Seneca Ray Stoddard collection, 1848-1916.

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Seneca Ray Stoddard collection, 1848-1916.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155514215

This collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, maps, and photographs created by Stoddard and accumulated by Maitland DeSormo. The correspondence mainly pertains to advertising in Stoddard's guidebooks. There are lecture clippings, notices, programs, and a diary of a trip Stoddard took to the Adirondacks (1873). Also included are U.S. Patent Office certificates and specifications for improvement on photographic apparatus and for improvement on electrical trolleys, and receipts for photographs and maps deposited with the Library of Congress. There are a number of manuscripts in the collection including "Jan the Golden," "The Hudson River from the Mountains to the Sea," and "The Adirondacks," which includes mounted photographs. Also included are Stoddard wood engravings, a pencil sketch for "The Adirondack Illustrated," and map proofs for guidebooks including maps of Lake Placid, Upper and Lower Saranac Lake, and Lake Champlain from Westport to Burlington. There also are maps of the Adirondack Mountains, a Verplank Colvin reconnaissance map of Tallow or Blue Mountain Lake, and a map of Herkimer, Hamilton, and Montgomery Counties.

2 cu. ft. (textual records; photographs; drawings; maps)

New York State Historical Documents (Albany, N.Y.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 6879207

New York State Historical Documents (Albany, N.Y.)

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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 (New York State Historical Documents).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 fi...