Guide to the Goff-Nelson Memorial Library (Tupper Lake Public Library)Vertical Files VF.001

Goff-Nelson Memorial Library41 Lake StreetTupper Lake, NY 12986(518) 359-9421

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Descriptive Summary

Creator: Goff-Nelson Memorial Library

Sources: Creators of this materials in this collection include, but are not limited to, theAdirondack Park Agency, Tupper Lake Free Press, New York Department of Commerce, TupperLake Chamber of Commerce, Cornell University, Adirondack Council, Adirondack DailyEnterprise, and various other newspapers, organizations, journals, and independent persons.

Title: Goff-Nelson Memorial Library Vertical Files

Dates [inclusive]: Approximately 1859-2021

Abstract: The Goff-Nelson Memorial Library Vertical File Collection documents both the privateand public history of Tupper Lake and the surrounding Adirondack region. Materials include, butare not limited to, published materials such as newspaper clippings, personal scrapbooks andjournals, cemetery records, event flyers and programs, poetry, short stories, a record album andfilm reel, visitor guides, official reports and surveys, train schedules, lumber machinery layouts,altitude surveys, newsletters, genealogies, event programs and posters, menus, and a smallnumber of photographs. Material formats include audio/visual, bound materials, textualdocuments, photocopies, printed web pages, several photographs, telegrams, print and emailcorrespondence, newspaper clippings, and oversized and rolled documents.

Extent: Five record cartons, three oversize flat boxes, one telescopic map box, one record album,and one film reel in approximately 8 linear feet.

Call Phrase: VF.001

Language: Materials are in English

Biographical / Historical

Tupper Lake, NY:The first settlers of what is now the village of Tupper Lake were hunters, anglers, and trappers.In 1850, the Pomeroy Lumber Company began a logging operation, and with the onset oflogging came an influx of settlers to the area. A clearing left by clear-cutting the forest byRaquette Pond became the site of the village of Tupper Lake. In the 1890s, a large number ofbuildings were erected, but in 1899 a fire burned 169 of them to the ground. As the lumberbusiness swelled, the village of Faust became a railroad hub, and so the nearby village of TupperLake prospered and was officially founded in 1903. In the 1940s the villages of Faust and TupperLake combined to become the village of Tupper Lake. The town of Altamont was organized in1890 from the town of Waverly and was the last town organized in the county. In 1913, a part ofSt. Lawrence County was added to the town of Altamont. In an effort to avoid confusion withother "Altamonts" around the state and to strengthen ties with the village of Tupper Lake, towncouncilors changed the town name from "Altamont" to "Tupper Lake" on July 16, 2004.Winter sports at “Big Tupper,” factories such as the Oval Wood Dish Company (OWD), and thelumber industry made Tupper Lake a booming town until recent years, but these industries havesince significantly diminished, or in the case of OWD, no longer existed.

Source:https://tupperlakepubliclibrary.org/history-of-the-library/

Adirondack Park/Mountains:

“Founded in 1892, Adirondack Park is a state park in Upstate New York comprising both publicand private lands. Within the Adirondack Region is the largest publicly protected area in thecontiguous United States. It is also home to 105 towns and villages. Full of pristine waterways,boreal forests and the towering mountains. It was land ripe for cultivation or conservation, and itwas already on the brink of wide-spread deforestation.

The Adirondack Mountains are more than 5,000,000 years old and are a monument to theshifting, irrepressible powers of the last ice age. Towering above New York's diverse landscape,the Adirondacks detail a history when small alpine glaciers carved their way through what isnow the Adirondack Region, and glacial erratics - stones deposited by the glacier - werescattered across the landscape. Massive chunks of ice broke away from the glacier, and wereburied beneath sand and gravel washed from the ice. As these ice chunks melted, depressions,called kettle holes, were formed. When a kettle hole extended below the water table, a pond wascreated. Many of the small, circular ponds you see while hiking in the high peaks began as kettleholes.

Over millennia, as glaciers carved away the landscape, mountains began to take shape. Unlikethe Rockies and the Appalachians, the Adirondack Mountains do not form a connected range, butrather a 160-mile wide dome of more than 100 peaks. Although the mountains are formed fromancient rocks more than 1,000 million years old, geologically, the dome is a newborn. Because ofthis, the Adirondacks have been referred to as "new mountains from old rocks." It is theorizedthat there is a "hotspot" beneath the region, which causes continued uplift at the rate of 1.5-3 cmannually.

