NY Archives Update, Summer 2003 (Volume 1, Number 3)
Distributed by the Archives Partnership Trust (APT) and the New York
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1. CD Available - Author Michael Beschloss at New York State Archives
25th Anniversary Event
2. New York Archives - "The Biggest Playground on Earth" by Woody
Register
3. State Archives Awards $9 Million to Care for Public Records
4. State Archives Training Opportunities
5. Download Your Free Screensaver

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1. CD Available - Author Michael Beschloss at New York State Archives
25th Anniversary Event

A limited edition CD of "Presidential Leadership", a lecture by Michael
Beschloss, is available to Archives Partnership Trust members.

LISTEN TO BESCHLOSS REVEAL:
 - LBJ's maverick approach to politics
 - The campaigning skills of Adlai Stevenson
 - What the historical record tells us about the effects of Reagan's
Star Wars initiative

Click here for more information:
http://www.nysarchivestrust.org/apt/becomemember/index.shtml#CD



2. New York Archives - "The Biggest Playground on Earth" by Woody
Register

At the turn of the century, Coney Island's Luna Park was the first
modern amusement park, where pleasure, play, and having fun became a
billion-dollar business of smiles

Click here to view the full article that appears in the Summer 2003
issue of New York Archives magazine:
http://www.nysarchivestrust.org/apt/archivesmag/archivesmag_current.shtml#Feature



3. State Archives Awards $9 Million to Care for Public Records

Commissioner of Education Richard P. Mills has announced that a total
of 532 local governments and community organizations in the state will
receive $9 million in grants from the New York State Archives to care
for their public records.

Click here to view grant awards for 2003/2004:
http://iarchives.nysed.gov/LGDHP/lgdhpServlet?year=2004



4. State Archives Training Opportunities

The State Archives provides training and technical assistance to
address the records concerns of 75 state agencies, 4300 local
governments and 3000 community organizations around the state.

Click here for information on State Agency and Local Government
workshops:
http://www.archives.nysed.gov/a/nysaservices/nysaservices_training.shtml#salg

Click here for information on Documentary Heritage Program workshops:
http://www.archives.nysed.gov/a/nysaservices/nysaservices_training.shtml#sadhp



5. Download Your Free Screensaver!

Enjoy historic images from the New York State Archives' outstanding
collection of photographs.

Click here to download your screensaver:
http://www.nysarchives.org/g/screensaver/index.shtml


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