In October 2017 John and Sondra Castle of Potsdam approached then Curator of Special Collections & University Archivist Mark McMurray about the lantern slide collection of Emilie Clarkson Moore that had passed through the family to them.
The slides had been lovingly (and effectively) cared for…
"Adirondack Perceptions: 200+ Years of Fiction Within the Blue Line", an exhibition and bibliography of Adirondack fiction from 1802 – 2014 by St Lawrence University student Fellow Jacqueline Colt, was on display in the Special Collections Reading Room, Owen D.
The Gunnison Memorial Chapel digital exhibit consists of a selection of images from St. Lawrence University Archives' extensive collection of historical photographs. Many of the images available online are also currently on display on the lower level of the Owen D. Young Library.
"Beneath every stone hides a poem" an exhibition and bibliography of Adirondack poetry from 1845 – 2013 by St Lawrence University student Fellow Holly Brown ('14) is on display in the Special Collections Reading Room, Owen D.
The Rockwell Kent collections at St Lawrence University consist of over 100 pieces of correspondence, 15 original prints, dozens of books as well as drawings and ephemera. The collections are housed in Special Collections, Owen D. Young Library and at The Richard F. Brush Art Gallery.
This digital collection consists of approximately 100 images selected from the campus photographs housed in the University’s Archives. The originals represent almost all photographic formats from the 1860’s to the present: including various print processes, glass plates, slides and digital.
The St…
This collection consists of 65 letters (64 originals and one photocopy), transcriptions of letters, 9 envelopes, photocopies of national archives records and research papers on both Darwin and John Sunderland prepared by St. Lawrence University students. Letters describe camp life, battles,…
A digital archive of the "Hill News", St. Lawrence University's student newspaper, is now available for editions published between 1911-2008. The entire archive is fully indexed and searchable.
St Lawrence University’s yearbook archive is now available online. The Gridiron yearbook was published irregularly from 1880 through 1925, after which it was issued annually. Over 100 years of the University's history is now available to browse in digital form.
As part of a collaboration with the…
Inuit printmaking as we know it today dates back to 1957 when James Houston, a young European-Canadian, helped to create a cooperative graphic arts workshop in Cape Dorset, located in the northeast Canadian Arctic and part of what is now the recently created territory of Nunavut. Cape Dorset…
In 1987, as part of the St. Lawrence University’s then annual Steinman Festival of the Arts, Vietnam War veteran Dick Amerault and photographer Boyd Nicholl organized what they called a “balanced view of the war era” in an exhibition of photographs by American G.I.s and nurses at home and abroad.…
A digital collection made available to us through the joint efforts of the Center for Research Libraries and The ARTFL Project, Pamphlets and Periodicals of the French Revolution of 1848 consists of more than 100 pamphlets, newspapers, and other materials published in France between 1848 and 1851.…
The Richard F. Brush Art Gallery's Permanent Collection is comprised of over 1,000 photographs and photographic portfolios featuring some of the most important images from the mid- to late 20th-century. The photography collection grew dramatically in the last several years thanks to the efforts of…
Dwight "Dippy" P. Church was born in Canton, St. Lawrence County, N.Y. in 1891 and resided there until his death in 1974. He owned and operated the $5 Photo Company for sixty years. Mr. Church was one of the first mail-order film processors and later specialized in aerial photography, photographing…
The collection includes images of art and ceremonial objects, as well as documentation of their social context, use and manufacture whether performances employing masks, or techniques used in producing pottery, iron, leather, weaving.
Summary: Partners from four local institutions have joined efforts to develop a digital collection and research portal highlighting the significance of the back-to-the-land movement in St. Lawrence County.
Partners:
The Remington Collection at St. Lawrence University, numbers approximately 400 items. Remington's correspondence constitutes the most important series in the collection. Included are letters to Poultney Bigelow, famous as a war correspondent and Remington's closest friend. Remington illustrated…