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Annette Gordon-Reed Honored by Archives Partnership Trust

Cultural Education Center 222 Madison Avenue, Albany, New York

The Empire State Archives and History Award acknowledges the outstanding contributions by a national figure to advance the understanding and uses of history in society. Honoree Annette Gordon-Reed is the…

Spaces of Danger: Navigating Freedom in the Mid-Hudson Valley

Underground Railroad Consortium of NYS 194 Livingsston Avenue, Albany, NY

Across the vast expanse of the Atlantic Ocean and North America, enslaved Africans lived their lives under constant threat to themselves and their families. Even for free men and women,…

New York and the Illegal Slave Trade During the Civil War Era

Hudson River Maritime Museum 50 Rondout Landing, Kingston, NY

New York was the last slaving port in the Americas. Long after Congress banned the trade, hundreds of ships were leaving the wharfs of Manhattan bound for the African coast.…

The Rise and Fall of the Florence Settlement

Virtual via Zoom

A panel of researchers, Jessica Harney of the Camden Central School District, Matthew Kirk, Principal Investigator/VP Hartgen Archeological Associates, Inc. and Charles E. Vandrei, Agency Historic Preservation Officer, Archaeologist, Division of Lands and Forests, NYSDEC, will provide an introductory presentation on the Florence Settlement, a settlement…

The FreeTHEM Walk

The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence 194 Livingston Avenue, Albany, NY, United States

Coming to The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence on Friday, Mary 28!   The FreeTHEM Walk-ers recognize that human trafficking is modern-day slavery, and there are many victims in the…

Gardening Enthusiasts – your help is requested

The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence 194 Livingston Avenue, Albany, NY, United States

  Do you like to dig in the dirt? Water the plants and watch them thrive? Revel in the beauty of food and flowering plants gracing their raised beds? Then…

Myers Residence Library Development Team

The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence 194 Livingston Avenue, Albany, NY, United States

Join with a highly skilled librarian and volunteers in bringing The Myers Residence Library to life! Numerous books have been donated over time and they need to be catalogued so…

Gardening Enthusiasts – your help is requested

The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence 194 Livingston Avenue, Albany, NY, United States

Do you like to dig in the dirt? Water the plants and watch them thrive? Revel in the beauty of food and flowering plants gracing their raised beds? Then the…

Work Party time!

The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence 194 Livingston Avenue, Albany, NY, United States

Put on the garden gloves, pick up the rake, and off you go! Would you prefer to work with clippers or a shovel? How about a lawn mower or pitch…