Stoddard, Seneca Ray, 1844-1917

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Seneca Ray Stoddard was an American landscape photographer, publisher, and conservationist active in the Adirondack Region of New York State.

From the description of Seneca Ray Stoddard collection, 1848-1916. (New York State Historical Documents). WorldCat record id: 155514215

Seneca Ray Stoddard (1844-1917) was an American landscape photographer, naturalist, writer, poet and cartographer. Born in Saratoga County, New York, he taught himself painting (one his first jobs was painting scenes in passenger cars) and photography. He eventually published several guide books to areas in and around the Adirondacks; two important works were The Adirondacks: Illustrated, published in 1873 and revised and reprinted several times up through 1914, and the first tourist map of the Adirondacks, published in 1874. His work publicizing the beauties of upstate New York helped influence the creation of the Adirondack Park in the late 1880s.

In addition to his work in New York, Stoddard travelled widely both in the United States (Alaska, Florida, the southwest) and internationally (Italy, Switzerland, France, and Scandinavia). His experiences in these journeys resulted in several lecture tours and travel books, including The Cruise of the Friesland and The Midnight Sun .

From the guide to the Seneca Ray Stoddard Photographs, 1882-1890, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries)

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Role Title Holding Repository
referencedIn Essex County Historical Society. Photograph collection, [ca. 1860]-1970. Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library
creatorOf Seneca Ray Stoddard Photographs, 1882-1890 Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center
creatorOf Stoddard, Seneca Ray, 1844-1917. Correspondence with Theodore Dreiser, 1906. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
creatorOf Stoddard, Seneca Ray, 1843-1917. Seneca Ray Stoddard collection, 1848-1916. New York State Historical Documents (Albany, N.Y.)
referencedIn Keene Valley Public Library (N.Y.). Map collection, 1880-1927. Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library
creatorOf Fisher, Arthur S., 1909-2003. Arthur S. Fisher photograph collection, 1823-1988. New York State Historical Documents (Albany, N.Y.)
referencedIn Tuttleman Family, Edna S. and Stanley C. Collection of Nineteenth-Century Photographs, 1857-1899 Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library,
referencedIn Penfield Homestead Museum (Ironville, N.Y.). Photograph collection, [ca.1850]-1980. Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library
referencedIn Adirondack Collection, 1848- St. Lawrence University, Owen D. Young Library
creatorOf Stoddard, Seneca Ray, 1844-1917. Sales receipt from S.R. Stoddard, Glens Falls, N.Y., 1891. Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, The Clark
creatorOf Crandall Public Library (Glens Falls, N.Y.),. Crandall Public Library map collection, 1755-2000. New York State Historical Documents (Albany, N.Y.)
referencedIn Stoddard, Seneca Ray : [miscellaneous ephemeral material]. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library
referencedIn State University of New York College at Plattsburgh. Feinberg Library. Scrapbook collection, ca.1870-1983. Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library
creatorOf Stoddard, Seneca Ray, 1844-1917,. Boylston family photographs, ca. 1865-1875. Massachusetts Historical Society
creatorOf Crandall Public Library (Glens Falls, N.Y.),. Crandall Public Library photograph collection, 1863-2000. New York State Historical Documents (Albany, N.Y.)
referencedIn Getman, Wilford T.,. Adirondack photographs and maps, 1812-[ca. 1900] Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library
creatorOf Steinback, Elsa Kny, 1911-1996. Elsa Kny Steinback collection, 1830-1997. New York State Historical Documents (Albany, N.Y.)
referencedIn Crandall Public Library (Glens Falls, N.Y.),. Biographical files, [ca. 1760]-2002. New York State Historical Documents (Albany, N.Y.)
creatorOf STODDARD, SENECA RAY. Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material. Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)
creatorOf Stoddard, Seneca Ray, 1844-1917. Spier Falls Dam construction slides, 1900-1903. New York State Historical Documents (Albany, N.Y.)
referencedIn Saranac Lake Free Library. Photograph collection, 1890-1945. Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library
referencedIn Ticonderoga Historical Society. Photograph collection, 1839-1985. Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library
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associatedWith Annan, Thomas, d. 1887 person
associatedWith Crandall Public Library (Glens Falls, N.Y.), corporateBody
associatedWith Essex County Historical Society. corporateBody
associatedWith Fisher, Arthur S., 1909-2003. person
associatedWith Getman, Wilford T., person
associatedWith Keene Valley Public Library (N.Y.) corporateBody
associatedWith Penfield Homestead Museum (Ironville, N.Y.). corporateBody
associatedWith Saranac Lake Free Library. corporateBody
associatedWith State University of New York College at Plattsburgh. Feinberg Library. corporateBody
associatedWith Steinback, Elsa Kny, 1911-1996. person
associatedWith Ticonderoga Historical Society. corporateBody
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Adirondack Mountains (N.Y.)
Adirondack Park (N.Y.)
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National parks and reserves
Natural history
New York (State)
Photographers
Photography
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Naturalist
Photographers
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Death 1917

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