Programs and Events - 2001

Statewide there are many more events and programs being undertaken than we can possible list here. For your information we are presenting program abstracts where we have received information:

New York State Museum November Lecture Series

Phil Lord, Landmarks & Pathways: Rediscovering Colonial Transport Routes Across The Susquehanna/Mohawk Divide.

Stefan Bielinski, Tinker, Tailor, Trader:Working People in Early Albany.

Martin Pickands, Working Man's Town in the Wilderness: Fulton Chain, N.Y.

Joe Sopko, Archaeology on the Cutting Edge, Investigation of the 1856 to 1931 New York Knife Company Factory site in the village of Walden, Orange County, New York.

Craig Williams, Lost Cases - Forgotten Lives: The Willard Suitcases

The State Museum is located at the south end of the Empire State Plaza, Madison Avenue, Albany, New York. Directions to the Museum

For more information please call (518) 486-2037.

Third Annual Researching New York Conference

This annual conference provides a forum for the exploration of all aspects of New York State's rich and diverse history. The conference is sponsored by The Department of History and the History Graduate Student Organization, University at Albany, SUNY, the New York State Archives, and the Archives Partnership Trust. The program includes papers, panels, workshops, roundtables, and exhibits on many aspects of New York history.

The University at Albany is located at 1400 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY 12222.

ALCO: Schenectady Working on the Railroad

Part of a celebration of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) in Schenectady, this exhibit explores the history, technology, and community impact of a company whose Schenectady-built products were a symbol of power and industry around world. (Admission to this exhibit is free.)

The Schenectady Museum is located at Nott Terrace Heights, Schenectady, NY 12308.

The State Library's Civil War Workshop

To celebrate November is New York State History Month, the New York State Library will hold a workshop, Researching the Civil War: Resources at the New York State Library, the New York State Archives and the New York State Museum (and then some!) You can register on the day of the program but please call 518-474-2274 to leave your name and phone number so we will be sure to have enough hand-outs.

The State Library is located in the Cultural Education Center, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12230.

The Underground Railroad History Project Walking Tour

The Underground Railroad History Project will conduct a 90 minute walking tour in downtown Albany, visiting locations where local Underground Railroad activists lived and worked. Stories are shared about fugitives, abolitionists, conditions of the mid-19th century time period, and the response to the institution of slavery known as the underground railroad. Adult fee is $7, and children through age 15 are free. Group tours and oral presentations are available by special arrangement.

Call 432-4432 to register for a tour, to obtain more information, or to schedule a presentation. Or visit our web site at http://www.ugrworkshop.com.

Montgomery County Department of History & Archives

The Montgomery County Department of History & Archives will be exhibiting materials on two different topics for History Month. For the first 2 weeks, to commemorate the veterans of the U.S. and coincide with Veterans' Day, we will have an exhibit of items to represent as many of the wars in which the U.S. soldiers served. For the last 2 weeks of November, we will sponsor an exhibit of holiday traditions from many different people.

The Montgomery Co. Dept. of History & Archives is located in the Old Courthouse, Fonda, New York. Theyc an be reached at P.O. Box 1500, Fonda, NY. 12068-1500, by phone at 518-853-8186, or email histarch@superior.net

Celebration in Recognition of Alf Evers' Contributions to the Furthering of New York History

To begin this year's History Month events, Ulster County Historian, Karlyn Elia, announces a Celebration in Recognition of Alf Evers' Contributions to the Furthering of New York History. This event will feature brief speeches by the friends of Alf Evers, and distinguished guests, a few songs by Jay Ungar and Molly Mason, and the premier of the documentary about Alf Evers produced by Nathan Koenig.

The program will take place at the Senate House Historic Site, Kingston, New York.

Schenectady County Historical Society Library

During the month of November, the Schenectady County Historical Society Library is making an extra effort to make its historical document collections available and accessible to researchers and the general public.

The Historical Society Library is located at 32 Washington Avenue, Schenectady, NY 12305. The Library is open Monday-Friday from 1-5 PM and Saturday from 9AM - Noon.

