CALL FOR PAPERS -- A reminder!

Proposals for Researching New York 2004 are due Monday August 2, 2004.  See
details of the call for papers below.

CONFERENCE UPDATE -- Planning is well underway and 2 special events are
already scheduled:

"The FBI in Action: Recreating an Original 1940's Radio Drama"
For many years, radio station WGY in Schenectady New York  -- one of the
first radio stations in the U .S. -- produced radio program, "The FBI in
Action."  Working with one of the original scripts, we will present a
production of this radio broadcast complete with original sound effects
created by the women who created them in the 1940s.

"A Musical History: Stephen Van Rensselaer and The Albany Euterpian Club
1823-27"
The Euterpian Club was founded in 1823 by a group of young men, extremely
serious in their intent; they were amateur musicians who organized concerts,
commissioned musical arrangements, and collaborated with some of the
outstanding musicians of the day. They included members of the Pruyn, Van
Rensselaer, Van Schaick and Van Vechten families, as well as Simeon DeWitt
(New York State's Surveyor General) and Edmund Genet (Citizen Genet). The
scattered sources of their book of minutes, Lansing Pruyn's musical
manuscript book, and a few newspaper advertisements provide a wonderful view
of these men who would become leading citizens of New York.  Following the
presentation The Musicians of Ma'alwyck with soprano Gene Marie Callahan
Kern, from Chicago Lyric Opera; Sten Yngvar Isachsen, guitar; and Ann-Marie
Barker Schwartz, violin will present a concert of materials drawn from the
musical manuscripts.

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RESEARCHING NEW YORK 2004: Perspectives on Empire State History
The organizers of the 6th Annual Researching New York Conference invite
proposals for papers, panels, workshops, roundtables, exhibits, and media or
multi-media presentations on all aspects of the history of New York
State--from early settlement to the present. The conference will be held at
the University at Albany, State University of New York on November 18th and
19th, 2004.

Researching New York brings together historians, researchers, archivists,
librarians, graduate students, museum curators, Web site creators,
filmmakers, and documentarians to share their work on any aspect of New York
State history. As in previous years, the conference will highlight the
integral relationship between researchers and archival resources.
Presentations from individuals or archives that highlight the vast resources
available to researchers, as well as scholarship drawn from those resources,
are welcome.

Proposals are due by August 2, 2004. Full panel proposals, workshops,
roundtables, exhibits, and media presentations are welcome. Partial panels
and individual submissions will be considered. For panels and full
proposals, please submit a one-page abstract of the complete session, a one
page abstract for each paper or presentation, and a one-page curriculum vita
for each participant. Individual submissions should include a one-page
abstract and one-page curriculum vita. All submissions must include name,
address, telephone number, and e-mail address. Please be sure to notify us
of any change of contact information after submission of your proposal. We
prefer electronic submission to [log in to unmask] If necessary, you may
mail your proposal to:

Researching New York 2004
Department of History -- Ten Broeck 105
University at Albany, SUNY
Albany, NY 12222

Conference updates will be posted to: http://nystatehistory.org/researchny.
Researching New York is sponsored by The Department of History and The
History Graduate Student Organization, University at Albany, SUNY and The
New York State Archives Partnership Trust.