                          History - Anglo-Dutch War, Third, 1672-1674

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-- New Sweden

-- English Proprietary & Royal Colony

            See also  Forts and Fortifications (above)

                           History - Anglo-Dutch War, Second, 1664-1667

                           History - Anglo-Dutch War, Third, 1672-1674

                           History - King William's War, 1689-1697

                           History - Queen Anne's War, 1702-1713

                           History - King George's War, 1744-1748

                           History - French and Indian War, 1754-1763

                           Manors (below)

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-- New France (in what is today New York)

           See also  King William's War, 1689-1697

                          Queen Anne's War, 1792-1713

                          King George's War, 1744-1748

                          French and Indian War, 1754-1763

History - Kieft's War, 1643-1645

History - Anglo-Dutch Wars, 1652-1784

History - Anglo-Dutch War, First, 1652-1654

History - Esopus War, First, 1659-1660

History - Esopus War, Second, 1663  [Peach War]

History - Anglo-Dutch War, Second, 1664-1667  [British conquest of New Netherland]

History - Anglo-Dutch War, Third, 1672-1674  [Dutch Reconquest of New Belgium]

History - [Glorious Revolution, Leisler's Rebellion, &] King William's War, 1689-1697

History - New York-New Jersey Line War, 1701-1765

History - Queen Anne's War, 1702-1713

History - King George's War, 1744-1748

History - French and Indian War, 1754-1763

 

-- General

-- Albany Plan of Union, 1754  [a Proposed confederation of the Colonies]

-- Indian Diplocacy and Participation

--  Irregular Warfare

-- Lake George, Battle of, 1755

--  German Flatts, Raid on, 1757

-- Ft. William Henry, Siege of, 1757

-- Snoeshoes, Battle on, 1758

-- Campaign of 1759, Amherst's 

-- Plains of Abraham [Quebec], Battle of, 1759

-- Campaign of 1760

  • Campaign of 1760 (Parks Canada = Parcs Canada.  Fort Lennox National Historic Site of Canada.  Natural Wonders and Historic Treasures)

-- St. Foy, Battle of, 1760

-- Montreal, Siege of, 1760

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History - Revolution, 1775-1783

 

-- General

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-- Sons of Liberty

-- Travel Guides

-- Kingston, NY, as State Capital

-- New York City

-- U.S. Declaration of Independence,  New York Signers, 1776

-- New York State, 1st Constitution, 1777

-- Fort Ticonderoga, Assault and Capture of, 1775

-- Long Island [Brooklyn], Battle of, 1776

--  Harlem Heights, Battle of, 1776

-- Throg's (Frog's) Neck, British Landing at, 1776

-- Pelham [or Pell's Point], Battle of, 1776

-- Fort Washington, Battle of, 1776

-- Valcour Island, Battle of, 1776

-- White Plains, Battle of, 1776

-- Fort Ticonderoga, British Recapture of, [July 6,] 1777

-- Bennington, Battle of, 1777

-- Fort Anne, Battle of, 1777

-- Forts Clinton (Bear Mountain) and Montgomery, Assaults on, [October 6,] 1777

-- Fort Stanwix, Campaign, 1776-1777

-- Fort Stanwix {Ft. Schuyler], Siege and Battle of, [August 3- 22,] 1777

--  Oriskany, Battle of, 1777

-- Saratoga, Battles of, 1777

--  Saratoga, Campaign, 1777

-- Scalping

--  Cherry Valley Massacre, 1778

-- German Flatts, Massacre of, 1778

-- Sullivan-Clinton Campaign, 1779  [against the Iroquois aligned with Gtreat Britain]

-- Newtown, Battle of, 1779

-- Secret Service

-- Stony Point, Battle of, [July 15,] 1779

-- New Windsor Cantonment, 1782-1783

-- Newburgh, NY

-- Newburgh Address, 1783

History, 1783-1815

History - War of 1812

History, 1815-1865

        See also  Canals

History - Texas War of Independence, 1836

History - Anti-Rent War, 1845-1846

History - Mexican War, 1846-1848

History - Civil War, 1861-1865

History - Spanish-American War, 1898

History - World War, 1914-1918

History - World War, 1939-1945

History - Korean War, 1950-1953

History - Vietnam War, 1965-1975

History, MIlitary [general]

