The White Mountains from a Hiker's Point of View

Unless noted below, all photos were taken by Daniel Abosso, the exhibit curator.

Case 1: Something for Every Hiker

The map of the White Mountains National Forest, New Hampshire-Maine 1974, is from The Granite State in Maps, 1756-2003, by Digital by Dartmouth Library.

The hand-drawn maps of trail development in the White Mountains are from Guy Waterman, An Outline of Trail Development in the White Mountains 1840-1980, eds. Al Hudson and Judith Maddock Hudson. Randolph, N.H.: Randolph Mountain Club Archive, 2005.

Case 2: Geology

The photo of the Bartlett Boulder is by Detroit Publishing Co., via Library of Congress.

Case 3: Flora & Fauna

The photo of map lichen is from Jerry and Marcy Monkman, White Mountain Wilderness: A Photographic Journey to New Hampshire's Most Rugged Places (Hanover and London: University Press of New England, 2005). Jerry Monkman's website is here.

The photo of a hermit thrush is by Rhododendrites, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

The photo of krummholz basalm fir is by Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Case 4: Our Impact

The two photos of Mt. Hancock in the past and in 2005 are from: Jerry and Marcy Monkman, White Mountain Wilderness: A Photographic Journey to New Hampshire's Most Rugged Places (Hanover and London: University Press of New England, 2005). Jerry Monkman's website is here.

The photos of men at an improvised shelter and a man with axe are from Karl P. Harrington, Walks and Climbs in the White Mountains (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1926).

The photos of slash and the Mt. Hancock aerial are from Mike Dickerman, The 4,000-Footers of New Hampshire's White Mountains (Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia Publishing, 2021). Mike Dickerman's website is here.

Case 5: Daniel Doan '36

The photo of Daniel Doan on a hike up Mt. Lafayette is from Daniel Doan, Fifty Hikes: Walks, Day Hikes, and Backpacking Trips in New Hampshire's White Mountains (Somersworth, N.H.: New Hampshire Press, 1973).

Other photos of Daniel Doan are from the Daniel Doan Papers, Rauner Special Collections Library, Dartmouth College.

Case 6: Changing Fashions

The photo of Nathaniel Goodrich is from Mike Dickerman, The 4,000-Footers of New Hampshire's White Mountains (Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia Publishing, 2021). Mike Dickerman's website is here.

The photo of women in skirts and snowshoes is from Julie Boardman, When Women and Mountains Meet (Etna, N.H.: Durand Press, 2001).