Print Collection

Titles include American Sunbather, American Nudist, American Nudist Leader, Nudism Today, Sunbathing Annual, Sunbathing Review, Sun Love, and a number of foreign titles.

The collection consists of stock certificates and bonds, photographs, broadsides, timetables, and business papers and ledgers of railroad companies. Included are: Black River and Utica Railroad, Chateaugay Railroad, Carthage and Adirondack Railroad, Carthage, Watertown and Sackets Harbor Railroad, Northern Rail-Road, Ogdensburgh, Clayton and Rome Railroad, Potsdam & Watertown Railroad, and the Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg Railroad Company.

It was acquired over many years by gift and purchase from a number of sources.

Most of the photographs appear to be portraits of prominent businessmen and other residents, including wives and children. Nearly all are either cartes de visite or cabinet card format images and most were taken by one of many photography studios in Canton, Potsdam, Ogdensburg, Gouverneur and other communities. In addition to paper portrait photographs, a few of them are tintypes and some are group photos. The majority of people are identified and many of those in the group photographs have connections to St. Lawrence University.

This collection contains newspaper clippings, photocopies of news articles and other accounts of various murders committed in the North Country.  Folders are organized alphabetically by the victim's last name.

Maps relating to the North Country, NY.  The collection consists of, but is not limited to, maps of St. Lawrence, Franklin, Jefferson and Lewis Counties ; St. Lawrence River, St. Regis Mohawk Reservation, Ogdensburg, Macombs Purchase, Adirondack Mountains, and New York State railroads.

Series 1 divided into groups and individuals (most unidentified). Series 2 consists of activities such as: children's games, dramatic groups, bicycling, boating and social gatherings. Series 3 consists of interiors and exteriors of homes - most unidentified. Series 4 consists of photos of towns, places and trades: Watertown, Waddington, Hermon-DeKalb, Theresa, Saranac Lake; Mills, construction sites and other unidentified industries. Also includes some gelatin negatives and photographs.

The North Country is that region of New York State north of the Mohawk and south of the St. Lawrence Rivers, east of Lake Ontario and west of Lake Champlain. It includes the Adirondack Park, the Tug Hill Plateau, the Thousand Islands, and the St. Lawrence River Valley. Within this area are over 2700 lakes, dozens of rivers, and thousands of ponds, streams and brooks. From the earliest times of human habitation boats have played an important role in the history, early settlement, and later development of this region.

The Noble family was from Gouverneur, New York (St. Lawrence County). Harvey H. Noble and Edna Wood Noble had three children: Katherine L. Noble, Robert N. Noble and Edward J. Noble (born August 8, 1882). Harvey ran a coal, wood and building supply business and served as an agent for the Rome and Watertown Railroad,. Robert attended Purdue University and studied engineering and Edward attended Yale. Katherine taught school in Weedsport and married Alger Conger.

The New York Company, or Compagnie de New York, was formed by James Le Ray’s brother-in-law, Pierre Chassanis in 1792 for the purpose of land investment in the western Adirondacks. It was anticipated that tracts of land could be sold to French immigrants fleeing the aftermath of the French Revolution.

William S. Connolly of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, was president of the New York and Ontario Power Company. The company applied in 1918 to the International Joint Commission for approval for "...the obstruction of the waters of the St. Lawrence River at Waddington, N.Y." Connolly was also a manager of the Bank of Montreal for 40 years (1890-1930) and spent most of his earnings to gain control of the land in the area that he believed to be, because it was the narrowest part of the river, the logical spot for a power dam. The dam was never built in this location.