2008
The 29th Conference on New York State History
June 5–7 2008 Skidmore College Saratoga Springs
Sponsored by
New York State
Historical Association
In collaboration with
New
York State Archives Partnership Trust
Co-sponsored by
New
York Council for the Humanities
9:00 AM–9:30 PM
Registration Palamountain Lobby
Advance Registration Required
County/Borough Historians’ Workshop
Davis Auditorium
Robert W. Arnold, New York State Archives (retired)
Carol Kammen, Tompkins County Historian
A forum for discussion of your positions, and a storehouse
of ideas for furthering your role as mentors to the municipal
historians in your counties. The morning will cover the
state’s requirements and your responsibilities. Over lunch
successful projects and research interests will be exchanged.
In the afternoon we will focus on the complexity and use of
documents in every court house, with a packet of sample
materials.
Educators’ Workshop
Gannett Auditorium
Sponsored by the Upstate History Alliance
Building Bridges: Making Historical Records Relevant in the
Classroom
Jenny Rosenzweig, Program Coordinator Upstate History Alliance
As New York State educators work to meet the needs of their
students while simultaneously being concerned with state
education standards and testing, New York’s cultural
organizations are also working to develop programming and
resources that will prove to be relevant in the classroom
experience.
This workshop, organized by the Upstate History Alliance, will
help to bridge the gap between teachers and their
community’s cultural organizations. Participants of this
full day workshop will walk away with:
• A better understanding of the New York State Standards
for Education • An inside perspective from a teacher • In
depth knowledge of some of the leading programs offered by New
York’s cultural organizations • Hands on experience in
working to develop education programs that meet needs of
students, teachers, and cultural organizations This workshop
is for both teachers and museum educators. Together we will
work to develop meaningful educational experiences for New
York’s students.
3:30–5:00
Methodology Sessions (Limited to 24 participants)
101 Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Practicum
Harder Hall 101
• Robert Jones, Skidmore College
Learn how to work with historic maps in new ways, manipulating
them and interpreting the results to shed new light on your
community’s history.
102 Primary Sources in Teaching and Learning
Emerson Auditorium
• Preston E. Pierce, DHP Regional Archivist and Ontario
County Historian
A practical session for teachers and others, Dr. Pierce’s
session will emphasize use of the internet to access primary
resources useful in teaching New York history.
103 Using Census Manuscripts for Immigration Studies
Davis Auditorium
• Thomas Hyder, Smithtown Central School District
(retired)
Using digital and primary resources, Mr. Hyder has developed a
research project for high school American history students to
do in their study of early twentieth century immigration. The
focus is on the impact of immigration on local history – in
this case Cortland, N.Y.
Fees: see Registration form. Limited to 35 participants.
Walking Tour of Congress Park
Field Horne, Conference Chair
Meet at 5:30 sharp in the Greek Revival spring pavilion near
the park entrance.
Walking Tour of North Broadway
James Kettlewell Skidmore College (emeritus)
Meet at 5:30 sharp at the college’s main gate.
6:30–8:00 Dinner on your own.
201 Oral History Partnerships and Confluence
Davis Auditorium
• Philip F. Napoli, Brooklyn College CUNY
• Alison Cornyn, Picture Projects
• Sady Sullivan, Brooklyn Historical Society
Comment: Ellen McHale, New York Folklore Society
7:30 AM–5:30 PM Registration Palamountain Lobby
8:00 AM–5:30 PM Conference Exhibits Palamountain Lobby
301 Twentieth Century Topics
Gannett Auditorium
