Archive Record
Metadata
Title |
"Hunting Traditions in the Adirondacks" Oral History Collection, 1997-1998 |
Collection |
"Living Traditions in the Adirondacks" Oral History Collection, 1993-1996 |
Object Name |
Manuscript |
Scope & Content |
Collection contains oral history interviews as well as documents - such as project reports and release forms - related to the "Hunting Traditions in the Adirondacks" project conducted by folklorist Tom Carroll from 1997-1998. It also contains fieldnotes, tape logs describing the topics discussed in each recorded interview and slides of photographs taken by Carroll when conducting the interviews accompanied by a photo log describing them. Carroll's goal was to "gain insights into the history and significance of hunting in the region, and to connecting hunting activity to other pressing concerns of Adirondack residents" and in addition to chronicling hunting and hunting camps, his reports detail a complicated relationship between native Adirondackers, the land and private/state interests in the region. The Adirondack Experience will be referred to by its name at the time of creation, the Adirondack Museum, but both names refer to the same entity. |
Call Number |
MS 21-011 |
Catalog Number |
2018.037.0001-0007 |
Creator |
Carroll, Tom |
Other Creators |
Pepper, Jerry; Adirondack Museum; |
Year Range from |
1997 |
Year Range to |
1998 |
Dates of Creation |
1997-1998 |
Digital File |
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Extent of Description |
2 boxes [.8 linear feet] |
Physical characteristics |
Digital files were produced from the original cassette tapes in 2017 through a grant from the New York State Education Department, New York State Library, Division of Library Development, and New York State Program for the Conservation and Preservation of Library Research Materials. |
Admin/Biographical History |
This project built on folklorist Tom Carroll's earlier oral history project, "Living Traditions in the Adirondacks" (see MS 21-010), changing the focus of his interviews from women's lives in the Adirondacks to the history and current state of hunting in the Adirondacks, partly to assist in the interpretation of the newly-acquired Virkler-Yoncey hunting camp. An initial report in May of 1997 based off of several of his "Living Traditions" interviews, many unrecorded interviews with locals and secondary source material sought to "gain insights into the history and significance of hunting in the region, and to connecting hunting activity to other pressing concerns of Adirondack residents" and establish a history of hunting in the region. Carroll returned to the Adirondacks in July of 1997 to conduct additional interviews, including seven recorded interviews included in this collection, and visit and photo-document 12 hunting camps. Among the themes he explores are the relationship of hunting and logging, hunting as "a means of gaining access to the woods, to the outdoors," the tension between publicly and privately-owned land, hunting philosophy, conservation issues surrounding hunting activity, ecological awareness and forest management and the relationships between residents of the park and others who use or lay claims on the Adirondacks. |
System of arrangement |
Series 1: Project Documentation, 1997. This series contains documentation of the "Hunting Traditions in the Adirondacks" oral history collection, including two copies of Carroll's Preliminary Report submitted in May of 1997 after some initial fieldwork and research, but before conducting his taped interviews, an inter-office memorandum from the Adirondack Museum, release agreements from interviewees and Carroll's report written after he conducted the recorded interviews in July of 1997. Series 2: Fieldwork, 1997. Typed field notes adapted from originals recorded in spiral notebooks during two field trips to the Adirondacks in April and July of 1997. Contains notes broken up by interview subject and contains information gleaned from non-recorded as well as recorded interviews. Series 3: Tape Logs. Carroll's tape logs summarizing the recorded