Adirondack Research Library

Photo Gallery

ARL History:

Adirondack Research Library Steering Committee meeting circa 1985

Adirondack Research Library Steering Committee meeting circa 1985

Edith Pilcher and Vincent Schaefer at the opening of the Adirondack Research Library. June, 6, 1980

Edith Pilcher and Vincent Schaefer at the opening of the Adirondack Research Library. June, 6, 1980

ARL Historical and Contemporary Map Collection:

Sketch Showing the Progress of the Primary Triangulation

Adirondack Survey 1892 and 1873 by Verplanck Colvin Sketch Showing the Progress of the Primary Triangulation

Map of the Great Forest of Northern New York

Map of the Great Forest of Northern New York. The Proposed Adirondack Park 1890.

Map of the Railroads of the State of New York 1856.

Map of the Railroads of the State of New York 1856.

Map of the Tracts Patents and Land Grants of Northern New York 1893

Map of the Tracts Patents and Land Grants of Northern New York 1893.

Stoddard Map of the Adirondack Wildernes 1892

Stoddard Map of the Adirondack Wildernes 1892.

Stoddard Hydrographic Survey of Lake George 1906.

Stoddard Hydrographic Survey of Lake George 1906.

Apperson Collection:

Earl Paxter at Apperson Camp Circa 1920.

Earl Paxter at Apperson Camp Circa 1920.

A Trip onto Au Sable Lake 1914

A Trip onto Au Sable Lake 1914.

Apperson Lecture

Apperson Lecture.

Trip onto Au Sable Lake Club House 1914

Trip onto Au Sable Lake Club House 1914.

Ski Trip to Mt. Washington with Dartmouth College 1914 Group Photo.

Ski Trip to Mt. Washington with Dartmouth College 1914 Group Photo.

Langmuir and other at Mt Marcy Summit

Langmuir and other at Mt Marcy Summit.

Forest Preserve booth at the White Plains Garden Club show 1950s.

Forest Preserve booth at the White Plains Garden Club show 1950s.

Paul Schaefer Collection:

Paul Schaefer and an unidentified man in front of the fireplace at the Beaver House circa 1975.

Paul Schaefer and an unidentified man in front of the fireplace at the Beaver House circa 1975.

Man filming a group carrying canoes toward the Hudson River circa 1970s for Of Rivers and Men.

Man filming a group carrying canoes toward the Hudson River circa 1970s for Of Rivers and Men.

Howard Zahniser outside at Mateskared circa 1960.

Howard Zahniser outside at Mateskared circa 1960.

Governor Nelson Rockefeller signing the Adirondack Park Agency's Private Land Use and Development Plan 1973.

Governor Nelson Rockefeller signing the Adirondack Park Agency's Private Land Use and Development Plan 1973.

Paul Schaefer working on a typewriter.

Paul Schaefer at a typewriter at his 897. St. David's Lane Niskayuna, NY home circa 1978.

Paul Schaefer outside the door to the Association for the Protection of the Adirondacks offices

Paul Schaefer outside the door to the Association for the Protection of the Adirondacks offices circa 1963.

Paul Schaefer with Adirondack Relief Map.

Paul Schaefer with Adirondack Relief Map.

Postcard Collection:

Adirondack style shelter in the forest with several campers.

An Open Camp in the Adirondacks

Man carrying canoe to forest lake.

Eighth Lake Carry Fulton Chain.

Lumberjacks sitting on pile of timbers

Log Jam Adirondacks NY

Group of picnickers overlooking Adirondack lake

Lunch on Top of Eagle Mountain.

Overlook of Adirondack forest and lake

Seventh Lake and Seventh Lake Mountains Fulton Chain

Steamboat docking in a forest lake

Str. Clearwater Stopping at Beckers Camp Fourth Lake

Flickinger Collection:

Man skiing rapidly down hill.

Chet Rice on Marcy The Big Drift 5/10/1953.

Woman hiking mountain trail with large backpack.

Kay Flickinger Dockstader hiking with bedroll.

Woman puts on lipstick in forest campsite

Kay Flickinger Dockstader putting on lipstick.

Large group of hikers eating on mountain peak

Lunch on Saddleback Mountain.

Woman stands next to burned tree on mountain ridge.

Rocky Peak Ridge 10/19/1946.

Marshall Family Photographs:

Three men stand on mountain top.

Bob Marshall Herb Clark and George Marshall.

Man stands in forest with very large backpack.

Bob Marshall with backpack.

Man standing in forest, without backback.

Bob Marshall without backpack.

Two men in a campsite.

George Marshall and Herb Clark.

Man walks into forest away from camera.

Guide Herb Clark.

House sitting by a river.

Knollwood

ARL Facilities:

Outdoor view of house containing the ARL

Indoor lodge fireplace

Birdhouse in roof mounting.

Antique style iron door mounting.

Shelf holding wood samples.

Stone fireplace with bench.

Wall sized relief set map of the Adirondacks

Stone fireplace with iron log holders and tools.

Adirondack Research Library

897 St. David's Lane
Niskayuna, NY 12309

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