Noel Riedinger-Johnson papers
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of the personal papers and research files of Noel Riedinger-Johnson, primarily relating to her work editing and writing about Jeanne Robert Foster and Paul Schaefer. The papers include writings, notes, and photographs used for her multiple book projects with Syracuse University Press from 1986 to 1993. Research materials include newspaper clippings, catalogs, and biographical materials on family, friends and associates of Foster. Additional materials contain Friends of the Forest Preserve, Inc. records, correspondence, writings and memorials for Paul Schaefer. The collection also contains lecture notes and slides used in promotion of her books.
Dates
- Creation: 1912 - 2014
Creator
- Riedinger-Johnson, Noel (Person)
- Foster, Jeanne Robert, 1879-1970 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open to research.
Biographical Note
Noel Riedinger-Johnson is an author and former director of the Adirondack Research Center. She was born in Schenectady, New York, in 1943. Her parents, Ruth and Albert Riedinger, were friends of Jeanne Robert Foster and republished her book, Neighbors of Yesterday in 1963. On the death of Foster in 1970, Ruth was willed a significant amount of Foster's manuscripts, correspondence and personal effects from her Adirondack and Schenectady periods which later passed to Noel. After a life-long fascination with Foster's work, Noel obtained a contract to edit and publish a volume of her poems and prose in 1986 entitled, Adirondack portraits: a piece of time. Noel was also involved with film production and editing, working on projects for both General Electric and the Couch-Sa-Chra-Ga Association, Inc. In addition, she was also involved in environmental advocacy in the Adirondacks, belonging to the Friends of the Forest Preserve, Inc.
Extent
5.8 Cubic Feet
8 Boxes
1 Folder (oversized photographs)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Research files, writings, articles, photographs, and other materials used in editing Adirondack portraits: a piece of time and other research on Jeanne Robert Foster and Paul Schaefer.
Arrangement
The papers are arranged as two series, both of which are arranged alphabetically:
Series 1, Adirondack Portraits, 1926-2014.
Series 2, General, 1912-2013.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The papers were donated by Noel Riedinger-Johnson to the Adirondack Research Library in July of 2019. An addition was donated in August 2022.
- Title
- Guide to the Noel Riedinger-Johnson papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Matthew Golebiewski
- Date
- Fall 2019
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English
- Sponsor
- Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Repository Details
Part of the Adirondack Research Library Repository