The Adirondack Peaks can be anywhere from 1,200 feet tall to well over 5,000 feet tall, and the46 tallest summits above 4,000 feet are called the High Peaks. Although four peaks were laterdiscovered to measure less than 4,000 feet, they are still considered part of the High Peaksregion.

The highest mountain of them all is Mount Marcy, towering 5,344 feet above sea level. It is oneof the most distinctive features of the Adirondack landscape. Mount Marcy is home to Lake Tearof the Clouds, the highest lake in New York State at 4,292 feet, and the source of the HudsonRiver.”

Source:https://visitadirondacks.com/about/mountains

Scope and Contents / Arrangement

Scope and Contents Note: The Goff-Nelson Memorial Library Vertical File Collectiondocuments both the private and public history of Tupper Lake and the surrounding Adirondackregion from approximately 1859-2020. Materials include, but are not limited to, publishedmaterials such as newspaper clippings, personal scrapbooks and journals, cemetery records,event flyers and programs, poetry, short stories, a record album and film reel, visitor guides,official reports and surveys, train schedules, lumber machinery layouts, altitude surveys,newsletters, genealogies, event programs and posters, menus, and a small number ofphotographs. Material formats include audio/visual, bound materials, textual documents,photocopies, printed web pages, telegrams, print and email correspondence, newspaperclippings, oversized and rolled documents.

Arrangement Note: The collection is arranged both by format and subject. For example,scrapbooks and journals are housed together, and oversize event posters are stored together.Materials arranged by subject are in labeled folders in record cartons. Some folders are labeledby general topics such as Big Tupper and menus, the name of the material’s creator or personmentioned in the materials, or by the publication/title. If the folder label is in quotation marks,then the contents of the folder is a specific publication or article.

Folders are arranged alphabetically, but not chronologically.

Some items are housed in boxes within other collections. For example, the Louis J. Simmonsdiploma is stored with other rolled materials in the telescopic box within the map collection.

Also, a painting of a proposed Tupper Lake Theater is in the flat file drawers where maps arealso housed.

Access Points (Library of Congress Subject Headings)

● Adirondack Mountains (N.Y.)● Adirondack Park Agency (N.Y.)● Almanacs● Annual Reports● Associations, institutions, etc.● Banks and banking● Brochures● Business● Calendars● Camps● Cemeteries● Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)● Correspondence● Counties● Diaries● Directories● Education● Facsimiles● Factories● Hospitals● History● Hunting● InfraStructure● Invoices● Lake Placid (N.Y.)● Lakes● Libraries● Local government● Lumber● Menus● Military● Museums● Music● Nature● North Country (N.Y.)● Obituaries● Parks● People● Photographs● Poetry● Postal service

● Posters● Programs● Publications● Railroad● Recreation● Reunions● Religion● Saranac Lake (N.Y.)● Schools● Skis and skiing● Special events● Sports● Sunmount State School (N.Y.)● Surveys● Tourism● Transportation● Tupper Lake (N.Y.)● Weddings

Administrative Information

Custodial History Note: The custodial history of this collection is unknown. The materials appearto have been accumulated at the library over a great number of years in a very disorganized fashion.

Conditions Governing Access: Excluding the loose film reel, record album, and food recipescrapbook (box 5), materials are open without restrictions.

Conditions Governing Use: Because of the assembled nature of this collection, copyright statusvaries across the collection, particularly with publications and news clippings. Use of thesematerials for purposes other than private study, scholarship, or research requires the permissionof the copyright holder. For questions about publishing or reproducing materials in thiscollection, please contact the library at (518) 359-9421.

Preferred Citation: Identification of item, date (if known); Goff Nelson Memorial LibraryVertical Files; VF.001; drawer/ID number OR roll number OR box/folder number; Goff-NelsonMemorial Library.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements Note: Materials encased in mylar mustremain in the mylar. Journal and scrapbook pages, and individual documents located in foldersmust remain in order. If the researcher wishes to handle fragile/brittle items, they must firstconsult a staff member and wear nitrile gloves. Bound material, especially scrapbooks, should beviewed on a book cradle.