HAROLD MOORE AND THE CREATION OF THE NCAA
• Denis Brennan, Union College
PERCEPTIONS OF CHARISMATIC AUTHORITY IN THE NEW YORK PRESS IN
THE 1932
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN
• Devan Bissonette, SUNY Binghamton
Comment: Daniel Nathan, Skidmore College
302 Crime, Communities, and Incarceration
Davis Auditorium
THE MAGDALEN ASYLUM AND THE SOCIAL CAMPAIGN AGAINST
PROSTITUTION
• Amy Godfrey, Waubonsee Community College
THE PRISONERS OF THE NEW YORK STATE PRISON, 17971828
• Jonathan Nash, SUNY Albany
Comment: Richard Hamm, SUNY Albany
303 Welfare
Emerson Auditorium
“ON THE EDGE OF TOWN”: ALMSHOUSES IN WESTERN NEW YORK
• Reid Dunlavey, Museum of disABILITY History
COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CARE THROUGH EARLY POLITICAL ADVOCACY
• Edwin A. Mirand and Donald L. Trump, Roswell Park
Cancer Institute
Comment: Bonita Weddle, New York State Archives
9:45—10:15 Break
401 Immigration
Gannett Auditorium
ITALIAN-AMERICAN IMMIGRANT THEATRE IN NEW YORK CITY
• Emelise Aleandri, Old-Time Italian American Music and
Theatre Company
THE MEXICAN DIASPORA IN NEW YORK CITY: HISTORICAL CHANGES IN
MIGRATION AND LATINIZATION
• David A. Badillo, Lehman College
THE WRECKS OF THE BRISTOL AND THE MEXICO
• Arthur S. Mattson, Lynbrook Village Historian
Comment: Margaret Lynch Brennan, New York State Education
Department (retired)
402 Transportation
Davis Auditorium
NEW YORK ROAD BUILDING AND THE AMERICAN STATE, 1880-1956
• Michael R. Fein, Johnson and Wales University
NEW YORK AND THE OPENING OF THE ERIE CANAL
• Caroline Fuchs, Mina Reese Library/CUNY
TOURISM’S ROLE IN BUILDING NEW YORK’S FIRST RAILROADS
• Richard Gassan, American University of Sharjah
Comment: Thomas Chambers, Niagara University
403 Native Americans
Emerson Auditorium
CHANGING MOHAWK SETTLEMENT PATTERNS AND SUBSISTENCE
STRATEGIES, 16301715
• Kelly Hopkins, University of Houston
THE FOUR WESTERN NATIONS OF THE IROQUOIS LEAGUE AND EUROPEAN
CONTACT, 16071634
• Jon Parmenter, Cornell University
WAPPINGER KINSHIP ASSOCIATIONS: DANIEL NIMHAM’S FAMILY TREE
• J. Michael Smith, Independent Scholar
Comment: Lawrence Hauptman, SUNY New Paltz
404 Religion
Bolton 280
CONVERSION AS PROCESS: CATHERINE LIVINGSTON GARRETTSON’S
SEARCH FOR SANCTIFICATION
• Rachel Cope, Syracuse University
THE SING SING CAMP MEETINGS
• John W. Fried, Columbia University
THE SISTERS OF CHARITY: NAVIGATING POLITICS AND GENDER ALONG
THE HUDSON
• Sara Dwyer McNulty, Marist College
Comment: Eric Roth, Huguenot Historical Association
Martin Bruegel Institut National de la Recherche
Agronomique, France
An Acceptable Refreshment: Eating and Drinking in the Hudson
Valley, 1780-1860
Murray-Aikins Dining Hall, Second Floor
501 Recreation
Gannett
THE DEVELOPMENT OF SALTWATER RECREATIONAL FISHING ON LONG
ISLAND
• Elizabeth Pillsbury, Columbia University
FISHING AND HUNTING NEW YORK CITY’S CATSKILL WATERS AND
LANDS
• David Soll, Brandeis University
Comment: Edythe Ann Quinn, Hartwick College
502 Alcohol
Davis
IROQUOIS TEMPERANCE SOCIETIES: FACING MODERNITY
• Thomas J. Lappas,
Nazareth College
RUM RUNNING/BOOTLEGGING GUIDE TO MANHATTAN, 1920-33
• Ellen McKenzie Lawson, Independent Scholar
Comment: Denis Foley, SUNY Institute of Technology
503 Books
Emerson
WHY MATHEW CAREY CHOSE NEW YORK CITY FOR THE FIRST AMERICAN
BOOK FAIR
• Melissa Hancock, Independent Scholar
CRAFTING AUTHORITY: CHANCELLOR KENT AND HIS LIBRARY
• Daniel Hulsebosch, New York University School of Law
Comment: Nicholas Westbrook, Fort Ticonderoga
504 Weeksville: Black and Green, Two Centuries of
Sustainability
Bolton 280
WEEKSVILLE: A HISTORY OF SANCTUARY, SELF-DETERMINISM,
INDEPENDENCE AND ACTIVISM
• Jennifer Scott, Weeksville Heritage Center
GREEN WEEKSVILLE
• Elissa Blount Moorhead, Weeksville Heritage Center
Comment: David Stradling, University of Cincinnati
2:45—3:15 Break
601 Seventeenth Century New York
