Granite State Sampler, The

Date1989

Can DescriptionsOne side of disc is still images, the other side is moving images. Includes NHF archival footage of ice harvesting ('Cutting Ice,' 1943). ONSITE REFERENCE ONLY. Jacket notes as follows: A visual archive chronicling New Hampshire state history and government consisting of 12,000 still images and 17 motion sequences including: Maps and Geographies--Overview of New Hampshire geography, Satellite Views, New Hampshire Landscapes, Maps Past and Present; Natural History--Introduction, Wildlife, Endangered Flora; Archeology--Conservation Archeology, Underwater Archeology, Archeological Digs; Native American History--Indian Artifacts, Colonial Times; Colonial Society--New Hampshire as a Colony, Documents; Revolutionary Era--Beginning of the Revolution, battles, People, Documents; Constitution and Government--State Government, Town Meetings; 19th Century--Introduction, The Civil War, The Spanish-American War; Economic Development & Progression--Introduction, Logging, Shipbuilding, Farming, Manufacturing, Ice Harvesting, Community Businesses, Transportation, Retrospective; Town Histories & Images--Dartmouth-Sunapee Region, Lake Region, Merrimack Valley Region, Monadnock Region, Seacoast Region, White Mountains Region & North Country; Depression Era--Civilian Conservation Corps; Recreation & Tourism--Parks and Recreation, Winter Sports in New Hampshire, Rest and Relaxation; People of Interest--Introduction, Governors of New Hampshire, Notable Individuals, The Arts, Artists and Writers, Faces of New Hampshire; New Hampshire Heritage--Shakers, Ethnic Wealth, Education, Our New Hampshire, Special Collections; We Touch the Future--Nuclear Power in New Hampshire, NASA's Educational Resources; Acknowledgments; Newsreels: New Hamsphire Primaries: First New Hampshire Primary, 1952, 1964 New Hampshire Primary; Steam Driven Sawmill; Launching of the Thresher; Haying circa 1939; Ice Harvesting; Kingsbury Silver Arrow; Automobiling Among the Clouds; Opening of Keene Airport; Old Home Day in Hancock; Moose Brook State Park; Camp Pinnacle; Archival Ski Footage--Otto Schniebs Ski Technique, Moosilauke Race, 1931, Peckett's Inn; Colebrook Winter Carnival; Winter Sports in the White Mountains.