Keene Valley manuscript collection, 1872-1983.

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Keene Valley manuscript collection, 1872-1983.

Papers, articles, reminiscences, speeches, letters, poetry, travel notes and diaries, minutes, and other manuscript items concerning Keene Valley; subjects include Keene Valley Players, Felix Adler, summer homes and camps, roads, Adirondack names, Ausable River, natural resources, World War II, forest fires, artists, Adirondack guides, local family histories, the Lake Placid Club, churches, schools, World War I, the Keene Valley Country Club, hiking, the underground railroad, and lumbering. Of note are minutes, correspondence, and reports of the Keene Valley branch of the American Red Cross, 1917-1949; cemetery transcriptions, 1954-1982; undated 19th century field book of the Paradox Tract; constitution and minutes of the Keene Heights Library Club, 1888-1907; Edward K. Rawson's travel diaries from a Cranberry Lake camping trip, 1872, and trips to Germany, France, and Panama, 1873-1874; extracts from the diary of John Jersey McFadden, 1872; and undated manuscript by W.H.H. Murray on the Adirondacks.

4 cubic ft.

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Keene Valley Public Library (N.Y.).

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Keene Valley Country Club (Keene Valley, N.Y.)

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Keene Heights Library Club.

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Rawson, Edward Kirk, 1846-1934

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Naval chaplain and professor at the United States Naval Academy. From the description of Papers of Edward Kirk Rawson, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71130863 ...

McFadden, John Jersey, 1804-1875

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Murray, W. H. H. (William Henry Harrison), 1840-1904

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Clergyman, author. From the description of Papers of W.H.H. Murray, 1887-1889. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 51846011 W.H.H. Murray was born in Connecticut and educated at Yale. He was a pastor, lecturer, businessman, and author. From the description of W.H.H. Murray letter to Barnes, 1873. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 52075136 Dealer in fresh meats in Libby, Mont. From the description of Lett...

Lake Placid Club (Lake Placid, N.Y.)

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Adler, Felix, 1851-1933.

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BIOGHIST REQUIRED Felix Adler (Columbia A.B., 1870), religious leader and educator, taught courses in social and political ethics at Columbia between 1902 and 1933. From the guide to the Felix Adler Papers, 1830-1933., (Columbia University Rare Book and Manuscript Library, ) Felix Adler (Columbia A.B., 1870), religious leader and educator, taught courses in social and political ethics at Columbia between 1902 and 1933. From the description of Felix Adler papers, ...

American National Red Cross. Keene Valley Branch.

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Keene Valley Players.

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