Gannett
THE ENGLISHMEN WHO SIGNED PELL’S 1654 “TREATY”
•Blake A. Bell, Pelham Town Historian
WHY DID THE ENGLISH CAPTURE NEW NETHERLAND-
•Megan Lindsay, Yale University
Comment: Dennis Maika, Fox Lane High School
602 African Americans
Davis
LYDIA THOMPSON AND HER BRITISH BLONDES: CROSS-DRESSING,
CELEBRITY AND STALKING IN GILDED AGE NEW YORK
• Susan Ingalls Lewis, SUNY New Paltz
• Morgan Gwenwald, SUNY New Paltz
PAUL LAWRENCE DUNBAR: NEW YORKER
•Reynolds J. Scott Childress, SUNY New Paltz
Comment: Myra B. Young Armstead, Bard College
603 Industrial Archaeology as Method
Emerson
USING INDUSTRIAL ARCHAEOLOGY TO UNDERSTAND COMMUNITY HISTORY
• Peter Stott, Massachusetts Historical Commission
Comment: Edward Knoblauch, Empire State College
4:30—4:45 Break
701 Gerrit Smith as Father and Son
Gannett
• Kevin Tanner, SUNY Binghamton
Comment: Hadley Kruczek Aaron, SUNY Potsdam
702 The Murder Trial that Nearly Redrew the Map of New
York City
Davis
• Michael Miscione, Manhattan Borough Historian
Comment: Blake Bell, Pelham Town Historian
703 Shtetl on the Mohawk: Jews of Schenectady
Emerson
•Harvey Strum, Sage College of Albany
Comment: Amy Godine, Independent Scholar
Murray-Aikins Dining Hall, Second Floor
Gannett Auditorium
Keynote Speaker
Kevin Baker
The author of Dreamland, Paradise Alley, and Sometimes
You See It Coming will speak about New York State history
in his books.
Sponsored by New York Council for the Humanities
8:00–11:45AM—Registration Palamountain Lobby
801 The Revolutionary War
Gannett
THE 1776-77 NORTHERN CAMPAIGN AND THEIR SEQUEL: CONTEMPORARY
GERMAN MAPS
• Thomas M. Barker, Independent Scholar • Paul R. Huey,
Bureau of Historic Sites, NYSOPRHP
THE VIEW FROM FORT GOLGOTHA: LOSING THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF
LONG ISLANDERS DURING THE BRITISH OCCUPATION
• Frank P. Mann, Syracuse University
Comment: John Smith, Texas A&M University
802 Environmentalism
Davis
BUILDING THE ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT IN THE HUDSON VALLEY
• David Stradling, University of Cincinnati
CONTEXTUALIZING THE ADIRONDACK WIND ENERGY PARK DEBATE
• Erica A. Morin, Purdue University
Comment: Tom Lewis, Skidmore College
803 Industrial Revolution
Emerson
THE FULTON-LIVINGSTON PARTNERSHIP AND BUSINESS COMPETITION
• Thomas H. Cox, Sam Houston State University
FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON: THE WEST POINT FOUNDRY
• Jessica DuLong, Independent Scholar
Comment: Robert W. Arnold, New York State Archives (retired)
9:45—10:00 Break
901 Using the Rockefeller Archives for Social History
Gannett
WHITE SLAVERY, JDR JR., AND THE LANDMARK FILM, TRAFFIC IN
SOULS (1913)
• Carol Radovich, Rockefeller Archive Center
PAYROLL VOUCHERS, GENEALOGY AND THE WORLD OF WORK ON THE
ROCKEFELLER ESTATES
• Charlotte Sturm, Rockefeller Archive Center
DOING BUSINESS WITH THE ROCKEFELLERS
• Ken Rose, Rockefeller Archive Center
Comment: Jim Folts, New York State Archives
902 Military
Davis
THE NEW YORK NATIONAL GUARD ON THE SOUTHERN BORDER, 1916-1917
• William F. Howard, New York State Naval Militia
MOBILIZING THE NEW YORK NATIONAL GUARD IN SUPPORT OF CIVIL
AUTHORITIES, 1871-1945
• Gary Mitchell, Independent Scholar
BUFFALO AND THE “MILITIA DRAFT” OF 1862
• M. Stephen Pendleton, Buffalo State College
Comment: Michael Aikey, New York State Military Museum
903 Mapping Haute Culture in Early New York: Three
Perspectives on Cultural Change
Emerson
THE EXASPERATED ALMANAC MAKER
• Sara S. Gronim, Long Island University
THE CITY ON STAGE
• Bryan Waterman, New York University
GABLE ENDS, OLYKOEKS, AND OTHER SYMPTOMS OF THE DUTCH CRAZE
• Elizabeth Bradley, New York Public Library
Comment: Peter Eisenstadt, Independent Scholar
Murray-Aikins Dining Hall, Second Floor
Speaker: Hallie E. Bond, Adirondack Museum
Dog Days in the Adirondacks
Speaker: Joseph W. Zarzynski, Bateaux Below, Inc.
