Both Cornell (Mann Library) and SU have the Rural New Yorker - worth checking to see if they have the particular issues you need.
Suzanne
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Topics of the day:
1. NY STATE NOVELS (2)
2. Back copies of the Rural New Yorker
3. NY State Historians
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Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 09:59:43 -0400
From: "Friends of Coleman Station, Inc." <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: NY STATE NOVELS
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Dear Mr. Baker,
Additional works for you to consider, which may be appealing to your =
students, include the following:
E.L. Doctorow's Loon Lake, The Waterworks, Billy Bathgate, Ragtime, and =
World's Fair
Edith Wharton's House of Mirth and The Age of Innocence (Martin =
Scorcese's film of the latter, shot in and around Albany, is also =
noteworthy.)
F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby
Sinclair Lewis' Arrowsmith
Tom Wolfe's The Bonfire of the Vanities (This is a quintessential look =
at the 1980's.)
Richard Russo's Mohawk
Sara Donati's Into the Wilderness (Sort of a NYS based "Gone Wih the =
Wind" style romance.)
Kep in mind that students may be less enthralled with novels written in =
the past in terms of language, style and content. I hope you're having =
them create a database or website in conjunction with this project to =
create a resource for fiction based in NYS. FYI, the Alumni Association =
of Vassar College has been working on a documentation project of all =
references to the College in fiction, film and tv. You may want to =
contact them for additional materials.
Sincerely,
Lynn Mordas
Director
Friends of Coleman Station, Inc.
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>F. Scott Fitzgerald's <U>The Great =
Gatsby</U></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Richard Russo's <U>Mohawk</U></FONT></DIV>
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based "Gone Wih the Wind" style romance.)</FONT></DIV>
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novels written in the past in terms of language, style and =
content. I hope=20
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project=20
to create a resource for fiction based in NYS. FYI, the Alumni =
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Sincerely,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Lynn Mordas</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Friends of Coleman Station, Inc.</FONT></DIV>
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Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2002 13:54:34 EDT
From: Bill Casey <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Back copies of the Rural New Yorker
Hi Folks: I am looking for a library in the Syracuse area, that might have
copies of the Rural New Yorker for the year 1908. When published, this was a
large volume magazine read by many in agriculture. This request is from the
family of the magazine owner, John J. Dillon.
Thanks
Bill Casey
Ag historian
PO Box 36
Apulia Station, NY 13020
315 683-5674
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Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2002 23:54:52 EDT
From: Laura Lynne Scharer <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: NY STATE NOVELS
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What about the novels of Marietta Holley? I'm not sure which are still
available but several of her books have been reprinted in recent years. The
books are funny, well illustrated and most are fairly short Holley, a native
of Jefferson County, was a reformer who wrote about women's rights, race
relations, children's rights. religion, even 19th century tourism. Her main
character is a strong minded north country farm wife named Samantha Allen.
Most of the book titles start with Samantha - Samantha on the Womens
Question, Samantha Among the Brethren, Samantha at Coney Island and 1000
Other Islands, etc.
And Holley was a best selling author of her time - sometimes even out
selling Mark Twain. I
Laura Lynne Scharer
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<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=3 FAMILY="SERIF" FACE="Times New Roman" LANG="0">What about the novels of Marietta Holley? I'm not sure which are still available but several of her books have been reprinted in recent years. The books are funny, well illustrated and most are fairly short Holley, a native of Jefferson County, was a reformer who wrote about women's rights, race relations, children's rights. religion, even 19th century tourism. Her main character is a strong minded north country farm wife named Samantha Allen. Most of the book titles start with Samantha - Samantha on the Womens Question, Samantha Among the Brethren, Samantha at Coney Island and 1000 Other Islands, etc.<BR>
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Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2002 23:32:26 -0400
From: HistorianCindyA <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: NY State Historians
Hello all,
To those of you who are residents of NYS, the Association of Public Historians of New York State (APHNYS) have some things in the works that you may be interested in.
We passed a resolution last fall to document the effects of September 11th within our own communities. This can be stories of your reactions, what you told your children, their drawings, any fund raising events you held, etc. So if you have anything to share please pass it along to your local NY municipal historian.
We also passed 2 resolutions at our spring conference. One is in support of the appointment of a State Historian, a position that has been left vacant for a number of years. Also a resolution in opposition of NY forming an institute called NYICE. This is not a good thing and will effect your ability to collect and preserve history. They want to do away with the Office of Cultural Education. Take the State Archives, State Library, and State Museum and glump them into this new thing called New York State Institute of Cultural Education (NYICE). The money they plan to use to fund this will come from the Local Government Records Management Improvement Fund. The money that goes into this fund comes from various documents that get filed in the county clerks office. As you know there are certain filing fees, which the state intends to quadruple! By law the money that goes into that fund is for Records Management Grants (Sara grants), Documentary Heritage Program, and the S!
tate Archives Trust, and for nothing else. BUT thats what the state intends to use for NYICE. Basically there will be little to nothing for grants if they do this, and it will also have an effect on services from the Archives, Museum and Library. Bad stuff.
If your organization wishes to oppose this (As many are, as well as several municipalities) I suggest a resolution or letter to your Senator. They plan to have this take effect July 1, 2002! You can see what we did at our web site off the main page. The web address is
http://www.tier.net/aphnys I put both our resolutions on the website.
Just thought I'd pass that along. Us history folk don't like to hear our services are getting the ax.
-
Cindy Amrhein
Town of Alabama Historian
in Genesee Co., NY
Experience the Town of Alabama in Genesee County, NY.
http://www2.pcom.net/cinjod/historian/
APHNYS (Association of Public Historians of New York State)
http://www.tier.net/aphnys
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