Blog | Documentary Heritage and Preservation Services for New York

Thu, 03/08/2018

FOCUS ON: Archival Needs Assessments

Since fall 2016, DHPSNY has awarded Archival Needs Assessments, Preservation Surveys, Condition Surveys, and Strategic Planning assistance to over fifty organizations. With this year's first Planning & Assessment applica…

Wed, 02/28/2018

Legal Issues Webinar Recording Now Available

This week's webinar, Legal Issues: Old Loans and Unknown Sources, was a very detailed look at the steps New York-based institutions must legally take to deal with holdings such as abandoned property and materials "found…

Tue, 02/27/2018

FOCUS ON: Preservation Surveys

Since fall 2016, DHPSNY has provided Archival Needs Assessments, Preservation Surveys, Condition Surveys, and Strategic Planning assistance to over fifty organizations. With our first Planning & Assessment application de…

Mon, 02/26/2018

Housing Material Basics Webinar Recording Now Available

If you missed last week's webinar, Housing Material Basics, a recording is available here and on our Resources page. DHPSNY Preservation Specialist Gillian Marcus led this presentation, which defined common terminology a…

Wed, 02/21/2018

FOCUS ON: Strategic Planning

Since fall 2016, DHPSNY has provided Archival Needs Assessments, Preservation Surveys, Condition Surveys, and Strategic Planning Assistance to over fifty organizations. With our first Planning & Assessment application de…

Thu, 02/15/2018

Interview: Empire State Aerosciences Museum

In DHPSNY’s first Planning & Assessment round of 2017, we received an archival needs assessment application that particularly caught our eye. The name at the top was the Empire State Aerosciences Museum, and the Museum’s…

Wed, 02/14/2018

Announcing 2018 Workshops!

Happy Valentine’s Day from everyone at DHPSNY! Our gift to you this year is a lovely assortment of new workshops for 2018, presented in 15 locations throughout New York State. As always, DHPSNY's education programs are p…

Wed, 02/07/2018

Mold Prevention Webinar Recording Now Available

Earlier this week, DHPSNY Preservation Specialist Gillian Marcus presented Mold: Prevention, Detection, and Response, perhaps our grossest webinar since Gillian's Pest Management presentation last year. This webinar iden…

Tue, 02/06/2018

NYSL Invites You to #ColorOurCollections

All this week, our partners at the New York State Library, along with libraries and special collections around the world, invite you to #ColorOurCollections. This annual coloring fest encourages both children and adults…

Thu, 01/25/2018

Cold and Frozen Storage Webinar Recording Now Available

Thanks to everyone who attended yesterday's webinar, Demystifying Cold and Frozen Storage, presented by Barbara Lemmen, Senior Photograph Conservator at CCAHA. This was a very popular session, packed with details on how…

Tue, 01/23/2018

Reminder: Planning & Assessment Services Applications Now Open

Just before the holidays, we announced our first Planning & Assessment Services application period of 2018. DHPSNY accepts applications year-round, with three review deadlines scheduled throughout the year in the spring,…

Thu, 01/18/2018

Interview: Rockefeller Archive Center

For the latest chat in our ongoing series, we caught up with Robert Clark, Director of Archives at the Rockefeller Archive Center in Sleepy Hollow, Westchester County. The Archive Center houses a number of historic colle…