Lake George’s Sunken Fleet of 1758 and Its Role in the
French and Indian War
Join us for a behind the scenes visit to one of North
America’s most important points of conflict, a battleground
during both the French and Indian and Revolutionary wars.
A walking tour of the Carillon Battlefield will be followed by
two options, resources at Fort Ticonderoga for studying the
French and Indian War, and construction and destruction of
Carillon/Fort Ticonderoga, 1755-59.
The afternoon ends with a picnic dinner overlooking the
majestic Champlain Valley.
Accommodations
Campus rooms are available at $67 per person per night, full
breakfast included, in Wiecking Hall. Recently renovated and
fully air-conditioned, the rooms have one twin bed, with
bathrooms nearby. Couples may request a room with two twin
beds.
There are 11 hotels, 17 motels, and 14 bed and breakfasts
within city limits. A list can be found at http://www.saratoga.org
The Inn at Saratoga (583-1890) is the oldest hotel building
standing, but luxuriously updated; it is holding ten rooms
until April 30 at $139 for a double. The Downtowner (584-6160)
is the most centrally located, and offers doubles at $129. The
Adelphi (5874688) is a beautifully restored High Victorian
hotel. All three are on Broadway and the trolley shuttle stops
across the street and goes direct to Skidmore College.
For lower-priced lodging, US Route 9 both north and south
(bypassed by the Northway) has affordable older motels, with
prices in the $50-75 range for single/double. Among these are
Cocca’s (587-1000), Locust Grove (587-3778), Golden
(584-6789), Birches (584-1484) and Hideaway (306-4868) motels.
(All telephone numbers are Area Code 518)
Getting There
Automobile
From the south and west, take Interstate 87 to Exit 13N,
proceed five miles north on US Route 9, passing through the
Saratoga Springs business district and keeping left to go
straight up North Broadway; the college’s main gate is on
the left at the end of the street a mile from the city center.
From the north, take Exit 15, bearing right to the third
traffic light at East Avenue, turn right, then right on North
Broadway to the college.
Railroad
The Adirondack leaves New York Penn Station at 8:15 AM,
arriving at 11:47 AM. The Ethan Allen leaves New York Penn
Station at 2:45 PM, arriving at 6:17 PM.
Bus
A Trailways bus leaves New York Port Authority at 7:00, 8:30,
10:15 and 11:15 AM, and 4:30 and 5:30 PM, arriving at the
Saratoga Springs railroad station.
Local Transportation
Taxicabs meet trains and buses; the basic fare is $4.20 from
station to college. Bus 472 leaves the station at :05 past
each hour; transfer at Broadway and Lake to bus 473, leaving
at :15 and :45 for Case Center at Skidmore College. The fare
is $1 for each bus.
General
Campus and City Information
See the Special Programs website at cms.skidmore.edu/odsp/directions.cfm
Exhibition Hall
As usual, the exhibits hall on Friday will be packed with
publishers, book dealers, and organizations eager to tell you
about their products or services, as well as the following
featured exhibits:
•
Samuel Hayden Sexton and the Lost Giles F. Yates Sketch
Ona Curran, Schenectady County Historical Society Laura Lee
Linder, First Reformed Church of Schenectady
•
The Dutch Farm Survey: Exploring Your Own Backyard
Dutch Barn Preservation Society
•
The Restoration of the Knickerbocker Mansion
Knickerbocker Historical Society
In-Service Credit
The New York State Historical Association is pleased to offer
continuing education unit (C.E.U.) credits for teachers. If
you are interested in receiving C.E.U., please inquire at the
registration desk.
Registration
Form
|
