Ted, dj, and all,
To answer dj and Ted Kinsman, the New York Microscopy
Society was located in NYC, but is presently housed
in Clifton, NJ. However, they would have a membership roster
for contacts in upstate NY.
http://www.nyms.org
There is also the NY Society of Experimental Microscopists
at Albert Einstein
http://nysem.org, who also may be
able to help you locate upstate contacts. These are mostly
TEM resources and not SEM, but they might have some contacts
for you.
Randy Smith
Portland State University