Researching New York: Perspectives on Empire State History Friday, November 19, 1999 Sponsored by the Department of History & History Graduate Student Organization University at Albany - SUNY

The conference will open with a workshop and discussion: From Attics to Archives: Locating Archival Resources in New York State. Lunch will be provided for all Conference participants and will provide an opportunity for those working on New York State history topics to informally discuss their work and share research strategies. See program below for details.

Registration: Conference registration is $15.00 and includes a light breakfast in the morning, a buffet lunch, and an informal reception to end the day. Advance registration is requested. The final conference program and all additional registration materials will be available the day of the conference. To register, send your check made out to UAS, Inc. to:

Researching New York Conference Registration
Department of History - Ten Broeck 105
University at Albany - SUNY
Albany, New York 12222

Getting to Albany: The Conference will be held on the University at Albany Uptown Campus. Directions to Albany, maps of the Campus and surrounding area, and a listing of nearby accomodations can be found on links from the University at Albany home page.

Parking: Conference attendees may park in the Campus Center Visitors Lot which is located east of the new library, near the Biology Building and the Indian Quad Dormitory, or in the Main Visitor Lot off Collins Circle on the Washington Avenue side of the campus. (See campus maps) Visitor fees for parking include a base fee of $1.00 plus $.50 for each additional hour, up to a maximum of $3.50 for the whole day.

For further information: If you have any questions, please contact us at history@csc.albany.edu or call 518-442-4488.

Conference Coordinators for Researching New York:

Laurie Kozakiewicz	Tod Ottman
Susan McCormick	Laura Wittern-Keller

From Attics to Archives: Locating Archival Resources in New York State

"Go East Young Scholars....to the New York State Archives!"
   Bill Evans & Jim Folts
   New York State Archives

"Public Policy, Criminal Justice, African Americans, and Women in the Northeast"
   Brian Keough, M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections and Archives
   University at Albany

"Labor and Business History Resources in New York State"
   Patrizia Sione, Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
   Cornell University

Chair, Gerald Zahavi, University at Albany

"Meet the People of Colonial Albany:
Innovative Approaches to Community History"

Facilitator: Hetty Jo Brumbach, University at Albany

"Engaging the Audience: Using Popular Music and Art to Captivate and Condition"
Stefan Bielinski, Colonial Albany Social History Project.

"Connecting People to History:
Interpreting History and Archaeology in a Public Environment"
Tricia Barbagallo, Hartgen Archaeological Associates.

"Bringing Albany to the World: The People of Colonial Albany Live Here"
Mary Beth Sullivan, Colonial Albany Social History Project.

Comment: Cornel Reinhart, Skidmore College, University Without Walls

Room: Campus Center Assembly Hall

"Patriotism and Citizenship on the New York State Home Front"

Facilitator: Tod Ottman, University at Albany

"Slacker Raiding and the Obligations of Citizenship:
Volunteer Draft Enforcement in New York City, 1917-1918"
Christopher Capozzola, Columbia University

"From Class Conflict to Ethnic Unity:
German-Americans in Rochester and World War II"
Brian Campbell, University of Rochester

"Fit for War?: Summer Camp and Schenectady Working Women, 1917"
Mollie Marchione, University at Albany

Comment: Dan S. White, University at Albany

Room: Campus Center Terrace Lounge

"New York State Local Histories: Methods and Sources"

Facilitator: Robert Dykstra, University at Albany

"Albany, New York and the Iroquoian Eviction"
Jeremiah Patrie, University at Albany

"Researching Wealth Distribution in Nineteenth Century New York:
Genesee County at Mid-Century"
Kathleen Smith Kutolowski, SUNY Brockport

"Researching New York: The Latina Perspective"
Rosann Santos, University at Albany

Comment: Richard Hamm, University at Albany

Room: Campus Center 375

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"Voicing New York:
Multimedia Approaches to New York State History"

Facilitator: Richard Hamm, University at Albany

"Listening to the Voices: The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire"
Jane Ladouceur, University at Albany

"Site and Sound: Presenting The Glovers of Fulton County"
Susan L. McCormick, University at Albany

Comment: David Phillips, Bennington College

Room: Campus Center Terrace Lounge

"Waterways of New York: Geography, Infrastructure, and Politics"

Facilitator: Ivan Steen, University at Albany, SUNY

"Waterways West: The Infrastructure of Inland Navigation before the Erie Canal"
Philip Lord, New York State Museum

"Assessing the Importance of the Barge Canal to the Political History of New York State"
Michael McCarthy, University at Albany

"New York '45: Portrait of a Port at Apogee"
Joseph Meany, State Historian of New York

Comment: Harvey Strum, The Sage Colleges

Room: Campus Assembly Hall

"Political Studies in Twentieth-Century New York"

Facilitator: Helen Desfosses, University at Albany; President, Albany Common Council

"Under the Cloak of Patriotism:
The Proportional Representation Campaigns in New York City, 1936-1947"
Daniel Prosterman, New York University
To learn more about Daniel Prosterman's work, go to: http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/history/public_history/PR

"The O'Connell/Corning Political Organization and the Albany Common Council 1945-1983"
Jennifer Lemak, University at Albany

"Crossing State Lines: The Conservative Party Outside of New York State, 1962-1968"
Timothy Sullivan, University of Maryland, College Park

Comment: Robert Wesser, University at Albany

Room: Campus Center 370

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"Twentieth-Century Labor in New York: Community Case Studies"

Facilitator: Susan L. McCormick, University at Albany

"New Unionism at the Grassroots:
The Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America in Rochester, New York, 1914-1929"
Christopher Martin, University of Rochester

"The New Deal on the Home Front: Sidney, New York 1939-1945"
David Richards, Binghamton University, SUNY

"Negotiating the National and the Local:
The 'Third-Camp Unionism' of Local 365 of the UAW-CIO and the Military, 1939-1945."
Joong-Jae Lee, New York University

Comment: Richard Greenwald, SUNY Orange

Room: Campus Center Terrace Lounge

"Race and Gender: Justice and Citizenship in New York"

Facilitator: Lauren Kozakiewicz, University at Albany

"Democratic Citizenship for Blacks?:
Fluctuating Perceptions of New York's African-American Population, 1821-1870"
Laura-Eve Moss, University of Connecticut, Storrs

"The Trial of William Freeman: Criminal Justice in Antebellum New York"
Andrew W. Arpey, University at Albany

"Women Opposed to Change: The Anti-Suffrage Movement in New York State"
Susan Goodier-Kalaf, University at Albany

Comment: Thomas O. Kelly, II, Siena College

Room: Campus Center Assembly Hall

"New York City Newspapers: Political and Financial Influences"

Facilitator and Comment: William Rainbolt, University at Albany

"Dollars and Sense: New York City Newspapers, Corporate Form, and Access to Capital."
Thorin Tritter, Columbia University

"The Inconsistencies of Ethnic Political Brokerage:
Generoso Pope and Italian-American Voters in New York City"
Stefano Luconi, University of Florence

Room: Campus Center 370

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