New York State Archives
The New York State Archives is a program of the State Education Department, with its main facility located in the Cultural Education Center on Madison Avenue in Albany. There it cares for and provides access to more than 200 million documents that tell the story of New York from the seventeenth century to the present.

Documenting LGBTQIA+ History in New York

Creating File Plans

Chinese American Pioneers Panel Discussion

Undercover and Unknown- Arnold, Andre and the Spies of the Lower Hudson

How a Bill Becomes a Law

Ambitious Waterway

Conflict, Commerce and Cooperation

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Email Management

The First Female State Paleontologist and Making Fossils Come to Life

Fun Festivities with Food for the 400

Disaster Response for the Records Manager

LGRMIF Grants Kickoff Meeting

The Black Woods: A Scheme of Justice and Benevolence on the Adirondack Frontier

Enslavement to Freedom Slavery and the Wheat Economy

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Erie Canal 200: Shaping New York's Past, Present & Future

Get Ready for LGRMIF 2025-2026

Keeping Up With COVID 19 - Maintaining Your Pandemic Records

All About AARCH: Saving Adirondack Architectural History

Meet the NYS Archivist: JR! Edition

Armories Around New York

Discovery in the Old Sea Gardens

The Witch of New York

Managing Oversized Maps, Plans and Drawings

Ask Us Anything About Archival Records

Treason of the Blackest Dye

Meet the New York State Archivist Brian Keough

Trailer for Treason of the Blackest Dye

Conducting an Inventory of Paper Records