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Collection Data
- Description
- A scrapbook titled Highland Notes by W. T. Howell containing a typewritten diary of trips, newspaper and magazine clippings, and New York State reports on the Hudson Higlands. Includes illustrations, maps, mounted photographs, and plans.
- Names
- Howell, W. T. (William Thompson), 1810-1870 (Creator)
- Dates / Origin
- Date Created: 1905 - 1912
- Library locations
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Shelf locator: MssCol 1447
- Topics
- Explorers -- New York (State)
- Hudson Highlands (N.Y.) -- Discovery and exploration
- Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.) -- Description and travel
- Explorers
- Genres
- Diaries
- Photographs
- Sketches
- Maps
- Notes
- Content: BINDER'S TITLE: The Hudson Highlands Diary
- Biographical/historical: Born in Newburgh, NY, in 1873, William Thompson Howell was a hiker and explorer widely recognized for his advocacy of state parks and wilderness protection.
- Additional physical form: Originally published in 1933 by the Fresh Air Club and reprinted in 2010 by Bog Meadow Publishing.
- Physical Description
- Extent: .56 linear foot (2 volumes)
- Identifiers
- NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b19527538
- MSS Unit ID: 1447
- Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): ad974720-c62c-012f-5d36-58d385a7bc34
