Research

The State Archives will be closed on the following days:

Welcome to the Research Room

The Research Room is a facility for using materials belonging to the New York State Archives and the State Library - Manuscripts & Special Collections, which are part of the New York State Education Department, Office of Cultural Education.

This is a sample successful general application (with the personal "Applicant Information" section removed) to help guide other applicants as they prepare their applications.

Project Title

Systems of Long-Term Care for the Aged and Chronically Ill in New York State, 1940-1970 

2025 Award Recipients

Robert Coatsworth, PhD Candidate, Sorbonne University – Paris.
"The Ethnographic Contributions of Anne MacVicar Grant: Insights into Colonial New York and Native American Tribes in the Mid-Eighteenth Century."

Aidan Collins, Ph.D. University of London and Newcastle University, UK.
"The Equitable Jurisdiction of the New York Court of Chancery, 1683-1800."

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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