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June 1-3 • 2006 The 27th Conference on New York State History at Columbia In conjunction with University The Association of Public Historians New York City of New York State Sponsored by The Herbert H. Lehman Center for American History, Columbia University and New York State Archives Partnership Trust Thursday June 1 10-5 Museums to visit 9-9 Registration K New-York Historical Society Lehman Center K Museum of the City of New York K New York Genealogical & Biographical Society Museum information and directions at registration. Please indicate your interest on the registration form. 3:30 – 5:30 Afternoon Sessions 101 Biography 103 British New York 104 Teaching U.S. APHNYS HERBERT H. LEHMAN ‘I WANT A PACKET’: COMMUNICATIONS,GOVERN- History Through • Duane Tananbaum, Lehman College CUNY MENT, AND NEW YORK’S AMBIGUOUS CAREER AS Local Resources THE BRITISH HEADQUARTERS OF AMERICA ANDREW CARNEGIE Stacy P.Draper, • Rohit T.Aggarwala, Independent Scholar • Rensselaer County • David Nasaw, The Graduate Center CUNY Historical Society THE NIGHT THE YANKEES BURNED BROADWAY: JOSEPH SMITH • Nancy Iannucci, Emma Willard School • Richard Bushman, Columbia University THE DESTRUCTION OF NEW YORK CITYIN1776 • Benjamin L. Carp, University of Edinburgh • Robert J. Naeher, Emma Willard School HENRY LUCE • Alan Brinkley, Columbia University CASUALTIES OF WAR:THE MILITARY OCCUPATION Moderator/commentator: Gloria Sesso, OF SUFFOLK COUNTY, 1776-83 Patchogue-Medford School District Moderator/commentator: Josh Freeman, • John Staudt, Hofstra University Queens College PIRATES,MERCHANTS,GOVERNORS AND SLAVES: 105 Association APHNYS NEW YORK CITY AND THE INDO-ATLANTIC TRADE 102 The Lower East Side WORLD, 1690-1725 of Public Historians Moderator: Laurie Tobias Cohen, Lower East • Kevin P.McDonald, UC Santa Cruz of New York State Side Jewish Conservancy THE LOWER EAST SIDE FROM THE GREAT JEWISH MIGRATION TO THE PRESENT • Marcia Ikonomopoulos, Association of friends of Greek Jewry and • Holly Kaye, Independent Scholar AN URBAN EXPERIENCE: NEW YORK CITY’S LOWER EAST SIDE, 1880-1920 • William L. Crozier, St. Mary’s University (Minn.) Commentator: Joyce Mendelsohn, New York City Historic House Trust 5:30 - 7:30 Walking Tour of Morningside Heights APHNYS • Andrew Dolkart, Columbia University Sessions on historical methods and sources for public historians are indicated 7:30 - 9:00 APHNYS Membership Meeting by the symbol above. All conference participants are welcome at these sessions. † Officially-appointed public historians are designated by this symbol. 2006 Conference Program Committee Conference Chair Field Horne • Preferred contact method, e-mail: [email protected] Telephone: 518-587-4962 • Mailing address: Box 215, Saratoga Springs NY 12866-0215 Robert Arnold, New York State Archives Edward Knoblauch, College of St. Rose Claudia Bushman, Columbia University Daniel Nathan, Skidmore College Owen Gutfreund, Barnard College Natalie Naylor, Hofstra College emerita Kenneth T.Jackson, Columbia University Celedonia Jones, Manhattan Borough Historian Eric Roth, Huguenot Historical Society Lisa Keller, Purchase College, SUNY David Schuyler, Franklin and Marshall College 2 Friday June 