For Immediate Release
Contact: Christine Liggio

(607) 547-1472; email: [log in to unmask]

Research Library's Online Catalog Now Available on the Web

Cooperstown, N.Y., March 15, 2004- Pathfinder, the online catalog of the
Research Library of the New York State Historical Association and The
Farmers' Museum, is now available on the web at:
http://www.nysha.org/library/.

Named after the principal character in James Fenimore Cooper's novel of
the same name, Pathfinder will enable scholars, teachers, students,
genealogists, and other researchers to access the Library's catalog via
the Internet twenty-four hours a day. Since 1899 the Research Library
has developed important collections of primary and secondary source
materials in agricultural history, American art and architectural
history, genealogy, museum studies, Native American art and culture, and
New York State history. The Library's Special Collections Department has
a wide variety of materials including rare books, manuscripts, archival
collections, maps, broadsides, and ephemera. More information on the
library's collections, online resources, and exhibitions is available on
our website. Additional records will be added to Pathfinder over the
next couple of years as funding for this project becomes available.

Pathfinder was made possible through generous support from:  The Baird
Foundation of Buffalo, New York; The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation;
The Kline Foundation; The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum; The
A. Lindsay and Olive B. O'Connor Foundation and South Central Regional
Library Council.

Other contributors include Mr. and Mrs. Richard Couper; Dr. Douglas E.
Evelyn; Mrs. G. M. Godley ; Dr. and Mrs. Lewis L. Hamilton; Elizabeth
and Sasha Matson, and Rotary Club of Cooperstown.

For more information about this project, please contact the Research
Library staff at 607-547-1470 or send email to [log in to unmask]

The New York State Historical Association is a non-profit, private
educational institution which was founded in 1899 in Caldwell (Lake
George). The Association moved its headquarters to Ticonderoga in 1926
and to Cooperstown in 1938. During the past 100 years, the Association
has preserved tens of thousands of documents, works of art, photographs,
and artifacts. The Association operates Fenimore Art Museum and a
Research Library in Cooperstown and sponsors statewide educational
programming. For information, write or call: NYSHA, PO Box 800,
Cooperstown, NY, 13326; (607) 547-1400. The website address is
www.nysha.org.

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Melissa McAfee
Research Library Director
New York State Historical Association
The Farmers' Museum
PO Box 800  Lake Road
Cooperstown, NY  13326
607 547 1473 (tel)
607 547 1405 (fax)