information of each oral history interview arranged by interview subject. Series 4: Photo Logs. Carroll's logs describing the slides containing pictures of interview subjects and their homes and towns he took when conducting his interviews. Series 5: Slides. This series consists of 267 slides containing pictures of interview subjects, hunting camps and grounds, etc. taken by Carroll when conducting his interviews and field research. Series 6: Interview Recordings Recordings of the seven interviews (on nine tapes) conducted by Carroll in July of 1997, available on the original cassettes and in digital recordings. These are housed in a separate box in the Audio Cabinet with the cassettes for MS 21-010. |
Notes |
Box 1 containing the related documents, tape and photo logs, partial transcripts and manuscripts, slides, photographs and ephemera is located in the Manuscript Vault. Box 2 containing the original cassettes (and the cassettes for MS 21-010) is located in the Audio Cabinet. 1.1: Series 1: Project Documentation -"Preliminary Report on Hunting Traditions (NEA Grant)" and correspondence with Jackie Day, executive director of the Adirondack Museum, submitted prior to Carroll conducting his taped interviews. Includes a report, bibliography of secondary sources and list of interviewees. (2 copies) [May 5, 1997] -Inter-office Memorandum from Adirondack Museum librarian Jerry Pepper to Jackie Day concerning the above report. [June 18, 1997] -Release Agreements signed by all interview subjects [July 1997] -Report written by Carroll after conducting his recorded interviews in July of 1997 [No date, likely later in 1997] -Floppy disc containing Carroll's Tape Log, Photo Log and Final Report 1.2: Series 2: Fieldnotes -61 pages of fieldnotes containing details of the conversations Carrol had with 27 Adirondack locals interviewed during his two field trips in April 1997 and July 1997. Many of these interviewees do not have a corresponding recorded interview, but provide individual accounts of hunting and hunting camps in the Adirondacks. 1.3: Series 3: Tape Logs -Summaries of seven recorded oral history interviews on nine tapes, all conducted in July of 1997: o Tape 01: Pete Fraser and Ralph Cox, St. Regis Falls genre/topic: hunting; hunting camps; guiding; logging camps; deer; boar; bear; forest management; cooking; state vs. private land; land management; hunting clothing oTape 02: Jim Yousey, Croghan genre/topic: hunting; Yousey hotel; guiding; hunting camps; hunting clubs; deer; logging camps; cooking; state vs. private land oTape 03: Gil Adams, Croghan genre/topic: guiding; hunting; hunting clubs; hunting camps; deer; bears; cooking; still-hunting; coy-dogs; deer drive oTape 04: Randy Perkins and Mark Aubin, Ausable Forks genre/topic: hunting camps; hunting; deer; deer drive; state vs. private land; land management oTapes 05: David Oathout, Caroga Lake genre/topic: deer farms; deer; hunting; still-hunting; coyotes; wolves; deer call; deer drive; bear; conservation; land management oTapes 06 and 07: Bliss 101 Club (Ray Brown, Larry Daniels, Bob DeChene), Tupper Lake genre/topic: hunting camps; hunting; Bliss Camp; Whitney camp; outlaw camps; trapping; land management; deer drive; deer; beavers; coyotes; bears; cooking; hunting clothing; conservation; state vs. private land; oTapes 08 and 09: Mike Savage, Tupper Lake genre/topic: deer; hunting; hunting camps; still-hunting; deer drive; bears; Whitney camp; hunting clothing; bow hunting; land management; logging; conservation; rabbits; coyotes; elk; moose; trapping; wolves; state vs. private land 1.4: Series 4: Photo Log, 1998 -Log of 267 slides containing photographs of interviewees, hunting camps, hunting land, etc. all taken in July 1997 and described in March 1998 oRoll 01: St. Regis Falls, N.Y., Ralph Cox's hunting camp, "Seldom seen" oRoll 02: Avery's deer farm, camp and environs, Caroga Lake, N.Y. oRoll 03: Camp Bear Claw, Pete Fraser's hunting camp near St. Regis Falls, N.Y., Ralph Cox, Pete Fraser; oRoll 04: River Ridge Club near Tupper Lake, Don Charland oRoll 05: Broken K Camp, Franklin, N.Y., Newton