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