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The purpose of the Herbert H. Lehman Center is to provide, in one of the greatest universities and cities in the world, a first-class center devoted exclusively to scholarship in American history. Read more about the Center.
Click here to download a PDF poster about the upcoming conference described below.
The World of Governor Lehman: New York City & State in Depression and War
June 5 & 6, 2008
1501 International Affairs Building, Columbia University
Sponsored by The Herbert H. Lehman Center for American History, Columbia University and The New York Academy of History
| Thursday June 5 |
| 3:00 |
Welcome: Lisa Keller, Purchase College SUNY |
| 3:30 - 5:15 |
Sarah Elvins, University of Manitoba: 'Buy Buffalo First!': Local Consumption in 1930s Western New York State", Kenneth T. Jackson, Columbia University: "The Changing Economy of an Upstate Metropolis: Rochester in Depression and War" |
| 5:30 |
Keynote Address - Introduction, James G. Neale, VP for Information Services, Columbia University
Mike Wallace, John Jay College, co-author of Pulitzer-Prize winning "Gotham" "Gotham and the Second World War" |
| Friday, June 6 |
| 8:45 - 10:15 |
Rebecca Kobrin, Columbia University: "From Patrons to Paupers: Yiddish New York and the Economic Crisis of 1929"
Hasia Diner, New York University: "After the War: American Jewry Face a New Reality" |
| 10:30 - 11:45 |
Burton Peretti, Western Connecticut State University: "The Beaut Champs Extant": 1930s New York City Burlesque Nightclubs and Government Regulation"
Clara Rodriguez, Fordham University: "Latin Allure: Latina/o Hollywood Film Stars of the 1920s and 1930s" |
| 12:45 - 1:30 |
Plenary Session- Introduction, Michael Ryan, Director, Rare Books and Manuscripts Library
Robert Ingalls, University of Southern Florida"Herbert Lehman and New York's Little Deal" |
| 1:45 - 3:15 |
Daniel Soyer, Fordham University: "Support the Fair Deal in the Nation, Abolish the Raw Deal in the City: The Liberal Party in 1949"
Duane Tananbaum, Lehman College: "Herbert Lehman and the Election of 1938" |
| 3:30 - 5:00 |
Karen Miller, Laguardia Community College & Libby Garland, Kingsborough Community College: "Race, Crime, and Public Order: Policing Harlem during the Great Depression"
Peter Kwong, Hunter College: "Chinese Americans and the New Deal" |
| 5:00 |
Reception and Closing Remarks by Kenneth T. Jackson |
| For more information contact lisa.keller@purchase.edu |
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