Immediate Source of Acquisition: The immediate source of acquisition of the materials in thiscollection is not exactly known.

Processing Information

There was no original order before this collection was processed. The archivist kept materialstogether that were linked or donated as a set. In some cases, photographs were found paired withrelated documents. The photographs were encased in mylar and remained with the correspondingmaterial, rather than being moved to the photograph collection.

Duplicate materials and paperclips were weeded out. News clippings were photocopied and theoriginals discarded in order to prevent the spread of acidity.

Materials were rehoused in archival folders, record cartons, and flat boxes.

Any stickers located on materials are from previous efforts of library staff to organize thecollection. The archivist is not responsible for attaching adhesive materials to any records.

Container List

Box 1

Location: Basement StorageShelf: 1-3

Folder: AARCH Matters - Adirondack Architectural HeritageFolder: Abbot Augustus LowFolder: “A Country Couple” - Profile of Adirondack CoupleFolder: “Ad-I-Ron-Dac” - Pieces on James A. Call and Mount LyonFolder: “Adirondack Arts and Crafts”Folder: Adirondack CampingFolder: Adirondack CentennialFolder: Adirondacks - Cornell University ReportsFolder: Adirondack Council - 1985 to 1990Folder: Adirondack Council - 1990 to 1992Folder: Adirondack Council - 1992 to 1996Folder: Adirondack Council - 1996 to 2021Folder: “Adirondack Daily Enterprise” - Summer DirectoriesFolder: “Adirondack Daily Enterprise” - Winter DirectoriesFolder: “Adirondack Discovery” - Schedule of events for 1985Folder: “Adirondack Experience” - Fall 2019 newsletterFolder: Adirondack “Forty-Sixers”Folder: “Adirondack Foundation” - 2020 annual reportFolder: Adirondack Guide” (bound)Folder: Adirondack Ironworks

Folder: “Adirondack Journal of Environmental Studies”Folder: “Adirondack Life” - Dannemora PrisonFolder: “Adirondack Mountain Club”Folder: Adirondack Mountains/Park (General)Folder: Adirondack MuseumFolder: Adirondack National Park ProposalFolder: Adirondack North Country AssociationFolder: Adirondack Park Agency - Adirondack Goals ProgramFolder: Adirondack Park Agency - Annual ReportsFolder: Adirondack Park Agency - Citizen’s GuidesFolder: Adirondack Park Agency - ClippingsFolder: Adirondack Park Agency - Land Use and Development PlansFolder: Adirondack Park Agency - Management Plan DraftsFolder: Adirondack Park Agency - “Newsline”Folder: Adirondack Park Agency -Public MeetingsFolder: Adirondack Park Agency -Rules and RegulationsFolder: Adirondack Park Agency -Task Force ReportsFolder: Adirondack Park AssociationFolder: Adirondack Park - State AcquisitionFolder: Adirondack Park Interpretive Visitor (VIC)Folder: Adirondack Park ZoningFolder: Adirondack Planning CommissionFolder: Adirondack Rail Preservation SocietyFolder: “Adirondack Stylings” - Log HomesFolder: “Adirondack Winter: 1930” - Paintings by Jonas LieFolder: AlmanacsFolder: Altamont Draft Zoning OrdinanceFolder: Altamont/Tupper Lake Comprehensive Plan Report no. 1 - Dept. of CommerceFolder: Altitude SurveysFolder: Alvah DunningFolder: “AMC Outdoors” - Bob Pritchett in BlizzardFolder: American LegionFolder: “American Rustic” - Adirondack FurnitureFolder: Ampersand BayFolder: “Architectural Digest” - Sunset CottageFolder: Armand ValliancourtFolder: Art Show Guest Book - 1998Folder: Athletic Dinner ProgramsFolder: Atlantic Monthly Magazine - 1871Folder: Ausable ChasmFolder: Beth Joseph SynagogueFolder: Big TupperFolder: Big TupperFolder: Big Wolf Lake AssociationFolder: Big Wolf LakeFolder: “Birds of the Central Adirondacks”

