December 20, 1929 – Peabody to Julius Rosenwald, Chicago re: Rosenwald Schools and the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation…(Extraordinary letter!!!) Dear Mr. Rosenwald: One of the bright lights of my trip… Read more »
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December 24, 1929 – Peabody to JSA (Telegram)
December 24, 1929 (?) Telegram from Peabody to JSA (Hawthorne Avenue, Richmond, VA) – JS APPERSON, CARE A H APPERSON, HAWTHORNE AVE RICHMOND VIRGINIA HAVE YOUR LETTER 20TH THINK YOU… Read more »
December 29, 1929 – Peabody to Gov. Roosevelt
December 29, 1929 – Peabody to Governor Roosevelt – Dear Governor: Fancy you may have received original at Hyde Park but not unlikely you did not receive an extra… Read more »
December 30, 1929 – Peabody to JSA
December 30, 1929 – Peabody to JSA – Dear Mr. Apperson: Thank you for your letter of December 14th which I find upon returning from New York. I appreciate the… Read more »
September 21, 1929 – JSA to Peabody
September 21, 1929 – JSA to George Foster Peabody – Dear Mr. Peabody: I was glad to receive your letter of the 18th, and will make a special effort to… Read more »
Lake George
Throughout the first half of the 20th century, activists played an important role in protecting and preserving New York’s most famous lake and tourist attraction – Lake George. This is their story…
Five articles published in the Adirondack Explorer Magazine 2013-2014
New York Women Helped Frame the Forest Preserve Debate (March 24, 2014) Forest Preserve History: The Warwick Carpenter Papers (August 14, 2013) Adirondack Legal History: The Lake George Trespass Case (July… Read more »
Welcome to Adirondack Activism
Imagine the thrill experienced by a young man accustomed to hiking through the mountains near his home in Southwest Virginia, on getting his first glimpse of Lake George, or of… Read more »