Print Collection

Beginning with the 1955 as a leader of the Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott and culminating with his assassination in Memphis, Tennessee in 1968, Dr. King was both a figurehead and a foot soldier in the struggle for equal rights for black Americans. His most famous speech was his "I Have a Dream" speech, given before hundreds of thousands of marchers on the National Mall in Washington, DC. King won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 and was lauded with other honors even after his death.

Orrin E. Martin was born December 22, 1847 in Westville, Franklin County, New York. He was the son of Hollis and Selina Martin. He married Mary J. Butler on February 15, 1876 and had three children; Arthur H., Hollis W., and Edith L. During his life he owned and operated a pulp mill near Norwood. In 1877, he and his father operated a wagon hub business in Norwood and in 1880 he moved to Ogdensburg and established a hub business of his own. In 1910 he and his sons established the Martin Pulp and Paper Company in Norwood of which he was president at the time of his death on February 8, 1923.

Mark Swanson spent much of his life as a resident of the Adirondack Park, and has written extensively in the form of personal journals and diaries over the last 50 years.  He has lived in Saranac Lake since 1981, and was brought up around the Adirondack Park, where his grandfather was a state game warden and his great uncle a caretaker at Bog Lake Camp.

This ongoing collection currently consists of typed diary entries covering the years 2002-2004.

Marianne Craig Moore, American Poet, was born November 15, 1887 in Missouri and died February 5, 1972 in Brooklyn, NY. Miss Moore graduated from Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania in 1909. She taught school at the United States Indian School in Carlisle, Pa., was a secretary to a girls school, 1921-1925 was an assistant librarian at the Hudson Park Branch of the New York Public Library, and from 1926-1929 edited the literary magazine "The Dial". Miss Moore was the recipient of many awards including the Bollingen Prize in Poetry, the National Book Award for Poetry and the Pulitzer Prize.

The Man family were pioneers in the settling of the area around Malone, N.Y. Alric and Dr. Albon Man, came to Malone from Addison, Vermont in 1803 and settled in the area that would later become known as Westville. Dr. Man's residence was used as the first school house, and his son Buel, is said to be the first male child born in Malone. Albon Man was appointed the first supervisor of the town of Constable when it was separated from Malone in 1807. He also served as land agent for the Constable family. Alric Man and later Ebenezer, the son of Albon, also served as supervisors of the town.

Malcolm McCormick, born in Gouverneur, NY to parents James F (1889-1978) and Eula M. Mckenney McCormick (1892-1979) studied the arts and dance. Malcolm, a 1945 graduate from Canton High School was the soloist(lead dancer) at the Metropolitan Opera Company in New York City from 1951-1959. He returned to northern New York after teaching in the department of dance and theater at UCLA. Malcolm brought with him an interest in the founding of Canton, NY and his father’s alma mater, St. Lawrence University.

This collection was donated by Malcolm McCormick.

Maitland C. De Sormo was born August 26, 1906 in Canton, N.Y., was educated in Malone, N.Y., Hamilton College, New York University and Columbia University. He was a high school teacher for almost 40 years. He was the owner of Adirondack Yesteryears in Saranac Lake and was the author/editor of many articles and books on the Adirondacks. Maitland C. De Sormo died January 24, 1993 in Saranac Lake, N.Y.  Also included are 31 cassette tapes of various interviews, Adirondack songs and stories.

Two account books for the town of Madrid, N.Y. Town Supervisor's account book 1829-1868 and "Book of public land of the town of Madrid", 1840-1859. Both contain names of individuals, dates, and amounts paid.

Mabel Lila Wait was born in Canton, N.Y. on October 2, 1876. After her parents death she managed the family farm alone until she married Fred Roberts in 1901. Mabel and Fred continued to live on the Wait farm throughout their lives. They had one daughter, Gladys, born in 1908. In addition to doing farm work, Fred taught school in the Brick Chapel district. They both attended Grange functions in Crary Mills, and Mabel was active in the Presbyterian Ladies' Aid Society at Brick Chapel. Gladys attended the Brick Chapel primary school and high school in Canton and graduated from St.

The earliest diary is dated 1898, shortly before her marriage to Dr. C. Dean Laidlaw, a doctor in Canton. They cover a 52 year period and chronicle her life in Canton, providing an excellent daily log of domestic life in the area.