The markers documented in this series were created by a special initiative to commemorate the route that General Henry Knox used to conduct an artillery train and supplies from Fort Ticonderoga to Boston in the winter of 1775-1776. Record types include applications, articles, correspondence, and other records concerning the Knox Trail markers.
Creator
New York (State). Office of the State Historian
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There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
The series consists of log books of visitors attending celebrations of the 150th anniversary of the American Revolution. Volumes are labeled for Federal Hall, Philadelphia, and for Washington's Headquarters, Newburgh-on-the Hudson, during the Sesquicentennial International Exhibition. The records give visitor's name, address, and state or country; dates appear at the top of the page.
Creator
New York (State). State Commission of the Sesqui-Centennial International Exposition
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These files document the placement, with State financial aid, of hundreds of bronze tablets commemorating sites of historical significance in the colonial, revolutionary, or state formative periods. The files include financial application, historical importance of site, structure, person, or event commemorated and citation of sources for this information; description and sketch or plan of marker; text of inscription; and location of marker. The series does not contain information on the thousands of iron roadside markers erected under the same legislative appropriation.
Creator
New York (State). Education Department. Division of Archives and History
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Records relating to the celebration of the two hundredth anniversary of the birth of George Washington
Series Number
A0026
Summary
The Washington's Birthday Celebration Commission was a temporary state commission established to cooperate with the federal government in the celebration of the 200th anniversary of the birth of George Washington. The bulk of the series consists of reports of the state commission and a variety of pamphlets, magazine articles, illustrations, and newspaper clippings about George Washington. Also included are scores of letters to the state commission from citizens from around New York who were born on February 22nd.
Creator
Washington's Birthday Celebration Commission
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General files relating to observances of the 150th anniversary of the American Revolution and other events
Series Number
13912
Summary
This series contains correspondence, ephemera, reports, newspaper articles, questionnaires, and financial records of statewide observances related to the 150th anniversary of the American Revolution and Sullivan-Clinton Campaign of 1779. Other historical observances documented include the Albany Tercentenary; Battle of Plattsburgh Centennial; Battle of Sodus Point Memorial Dedication; Cooperstown Baseball Centennial; and Thaddeus Kosciuszko Memorial Dedication.
Creator
New York (State). Education Department. Division of Archives and History
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There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Correspondence files of the executive secretary of the Executive Committee on the 150th Anniversary of the American Revolution
Series Number
B0568
Summary
The Education Commissioner appointed the Executive Committee on the 150th Anniversary of the American Revolution to develop a plan for statewide observances of events that occurred during 1776 and 1777 in New York. This series consists of correspondence, clippings, programs and pamphlets relating to official state and local celebrations of the 150th anniversary of the American Revolution. Correspondence relates to planning, execution and participation of the committee in local observances, and placement of historical markers.
Creator
New York (State). Education Department. Division of Archives and History
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There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Photographs of observances of the 150th Anniversary of the American Revolution
Series Number
B0567
Summary
This series consists of photographs of observances of the 150th anniversary of the American Revolution held throughout the state. The photographs show reenactments of battles, plays, and other pageantry; pageant organizers, participants, and spectators; placement of historical markers; scenes of pageant locations; and include photographs of Charles A. Lindbergh. These observances or pageants depicted were part of the statewide celebration of the 150th anniversary of events in 1776 and 1777, authorized by the Legislature in 1926 and 1927.
Creator
New York (State). Education Department. Division of Archives and History
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Correspondence files of the Supervisor of Public Records and the Secretary of the Advisory Committee on the Commemoration of the Sullivan Campaign
Series Number
B0566
Summary
This series primarily consists of correspondence relating to the State's observance of the 150th anniversary of the punitive expedition led by General John Sullivan and General James Clinton against the Iroquois tribes in 1779. The records were compiled by Peter Nelson, Secretary of the Advisory Committee on the Commemoration of the Sullivan Campaign, a Committee established by the legislature in 1928.
Creator
New York (State). Education Department. Division of Archives and History
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There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.