ADIRONDACK COLLECTION Mss. Coll. No. 32 1848- present. 5 linear feet
History The Adirondack Mountains are a range of peaks in Northeastern New York State related geologically to the Appalachian Mountains to the south and the Laurentian range in Quebec to the north. The mountains consist of very ancient rock, about a billion years old, which has been uplifted into a “dome” over the last 5 million years or so. Human habitation of the Adirondack region is quite recent. Native tribes of Mohawk and Algonquin Indians hunted in the region, but did not settle there. The first Europeans explored the area in the mid 17th century. As settlement of the region began, the vast timber resources of the Adirondack forest were exploited for building materials and fuel. This exploitation continued for nearly 200 years as demand for wood for timber and land for farming and mining grew. By the mid 1800s, public appreciation for the remote Adirondack wilderness began to increase as writers and artists romanticized the region. Tourism increased as the concept of the “Great Camp” became popular. Larger numbers of city dwellers came as railroads made the region more accessible. By the late 19th century, concern over the depletion of the Adirondack’s resources resulted in calls for the region to be preserved “forever” as wild forest. In 1885, the Adirondack Forest Preserve was created and in 1892 the Adirondack Park was formally recognized and given the permanent protection of the New York State Constitution two years later, thanks to the pioneering work of conservationists like Verplanck Colvin and Seneca Ray Stoddard. The Adirondack Park is over six million acres in size and remains a mix of state-owned and privately held land. Development of land within the park is regulated by the Adirondack Park Agency, created by New York State in 1971. Much of the private land held by timber companies and other large landowners is protected from development by easements purchased by the State. Other lands have been purchased by environmental groups such as The Nature Conservancy. Balancing the preservation of public access to the natural beauty and the undeveloped nature of the Adirondacks and the rights of landowners to privately enjoy and develop land within the Park continues to be a major challenge for those who live, work and recreate in the Adirondacks.
Scope & Content: The Adirondack Collection consists of booklets, publications and ephemeral material on Adirondack people, organizations, and places. Also included are series of photographs by Seneca Ray Stoddard and Edward Bierstadt, as well as other early photographers and a series of maps of the Adirondack region.
Stoddard, Seneca Ray, 1844-1917 Photographer Bierstadt, Edward, 1824-1906
Organization and Arrangement: Series 1: Adirondack People Series 2: Adirondack Organizations/Corporations Series 3: Adirondack Places Series 4: Adirondack Photographs and Photographers Series 5: Adirondack Journals Issues Series 6: Adirondack Maps Series 7: Adirondacks by Subject
Note: All oversize materials located in cupboard #3, shelf #1 in Reading Room
Provenance Ongoing collection; by purchase & gift
Keywords: mountains, woods, forest, park, conservation, trails, photographs, lakes, canoeing, environment, camp,
See Also: Paul Jamieson Collection—MSS #74 North Country Map Coll.—MSS #70 Maitland De Sormo Papers—MSS #99 Cranberry Lake Coll.—MSS #31 Rasbeck Diaries—MSS #86 Atwood Manley Papers—MSS #67 North Country Railroad Coll.—MSS #45 Frederic Remington Coll.—MSS #8 Stillwater Club—MSS #65 Dwight Church Coll.—MSS #57 STOP Olympic Prison—MSS #54 1980 Winter Olympics—MSS #90 Adirondack Park Agency—MSS #29 Essex County—MSS #104
