Teaching
Digital Collections materials, such as those found in the Back to the Land Research Collection, inspire students by adding another dimension to their understanding of ideas and texts. Journals, documents, maps and photographs - in digital formats - offer ready access for students to research and explore. Our digital collections are most often representations of print materials that we have in Special Collections and the Vance University Archives and the Richard F. Brush Art Gallery.
Newsletter of the Rural Life Association
The Newsletter of the of the Rural Life Association is a publication that was at the heart of the St. Lawrence River Valley's the back to the land movement during the 1980's. Published irregularly, it features articles, meeting minutes, homesteader classified ads and more.
Additional issues will be added shortly....
Rootdrinker
The Rootdrinker is a journal with a bio-regional and environmental outlook with a focus on the St. Lawrence Border Country. "Local News as if People Mattered" was one tag line. It covered the great protests against 765KV powerlines and nuclear power plants on the St. Lawrence River, a battle that involved many of the region's homesteaders. Rootdrinker was way ahead of the curve on food and farm policy and included a number of visionary articles on the future of food.
A Preliminary Checklist of Materials Relating to the Back to the Land Movement in St. Lawrence County, NY, c. 1960-Present
Books
Burdick, Neal and Singer, Natalia Rachel. Living North Country. Utica, NY: North
Country Books, 2001.
Crowell, Marnie Reed Crowell. Greener Pastures. Funk and Wagnells, 1973.
Miller, Timothy. The 60's Communes: Hippies and Beyond. Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse
University Press, 1999.
Birthday Party Tractor Ride
Creator:
Jones, Doug
Subject:
Organic farming
Sustainable agriculture
Birdsfoot Farm
Farm Tractors
Birthday Parties
Description:
David Katz driving tractor at Birdsfoot circa late 1970's. On the wagon: left is Jean Dawson and Aria Wilson, to David's right is Phaedra Wilson, Valerie Summer and Alan Sirotkin.
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, b&w; 5x7 3/4 in.
Contributor:
Katz, David
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
Making Music
Creator:
Jones, Doug
Subject:
Birdsfoot Farm
Communal living
Entertaining
Partying
Parties
Recreation
Music
Description:
Fourth of July party at Birdsfoot Farm. Unknown woman with guitar, Chuck Beeler sitting on fence with banjo, Ron Nolland, unknown, Valerie Summer leaning over. then unknown, David Thaler, unknown, Rebecca Wilson laughing, unknown, David Katz with bass, Stephaine Farrell on right then +unknown child on far right. Circa 1980.
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, b&w; 5x7 3/4 in.
Contributor:
Katz, David
Relation:
Back to the Land
Explore this collection
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
Tractor Ride
Creator:
Jones, Doug
Subject:
Birdsfoot Farm
Farm Tractors
Birthday party
Recreation
Celebrations
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, b&w; 4x8 in.
Contributor:
Katz, David
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
Photograph - Aerial
Creator:
Jones, Doug
Subject:
Land use, Rural
Meadows
Pastures
Woodlots
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, b&w; 3 1/4x7 in.
Contributor:
Katz, David
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
Photograph - Aerial
Creator:
Jones, Doug
Subject:
Land use, Rural
Croplands
Meadows
Orchards
Pastures
Woodlots
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, b&w; 4 1/2x6 3/4 in.
Contributor:
Katz, David
Relation:
Back to the Land
Explore this collection
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
Photograph - Aerial
Creator:
Jones, Doug
Subject:
Land use, Rural
Farms
Meadows
Orchards
Pastures
Woodlots
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, b&w; 4 3/4x7 in.
Contributor:
Katz, David
Relation:
Back to the Land
Explore this collection
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