Back MatterSource: New York History, Vol. 39, No. 2 (April 1958)Published by: New York State Historical AssociationStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/23154958 .

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New York State Historical Association

EXECUTIVE OFFICES: Fenimore House, Cooperstown, New York

The Association was organized in 1899 and since that time has been carrying forward an increasingly active program in many fields of interest to those who are historically minded. Its long list of publications bespeaks its reputa tion for scholarship, its vitalized museums bespeak its keen interest in bring ing to the everyday citizen appreciation of our past. The Association is a

membership organization chartered by the Board of Regents but receiving no financial aid from any governmental agency.

MEMBERSHIP

New members are welcome upon application to the Director. Dues: Annual, $5.00; Junior, $1.50; Life, $100.00; Endowment. $500.00; Benefactor, $5,000.00. Joint membership, if husband and wife, $5.00, but only one copy of New York History will be sent for a single payment of $5.00. A member is entitled to New York History (quarterly) and The Yorker (the magazine published for junior members) ; free admission to the museums; use of the libraries; discount on some Association publications; and fellow

ship with others interested in New York State and local history.

JUNIOR PROGRAM

This statewide program initiates and sponsors school chapters for study of state and local history, promotes conferences and historical writing among students. The Yorker is the junior magazine.

LIBRARIES

Manuscript and printed material on state and national history form a basic research library for each museum. At Ticonderoga specialized sections deal with the history of the Champlain Valley, and at Cooperstown emphasis is

placed on statewide local history. The Farmers' Museum library, housed at Fenimore House, deals with crafts, history of agriculture, farm techniques and folklore.

FELLOWSHIPS

Research fellowships with the publication of important manuscripts in view are annually granted in memory of the late President of the Association, Dixon Ryan Fox.

SEMINARS

The Seminars on American Culture held each summer in Cooperstown are an opportunity for members and others to explore areas of special scholarly interests with nationally known experts.

CONVENTIONS

Meetings devoted to New York State history are held annually for members.

AFFILIATES

The New York Folklore Society and the Society for the Preservation of Indian Lore are affiliated with the Association.

THE MUSEUMS

FENIMORE HOUSE at Cooperstown specializes in social history, art and folk art of the state.

THE FARMERS' MUSEUM at Cooperstown is a museum of New York State

folk life in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

TICONDEROGA MUSEUM at Ticonderoga emphasizes early American

furniture, Champlain Valley history and the story of the Iroquois Indians.

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