Series 1—Adirondack People
Box 1 Ashlaw, Ted LP album Ted Ashlaw: Adirondack Woods Singer (Oversized) Brenan, Dan Sale Catalog of the angling library Brown, Grace “The American Tragedy That Took Place in Real Life” Brown, John photocopies of articles Bush, George W. “On a Snowy Earth Day, Bush Defends his Record”, NY Times, 4/23/02 Clark, H.M. Transcription and microfilm of her time at Cranberry Lake, NY, 1897-1901 Cohen, Moses Book—“Peddler to Capitalist: An Adirondack Merchant” by Wessels Desormo, Maitland “Another Desormo Article on Adirondacks Published” Gorky, Maxim Articles on Gorky’s 1906 Adirondack trip Griffin, William J. Transcription of an interview with the Forest History Foundation Homer, Winslow “Winslow Homer in the Adirondacks” American Artist, Fall 2002 Hudowalski, Grace Charity auction booklets Kellogg, Julia Baker Transcription and microfilm of her diary, 1865-1886
Box 1a MacKenzie, Kevin Self-published book The Long Road Home…An Adirondack Journey Merrill, Lem Book—Lem Merrill, Surveyor, Conservationist by Marjorie Porter Murray, W.H.H. Catalog of works by the author Petty, Clarence News clippings & obituary Plum, Dorothy Adirondack bibliography; Index and supplements for 1956 and 1962 Scott, Philo Clippings about his time at Cranberry Lake, NY Wheelock, Rosannah M. Microfilm of her diary, 1854-1858 White, William Chapman “Adirondack Book is Finest in 30 Years”
Series 2—Adirondack Organizations/Corporations
Box 2 1980 Winter Olympics Copies of news articles Adirondack 46ers 46ers Outdoor Skills Workshop Adirondack Architectural Heritage AAH brochure Adirondack Company (Railroad) $1,000 bond certificate Adirondack Council Forever Wild publications; Misc. publications Adirondack Landowners Association 2003 Newsletter Adirondack League Club 2012 directory; 1956 constitution & bylaws Adirondack Moose River Committee Ostrander constitutional amendment, 1953 Adirondack Mountain Club, Inc. Club materials Adirondack Museum Brochures, Correspondence b/t Ed Blankman & H.J. Sweeney Alcadel Corporation Alcadel Colony, Essex County information & letter Association / Protection of the Adirondacks 1966 statement before constitutional convention Citizens to Save the Adirondack Park Meeting minutes, notes, Constitution, member list Daughters of American Revolution New York State Conference in Lake Placid, 1927 Environmental Planning Lobby Membership materials Finch Pruyn Announcement of acquisition of lands by NYS Gould Paper Co. List of private preserves in the Adirondacks ca. 1951 Halcyon Rob & Gun Club picture booklet of club properties Higby Big Moose Clup Map, invitation, stationary, diary, and pen Kanes Falls Electric Co. Booklet—“White Coal of the Adirondacks” Kildare Club Club history information Lake Placid North Elba Historical Society North Country Museums and Other Sup. Educational Resources Booklet NYS College of Forestry, Syracuse informational brochure-“When you are in the Woods” NYS Conservation Department various forestry information booklets, 1915-1932 Saranac Land and Timber Co. Legal brief vs. State of New York Trudeau Foundation, Inc. 1961 Annual Report Lake Placid Club Townsend Article, In Oversized
Series 3—Adirondack Places
Box 3 General Adirondacks . NY Times articles on Land Acquisition . Adirondack Autumn leaflet . Adirondack Guide in Picture and Story . Adirondack Ski Tours . Where to Go in the Adirondacks . Souvenir folder cards . A Sense of Community: Diversity and Change . SLU Adirondack Travelogue cassette . Smithsonian Magazine—“Adirondacks Style”, Oct. 2004 . Fold-out Adirondack guides . Burr McIntosh Monthly magazine—1903 . Off the beaten path—Scenic roads in the Adirondack Park area . Adirondack Highways -- Adirondack Campsites . The Adirondacks photo booklet . Public Forest -- Fish and Game brochures . DVD video—Unlocking the Wilderness: Settlement of the Adirondacks (also on VHS)
