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NYS Archives
14 Oct Thur Noon - 1pm Museum Theater
Dr. Lillian S. Williams, Assoc. Prof. of History of Univ. of Albany, will
speak on Building Community: African Americans in Buffalo and Harlem, an
exploration of African Americans' motivation to migrate north and an
examination of the vibrant communities they created in cities like
Buffalo and NYC. Dr. Williams used archival records to write her book
"Strangers in the Land of Paradise: The Creation of an American
Community, 1860-1940", which will be available for sale and signing.
This event is jointly sponsored by the NYS Museum and NYS Archives. NOON
- 1pm
Reservations necessary - 518-473-8037
NYS Archives
17 Oct Sun 1-4pm 11th Floor Cultural Education Center
Last Chance of the Millennium to see 4 centuries of treasures. See rare,
invaluable records dating from the days when the state was a Dutch colony
to the present * The minutes of the Dutch West India Company, which ruled
New Netherlands* The charter that King Charles II signed to give NY to
his brother* Secret spy papers revealing Benedict Arnold's
treachery*Civil War Muster rolls for African American soldiers* Teddy
Roosevelt's Spanish American War service card*Original movie script from
Gone With the Wind and a dozen more Academy Award winning films scripts
and more. No reservations necessary to view the exhibit.
NYS Archives
17 Oct Sun 1-3:30pm Reservations necessary 518-473-8037
Go where only archivists have gone before and go behind-the-scenes tours
of the Archives. Normally closed areas of the Archives will be open to
the public to show the daily work of NY Archivists. Tours every
half-hour from 1-3:30pm.
NYS Archives
17 Oct Sun 1-4pm No reservations necessary.
Worried about those fading photos and crumbling old letters? Experts in
conservation will offer free advice and guidance about caring for old
family photos and documents.
NYS Archives
17 Oct Think you know a lot about NYS History? Test your knowledge by
taking the NY History Challenge prepared by the editors working on the
Encyclopedia of NYS.
They have compiled a quiz full of hurdles. Clear all the hurdles and you
will be entered in a drawing for nifty prizes. Ed Knoblauch, Managing
Editor of the Encyclopedia of NYS will real all the answers at 2pm
Reservations necessary 518-473-8037
SARATOGA BATTLEFIELD
08 Oct 7pm Hanau Dr.von Gall, a descendant of the Colonel Wilhelm
Rudolf
von Gall, commander of the Hesse-Hanau Regiment Erbprinz, who was
captured together with General v.Riedesel and the British General
Burgoyne at Saratoga on 17.October 1777. Dr.von Gall has arrived
in or about his famous ancestor, and the correspondence Dr.v.Gall
found of that time period.
10 Oct 11-1pm Guided tour and picnic, open to public, free.
Bring a picnic lunch
caravan in your own car and picnic at scenic overlook at the
conclusion.
10 Oct 7pm Campfire. Native Amercan story telling and music with
Jim Bruchac and Chris Melco. Free cider and donuts
Oct 1999 at Visitors Center - George Washington Remembered display
honoring bi-centeniell of his death and his visits to the
Saratoga Battlefield.
ALBANY COUNTY
10 Oct 2-4pm Town of Berne Historical Society Open House
518-872-0431
11 Oct 2pm The Guilderland Room - Guilderland Public Library Open
House -
7pm Slide Lecture - Guilderland - Then and now.
13 Oct 10am The Albany County Hall of Records - Family History
Workshop and Open house. Tours throughout the day 518-447-4500
13 Oct 10:30am -2pm Luby Memorial Archives - St. Peter's Church,
Albany
Open House 518-434-3502
16 Oct 7:30 - 9pm Rensselaerville Library/Historical Society.
Lecture/
Demonstration:Rensselaerville Mills on the Internet 518-797-3049
16 Oct 2pm Town of Colonie Historical Society. Tour of Schuyler
Family Home
Site, on the Heritage Trail 518-782-2593
18 Oct 7:30pm Waterford Historical Museum Lecture: Places to Be
Seen and To
See: The Making of NY's Resort Communities 518-383-0459
4th Annual Capital Region Archives Dinner and speaker Paul Tonko -"
Attracting Attention (and $) to Our Historic Resources: The Mohawk
Experience " Franklin Plaza, Troy $27 Reservations - 518-783-2891 6pm
Cocktails (your expense) 7pm dinner
SARATOGA COUNTY
07-31 Oct Saratoga Springs Urban Heritage Program, Reclaiming the
African- American & Irish Heritage. 7Oct Opening of
photodocumentaion exhibit, Urban Cultural Park - Visitors
Center 518-587-3241
10 Oct 9am-5pm Saratoga National Historic Park, Stillwater
Heritage Day - Free
518-664-9821x224
13 Oct 7:30 Town of Charlton - Slides/Lecture The Raging Old
Erie, the Story of the enlarged Erie Canal and NYS Barge Canal
518-882-6866
16 Oct 6-8:30pm Old Saratoga Historical Assoc./ Saratoga National
Historic Park,
Schuyler House Candlelight Tour. Schuylerville, NY
518-664-9821x224
20 Oct 7:30pm Saratoga Springs Public Library - Lecture -
"African-American
Workers in Ante-Bellum Saratoga Springs" by Jon Sterngass, PhD
of Union College. 518-587-3241
27 Oct 7:30pm Saratoga Springs Public Library - Lecture "The
Irish in Tom's Lodge Neighborhood" by Ted Corbett, Prof.
