Dr. Alan Stephenson Collection.
Edited August 22, 2017
Descriptive Summary(See samples items from collection at end of post)
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Title: Dr. Alan Stephenson Collection. #001 |
Creator: Stephenson, Alan |
Dates: 1930-2017 |
Dates: 1755 – 1970; undated Native American items. |
Extent: 6.0 boxes (13.5 linear feet) |
Collection Number: #1 |
Repository: Warren County (N.Y.) Historical Society |
Abstract: Alan Stephenson (1930-2017) was born in Ballston Spa, NY, the son of Roger and Ethel (Tenney) Stephenson. He earned his Bachelors Degree in History and Masters Degree of Arts from University at Albany (N.Y.) and PhD in Communications from Ohio State University. His last job before he retired was Director of the Graduate Program in Communications Management. |
Scope and Content. The Alan Stephenson contains Native American artifacts, early American household items, colonial military items, guide books, local history books, regional tourist ephemera, school house items, estate papers of William P Hartman, and post card collection.
Organization and Arrangement. I. Ephemera: box 1,2,3,5,6 II. Papers: box 4 III. Postcards: Warren County postcard collection box 32. IV: Oversize items: oversize shelving.
Administrative Information and Restrictions
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research. Staff will access all material.
Preferred citation
Dr. Alan Stephenson Collection. Warren County (N.Y.) Historical Society, Queensbury, New York 12804.
User Restrictions
The historical society acts as “fair use” reproduction agent.
Copyright Information
Before material from collections at the Warren County (N.Y.) Historical Society may be quoted in print, or otherwise reproduced, in whole or in part, in any publication, permission must be obtained from (1) the owner of the physical property, and (2) the holder of the copyright. It is the particular responsibility of the researcher to obtain both sets of permissions. Persons wishing to quote from materials in the archival collection should consult the Director. Reproduction of any item must contain a complete citation to the original.
Finding Aid Publication
Finding aid prepared by volunteers at Warren County (N.Y.) Historical Society.
Description and Box Listing
Box 1
2005.009.033 Letter opener King Hendrick and Sir William Johnson Battle Monument Lake George
2007.002.001 Stoneware
2007.002.002 Stoneware
2007.002.003 Stoneware
2007.002.004 Stoneware
2007.002.005 Stoneware
2007.002.006 Axe head, stone, large
2007.002.007 Axe head, stone, small
2007.002.008 Arrowhead, small
2007.002.009 Arrowhead, large
2007.002.010 Scraper
2008.029.023 Straight razor
2008.030.005 Primitive cookie cutter
2008.030.006 Early hair crimping iron
2008.030.008 Medium washboard
2008.030.011 Vegetable masher
2008.030.012 Egg slicer
2008.030.013 Wooden forks
2008.030.014 Metal vegetable grapper
2008.030.017 Six inch circular lunch bucket with top
2008.030.018 Crock small (6″ diameter, 5″ tall)
Box 2

2005.009.041 Small cannon ball
2005.009.042 One large military button and two small
2005.009.043 Musket balls one large and two small
2005.009.044 Copper halfpenny King George II English
2006.050.001 Chewed musket ball
2006.050.002 Candle holders and bullet mold
2008.030.004 Fire heated pressing iron
2008.030.009 Carpenter’s scriber
2008.030.010 Inkwell
2008.030.012 Cotton scales
2008.030.021 French and Indian War iron tomahawk excavated in upstate New York

2008.030.022 Leather shot pouch

2008.030.023 Colonial Bayonet (old no mark ht.879) found near Fort Ticonderoga
2008.030.024 One hundred and twenty 35mm slides of Warren and Washington counties
2008.030.025 Wooden plane
2008.030.026 Sausage stuffer
2008.030.002 Wooden barrel spigot
2008.030.003 Dual-blade food chopper
2008.030.007 Single blade food chopper
Box 3
2008.030.019 Crabapple jelly squeezer
2008.030.027 Storytown Mug Lake George
2008.030.028 Water glass from Scaroon manor, Schroon Lake New York
2008.030.029 Plate from Brown Swan Club, Schroon Lake, New York
2007.030.030 Wood scoop
2008.030.031 Clamp-on skates
Box 4
2004.003.001-116 Collection of Estate Papers –Deeds, Mortgages and Wills
2005.005.002 Page from Guide Book—Million Dollar Beach advertisement
2005.005.003 Page from Guide Book—Lakeshore Court advertisement
2005.005.004 Page from Guide Book—Mohican advertisement
2005.005.005 Page from Guide Book—ESSO station advertisement
2005.009.018 Page from Guide Book Diamond Point NY
2005.009.019 Page from Guide Book Fort George woodcut

2005.009.020 Frontier Town Flyer
2005.009.027 Page from Guide Book (Warren County Airport and Cooper’s Cave GF)
2005.009.028 Postcard book, Mother Goose and Storytown, Lake George, NY
2005.009.030 Schedule the Lake George Steamboat Service (1936)