Ausable Ausable Chasm Brochure & photo book Azure Mountain Fire Tower restoration booklet Blue Mountain Lake Trails in the Blue Mountain Lake region Forestport (Onieda Co) Town Centennial Celebration booklet Fulton Chain of Lakes Guide to Fulton Chain of Lakes Inlet Supper menu for Seventh Lake House Lake George Trails in the Lake George region Lake Placid . Lake Placid in the Adirondacks—brochure . Lake Placid, NY, “Meet the Town” 1979, 1981, 1986 editions . Lake Placid Club ephemera . Lake Placid Public Library 1884-1984—Centennial booklet . Stevens House, Lake Placid . Troy Daily Times article, 1900 Long Lake Woods and Waters guide to Long Lake and Raquette Lake Inventory log from 1820s Marcy (town of) Town of Marcy Centennial program, 1832-1932
Box 4 Mountain View Mountain View House Adirondacks, R. G. Low, proprietor Mount Marcy Trails to Marcy Recreation Circular Northville-Placid Northville-Placid trail guide Old Forge Trails in the Old Forge-Big Moose region Panther Mountain Facts about Panther Mountain Reservoir Ragged Lake History of Ragged Lake vol. 1 & 2 Raquette Lake “Deep in Forest, Thirst and Conservation Collide”, NY Times, 10/5/04 Raquette River 1854 Senate Report -- The Raquette River Then & Now, DVD Schroon Lake Trails in the Schroon Lake region Sagamore (Great Camp) The Sagamore, Lake George Santanoni (Great Camp) Brocure and news clipping Saranac Lake . “Indelible Memories”—account of curing for TB in Saranac Lake . “This Was Heaven, Really”, DVD and VHS . Saranac Lake brochures . Gateway to the Olympics 1932 . Mullin-Kille Saranac Lake City Directory, 1967 supplement edition . A Catalog of Books in the Saranac Lake Free Library, 1922 Star Lake . Star Lake Inn brochure . “The Queen of the Adirondacks”, Rev. C. Shaw Oversize Tupper Lake . Many People Ask… . News articles—Adirondack Club and Resort project . Tupper Lake, NY “Meet the Town”, 1975 edition Whiteface Mountain Whiteface Mountain Memorial Highway
Series 4 Adirondack Photographs and Photographers
Box 5 Seneca Ray Stoddard, 1844-1917 . “His Guide Books Told Story of Lake George”Adirondack Life 7/14/66 . Comb bound book Seneca Ray Stoodard’s New York State . “Crystal” Stereoviews, by Gunther Bauer . Adirondack poster featuring photo by S.R.S. (in Oversize box)
Seneca Ray Stoddard Post Cards • “The Way it Looks from the Stern Seat”, ca. 1880 • “Homeward Bound” Paul Smiths 1880 • Long Lake South from the Sagamore, 1880 • Blue Mountain Lake House, Adirondacks, • Jean Winston Adler in the Adirondacks “The Choppers”, 1888 • Prospect House, Blue Mountain Lake, Adirondacks, 1889 • Long Lake Camp fire at the Sagamore, 1888 • Adirondack Lodge—first all log cabin hotel built in Adks • Cascade House, Edmonds Pond, Adirondacks • Alva Dunning, famous Adirondack guide and hunter • Adirondack Lodge by the campfire, 1888 • Adirondack Survey Camp near Long Lake, 1888 • Return of the hunters to Windsor Hotel, Elizabethtown, Adks. • Ausable Lake and East side camp, 1889 • Chapel Pond Pass, Keene Valley, Colvin survey • Windsor Hotel, Elizabethtown, Adirondacks • Dial, Mt. Colvin, Etc. from Noon Mark (stereoscope) • Giant from Noon Mark (stereoscope) • Noon Mark from Beade, Keene Valley (stereoscope) • Whiteface Mountain summit (stereoscope) • Drowned Lands of the Lower Raquette, Adirondacks, 1888 • Martins, Saranac Lake—one of the most famous Adk hotels • Guide house at Paul Smith’s • Upper Ausable Lake- A West side Camp • Mt. McIntyre & Coldon