About the Back to the Land Research Collection
Partners:
Jill Breit, Folklorist, Traditional Arts in Upstate New York
M.J. Heisey, Oral Historian, State University of New York at Potsdam
Doug Welch, Circulation Librarian, State University of New York at Canton
Eric Williams-Bergen, Science Librarian, St. Lawrence University
Maypole at Birdsfoot
Creator:
Williams Bergen, Eric
Subject:
Birdsfoot Farm
Maypoles
May Day
Communal living
Festivals
Celebratrions
Farm life
Rights Management:
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License
Resource Identifier:
Private Collection
Source:
Original version: photograph, color; in.
Date Original:
2006
Relation:
Back to the Land
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Creator:
Williams Bergen, Eric
Digitization Specifications:
Scanned at 600ppi on Epson 1000XL scanner as 48-bit RGB uncompressed TIFF images. Images resized to 960 pixels wide, 150 dpi, and saved as JPEG (level 7) in Photoshop CS4 with Unsharp Mask of 60:1.
Date Digital:
Format:
image/jpeg
Type:
Image
Making Yogurt
Creator:
Williams Bergen, Eric
Subject:
Yogurt
Communal living
Dairy products
Porches
Birdsfoot Farm
Natural Foods
Farm produce
Dairy processing
Description:
Yogurt making at Birdsfoot Farm.
Rights Management:
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License
Coverage:
Canton (N.Y.)
Saint Lawrence County (N.Y)
North Country (N.Y.)
Resource Identifier:
Private Collection
Source:
Original version: photograph, color; 3 x 5 in.
Date Original:
1992
Contributor:
Birdsfoot Farm
Relation:
Back to the Land
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Creator:
Williams Bergen, Eric
Digitization Specifications:
Scanned at 600ppi on Epson 1000XL scanner as 48-bit RGB uncompressed TIFF images. Images resized to 960 pixels wide, 150 dpi, and saved as JPEG (level 7) in Photoshop CS4 with Unsharp Mask of 60:1.
Date Digital:
Format:
image/jpeg
Type:
Image
Example Video
transpo-plan-introduction.flv(470.27 KB)
Subject:
Organic farming
Sustainable agriculture
Birdsfoot Farm
Rights Management:
Original materials may be protected by the Copyright Law of the United States (more information).
Resource Identifier:
Private Collection
Source:
Original version:
Contributor:
Birdsfoot Farm
Relation:
Back to the Land
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Creator:
Digitization Specifications:
Scanned at 600ppi on Epson 1000XL scanner as 48-bit RGB uncompressed TIFF images. Images resized to 960 pixels wide, 150 dpi, and saved as JPEG (level 7) in Photoshop CS4 with Unsharp Mask of 60:1.
Date Digital:
Format:
video/x-flv
Type:
Moving Image
Birdsfoot Farm Interview
Creator:
Chittenden, Varick
Description:
Interview conducted by TAUNY folklorist Varick Chittenden at Birdsfoot Farm.
Rights Management:
Original materials may be protected by the Copyright Law of the United States (more information).
Resource Identifier:
Private Collection
Source:
Original version: Audio recording made by folklorist Varick Chittenden for TAUNY: Traditional Arts of Upstate New York.
Date Original:
2007-3-26
Contributor:
Traditional Arts of Upstate New York (TAUNY)
Relation:
Back to the Land
Language:
English
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Chittenden, Varick
Subject:
Digitization Specifications:
Master file: audio/wav; 291,439,660 bytes; 27 minutes, 32 seconds. Converted with Audacity into 2 sections and into audio/mp3.
Date Digital:
Format:
audio/mp3
Type:
Sound
Contributing Institution:
TAUNY: Traditional Arts of Upstate New York
Organizing Seeds
Creator:
Jones, Doug
Subject:
Birdsfoot Farm
Farm tractors
Organic gardening
Vegetable gardening
Planting
Rights Management:
Original materials may be protected by the Copyright Law of the United States (more information).
Resource Identifier:
Private Collection
Source:
Original version: photograph, color; 3 1/2 x 5 in.
Contributor:
Birdsfoot Farm
Relation:
Back to the Land
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Creator:
Jones, Doug
Digitization Specifications:
Scanned at 600ppi on Epson 1000XL scanner as 48-bit RGB uncompressed TIFF images. Images resized to 960 pixels wide, 150 dpi, and saved as JPEG (level 7) in Photoshop CS4 with Unsharp Mask of 60:1.
Date Digital:
Format:
image/jpeg
Type:
Image
Beef Cattle
Creator:
Jones, Doug
Subject:
Organic farming
Sustainable agriculture
Birdsfoot Farm
Animal husbandry
Milking Shorthorn Cattle
Beef Raising
Rights Management:
Original materials may be protected by the Copyright Law of the United States (more information).
Resource Identifier:
Private Collection
Source:
Original version: photograph, color; 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.
Contributor:
Birdsfoot Farm
Relation:
Back to the Land
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Creator:
Jones, Doug
Digitization Specifications:
Scanned at 600ppi on Epson 1000XL scanner as 48-bit RGB uncompressed TIFF images. Images resized to 960 pixels wide, 150 dpi, and saved as JPEG (level 7) in Photoshop CS4 with Unsharp Mask of 60:1.
Date Digital:
Format:
image/jpeg
Type:
Image