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Above: Riders read their morning newspapers on New York's subway en route to work, on April 1, 1963 after the end of the city's 114-day newspaper strike; Courtesy of AP Photo/Jacob Harris

NYPAP News

Announcing the 2024 Shelby White & Leon Levy Archival Assistance Initiative Grant Awardees

August 1, 2024

By Emily R. Kahn, Executive Director The time has come to announce the third cohort of Shelby White & Leon…

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Board Member Spotlight: Matt Dellinger

May 30, 2024

By Matt Dellinger I joined the board of the New York Preservation Archive Project just over a year ago, after…

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Frances Goldin and the Moses Threat to Cooper Square

May 30, 2024

By Katie Heiserman, Jeffe Fellow “When Robert Moses came to the Lower East Side, we were really ready for him….

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Preservation Spotlight: Historical Society of the New York Courts

May 30, 2024

By Adrian Untermyer, Board Member New York’s courts are in the business of making preservation history. From hosting two “trials…

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The Archive Project Squared: Looking Inwards at Our Institutional Archives

May 30, 2024

By Caroline Williams, Project Archivist My experience with the New York Preservation Archive Project began in my hometown of Baltimore,…

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Application Now Open for 2024 Round of the Shelby White & Leon Levy Archival Assistance Initiative Grants

March 7, 2024
Katie Heiserman, Jeffe Fellow

  The New York Preservation Archive Project is pleased to announce that the application for the 2024 Shelby White & Leon…

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Apply for the 2024 Reisinger Scholarship

January 4, 2024

The New York Preservation Archive Project is seeking a graduate student in historic preservation, public history, archives, or a related…

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2023 Shelby White & Leon Levy Archival Assistance Initiative Grant Awardees

December 28, 2023

By Emily R. Kahn, Executive Director From the 2023 Newsletter The New York Preservation Archive Project originally presented Archival Assistance…

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In Memoriam: Joan Kaplan Davidson (1927-2023)

November 30, 2023

By Anthony C. WoodFrom the 2023 Newsletter The death of Joan Kaplan Davidson brought forth a wonderful chorus of tributes…

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In Memoriam: Cervin Robinson (1928-2022)

November 30, 2023

By James Addiss From the 2023 Newsletter The architectural photographer and historian Cervin Robinson died peacefully in his home in…

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