Camp, Adirondacks • Mt. Morris from Tupper Lake showing drowned lands • President’s Cabin, Saranac Inn, occupied by Pres. Cleveland • Bartlett’s, Saranac Lake, Adirondacks • Prospect House, Upper Saranac Lake, Adirondacks • Prospect House Blue Mountain Lake • Carey’s Rustic Lodge, Upper Saranac Lake, Adirondacks • Beede House, Keene Valley, built 1876 • Self Portrait of Seneca Ray Stoddard, Ausable Chasm • Alva Dunning’s Camp, Eighth Lake, Fulton Chain of Lakes • Wild Adirondack Game (Original photo in Oversize box) • Raquette Lake Hotel open camp at night • Moonlight on Lake George (stereoscope)
Student research paper—Seneca Ray Stoddard: Landscape Pioneer, by Sam Staples
Box 5A Stereoscopic views by Seneca Ray Stoddard • Ausable Chasm, 18 cards • Ausable Pond 3 cards • Birmingham 10 cards • Blue Mountain Lake 4 cards • Dresden, 1 card • Hammondville 2 cards • Henderson Lake 2 cards • Keene Valley 4 cards • Lake Champlain 1 card • Lake George 29 cards • Long Lake 3 cards • Raquette Falls 1 card • Saranac Lake 4 cards • Schroon Lake 3 cards • Unknown Locations 7 cards
Box 6 Edward Bierstadt (1824-1906) “The Adirondacks” Artotype photo booklet Numbered Bierstadt Artotype photographs • #9 View at the Head of Long Lake • #10 The foot of Long Lake • #11a Chauncey Hawthorne’s camp, Raquette Lake • #11b Chauncey Hawthorne’s camp, Raquette Lake • #12a Outlet of Little Forked Lake • #15 Church on St. Hubert’s Isle, Raquette lake • #17 Marion River at the Bridge, Bassett’s Camp • #18 Marion River near the Bridge, Bassett’s Camp • #18a Marion River at the Outlet of Utowan Lake • #19 Outlet of Utowan Lake • #22 Looking North from Blue Mountain • #22b Looking West from Blue Mountain • #24 Looking North from Prospect House, Blue Mt. Lake • #24c Blue Mt. Lake Looking North from Prospect House • #33 At North Creek – Line of Adirondack Railway • #36a View from Top of Mount Marcy • #37 View from Top of Gore Mountain, near North Creek • #44 Merwin’s Blue Mountain House, Blue Mt. Lake • #49c Steamboat Landing, Bennett’s Hotel, Raquette Lake • #49d Madame Gerster’s Cottage, Bennett’s Hotel, R. Lake • #55 Indian River Hotel • #56 Looking Southwest from the Bridge, Indian River • #58 On the Road to Blue Mountain Lake, near Indian River • #60a Camp Pine Knot, Raquette Lake • #60c Camp Pine Knot, Raquette Lake • #66 Miller’s Saranac Lake House • #92 On the Raquette River above Buttermilk Falls • #102b Looking WNW from Prospect House, Blue Mt. Lake • #114a Echo Camp, Long Point, Raquette Lake • #1292 Cottage at Bennett’s, Raquette Lake • #1314 Looking down Long Lake from Above the Village • #1321 Outlet of Blue Mountain Lake
Box 7 Photos by an unknown photographer • Bound album “Adirondacks 1886” • Four folders labeled “Various Adirondack Locales” (some locations are identified—all photos appear to have been labeled by the same person, but it is unknown if the same photographer took them)
• “Sugaring in Keene Valley, with Phelps and Beedes, ca. 1910 • Two issues of Stereo World magazine (magazine of 3-D imagery) • Photos—Misc—contains a viewer for use with stereoscopic photos • Saranac Lake Village, 1920’s, Will Kollecker (Oversized)