2005.009.032 Nelson’s Guide to Lake George and Lake Champlain
2005.009.034 Book Fort Ticonderoga Sketches of Fort Ticonderoga and Vicinity
2005.009.047 Officers Patch, Warren County Sheriff’s Department
2005.020.003 Lake George in history—historical map of the Lake George Region
2006.001.003 One Lake George Steamboat Co. Stock Certificate
2006.001.004 Lake George Sightseeing Trip “Ellide” by Capt. W.W. Burton advert.
2006.012.001 Merchants & Manufacturers Financial Condition for Warren Co. NY 1902
2006.021.001 Menu Scaroon Manor on Schroon Lake
2006.005.001 Posson’s Guide Lake George and Lake Champlain, Adirondacks, 1888
2006.062.001 Indenture for Job and Rachel Wilcox and Charles Smily (411/35)
2006.020.001 “A summer paradise” Delaware and Hudson Railroad booklet
2007.022.002 Harper’s Publications vol. VII no. 38 (pages 161-176)
2007.022.005 Guide of Lake George, Lake Champlain and the Adirondacks. 1921.
Box 5
2008.029.001 Child’s slate and pencil
2008.029.002 Child’s book strap
2008.029.003 School bell
2008.029.004 Wooden skates
2008.029.007 Candle holder
2008.029.008 Candle mould
2008.029.009 Finger lamp
2008.029.025 Recording cylinder
Box 6
2008.029.010 Fireplace cook-pot
2008.029.011 Fireplace fork
2008.029.012 Food masher
2008.029.013 Cornbread pan
2008.029.014 Lemon press
2008.029.017 Wooden bowl and paddle
2008.029.020 Sheep shears
2008.029.021 Carding brushes
2008.029.022 Sickle
WCHS Collections Oversize Box 1
2005.009.045 Book—America: Her Grandeur and Her Beauty
2007.022.003 Gleason’s Pictorial vol. III, no. 15 entire no. 67, 10/09/1852

2007.022.004 Gleason’s Pictorial vol. III, no. 16 entire no. 68, 10/16/1852
(includes view of the town of Caldwell (Lake George), New York
Display
2008.030.001 Early Butter Firkin (12×12)
Alan Stephenson Postcard Collection filed in Warren County Historical Society Postcard Collection #32
2005.005.007 Indian Village, Lake George, NY postcard
2005.005.008 Lake George, NY Scene on Bolton Road (1907) postcard
2005.005.009 Lake Luzerne, NY Adirondack Mountains postcard
2005.005.010 Queensbury Inn, Queensbury, NY postcard
2005.005.011 The Georgian, Lake George, NY postcard
2005.009.001 Kattskill Bay, Lake George NY, postcard
2005.009.002 Drive at Hague on Lake George, NY postcard
2005.009.003 Split Rock, Hague on Lake George, NY postcard
2005.009.004 The Narrows, Hundred Islands and Tongue Mountain, Lake George, NY
2005.009.005 Souvenir of Lake George, NY postcard
2005.009.006 Fort William Henry Hotel of the Lake, Lake George, NY postcard
2005.009.007 Upper Ridge Street, Glens Falls, NY postcard
2005.009.008 Hotel Willard, Rockhurst on Lake George, NY
2005.009.009 The Pines along the Shore, Lake George, NY postcard
2005.009.010 Canada Street, Lake George, NY postcard
2005.009.011 Hague, Lake George, NY postcard
2005.009.012 Scenic Lake George, NY postcard
2005.009.013 Frontiertown Essex County, NY postcard
2005.009.014 Frontier Town Essex County, NY postcard
2005.009.015 Frontier Town (Gaggle of Geese)
2005.009.016 Frontier Town (Country Store)
2005.009.017 Frontier Town (The Marshall with the Drill Sergeant)

2005.009.021 Looking from Rockhurst from Trout, Lake Pavilion, Lake George (1908)
2005.009.022 Ghost Town and Jungle Land postcard
2005.009.023 Dome Island at Bolton on Lake George, NY postcard
2005.009.024 View of the Falls, Glens Falls, NY postcard

2005.009.025 Bloomer Mountain, Lake George from Sabbath Day Point postcard
2005.009.026 Warren County Airport Glens Falls, NY (1979)
2005.009.029 Cooper’s Cave from inside Glens Falls, NY postcard
2005.009.031 Private mailing card, The Worden, Lake George, postcard
2005.009.035 Rose Cottage, Wiawaka, Lake George, NY postcard

2005.009.036 D&H Station at Lake George June 1916 postcard
2005.009.037 Hidden Valley “Dude” Ranch, Lake Luzerne, NY postcard
2005.009.038 The Bridge at Luzerne and Hadley looking North (August 18, 1918)
2005.009.039 Lake Luzerne Inn, Luzerne NY (August 30, 1925)
2005.009.040 Hull of Benedict Arnold’s Warship “The Revenge” Fort Ticonderoga (1927)
2005.009.046 New Fort William Hotel and Prospect Mountain
2005.020.001 Road Between Hague and Baldwin Lake George, NY postcard
2005.020.002 The Hudson River and Champlain Canal, near Glens Falls postcard
2009.026.001 “Grace Memorial Chapel” Sabbath Day Point, Lake George, NY postcard
Located in Map Case (not cataloged yet)
2007.001 United States Geological Society maps
2007.048 1829 Map of the County of Warren, surveyor general
Oversize
2009.026.002 Antique Wooden Yarn Winder
2015.010.001 1932 Flexible Flyer Arline Pilot No. 41 Sled Planet Jr Anniversary Zephyr
Framed item from Collection on display
2005.005.001 Warren County Map ca. 1910
edited by Tom Lynch, Collections Manager
contact: [email protected]
Source: Dr. Alan Stephenson Collection. # 001
Warren County NY Historical Society, 50 Gurney Lane, Queensbury, NY 1280