New York State Regional Publishers' Programs

Frank Leonbruno, author of LAKE GEORGE REFLECTIONS: ISLAND HISTORY AND LORE and Bill Gates, editor of A LAKE GEORGE SCRAPBOOK and author of a new book on the Sagamore Resort, will speak about Lake George islands and landmarks.

Program begins at 7:00 PM at Chapman Historical Museum, Glens Falls. Call 518-793-2826 for information or visit the website at http://www.chapmanmuseum.org

Celebrate Hudson Valley History. Three authors will read selections from their new books, answer questions, and sign copies.

• BRIDGING THE HUDSON: THE POUGHKEEPSIE RAILROAD BRIDGE AND ITS CONNECTING RAIL LINES, A MANY-FACETED HISTORY by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Carleton Mabee is the first history of this famous landmark.
  
• A FAMILY PLACE: A HUDSON VALLEY FARM, THREE CENTURIES, FIVE WARS, ONE FAMILY by Leila Philip is the story of one of New York State's oldest family farms.
  
• THE FIRE OF HIS GENIUS: ROBERT FULTON AND THE AMERICAN DREAM by Kirkpatrick Sale is a new biography.

Program will take place at Ariel Booksellers, 3 Plattekill Ave., New Paltz. CAll 845-255-8041 for information or visit the website at http://www.arielbooksellers.com

Carleton Mabee will sign BRIDGING THE HUDSON: THE POUGHKEEPSIE RAILROAD BRIDGE.

Event will take place at Barnes & Noble on South Road in Poughkeepsie, NY from 7 to 8 PM.

Jon C. Malinowski will sign The Spirit of West Point: Celebrating 200 Years: from 2-4pm at Waldenbooks #5011, Poughkeepsie Galleria, 1200 South Road, Poughkeepsie. from 11:30am-1:30pm at Waldenbooks, Newburgh Mall, 1401 Route 300, Newburgh.

C. W. "Bill" Spangenberger, the last president of the Cornell Steamboat Company and an important source of information for THOMAS CORNELL AND THE CORNELL STEAMBOAT COMPANY by Stuart Murray, will speak about Cornell, his company, and his boats.

The Hamburg Public Library

The Hamburg Public Library is presenting a program on "Three Centuries of New York Cemeteries" by Erik Seeman, Assoc. Professor of History at the University at Buffalo. This program is supported in part by the NY Council for the Humanities.

The Hamburg Public Library is located at 102 Buffalo Street in Hamburg, NY 14075.

The Capital District Civil War Round Table

The Capital District Civil War Round Table, of Albany, New York, holds its Fourth Annual Northeast Civil War Conference and Annual Fall Banquet on Friday and Saturday, November 9-10. The conference theme is "New York and the Civil War: The Capital Region and Upstate New York".

The conference will be held at the Best Western Hotel, Western Avenue, Albany.

The Rensselaer County Historical Society

The Rensselaer County Historical Society in Troy, New York is presenting its Fall 2001 symposium, Advancing Prosperity: Reexamining Life and Culture in Upstate New York, 1825-1861 on November 2 and 3 and will bring together curators, historians, students of history and material culture, and interested members of the public to focus on upstate New York during the first half of the nineteenth century.

The symposium will be held at the newly renovated Carr Building property of RCHS, Troy, New York.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION IS MONDAY, OCT. 22. Seating is limited. Please register early. CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FEE $50 ($45 RCHS memb/students) Friday, Nov. 2 Buffet Dinner is $25. Saturday, Nov. 3 Box Lunch available for $10.

Please contact the Rensselaer County Historical Society, Troy, NY 12180, 518-272-7232 for registration forms and other information.

The Orange County Genealogical Society

The program will consist of a lecture "GOING TO THE POORHOUSE!" by Linda Crannell (aka=The Poorhouse Lady). The program runs from 10:30 AM to 12:00 noon. Please advise the contact person of your intention to attend so that a seat will be reserved for you and so that we will know how many sets of handouts to prepare. There will be no charge for admission. For information, visit the website.

The lecture will be held at the Orange County Genealogical Society, 1841 Court House, 101 Main Street, Goshen, NY 10924.

