Hi Bill--It is sln.suny.edu. Lots of information there, and a good place to begin. Thanks for asking. Judy > From: Bill Casey <[log in to unmask]> > Reply-To: "A LISTSERV list for discussions pertaining to New York State > history." <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 16:20:31 EST > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: courses on NYS history? > > Judy: Please pass on the url to learn about the SUNY Learning Network. > > Thanks > > Bill Casey > Apulia Sta., NY 13020 > > In a message dated 11/27/2001 8:30:18 AM Eastern Standard Time, > [log in to unmask] writes: > > << Hello Everyone--For twenty years, I taught a course on New York State > history at SUNY Oswego, using a variety of paperbacks but not text. This > meant that lectures had to carry much of the structure and chronology of the > course. This has both good points and bad ones. I also teach a course called > "Doing History Locally," which is a seminar based on finding and using a > variety of primary sources relating to local and community history. Students > always work on one community or another in New York State, using > manuscripts, printed materials (newspapers, local histories), oral > histories, architecture as evidence, quantitative material, and so forth. > This has been very successful and is also a lot of fun for me, since every > student's paper is different and since most contribute something new to our > overall knowledge. Copies of student papers since 1972 are in Special > Collections, Penfield Library, SUNY, Oswego. This fall, I am teaching this > course on the web, through the SUNY Learning Network, for the first time. It > is HIS 452/552: Doing History Locally, cross-listed for seniors and graduate > students. > > Judy Wellman > Professor Emerita > SUNY Oswego > Historian, Historical New York >>