Box 7a Photo Postcards . Ausable Chasm (Clinton Co.) 4 cards . Beaver River, NY 27 cards . Benson Mines, NY 1 card . Big Moose Lake (Herkimer Co.) 1 card . Blue Mountain Lake (Hamilton Co.) 3 cards . Blue Ridge, NY 1 card . Boonville, NY 9 cards . Cascade Lake (Hamilton Co.), 1 card . Childwold, NY, 1 card . Cranberry Lake, NY 44 cards . Dannemora, NY 1 card . Eagle Lake, NY 1 card . Elizabethtown, NY 3 cards . Fulton Chain, Fourth Lake (Herkimer C.) 6 cards . Gabriels, NY 1 card . Hoffmeister, NY 1 card . Hollywood Hills (Old Forge), NY 1 card . Hurricane, NY 1card . Inlet, NY 2 cards . Jay, NY 2 cards . Keene Valley, NY 5 cards . Lake Bonaparte (Lewis Co.) 12 cards . Lake George (Warren Co.) 4 cards . Lake Placid, NY 5 cards . Lake Tear of the Clouds (Essex Co.) 1 card . Long Branch, NY 1 card . Long Lake, NY 2 cards . Loon Lake (Franklin Co.) 1 card . Lowville, NY 1 card . Marion River (Hamilton Co.) 1 card . Mountain View, NY 3 cards . Natural Bridge, NY 1 card . Newcomb, NY 1 card . Newton Falls, NY 1 card . North Elba, NY 1 card . North Hudson, NY 1 card . North River, NY 1 card . Old Forge, NY 1 card . Otter Lake, NY 1 card . Port Huron, NY 1 card . Raquette Lake (Hamilton Co.) 1 card . Rices Falls (Essex Co.) 1 card . Round Lake (Middle Saranac Lake) 1 card . Rouse’s Point, NY 3 cards . Ruby Mountain (Hamilton Co.) 1 card . St. Regis Falls, NY 1 card . Saranac Inn, NY 1 card . Saranac Lake, NY 4 cards . Saratoga Springs, NY 5 cards . Schroon Lake, NY 7 cards . Sixth Lake (Hamilton Co.) 1 card . Speculator, NY 1 card . Star Lake, NY 2 cards . Stony Creek, NY 1 card . Tupper Lake, NY 2 cards . Warrensburg, NY 1 card . Whiteface Mountain (Essex Co.) 2 cards . Wilmington Notch (Essex Co.) 1 card . Unidentified Adirondack locations 42 cards . Outside Adirondack Park 15 cards
Box 7b Adirondack Postcards/Calendars . Adirondack postcards, various locations, in photo albums (approx. 180) . Werner’s Adirondack Historic Calendar, 2004-2006
Series 5—Miscellaneous Adirondack Journals (A-Z)
Box 8 o Northern Logger & Timber Processor, June, September, December 1970 o Your Adirondack Holidays, 1959 o The American Monthly Magazine, April 1886 o Mountain Magazine—July, Oct. 1927 ; Jan., May, July 1928 o The Living Wilderness—Winter 1972-73 o New York State Museum, 1929—Animal Habitats in Certain Portions of the Adirondacks; Notes on Mammals of the o Adirondacks; Habitats of Mammals at an Adirondack Camp o Bulletin of the New York State College of Forestry, Jan. 1937 o Adirondack Advocate, National Audubon Society o Adirondack Park Agency “Community Chat” newsletter, 2001-2003 o Premier Adirondack Auction- 2016
Box 9 North Country Books catalogs—2000-2016 Adirondack Book Catalog (1985, 1989, 1993) published by “With Pipe and Book” book shop, Lake Placid
Additional Adirondack Journals, Periodicals & Serials
Title Lib. Holdings Dates Location Call #
Adirondac. Gabriels: Adk Mountain Club. LIB HAS: 9-(11)-35,37-(38)-(40)-(43)-(45)-(71)-; 1945-PER F127.A2 A223
Adirondack Bits 'n Pieces. [Port Henry: Bannister Publications, c1983- LIB HAS: 1; 1984 SPEC F127.A2 .A212
Adirondack Explorer. Saranac Lake: Getting the Word Out, Inc., 1998 LIB HAS: 2002- PER / SPEC F127.A2 A225
Adirondack Journal of Environmental Studies (AJES). Paul Smiths: Chimera Press, 1994- LIB HAS: 1- ; 1994- PER F127.A2 A37
Adirondack Life. [Keene, etc.: Adirondack Life] LIB HAS: 1-(13)- ; 1970- PER/SPEC F127.A2 A254
The Adirondack Mountain Club Newsletter. Lake George, NY : The Club, c1991- LIB HAS: 1-5; 1991-1995 SPEC F127.A2 A224
Adirondack Park Agency Reporter. Keene Valley : Susan Allen, editor and publisher, 1992- LIB HAS: (3)-20; 1994-2011 SPEC F127.A2 A36
Adirondack Peeks. Morrisonville, N.Y.: Adirondack Forty-sixers. 1964- LIB HAS: 0 Semiannual
Adirondack Review. ? (online)
Annual Report. Schenectady: Association for the Protection of the Adirondacks LIB HAS: 72nd; 1973 SPEC F127.A2 A84
Annual Report. Ray Brook: Adirondack Park Agency LIB HAS: 1977-1987,1993-2006 SPEC F127.A2 A32
Blueline. Blue Mountain Lake, N. Y., Alice Gilborn. SUNY Potsdam? LIB HAS: 1- : 1979- SPEC F127.A2 B58
The Cloud Splitter. Albany: Adirondack Mountain Club. Albany Chapter. LIB HAS: zip 1938- nada nothing?!
