Often remembered as being characterized by tunnels, dark of night escapes, coded language and hidey-holes, the Underground Railroad was far more extensive and complex than these ideas have led us…
The Underground Railroad Revisited Paul and Mary Liz Stewart, independent researchers and Scholars in Residence at Russell Sage College, bring their seminal research on the Underground Railroad movement to the…
Be our guests at our free event, planned and presented by the teen participants in our Young Abolitionists Leadership Institute, for a day of food, community, and history at the…
Employees of M&T Bank will volunteer their time at The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence on Tuesday, June 28 between 1pm-4pm. Anyone interested in joining in is welcome to do…
Young Abolitionist Leadership Institute 2022 (YALI 2022) is on! Twenty teens are assigned to work at The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence for 20 hours a week for 5 weeks!…
Checkout the website of Underground Railroad Consortium of NYS to learn more about what the collaborating partners are doing to bring New York State's abolition history forward. Podcasts, events,…
GRANT OPPORTUNITY FOR AN EARLY-CAREER PHOTOGRAPHER If you are in the early stages of actively building a career as a professional photographer and not enrolled in an academic program leading…
Experience an adult adventure in archaeology! Participate in a week-long dig at The Dr. Thomas Elkins property which is part of The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence Campus located in…
The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence will be closed on Monday, September 5. Regular public hours will resume on Tuesday, September 6. Thank you for your understanding.
Planning for FreedomCon 2023 has begun! Join this robust committee of enthusiastic volunteers as they look forward to 2023. Planning conversation hovers around transforming FreedomCon into FreedomFest - a family…
The Price of Half-Freedom is the story of the first free Black residents in what was to become New York and the events that led to their emancipation: a…
Join with UREC's Young Abolitionists in honor of Banned Books Week. In this especially contentious time when book content is being weaponized and fear mongering is a routinely used strategy…