ACC and Columbia-Green College. 518-587- 3241
Oct 1999 Lucy Schribner Library, Skidmore College Exhibit, During
Library Hours - Scidmore's Presidential Heritage 518-580-5509
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
10 Oct 1-5pm Fort Plain Chapter of DAR and Fort Plain Museum.
Exhibit:
200th Anniversary of George Washington's Death 518-993-2356
Oct Mon - Sat Canajoharie Library and Art Gallery Exhibit -
Documenting
history of local agriculture. 518-673-2314
RENSSELAER COUNTY
08 Oct-19 Nov Tue-Sat 10am - 4pm Rensselaer Co. Historical Soc.
Exhibit:
Gruss Gott in Rensselaer County: The German-American Experience.
518-272-7232
09 Oct 12-1pm Junior Museum, Troy. Workshop Start Your Own
Scrapbook
12-4pm Exhibit: Children of the Past: Their Books and Photos
518-235-2120
14 Oct 12pm Troy Public Library, Lecture: Genealogical Research
in the Troy
Collection by Doris Sheridan 518-274-7071
Oct 1999 Weds 12-2pm & Sat 10am-3pm Brunswick Historical Society
Exhibit: The Value of the Census in Research 518-279-9714
Oct Call for hours 518-658-2231 Tactonic Valley
Historical/Berlin Free Town
Library. Exhibits Peter Wycoff, Experimental Farming ca 1900
and Baseball in Berlin.
SCHENECTADY COUNTY
09 Oct Schenectady County Historical Society. Lecture: Future is
Molded in the Past by Ronald Kingsley 518-374-0263
10 Oct 2-3pm Schenectady Museum Lecture: Preventing
Change/Preserving Memory, Care of Audio Visual Materials
518-382-7890
12 Oct 1pm Dudley Observatory Lecture & Open House. Lecture:
Dudley Observatory - The Boss Years: a Case Study of
Archives Research 518-382-7583
12 Oct 12:30-3:30pm Schenectady Museum. Lecture: Politics of
Archival Research by Tom Carroll. Tour of Archives 11:30
& 3:30 518-382-7890
12 Oct 9am-5pm Effner History Research Library. Schenectady City
Hall New Name, New Look, New Millennium 518-382-5088
13 Oct 7:30-9pm Empire State Aerosciences Museum. Lecture:
Flight Before
the Wright Bros. by Jan VanderVeer 518-377-2191
13 Oct 12noon Schenectady Co. Public Library. Lecture:
Collections at the Albany
Institute of History and Art by Sandra Markham 518-388-4500
13 Oct 7:30pm Schenectady Co. Public Library. (sponsored by
Adirondack
Research Library) Lecture: The Fringe Canals: Black River and
Champlain Canals by Craig Williams. 518-374-0447
14 Oct 12-1pm Union College - Special Collections. 3rd Floor
Schaffer Library.
Lecture: Digging Up Solomon Northrup by Rachel Seligman
16 Oct 10:30am-3pm Schenectady Chapter of DAR - Niskayuna Library
Workshop: A genealogy workshop 518-370-1653
16 Oct 10 -11:30am Schenectady Heritage Area. Walking Tour of
Vale Park and
Cemetery. Reservations 518-382-5147
Oct 1999 Proctors Theater Arcade. Exhibit: Colonial Schenectady
518-382-3884
ESSEX, WARREN & HAMILTON COUNTIES
11 Oct 10 & 11am Great Camp Sagamore, Community Day . Open
House, free tours, refreshments 315-531-5311
14 Oct Hope Town Hall, Rt 30 north of Northville, Display - Some
of towns old records, etc. Presentation: Importance of
Archives by Don Williams
518-924-2498
14-16 Oct 7 - 9pm Ticonderoga Historical Society. Lecture Series: "This
Place We Live" local authors will give lectures and lead
discussions on documenting local history . 518-585-7868 to be
sure of their schedule for these talks
14 Oct History of the Gates Family in the Lake George and Bolton
Area by Bill Gates
15 Oct Battle site, the Controversy by Bob Bearor
15 Oct Remembering Life in Chilson by Lois Gunning.
21 Oct 7pm Caldwell-Lake George Library. Lecture/Book Signing
"Before Father Jogue" by Betty Buckell 518-668-2428