Please contact Marilyn Terry, OCGS Program Chairperson at mvtgrterry@aol.com.

The Heritage Hunters of Saratoga County

The program will consist of a lecture "GOING TO THE POORHOUSE!" by Linda Crannell (aka=The Poorhouse Lady). The program runs from 10:30 AM to 12:00 noon. Please advise the contact person of your intention to attend so that a seat will be reserved for you and so that we will know how many sets of handouts to prepare. For information, visit the website. There will be no charge for admission.

The lecture will be held at the Community Room (on the first floor) of the Saratoga Springs Public Library, 49 Henry Street, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866. Call (518)584-7860.

Please contact Ruth Ann at unlimitd1@juno.com.

The Newburgh Free Library

A lecture entitled "Rods, Chains and Links: the Story of a Colonial Surveyor" will be offered at the Newburgh Free Library, 124 Grand St., on Sat., Nov. 17 at 3 p.m. The program, presented by Jim Clearwater, a professional surveyor who has played the role of a colonial surveyor at many local reenactments, will focus on the how-to's of survey plotting and early land deeds. He will discuss the equipment and methods used to accomplish each survey, some of the founding fathers who also surveyed the land, how knowledge of the land was power in the hands of Colonial leaders and the prominent role the colonial surveyor played in society. There will be no charge for admission.

The lecture will be held at the Newburgh Free Library, 124 Grand Street, Newburgh, NY. Call (845) 561-1985 ext. 19.

Waldenbooks in Oneonta

WEST THROUGH THE CATSKILLS: THE STORY OF THE SUSQUEHANNA TURNPIKE, a new book by Dorothy Kubik, celebrates the 200th anniversary of one of New York States's first great roads to the West. It connected Catskill on the Hudson with Unadilla on the Susquehanna and was also called the Catskill Turnpike.

The author will be signing books at Waldenbooks in Oneonta on November 3, 2-4 PM.

Ogden Free Library

WEST THROUGH THE CATSKILLS: THE STORY OF THE SUSQUEHANNA TURNPIKE, a new book by Dorothy Kubik, celebrates the 200th anniversary of one of New York States's first great roads to the West. It connected Catskill on the Hudson with Unadilla on the Susquehanna and was also called the Catskill Turnpike.

The author will give a talk at the Ogden Free Library in Walton on November 10, 10 AM

The New York Genealogical and Biographical Society

The New York Genealogical and Biographical Society in New York City is sponsoring a workshop on November 17: Genealogy and the Internet: An All-Day Workshop for Genealogists and Family Historians.

For more information, please visit the NYG&B's website at http://www.nygbs.org or call 212-755-8532.

The Society is located at 122 East 58 St., New York, NY.

The New York State Museum on the Web

The New York State Museum has created a website that provides a virtual voyage along the waterways of New York on its full-scale replica Mohawk River batteau "Discovery". Trace this boat's educational journeys from 1991 through 1996 as it carries a living history program on early canals and navigation across the State.

Visit the "Batteau Discovery" website at http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/batteau/ or call 518-486-2037 for more information.

The Burchfield-Penney Art Center

Exhibition: The Pan-American Exposition Centennial: Images of the American Indian investigates ways in which American Indians have been represented in art during the past century. On view October 13, 2001, through January 6, 2002.

Family Workshops: Saturday, November 10, 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, December 8, 10:30 to 12:30 p.m. There are fees for workshops and registration is limited. Register for workshops by calling (716) 878-6020.

Native Expressions Video Festival: Friday, November 16, 7:30 p.m., Saturday, November 17, 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., Rockwell Hall Room 124.

Panel Discussion, Imaging Ourselves in the 21st Century: Native American Identity Within a Euro-centric Culture: Sunday, November 18, 2 to 4 p.m.

The Burchfield-Penney Art Center is located on the Third Floor of Rockwell Hall, Buffalo State College. Museum hours Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday, 1 to 5 p.m.

For more information visit the Burchfield-Penney Art Center website at http://www.buffalostate.edu/orgs/burchfld/ or call (716) 878-6020 for more information.