2 8-6 Registration Faculty House 8-6 Exhibits Faculty House 9:00 Plenary Session Welcome Introducing Keynote • Field Horne, Conference Chair • Carole Huxley, Deputy Commissioner • Kenneth T.Jackson, Department • Lisa Keller, Conference Co-Chair of Cultural Education of History, Columbia University • Carol McKenna, President,APHNYS BUT IT WAS IN NEW YORK 10:00 – 10:15 Break 10:15 – 11:45 Late Morning Sessions 201 Poverty 203 Newspapers 205 What Price History: An Inside View THE ‘REVOLUTION’ IN POVERTY: THE PAUPERS OF PARTY CRASHERS: NEWSPAPER COVERAGE OF THE of Museums and Historical Societies: ALBANY, 1784-1800 NEW YORK TEA PARTY Roundtable Discussion • Tricia Barbagallo, University at Albany • Michael E. Neagle, University of • Paula Mayo, South Street Seaport Museum BEING POORINNEW PALTZ, 1678-1828 Connecticut • Sarah Henry, Museum of the City of New • Eric Roth, Huguenot Historical Society THE ‘FOLK SCARE’: CULTURAL SPACE AND THE York THE ERIE RAIL ROAD AND THE ECONOMIC IMPACT VILLAGE VOICE’S MUSIC JOURNALISM, 1955-65 • Gary Hermalyn, Bronx County Historical OF EMIGRANT PAUPERS IN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY • Devon Powers, New York University Society • †Michelle Henry, Chautauqua County LEADERS NOT LAGGARDS:TECHNOLOGY AND NEW Historian and †Pam Brown, Panama YORK CITY NEWSPAPERS, 1830-1930 • Steve Elliott, New York State Historical Association Village Historian • Thorin R. Tritter, Princeton University Lisa Keller, Moderator/commentator: Claudia Bushman, Moderator/commentator: Evan Cornog, Moderator/commentator: Columbia University Columbia University Purchase College, SUNY APHNYS 202 The New Deal 204 Women and Business 206 New Historians: Everything You Need to Know THE GERMAN AMERICAN BUND AND CAMP THE BUSINESS OF BEAUTY: HARRIET H.AYER’S SIEGFRIED NEW YORK CAREER • †Marilyn J.VanDyke, Queensbury Town • Marvin D. Miller, Suffolk County • Melanie Gustafson, University of Vermont Historian Community College MRS.AYER’S WORLD: AMERICA’S FIRST ‘SCHOOLS FOR WAR’: AMERICAN CHILDREN AND WOMEN’S PAGE EDITOR WORLD WAR II • Katina Jones, Independent Scholar • Lisa L. Ossian, Des Moines Area COURT CHALLENGES FACED BY U.S. Community College BUSINESSWOMEN IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY ‘LOW BRIDGE’ TO NO BRIDGE: THE TERA AND • Susan M.Yohn, Hofstra University THE ERIE CANAL AT ROME, 1931-34 Moderator/commentator: Nancy Woloch, • Anne E. Mosher, The Maxwell School at Barnard College Syracuse University 11:45 – 1:00 Lunch (on your own) 3 Friday June 2 8-6 Registration and Exhibits Faculty House 1:00 – 2:30 Early Afternoon Sessions Board Meeting DARK DAYS:THE DECENTRALIZATION OF NEW 304 Infrastructure in the Nineteenth YORK CITY’S THEATER DISTRICT IN THE 1970S 301 Cultural Conflict in Progressive-Era • Timothy R.White, Columbia University Century New York City Moderator/commentator: Lynn Garafola, J. LLOYD HAIGH:THE THIEF WHO HELPED BUILD BATHING SUITS AND THE NEGOTIATION OF SOCIAL Barnard College THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE CLASS AT CONEY ISLAND, 1873-1914 • John W.Fried, Columbia University • Frances Davey, University of Delaware CROTON WATER AND THE MANHATTAN NEW YORK AND THE ORIGINS OF THE 303 John Jay, His Family and