       See also      Forts and Fortifications

                          History - [name of a war]

                          History - [historical period]

  • Congressional Medal of Honor Recipients Affiliated with New York (New York State.  Division of Military and Naval Affairs.  Military Museum and Veterans' Research Center) - scan down the page for a series of links, by war
  • Links by Conflict (New York State.  Division of Military and Naval Affairs.  Military Museum and Veterans' Research Center)
  • Long and Faithful Service Decoration (New York State.  Division of Military and Naval Affairs.  Military Museum and Veterans' Research Center)  
  • Military Records in the State Archives (New York State Archives & Records Administration)
  • New York State Military Heritage Institute (The Institute)
  • New York State Military Museum and Veterans' Research Center (New York State.  Division of Military and Naval Affairs) -- Exhibits, articles, events, historic flags, curriculum material (in early planning stages), historic forts (searchable by name or historic period), NYS military heraldry (patches and insignia), pictures (by historic period), press release, research center (digitized NYS Adjutant General's Reports, for various years, 1846-1955; digital issues of New York National Guardsman, Ap 1924-Ag 1940; Register of Officers Whose Service Terms Expired Prior to Jan. 1, 1858 [searchable], Genealogy Resources (links), Researching Civil War Soldiers and Regiments:  A Resource Guide; Finding Aids (archival collections of 2 armories [Buffalo and Malone, NY] and for the 69th Regiment); Unit History Project (viewable by war, or searchable by unit number); Related History Links; and links to various NYS Military Agencies.
  • New York State Unit History Project (New York State.  Division of Military and Naval Affairs.  Military Museum and Veterans' Research Center)

Hudson, Henry

Hudson River School (of Art)

Hudson River Valley

Huguenot history

Indians (pre--history and history)

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Inventors

Jay, John

        See also   Federalists and Anti-Federalist Debate (on Ratification of the U.S. Constitution)

                        Legal History

Jell-O

Labor history

Legal history

Libraries & library history

Lighthouses

Literary history

 

Long Island history

  • Long Island History [web page]  (Patchogue-Medford Library.  Celia M. Hastings Local History Room) 

Maps

Medical history

Military history

        See   History, Military

        See also     Forts and Fortifications

                          History - [name of a war]

                          History - [historical period]

 

Mountains

Museums [in general]

Music

Niagara Falls

New York City and its Boroughs  web page

         See also   Cities of New York State   web pages (for the other other cities of N.Y.S.)  

 

Oneida Community

  • Oneida (Yale University.  Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library)
  • Oneida Community, by Randall Hillebrand (New York History Net)

Pirates, Privateers, Smugglers

Place Names

Prisoners and Prisons

Prohibition

Regions (of New York State)

Slavery, Abolitionism, & the Underground Railroad

        See also   African-American History

                           Burned-Over District

                           History - Civil War, 1861-1865

Southern Tier

        See also  Allegheny Plateau

Thousand Islands

Towns

Transportation History

         See also  Canals

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Tug Hill Plateau

United Nations

         See also  New York City & Its Boroughs  web page

                                under  New York County (Manhattan)

U.S. Constitutional Debate & Ratification

Utopian Communities (see also Oneida Community and Burned-Over District)

U.S. Presidents, First Ladies, Vice Presidents, & Supreme Court Justices (from NYS)

         See also  Governors

 

-- U.S. First Ladies (from NYS)

-- U.S. Presidents (from NYS)

           See also   Governors

-- U.S. Supreme Court Justices (from NYS)

-- U.S. Vice-Presidents (from NYS)

Villages

Wine and Winemaking (Oeniculture)

 

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Women's History and Women's Suffrage

        See also     African-American History, Abolitionism, & Slavery

                          Burned-Over District (Western NYS)     

 

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