Folder: “The Blue Line Review” - Land Use and PlansFolder: Bog River

Box 2

Location: Basement StorageShelf: 1-3

Folder: Boulder IslandFolder: Brandon (Town)Folder: Brooklyn Cooperage CompanyFolder: “Building a Strip Canoe”Folder: Business and Professional Women’s ClubFolder: Business CardsFolder: CalendarsFolder: CampsFolder: CemeteriesFolder: CemeteriesFolder: Chamber of CommerceFolder: Chamber of CommerceFolder: Chamber of CommerceFolder: Champlain Realty CorrespondenceFolder: Chapel IslandFolder: C.H. SissonFolder: City Directories (Tupper Lake)Folder: Civilian Conservation CorpsFolder: Class ReunionsFolder: “Clinton County Suffrage Story”Folder: “Cold River” - Essay written by Henry WheatonFolder: Community Theater ProgramsFolder: Town of Conifer - Also see Emporium and William L. Sykes)Folder: “The Cooking of Adirondack Game”Folder: DamFolder: Daniel HicksonFolder: Dr. Webb’s Adirondack RailroadFolder: Earl CoveyFolder: Early Families of Tupper LakeFolder: Emporium Forestry Company (Also see Conifer and William L. Sykes)Folder: Essex, NYFolder: Event TicketsFolder: Families Leaving AdirondacksFolder: Faust SchoolFolder: “The Film of Rivers and Men” - Adirondack DocumentaryFolder: FiresFolder: Fire Tower (Mt. Arab)

Folder: “The Flicker” by The Nature ConservancyFolder: Follensby PondFolder: “Forest and Stream” - Articles on Adirondack Hunting/FishingFolder: “The Four-Track News” - Raquette Lake, St. Hubert’s Isle, AdirondacksFolder: Franklin Co. Historical and Museum SocietyFolder: Franklin County Republican CommitteeFolder: “Franklin Historical Review”Folder: Frederic Remington MuseumFolder: Freeman Family Genealogy and WillFolder: French Folk CultureFolder: “Garden Journal” - Native Adirondack PlantsFolder: Gary CasagrainFolder: Ginsberg’sFolder: Girl ScoutsFolder: GolfFolder: Goodman MountainFolder: Grandfather QuinnFolder: Grasse River RailroadFolder: Grass River Railroad Annual ReportsFolder: “The Great North Country” - ArticleFolder: “Grulich Mile”Folder: GuideboatsFolder: Guide to the Licensed Guides of New York StateFolder: Hamilton CountyFolder: Harper's Monthly Magazine - 1859, 1881, 1885Folder: Mr. and Mrs. Harry “Smokey” Jones (with photo)Folder: Heart IslandFolder: “Highlights” - Holy Ghost Academy (HGA)Folder: “Highlights” - Tupper LakeFolder: Historic Preservation - Adirondack Architecture and AwardsFolder: “History of the Lumber Industry in Tupper Lake” (bound and fragile)Folder: Hollywood - Filmmaking in the AdirondacksFolder: Holy Ghost AcademyFolder: Horseshoe Forestry CompanyFolder: HotelsFolder: “House Beautiful” - Magazine with articles on Adirondack styleFolder: Housing ProjectsFolder: Hunting/Trapping LicensesFolder: Hyla WatersFolder: Indian CarryFolder: The InletFolder: International Paper CompanyFolder: “Iron Mining and Smelting”Folder: It’s a Dog’s World” - Sled dog drivingFolder: Jewish Community HistoryFolder: Joe Gokey

Folder: John DisotellFolder: John McDonald’s RailroadFolder: Joseph PerrinFolder: Journal - J. Abbott Thissel’s TravelsFolder: Journal - Mercy HospitalFolder: Junction RevivalFolder: Knights of ColumbusFolder: Lake ChamplainFolder: Lake GeorgeFolder: Lake Lila Primitive AreaFolder: Lake PlacidFolder: Lake Placid ClubFolder: Lakes Phone Directory