Forest and Stream; a Journal of Outdoor Life, Travel, Nature Study… NY: Forest and stream. LIB HAS: 1-15,17-78,80,83; 1873-1914 PER SK1 .F7
Harrier. Canton, N.Y. : St. Lawrence/Adirondack Chapter National Audubon Society, 1985- LIB HAS: (1-4)-(7-10); 1985-1995 SPEC QL671 .H37
High Spots. Albany: Adirondack Mountain Club. LIB HAS: 1922-1937,1939-1940,1942 SPEC F127.A2 A219
The New York State Conservationist. Albany: New York State Conservation Dept. LIB HAS: (1)-14; 1946-1960 PER HC107.N7 N43
Lake Placid Club Notes Essex, NY: The Club, LIB Has: 1905-07- ? SPEC F127.A2 L3
Newsletter / Adirondack Architectural Heritage. Keeseville: AAH. LIB HAS: (11)-; 2002- SPEC F127.A2 N49
North Country Life. Ogdensburg: G. G. Cole. LIB HAS: 1-13; 1946-1959 PER F116 .N93
Tahawus Cloudsplitter. Tahawus: MacIntyre Development of the Titanium Division, National Lead Co. LIB HAS: (2,14-15),17-(18-20)-(22-24); 1951-1971 SPEC F127.E2 T345x
Trailmarker. Utica: Trailmarker LIB HAS: 1963-64 SPEC F127 .A2 T725
Series 6—Adirondack Maps
Box 10 o Adirondack Canoe Routes, 1931 o Adirondack Map—Conservation Dept. Div. of Lands and Forests 1923 o Adirondack Map—Conservation Dept. Div. of Lands and Forests 1964 o Adirondack Map—DEC Division of Lands and Forests, 1983 o Adirondack Map—DEC Division of Lands and Forests, 1985 o Adirondack Maps—Forest and Adjoining Territory, 1908 . The Adirondack Trail, Route 30 . The Adirondack Country . Adirondack and Northway Travel Guide Map o Bob Marshall Wild Lands Complex map, 2011 o Map of Township No. 20—Upper Saranac Lake region
Oversized o 24 USGS Quadrangle maps of Adirondack Park o Verplanck Colvin 1874 Adirondack Survey sketch ? o 2 Litchfield Park Corporation maps o Gould paper Co. map showing Monehan Estate & adjoining lands o William P Hall, student mapping exercises while at NYS Ranger School
The following maps are part of the North Country Maps Collection, MSS #70
1875 Ely, W.W. Map of the [NY] Wilderness to accompany Wallace’s Descriptive ++72 1882 Stoddard, S.R. Map of the Adirondack wilderness (2nd rev. ed G3802.A2 1882 S76 1884 Ely, W.W. Colton’s Map of the New York Wilderness and the Adirondacks G3802.A2 1884 .E492 1902 Blankman, Popular Map of the Adirondacks. +++ 26 1908 Wood & Smith Map of the Adirondack Forest and Adjoining Territories (2 c.) +++ 4 & 6 1920 ? The Adirondack Picture Map (Lake George and Lake Champlain) ++ 36 1929 Conserv. Dept, NYS Map of the Adirondacks (includes entire North country) +++45 1970 Adirondack Park, Forest Preserve Classification ++ 54 1973 APA (N.Y.) Adirondack Park, land use and development plan map +++ 34 1990 NYS Commission on Adirondacks Adirondack Park Open Space Protection Plan Map ++71
Series 7—Adirondacks by Subject
Box 11 Adirondack Canoe Routes brochures Brochures on invasive species (plants and animals) Maple Surgaring Bill Smith Audio recordings (on cassette and CD): • Stories and songs from “The Featherbed” • Tall Tales and Poems • Adirondack Memories • More Tales from “The Featherbed” Tom Akstens audio recordings • The Heart of the River (2CD set) SLU Conferences on the Adirondacks 1971-1992 • For audio tapes of the proceedings, see Archives RG 2.2 (Sound recordings) • For paper records, See Archives RG 4 (Presidents) and 11 (Events)
Mineral Collecting in the Adirondack Lowlands: A 19th Century Alternative to Fishing and Hunting, by James D. Carl, 2013