34th Annual Conference on NY State History, Cooperstown, NY

Early Bird Registration Register for the Conference on New York State
History ends May 15th. Until that time the rate for the full conference
is $90 or $70 for members of the New York State Historical Association,
Archives Partnership Trust or Association of Public Historians of New
York State. After that date the rate is: $115 or $95 for members of the
three organizations.

The Conference on New York History will be at the New York State
Historical Association’s Cooperstown campus this June 6-8. The
Conference is annual meeting of academic and public historians,
librarians, educators, publishers and independent historians coming
together to discuss the latest research, publishing and programming on
New York History. This is an exciting conference with many interesting
and informative presentations. Highlights this year include:

●       The keynote speaker, Walter Stahr, author of Seward :
Lincoln’s Indispensable Man, will be sharing his research on his
definitive new biography of a great New Yorker of the 19th century.

●       Presentations by seventy New York historians on topics as
diverse as the Civil War Draft riots and the Rockefeller Drug Laws 

●       Research, archival and publishing panels with representatives
from the New York Academy of History, the State Historic Preservation
Office and the new editors of the New York History journal.

●       A special performance of Fiddle Tunes of the North Country by
John Kirk and Quickstep Music.  The music for this performance is based
on the rediscovered collection of sheet music and journals of Clarence
Lockwood, a North Country performer who traveled throughout the North
Country  from 1896-1921.

●       A Living History workshop of craftspeople from The Farmers’
Museum’s interpretive staff.  The workshop includes hands-on
components including blacksmithing, open hearth cooking, printing and
other skills

Register for the full Conference before May 15th for $90 or $70 for
members of the New York State Historical Association, Archives
Partnership Trust or Association of Public Historians of New York State.


For more information go to the Conference on New York State History
website
at: http://www.nysha.org/nysha/for_teachers/cnysh 

-- 
Garet Livermore
Vice President for Education
New York State Historical Association & The Farmers' Museum
PO Box 800
Cooperstown, NY 13326
607-547-1490 - voice
607-547-1499 - fax