Box 3

Location: Basement StorageShelf: 1-3

Folder: Land DealFolder: League for Adirondack Citizens’ Rights, Inc.Folder: Lebanese CommunityFolder: Leonard and La RocqueFolder: LibraryFolder: Library Centennial - 2014Folder: LitchfieldFolder: “Little Red” CabinFolder: Little Tupper LakeFolder: Local Food Guide - 2020Folder: Long LakeFolder: L.P. QuinnFolder: Louis J. Simmons (with photo)Folder: Louis J. Simmons Art and CardsFolder: Louis MarshallFolder: “Lumber Camp News”Folder: Lumber Industry (general)Folder: “Lumberjack Language”Folder: Lumber TransportFolder: Mac-A-MacFolder: Manual Labor Bank Note (copy)Folder: MassawepieFolder: “Mechanization in the Lumber Industry” (bound)Folder: Menus (one oversize menu is housed in flatbox 9)Folder: Mercy CareFolder: Military ClippingsFolder: Missing Pilot Newsclip

Folder: “The Moaner”Folder: Moody ChapelFolder: “Mother Earth News” - Articles on Adirondack Furniture and the Oswegatchie SwampFolder: “Mother Saves Family” - News clippingFolder: Mount FredericaFolder: Municipal DevelopmentFolder: “The National Storytelling Journal” - Adirondack storytellingFolder: Nehasane ParkFolder: Nellie StavesFolder: NessmukFolder: Newton Falls Paper CompanyFolder: “New York Alive” - Articles on Beaver River and Lake Clear LodgeFolder: New York Central RailroadFolder: “The New Yorker” - Sled dogsFolder: “New York’s Food and Life Sciences”Folder: New York State Department of Environmental ConservationFolder: New York State Land Surveys and ReportsFolder: Noah John Rondeau “The Hermit”Folder: “North Country Life” - Ferdinand Jensen (Adirondack Hermit)Folder: North Country Resource GuidesFolder: “Northern Logger”Folder: “New York State Air-Conditioned Roof”Folder: ObituariesFolder: “Old Military Road” - Tupper Lake on route of old military roadsFolder: “Old Mountain Phelps”Folder: “Old Timer’s Column” - Joseph Gauthier and church history in Tupper LakeFolder: “Oriental” Private CarFolder: “The Otter” - Natural History MuseumFolder: “The Outlook” - Adirondack Federal Credit Union Fall/Winter, 2003 Newsletter (CharterEdition)Folder: Oval Wood Dish Company (OWD)Folder: Page Brothers StoreFolder: Park StreetFolder: Paul SmithFolder: Paul SmithsFolder: Paul Smith's CollegeFolder: “People” - Article on Marylou WhitneyFolder: Pickering FamilyFolder: PiercefieldFolder: Pocket Photo AlbumsFolder: PoetryFolder: “The Point”Folder: “Progress on Priorities” - The Nature ConservancyFolder: Prominent FamiliesFolder: Quilt ShowsFolder: Railroad Luggage Cards

Folder: Railroad TimetablesFolder: Raquette River Blueway Trails - Colton, NYFolder: Raymond H. JackmanFolder: Receipts/InvoicesFolder: Robert JakubowskiFolder: RotaryFolder: SabattisFolder: “The Sacanda Story”Folder: SagamoreFolder: Sandwich Historical CommissionFolder: Santa Clara Lumber CompanyFolder: SantanoniFolder: Saranac LakeFolder: “Scenic Rails” - Adirondack Railway Preservation Society NewsletterFolder: “Scenic Rails” - Adirondack Railway Preservation Society NewsletterFolder: “The School Buzz” - Tupper Lake High SchoolFolder: School Commencement ProgramsFolder: Sealy SistersFolder: Search and Rescue UnitFolder: SewingFolder: Spanish Table of Francisco Gonzales de la Cruz (in Simmons Room)Folder: Sports ProgramsFolder: “The Stagecoach Rock in Cascade Pass”Folder: St. Lawrence Historical Association - “The Quarterly” 1974Folder: StormsFolder: “The Story of Chazy Fossil Rock”Folder: “The Story of Pete Dubray” and “The Reflections of a Habitant” - Cecil J. MontyFolder: Summer 1996-1998 Visitor’s Guide in Tupper LakeFolder: Summer 2006 Visitor’s Guide in Tupper LakeFolder: SunmountFolder: “Survival Under Atomic Attack”Folder: TahawusFolder: Thousand IslandsFolder: “Timeless Traditions” - Holidays in the North CountryFolder: Ton-Da-LayFolder: Town of Altamont Land Use CodeFolder: Train PassesFolder: “Transitions” - William FrenetteFolder: Travel GuidesFolder: Tri-Lakes Humane SocietyFolder: The Trudeau InstituteFolder: TuberculosisFolder: Tupper Lake/Altamont Land Use CodeFolder: Tupper Lake Area Community SurveyFolder: Tupper Lake Area 5 Year Revitalization PlanFolder: Tupper Lake Case Study

