100 Years Of New York’s Local Government Historians Law

July 08, 2019 • 01:06:07
100 Years Of New York’s Local Government Historians Law
A New York Minute In History
100 Years Of New York’s Local Government Historians Law

Jul 08 2019 | 01:06:07

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Show Notes

One hundred years ago, on April 11, 1919, New York Governor Al Smith signed the “Historians Law.” The first law of its kind in the United States, the Historians Law allowed for every village, town, and city in the state to have an official historian to gather and preserve historical records. On this episode of […]
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