Environmental History: Researching the Environment:
Broadside collection
The print version of the finding aid was compiled by Karen Cannell, New York State Archives.
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Overview
Arrangement
Biographical Note
Content Description
Administrative Information
Use of the Collection
Related Information
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Overview of the Collection
| Repository: | Adirondack Museum Library |
| Sponsor: | Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. |
| Collection Number: | MS 61–82 |
| Creator: | Adirondack Museum Library |
| Title: | Broadside collection |
| Dates: | 1800–2001 (inclusive) |
| Physical Description: | ca. 400 items |
| Summary: | The Adirondack Museum Library’s broadside collection is an assembled collection consisting of more than 400 items. The collection covers a wide range of subjects including cultuenvironment, business and industry, political and legislative activity, and recreation and travel. The broadsides docume200 years of the human experience in the Adirondack region, illustrating the activities in which residents and visitors alparticipated. |
Overview
The Adirondack Museum Library's broadside collection is an assembled collection consisting of more than 400 items. The collection covers a wide range of subjects and topics including culture (Lyric Theater.Ora Carew in "Getting Her Man,"ca. 1920 andCentennial Quilt Upper Saranac Lake Association, 1901-2001); environment (Posted! Heavy Blowdown, Forest Fire Danger AcuteandPlant a Centennial Tree, 100th Anniversary New York State for Preservation, 1970s); business and industry (Gates Brothers & Company Dealers in General Merchandise, Bolton and Bolton Landing, N.Y., 1904 andDuane's Iron Paint - H. B. Duane, Proprietor, Malone, N.Y., 1850-1860s); political and legislative activity [Hands Across the Mountains, League for Adirondack Citizens' Rights, 1976 andBallot, State Elections(on reverse,OH! LOOK!), 1920]; and recreation and travel (First Annual North Country Skiathon, North Country Youth Hostels, 1977 andTroy, Ballston & Saratoga Daily Line of Coaches, 1834). A subject frequently referenced in this collection is the 1980 Winter Olympics that took place in Lake Placid, N.Y. As a collectio the broadsides document 200 years of the human experience in the Adirondack region, illustrating the activities in wh residents and visitors alike participated.
Administrative Information
The custodial history of the material is unknown; the broadsides currently reside in the library.
This collection's description was created and enhanced as a part of the New York State Archives EnvironmenHistory Virtual Research Collection Project, 2004. The National Endowment for the Humanities provided funding for thisproject.
Use of the Collection
There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
No other form exists.
Biographical History
Harold A. Jerry was born in Plattsburgh, New York on March 2, 1920. He graduated from Princeton University in 1941 and then joined the Army when the United States entered World War II. Jerry served in the army until 1946, earning the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. Following the war, he returned to school and graduated from Harvard Law School in 1948. That same year he married Jocelyn Rodgers and the couple had four children: Harold, Danielle, Jocelyn, and Philip. The family resided in Chemung County, N. Y., where Jerry became involved in numerous organizations including several Republican clubs. Following his graduation from law school, Jerry was admitted to both the Chemung County and New York State Bar Associations and became a partner at a law firm in Elmira. He served as a New York State Senator from 1959-1962, representing Steuben and Chemung Counties. During this time, Jerry was a member of the Joint Legislative Committee on Fire Laws and served on the Temporary State Commission on the Revision and Simplification of the Constitution. In 1967, he was appointed by Governor Nelson Rockefeller, Executive Secretary of the Temporary Study Commission on the Future of the Adirondacks, a commission whose efforts culminated in the establishment of the Adirondack Park Agency. In 1973, he was appointed to the New York State Public Service Commission and served for 24 years. Jerry also served on the boards of the Adirondack Nature Conservancy & Adirondack Land Trust and the Association for the Protection of the Adirondacks.
Between 1977 and 1982, Jerry served on the Governing Council of the Wilderness Society, a national organization dedicated to the preservation of wild lands. He also served on the Commission on the Adirondacks in the Twenty-First Century, which was created under Governor Mario Cuomo, in 1989. He was awarded Conservationist of the Year in 1989, the Adirondack Council's highest honor. Jerry died in 2001.
Overview
The papers consist of material generated for the most part under Harold Jerry's official and unofficial capacity in roles relating to the preservation of the Adirondack Park. These roles include: Executive Secretary of the Temporary Study Commission on the Future of the Adirondacks, (TSCFA), New York State Public Service Commissioner, a member on the boards of the Adirondack Nature Conservancy & Adirondack Land Trust and Association for the Protection of the Adirondacks, and as an advisor to the National Audubon Society and Trustees for Alaska. The papers contain a notebook, reports, financial statements, budgets, copies of Acts, press releases, draft letters, newspaper clippings, and correspondence with the Governor's office during his appointment to the TSCFA. Also included is a handbook on state planning, drafts and copies for speeches, by Harold Jerry and others, a questionnaire, and notes compiled during Harold Jerry's Directorship of the New York State Office of Regional Development. Relating to his service on the governing council of the Wilderness Society, the papers contain correspondence, 1980 and 1981 annual reports, and booklets. Material relating to Northeastern Chapter of the National Audubon Society and its Adirondack Campaign includes correspondence, notes, lobby memoranda, bulletins and newsletters from numerous environmental groups, letters from individuals, private organizations and industries, newspaper clippings, editorials, and articles from national and regional publications regarding the Adirondack Park. The papers also include several copies of a 1965 map of the Adirondack Forest Preserve, a 1982 map the Adirondack Park water systems, and a 1979 report by the Association for the Protection of the Adirondacks.
Administrative Information
The papers were a gift of Harold A. Jerry Jr., March 14, 1997.
This collection's description was enhanced as a part of the New York State Archives Environmental History Virtual Research Collection Project, 2004. The National Endowment for the Humanities provided funding for this project.
Use of the Collection
There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
No other form exists.
