Researching NY - Perspectives on Empire State History
19 Nov 1999 - Friday
Sponsored by
The Department of History and the History Graduate Student Organization
University of Albany, SUNY
Conference Program
8:15am Campus Center Assembly Hall
Coffee - Continental Breakfast
9:00am Opening Session - Campus Center Assembly Hall
Workshop and Discussion
"FROM ATTICS to ARCHIVES: LOCATING ARCHIVAL RESOURCES IN NYS"
Bill Evans - NYS Archives Patrizia Sione, Kheel Center, Cornell
University Brian Keough - Univ. at Albany Chair -
Gerald Zahavi - Univ. at Albany
10:45am - 12:15pm Concurrent Panels - Session 1 (3 choices)
12:30pm - Lunch Campus Center Assembly Hall
1:30pm - 3:00pm Concurrent Panels - Session 2 (3
choices)
3:15pm -4:45pm Concurrent Panels - Session 3 (3
choices)
5:00pm - Reception History Dept. 2nd Fl. Ten Broeck
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SESSION 1
MEET THE PEOPLE OF COLONIAL ALBANY:
INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO COMMUNITY HISTORY
"Engaging the Audience: Using Popular Music and Art to Captivate and
Condition"
Stefan Bielinski, Colonial Albany Social History Project.
"Connecting People to History: Interpreting History and Archaeology in a
Public Environment"
Tricia Barbagallo, Hartgen Archaeological Associates
"Bringing Albany to the World: The People of Colonial Albany Live Here"
Mary Beth Sullivan, Colonial Social History Project
Comment: Cornel Reinhart, Skidmore College
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SESSION 1
PATRIOTISM AND CITIZENSHIP ON THE NYS HOME FRONT
Facilitator: Tod Ottman, University at Albany
"Slacker Raiding and the Obligations of Citizenship:
Volunteer Draft Enforcement in New York City, 1917-1918"
Christopher Capozzola, Columbia University
"From Class Conflict to Ethnic Unity:
German-Americans in Rochester and World War II"
Brian Campbell, University of Rochester
"Fit for War?": Physical Education for Girls and Women in NYS,
1940-1945"
Mollie Marchione, University at Albany
Comment: Dan S. White, University at Albany
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SESSION 1
NYS LOCAL HISTORIES: METHODS AND SOURCES
Facilitator: Robert Dykstra, University at Albany
"Albany, NY and the "Iroquoian Eviction"
Jeremiah Patrie, University of Albany
"Researching Wealth Distribution in Nineteenth-Century NY:
Genesee County at Mid-Century"
Kathleen Smith Kutolowski, SUNY Brockport
"Researching NY: The Latina Perspective"
Rosann Santos, University at Albany
Comment - Richard Hamm, University at Albany
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SESSION 2
VOICING NY: MEDIA APPROACHES TO NYS HISTORY
"Listening to the Voices: The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire"
Jane Ladouceur, University at Albany
"Site and Sound: The Glovers of Fulton County"
Susan L. McCormick, University at Albany
Comment: David Phillips, Bennington College
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SESSION 2
WATERWAYS OF NY: GEOGRAPHY, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND POLITICS
Facilitator: Ivan Steen, University of Albany
"Waterways West: The Infrastructure of Inland Navigation before the Erie
Canal"
Philip Lord, NYS Museum
"Assessing the Importance of the Barge Canal to the Political History of
NYS"
Michael McCarthy, University of Albany
"New York '45: Portrait of a Port at Apogee"
Joseph Meany, State Historian of NY
Comment: Harvey Strum, The Sage Collection
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SESSION 2
POLITICAL STUDIES IN TWENTIETH-CENTURY NEW YORK
Facilitator: Helen Desfosses, University of Albany, Pres. Albany Common
Council
"Under the Cloak of Patriotism:
The Proportional Representation Campaign in NYC, 1936-1947"
Daniel Prosterman, New York University
"The O'Connell/Corning Political Organization and the Albany
Common Council, 1945-1983"
Jennifer Lemak, University at Albany
"Crossing State Lines: The Conservative Party Outside of NYS, 1962-1968
Timothy Sullivan, University of Maryland, College Park
Comment: Robert Wesser, University at Albany
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SESSION 3
TWENTIETH-CENTURY LABOR IN NY: COMMUNITY CASE STUDIES
Facilitator: Susan L. McCormick, University at Albany
"New Unionism at the Grassroots: The Amalgamated Clothing Workers of
American in Rochester, NY 1914-1929"
Christopher Martin, University of Rochester
"The New Deal on the Home Front: Sidney, NY 1939-1945
David Richards, Binghamton University, SUNY
"Negotiating the National and the Local: The Third-Camp Unionism' of
Local
365 of the UAW-CIO and the Military, 1939-1945"
Joong-Jae Lee, New York University
Comment: Richard Greenwald, SUNY Orange County
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SESSION 3
RACE AND GENDER: JUSTICE AND CITIZENSHIP IN NEW YORK
Facilitator: Lauren Kozakiewwicz, University at Albany
"Democratic Citizenship for Blacks?: Fluctuating Perceptions of New
York's
African-American Population, 1821-1870"
Laura-Eve Moss, University of Connecticut, Storrs
"The Trial of William Freeman: Criminal Justice in Antebellum New York"
Andrew W. Arpey, University at Albany
"Women Opposed to Change: The Anti-Suffrage Movement in NYS."
Susan Goodier-Kalaf, University at Albany
Comment: Thomas O. Kelly II, Siena College
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SESSION 3
NYC NEWSPAPERS: POLITICAL AND FINANCIAL INFLUENCES
"Dollars and Sense: NYC Newspapers, Corporate Form, and Access to
Capital"
Thorin Tritter, Columbia University
"The Inconsistencies of Ethnic Political Brokerage:
Generoso Pope and Italian-American Voters in NYC"
Stefano Luconi, University of Florence
Comment: William Rainbolt, University at Albany
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REGISTRATION
Conference registration is $15.00 and includes a light breakfast, a
buffet
lunch, and an informal reception at the end of the day. Advance
registration
is suggested. Send check (made out to UAS Inc) to:
Researching New York
Conference Registration
Dept. of History - Ten Broeck 105
Univ. at Albany - SUNY
Albany, NY 12222
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INFORMATION
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