Folder: Tupper Lake Central SchoolFolder: Tupper Lake Civic CenterFolder: Tupper Lake Community ProfileFolder: Tupper Lake (general)

Box 4

Location: Basement StorageShelf: 1-3

Folder: Tupper Lake High SchoolFolder: Tupper Lake High School Class ProphecyFolder: Tupper Lake High School Dramatic ClubFolder: Tupper Lake High School StaffFolder: Tupper Lake Name OriginsFolder: Tupper Lake National BankFolder: Tupper Lake Post OfficeFolder: Tupper Lake Regional GuidesFolder: Tupper Lake Resource SurveysFolder: U.S. FlagFolder: Verplanck ColvinFolder: Vietnam WallFolder: “Visions From Hell” and “Where Curiosity Leads”- Stories by Steven K. MitchellFolder: WanakenaFolder: Water SportsFolder: Waukesha Bar and GrillFolder: Wawbeek ResortFolder: White Pine CampFolder: Wild Center/Natural History MuseumFolder: William C. Whitney AreaFolder: William L. Sykes (Also see Conifer and Emporium)Folder: Wilson P. Walsh (with photo)Folder: Wolf Reintroduction FeasibilityFolder: Women’s Christian Temperance UnionFolder: Women’s OrganizationsFolder: Woodsmen’s Days - 1958 and 1982Folder: Woodsmen’s Days - 1987 to 1988Folder: Woodsmen’s Days - 1989 to 1990Folder: Woodsmen’s Days - 1991 to 1992Folder: Woodsmen’s Days - 1993 to 1994Folder: Woodsmen’s Days - 1995 to 1996Folder: Woodsmen’s Days - 1997 to 1998Folder: Woodsmen’s Days - 1999 and 2001Folder: Woodsmen’s Days - 2004 to 2005Folder: Woodsmen’s Days - 2007 to 2008, and 2010

Folder: YellowpagesFolder: “Your Adirondack Holidays”Album: Raquette River QuiltersAlbum: “The Moaner”Album: Tupper Lake History (articles collected by Jon Kopp circa 2019)

Box 5

Location: Basement StorageShelf: 1-3Note: Due to preservation concerns, this box is restricted.

Item: Scrapbook with food recipes

Box 6 (flatbox)

Location: Basement StorageShelf: 1-3

Item: Four Scrapbooks (serve at box level and view one scrapbook at a time with book cradle)

Box 7 (flatbox)

Location: Basement StorageShelf: 1-3

Note: Materials are housed in alkaline buffered sheets. Materials are sandwiched between thesheets and researchers must remove both the bottom and top sheets enclosing the materials.

Folder 1: Event PostersFolder 2: Sheet MusicFolder 3: Marriage Certificate (Orin Walton)Folder 4: American Flag PlacematsFolder 5: The Adirondack Park and Rural America: Economic and Population Trends -1970-2010”Folder 6: Marty Podskoch and Sam Clanzman InfopostersFolder 7: Halcyon Rod and Gun Club Book

Box 8 (flatbox)

Location: Basement StorageShelf: 1-3

Item: Vintage Tupper Lake Public Library Sign

Box 9 (flatbox)

Location: Basement StorageShelf: 1-3

Items: 1932 and 1980 Winter Olympics memorabilia, Italian restaurant menu

Telescopic Box (contains maps from map collection)

Location: Basement StorageShelf: 1-3

Item: Louis John Simons High School Diploma (Item #6 in telescopic map box)

Flat File Drawer 9

Location: Simmons Room

Item: Painting of proposed Tupper Lake Theater

Loose Items in Basement Storage

Note: Due to preservation reasons, these materials are restricted.Shelf: 1-3

Item: Film Reel - Franklin County “Sun Drum II”Item: Holy Ghost Academy Glee Club record album