Environmental History:

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Located here are links to information about records and selected digitized material that focuses on a pivotal facet of America's environmental history: the Adirondack and Catskill Parks. These resources can help you determine which collections could prove useful to your research - and whether to explore them by visiting the repository and viewing the actual records.

Finding Aids provide detailed information about historical record collections related to environmental history. You can view them by repository, browse through the list of collections or use a keyword search

Digital Material Selected documents and images related to Environmental History are included in our digital collection on Environmental History .

Catalog records are another great resource to help you locate useful records

• Search for environmental records using Excelsior , the online catalog of the New State Archives and State Library. Terms you might begin with include conservation , environmental , Adirondack , and Catskill .
• Find environmental records in the Historic Documents Inventory , a statewide catalog for more than 25,000 archives and manuscripts collections housed locally at repositories throughout New York State . Terms you might begin with include: conservation , environmental , Adirondack , and Catskill .