Circle LANDMARKS CREATION/EVOLUTION CONTROVERSY • Meisha Hunter, New York City Landmarks QUARANTINE: GOV. JAY CONFRONTS THE YELLOW Commission • Brian Regal, TCI College of Technology FEVER THREAT SLUMMERS’VISION:AN EXPLORATION OF • Jennifer E. Steenshorne, Papers of John DOWN THE TUBES:JOHN E. MILHOLLAND AND SLUMMING ENCOUNTERS ON THE BOWERY Jay NEW YORK CITY’S PNEUMATIC TUBES SYSTEM • Donald R. Schels, Columbia University • Linda J. Lumsden, Western Kentucky SECRECY,SECURITY, AND DUE PROCESS:JOHN JAY University Moderator/commentator: Betsy Blackmar, AND HOMELAND SECURITY Columbia University • Elizabeth M. Noxell, Papers of John Jay Moderator/commentator: Owen Gutfreund, Barnard College NEW YORK AND THE MAKING OF U.S. FOREIGN 302 The Performing Arts in New York City POLICY, 1774-1804 APHNYS • Mary A.Y.Gallagher, THOMAS B. MOTT’S SONGBOOK Papers of John Jay 305 New Historians: • Paul Mercer, New York State Library Moderator/commentator: Herb Sloan, Preserving Your Document Holdings Barnard College ROCKING:AT THE ROOTS OF HIP HOP DANCE • Ray LaFever, New York State Archives • MiRi Park, Columbia University 2:30 – 2:45 Break 2:45 – 4:15 Mid-Afternoon Sessions • †Ruth Rosenberg-Naparsteck, Rochester 401 The Nineteen Thirties 403 Perspectives APHNYS City Historian PROMISED LAND:ALBANY’S RAPP ROAD on Preservation: COMMUNITY Panel Discussion • Debbie Allen, Black Dome Press • Jennifer Lemak, Albany Institute of • Mary Taylor, Donning Publishers History and Art Moderator: Jeffrey A. Kroessler, John Jay College CUNY • Judith Hohmann, Archives Partnership FROM HYDE PARK TO HARLEM: FDR AND Trust • Charla Bolton, Society for the AFRICAN AMERICANS IN NEW YORK CITY • Durahn Taylor, Pace University Preservation of Long Island Antiquities Pleasantville • Franny Eberhardt, Historic Districts 405 Latino/a History Council MIGRATION, POWER RELATIONS, AND PROTEST: WGY AND FDR: THE ORIGINS OF THE FIRESIDE PUERTO RICAN FARMWORKERS IN WESTERN NEW CHATS • Simeon Bankhoff, Historic Districts YORK, 1960S • Geoffrey Storm, Utica College Council • Ismael Garcia Colon, Center for Puerto Moderator/commentator: Tom Lewis, APHNYS Rican Studies, Hunter College Skidmore College 404 Publishing THE SMART PUBLIC RELATIONS OF THE CUBAN Community History: Panel Discussion JUNTA IN NEW YORK CITY 1895-98 402 Hudson River Towns: Roundtable Moderator: Field Horne, Kiskatom Publishing • Margarita Garcia-Estevez, Montclair State University Discussion • Jim Eyre, Columbia County Historical INDUSTRIAL WORK AND PUERTO RICAN NATIONAL Chair: Kenneth T. Jackson, Columbia University Society IDENTITY IN NEW YORK CITY, 1930-65 • Stuart Blumin, Cornell University • Katie Hite, Westchester County Historical • Aldo Lauria Santiago, Rutgers University Society • Mark Carnes, Barnard College Moderator/commentator: Clara Rodriguez, • Jeanne Winston Adler, Washington County • Clyde Griffen, Vassar College Fordham University Historical Society • David Schuyler, Franklin and Marshall College 4:15 – 4:30 Break 4 Friday June 2 8-6 Exhibits Faculty House 4:30 – 6:00 Late Afternoon Sessions 501 Borderlands 503 Women in the Performing Arts 505 Using Civil Court APHNYS IMPERIAL COMMONS:THE POLITICS OF LAND IN ACTRESSES,WORK AND FAMILY:MARY DEVLIN Records NORTHEASTERN