Adirondack Resources

Library Databases

Adirondack Life

"A regional magazine covering the six-million-acre Adirondack Park of northern New York State. It explores the region's people, places, history, wildlife, environment and public issues, and provides readers with ideas for activities and outdoor recreation throughout the vast park."

Adirondack Explorer -- "Devoted to exploring, protecting, and unifying the Adirondack Park."

New York State Digital Collections -- "65,000 documents (approximately 2 million pages) relating to New York State." From the New York State Library.

Adirondack History Network -- "A site developed by the Adirondack Museum at Blue Mountain Lake, New York, to aid in the study of state and local history." Topics include: guiding, tuberculosis, logging, and park establishment.

North Country Digital History -- A collection of digital archives from several North Country colleges, libraries and historical societies

HRVH Historical Newspapers -- "Access to digitized copies of historical newspapers from the Hudson River Valley region of New York State. As a first step toward this vision, The Kingston Daily Freeman has been completely digitized for the years 1903 to 1912. The entire contents of the newspaper issues can be searched and browsed in HRVH Historical newspapers."

CDLC Digital Collections -- "Access to digitized materials from libraries, archives, historical societies, museums and cultural organizations in the Capital District Library Council's region. This region encompasses the following ten New York State counties: Albany, Fulton, Hamilton, Montgomery, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Warren and Washington." From the Capitol District Library Council.

New York Heritage Digital Collections -- "Freely accessible digital collections from libraries, museums and archives from all over the state. See New York State's rich and unique history told through images, artifacts and documents--just a click away!"

North Country Public Radio-- Great source of Adirondack specific news and stories.

Saranac Laboratory & Tuberculosis -- A history of Dr. Trudeau, tuberculosis and Saranac Lake.

John Brown: a self-guided tour --Based on what his wife saw during his funeral processional.

New York State Historical Literature -- From Cornell University.

New York History Net

New York State Archives

New York State Museum Research and Collections

Warren County, NY Genealogy and History

NYGenWeb-- "Your Gateway to New York Genealogy and History."

Fire Towers -- A comprehensive list and map of Adirondack fire towers.

Lake Champlain and Lake George History Timelines

Adirondack History: French and Indian War

The Sunken 1758 Fleet

French and Indian War: Lake George Viewed from a British Fort

Fort William Henry -- From the Lake George Historical Association.

French and Indian War Timeline -- French and Indian War Society.

On the Map: French and India War -- University of Virginia.

From the Ramparts -- The Ninth Dispatch -- From Fort William Henry.

Chapman Historical Museum --History of Glens Falls and its relationship to the Adirondacks.

The Wild Center -- Unique natural history museum in Tupper Lake, NY.

Adirondack Museum -- Largest collection of Adirondack artifacts anywhere in Blue Mountain Lake, NY.

Great Camp Sagamore -- William West Durant's masterpiece in Raquette Lake, NY.

The Folk Life Center at Crandall Library -- Dozens of archival verticle files on various topics about the Adirondack Mountains.

Adirondack Vistitors Interpretive Centers (VIC) -- Environmental education centers sponsored by the Adirondack Park Agency.

Fort Ticonderoga

Fort William Henry

Cooper's Cave -- The location that inspired James Fenimore Cooper.

Adirondack Mountain Club -- "a nonprofit membership organization that protects wild lands and waters through a balanced approach of conservation and advocacy, environmental education, and responsible recreation"

The Association for the Protection of the Adirondacks -- A "citizen-based based organization formed to protect the Adirondack region"

Residents' Committee to Protect the Adirondacks (RCPA) -- A grass-roots organization with a reputation for critical analysis of private land development.

The Nature Conservancy -- Very active in conservation/preservation issues in the park.

Hunting adventures in the northern wilds; or, A tramp in the Chateaugay woods, over hills, lakes and forest streams by S. H. Hammond-- An 1890 book from the Making of America collection digitized by the Cornell University Library.

Lake George: its scenes and characteristics, with glimpses of the olden times. To which is added some account of Ticonderoga, with a description of the route to Schroon lake and the Adirondacks. With ... notes on Lake Champlain ... 3d ed. by B. F. DeCosta -- An 1868 book from the Making of America collection digitized by the Cornell University Library.

Some account of two visits to the mountains in Essex County, New York, in the years 1836 and 1837; : with a sketch of the northern sources of the Hudson by W. C. Redfield -- An 1838 book from the Making of America collection digitized by the Cornell University Library

The Adirondack: or, Life in the woods by J. T. Headle-- An 1853 book from the Making of America collection digitized by the University of Michigan.

Adventures in the wilderness: or, camp-life in the Adirondacks byWilliam H. H. Murray -- An 1869 book from the Making of America collection digitized by the University of Michigan.

Woods and waters: or, The Saranacs and Racket by Alfred Billings Street -- An 1860 book from the Making of America collection digitized by the University of Michigan.

Lake Placid 1932 -- From the International Olympic Committee.

Lake Placid 1980 -- From the International Olympic Committee.

1932 Lake Placid Olympics Official Report -- Digitized and posted online by the LA84 Foundation. A very large PDF document.

1932 Lake Placid Olympic: Dewey's Olympics --From Olympic Perspectives: Third International Symposium for Olympic Research. Digitized and posted online by the LA84 Foundation

Legacies of North American Olympic Winter Games: Lake Placid 1980 -- From the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games(VANOC).

1980 Lake Placid Olympics Official Report: Volume 1 -- Digitized and posted online by the LA84 Foundation. A very large PDF document.

1980 Lake Placid Olympics Official Report: Volume 2 -- Digitized and posted online by the LA84 Foundation. A very large PDF document.

LA84 Foundation Sport History Library

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation

NYPIRG -- New York Public Interest Research Group.

New York State Energy Research and Development Authority -- "NYSERDA works to help New York State save energy, reduce energy costs, protect the environment and improve the economy." Lots of information.

Adirondack Lakes Survey Corporation-- "ALSC's mission is to determine the extent and magnitude of acidification of lakes and ponds in the Adirondack region."

Adirondack Park Agency

National Atmospheric Deposition Program -- "Data on the chemistry of precipitation for monitoring of geographical and temporal long-term trends."

Scorecard -- "Find out about the pollution problems in your community and learn who is responsible." From the Environmental Defense Fund.

The Adirondack Mountains: New Mountains From Old Rocks -- "Text and figures adapted from Chapter 4 of

"The Geology of New York: A Simplified Account" by the NYS Geological Survey."

Watersheds of the World -- "Maps of land cover, population density and biodiversity for 154 basins and sub-basins around the world. It lists indicators and variables for each of these basins and, where appropriate, provides links and references to relevant information. It further contains 20 global maps portraying relevant water resources issues."

Wilderness Society -- With an online research library of reports, sceientific and legal papers, factsheets, and more.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Zebra Mussel Links -- An extensive list of good links from the RPI.