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Application Now Open for 2023 Round of the Shelby White & Leon Levy Archival Assistance Initiative Grants
February 23, 2023
Katie Heiserman, Jeffe Fellow
The New York Preservation Archive Project is pleased to announce that the application for the 2023 Shelby White & Leon Levy…
In Memoriam: Paul Gunther (1956-2022)
December 1, 2022
By Randall Bourscheidt I met Paul in July of 1978, when both of us started working at the New York…
In Memoriam: Lori Zabar (1955-2022)
December 1, 2022
By Lisa Ackerman Note: This supplements our initial note in the Spring/Summer 2022 issue. I do not remember where or…
In Memoriam: James Polshek (1930-2022)
December 1, 2022
By Sean Sawyer I met Jim Polshek in the summer of 1988. I had just graduated from Princeton with a…
In Memoriam: Frank Gilbert (1930-2022)
December 1, 2022
By Benjamin Baccash I had the privilege of interviewing Frank Gilbert on behalf of the Archive Project in May of…
In Memoriam: Christopher Moore (1952-2022)
December 1, 2022
By K.C. Matthews I consider former Landmarks Commissioner Christopher Moore, in many ways, the “Alex Haley” of the African American…
NYPAP News
December 1, 2022
New Oral Histories Oral Historian Sarah Dziedzic continues to conduct oral histories to add to the Archive Project’s collection. Dziedzic…
Joseph Mitchell The Preservationist – Known Chiefly as a Writer, He Also Served on the Landmarks Preservation Commission
December 1, 2022
By John C. Harris, Jeffe Fellow Joseph Mitchell reinvented the role of the reporter with his elaborate character studies. Works…
Archive Project Provides Archival Assistance Grants to Ten Groups – Small Grants Awarded to Improve Archival Stewardship and Access
December 1, 2022
By Brad Vogel, Executive Director In 2013, 2015, and 2017, the Archive Project awarded a number of archival assistance grants…
Honoring the 60th Anniversary of AGBANY’s Penn Station Picket – Archive Project Event Honors Veterans, Leaders of Famed Protest
December 1, 2022
By Brad Vogel, Executive Director On August 1, 2022, the eve of the 60th anniversary of the famed August 2,…