Falls Rod and Gun Club oRoll 06: Newton Falls Rod and Gun Club, Pomerville camp, Ed Pomerville oRoll 07: Lead Pond Club, Tupper Lake oRoll 08: Camps at Lead Pond Club oRoll 09: Bliss 101 Club, Bob Dechene oRoll 10: Springhill Hunting Club, Tupper Lake, Scott Chartier, Caroline Welsh oRoll 11: Jakes Pond Hunting Club near Belfort, N.Y., Gil Adams oRoll 12: Stillwater Camp/Club, Gil Adams' house near Belfort, N.Y., Jakes Pond Club oRoll 13: Buck-A-Year Club camp, Tupper Lake, Mark LaVigne, 1.5: Series 5: Slides -267 slides containing photographs of subjects, hunting camps and hunting land taken by Tom Carroll as corresponding with the logs in series/folder 4. 2.1: Series 6: Interview Recordings -7 oral history interviews on 9 cassette tapes. Also available in digital files. o(Object ID: Interview Subject, Tape Number, Date of Interview) o2018.037.0001: Pete Fraser & Ralph Cox, T.LT.TC.01, 7/15/1997 o2018.037.0002: Jim Yousey, T.LT.TC.02, 7/11/1997 o2018.037.0003: Gil Adams, T.LT.TC.03, 7/11/1997 o2018.037.0004: Randy Perkins & Mark Aubin, T.LT.TC.04, 7/16/1997 o2018.037.0005: David Oathout, T.LT.TC.05, 7/21/1997 o2018.037.0006: Bliss 101 Club (Larry Dennis, Ray Brown, Bob Duchene), T.LT.TC.06-07, 7/13/1997 o2018.037.0007: Mike Savage, T.LT.TC.08-09, 7/09/1997 |
Search Terms |
Adirondack Mountains (N.Y.)--Biography--Anecdotes. Adirondack Mountains (N.Y.)--History, Local. Adirondack Mountains (N.Y.)--History--Anecdotes, facetiae, satire, etc. Adirondack Mountains (N.Y.)--History--Anecdotes. Adirondack Mountains (N.Y.)--Social life and customs--Anecdotes, facetiae, satire, etc. Adirondack Mountains (N.Y.)--Social life and customs. Adirondack Park (N.Y.)--History. Ausable Forks (N.Y.); Bakers Mills (N.Y) Bears.; Big Moose (N.Y.) Bliss 101 Club (N.Y.); Broken K Camp (N.Y.); Buck-A-Year Club (N.Y.); Camp Bear Claw (N.Y.); Caroga Lake (N.Y.); Community life--New York (State) Conservation--New York (State)--Adirondack Park--History.; Cookery (Game); Cookery (Venison); Cooking--New York (State)--Adirondack Mountains. Coyotes.; Cranberry Lake (N.Y.); Cranberry Lake Club (N.Y.); Croghan (N.Y.); Deer hunting.; Deer Valley Club (N.Y.); Deer Valley Club (N.Y.); Deer--North America.; Hunting -- New York (State) -- Adirondack Mountains. Hunting and fishing clubs--New York (State)--Adirondack Mountains.; Hunting camps Hunting guides--New York (State)--Adirondack Mountains.; Hunting guns.; Hunting lodges.; Hunting stories.; Hunting--Anecdotes, facetiae, satire, etc.; Hunting--Equipment and supplies.; Hunting--Moral and ethical aspects.; Hunting--New York (State); Hunting--North America--History.; Indian Lake (N.Y.); Jakes Pond Club (N.Y.); Land use--Environmental aspects.; Land use--Government policy--New York (State)--Adirondack Park.; Lead Pond Club (N.Y.); Loggers--New York (State)--Adirondack Mountains Region. Logging camps Logging--New York (State)--Adirondack Mountains Region. Newton Falls (N.Y.) Newton Falls Rod and Gun Club (N.Y.); Oral histories Paper mills--New York (State) Raquette Lake (N.Y.) River Ridge Hunting Club (N.Y.); Sodom (N.Y.) Springhill Hunting Club (N.Y.); St. Regis Falls (N.Y.); Trapping. Tupper Lake (N.Y.); Waukesha Club (N.Y.); Whitney Park (Long Lake, N.Y.); Wolves--Control--New York (State); |
People |
Adams, Gil Allen, Daisy, Rev. Arndt, Bernard Amell, Dick Aubin, Mark Blanchard, Ann Bourdeau, Irene Brown, Ray Burnett, Jim Carpenter, Ed Carroll, Tom Charland, Don Chartier, Scott Cheney, Basil Cox, Ralph Dechene, Bob Denis, Larry Dewyea, David D'Onofrio, Rollo Fraser, Pete Gardner, Ben Hayes, Budd Lavigne, Mark Littlefield, Kevin Martin, Wanda Miller, Mavis Morcy, Edith Moulton, Marion Moulton, Rodney Nason, Richard Novosel, Emelia Novosel, Tom Oathout, David Perkins, Randy Pepper, Jerry Pommerville, Ed Roberts, Dorothy Roberts, Ovilla Savage, Mike Snyder, Al Thompson, Bill Virkler, Hilda Y. Wood, Larry Yousey, Jim |
Access Conditions |
Access to this collection is unrestricted. |
Copyrights |
Fair use copy permitted for research, study, or investigational purposes citing the Adirondack Experience. Any other use requires written permission. |