Deadline: JULY 1, 2018

STUDENT RESEARCHAWARDS

Individual and group entries welcome. Three awards (grades 4-5, 6-8, and 9-12) will be presented in the Fall 2018.

To view the guidelines and application immediately, scan this code with your smart phone (you’ll need a barcode scanner app).An official entry form must accompany each application.

For official guidelines and an entry form:www.archives.nysed.gov click on: Education

New York State Archives9C49 Cultural Education CenterAlbany, New York 12230(518) 474-6926archedu@nysed.gov

These awards are supported by the Laura and Robert Chodos

endowment, private contributions, and special grants raised

by the New York State Archives Partnership Trust, a 501(c)(3)

non-profit organization committed to ensuring that New York

State Archives records are preserved and available for future

generations. The State Archives is a program of the New York

State Education Department in the Office of Cultural Education.

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All entrants must use historical records.Historical records are: Photographs • Letters • Diaries • Maps • Broadsides/posters • Deeds, and more Categories: Computer-based projects like websites, PowerPoint presentations, etc. • Exhibits Documentaries • Performances • Historic marker proposals • Research papers

Close-up view of a stairstep series of locks on the Erie Canal at Lockport, New York. In the foreground, a canal boat is pulled along the canal bank having just descended or waiting to ascend the locks. On the right, two teams of horses ascend the hill beside the locks. New York State Archives c. 1900