{"id":8,"date":"2013-01-09T15:33:14","date_gmt":"2013-01-09T15:33:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/faculty.wpengine.com\/lee-manchester\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2016-05-25T18:12:20","modified_gmt":"2016-05-25T18:12:20","slug":"the-mary-mackenzie-project","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/faculty.wagner.edu\/lee-manchester\/the-mary-mackenzie-project\/","title":{"rendered":"The Mary MacKenzie Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mary MacKenzie, Lake Placid&#8217;s legendary public historian, died in April 2003. Shortly after her death, I began going through MacKenzie&#8217;s files to compile her life&#8217;s work into a series of books, with the cooperation of MacKenzie&#8217;s family and the Lake Placid Public Library. The five books that were developed from the Mary MacKenzie Project are described below. Print copies of all these books can be ordered from the links you will find on this page, at cost, with no markup; online previews can be accessed at no charge, and free PDF versions of those books can be downloaded.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lulu.com\/spotlight\/marymackenzie\" target=\"_blank\">Visit the Mary MacKenzie Project online storefront<\/a> to view and purchase all of her books.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>To start you off, take a look at this short PBS video on <\/em><em>Mary MacKenzie&#8217;s legacy:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Mary MacKenzie history project\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4IDLdsvsx6o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/faculty.wagner.edu\/lee-manchester\/new-york-times-writer-reflects-on-the-mary-mackenzie-project\" target=\"_blank\">CLICK HERE<\/a> to read a New York Times writer&#8217;s account of the Mary MacKenzie Project.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/faculty.wagner.edu\/lee-manchester\/adirondack-life-magazine-profiles-mary-mackenzie\" target=\"_blank\">CLICK HERE<\/a> to read a profile of Mary MacKenzie by Adirondack social historian Amy Godine, published in Adirondack Life magazine.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/faculty.wagner.edu\/lee-manchester\/files\/2013\/01\/Plains-book-cover-LPPL-e1464106502607.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-17\" src=\"http:\/\/faculty.wagner.edu\/lee-manchester\/files\/2013\/01\/Plains-book-cover-LPPL-e1464106502607.jpg\" alt=\"Plains book cover, LPPL\" width=\"200\" height=\"299\" \/><\/a>THE PLAINS OF ABRAHAM: A HISTORY OF NORTH ELBA AND LAKE PLACID<\/strong> <em> Collected writings of Mary MacKenzie, edited by Lee Manchester<\/em> Mary MacKenzie&#8217;s sweeping history begins with the hardy farmers from New England who first settled North Elba in 1800. Some of them became hoteliers as tourists discovered the enchanting scenery. Free African Americans settled here, too, and the famous abolitionist, John Brown. These were self-reliant Adirondackers, people of courage and conviction. But Lake Placid&#8217;s story also includes dashing actors and producers from the silent movie studios who found the rugged scenery perfect for their rousing epics. Sports heroes careened down the bob-run and ski slopes where members of the Lake Placid Club virtually invented winter sports in America, culminating in two Winter Olympics! And MacKenzie includes stories of local heroes, North Elbans of distinction, all told in her delightful style: precise, confident, and with a touch of Garrison Keillor&#8217;s sense of small-town humor. <em>First edition published by Nicholas K. Burns Publishing, Utica, N.Y., August 2007. Second edition published by the Lake Placid Public Library, 2010. <\/em>(Trade paperback, 420 pages)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/faculty.wagner.edu\/lee-manchester\/plains-of-abraham-a-winner-at-adirondack-literary-awards\">READ ABOUT<\/a> the Special Appreciation Award given for &#8220;The Plains of Abraham&#8221; at the 2008 Adirondack Literary Awards program.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/faculty.wagner.edu\/lee-manchester\/reviews-praise-for-the-plains-of-abraham\">READ REVIEWS<\/a> of &#8220;The Plains of Abraham.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Purchase, preview or download your own copy:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lulu.com\/shop\/mary-mackenzie\/the-plains-of-abraham\/paperback\/product-6267321.html\" target=\"_blank\">Purchase the book here<\/a>, at cost plus shipping<\/li>\n<li>Preview the entire book online, at no charge \u2014 just click on the word &#8220;Preview&#8221; directly beneath the cover illustration <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lulu.com\/shop\/mary-mackenzie\/the-plains-of-abraham\/paperback\/product-6267321.html#\" target=\"_blank\">on this page<\/a> (and wait a few seconds for the file to load)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lulu.com\/shop\/mary-mackenzie\/the-plains-of-abraham\/ebook\/product-17393198.html\" target=\"_blank\">Download the complete book in PDF form<\/a> at no charge<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>And, below, listen to the launch event for\u00a0&#8220;The Plains of Abraham,&#8221; held on Aug. 4, 2007 at the Lake Placid Public Library:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Launch event, \u2018The Plains of Abraham, A History of North Elba &amp; Lake Placid\u2019\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vlX5RzWt_i0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-24\" src=\"http:\/\/faculty.wagner.edu\/lee-manchester\/files\/2013\/01\/Secret-Poems-cover.jpg\" alt=\"Secret Poems cover\" width=\"200\" height=\"299\" \/>THE SECRET POEMS OF MARY C. LANDON: <\/strong> <strong>MARY LANDON MACKENZIE&#8217;S COLLECTED POETRY, 1931 TO 1937<\/strong> <em> Edited by Lee Manchester<\/em> When Lake Placid historian Mary MacKenzie died in 2003, her family discovered a cache of fine poetry she had kept hidden since the 1930s. The collection, first published under MacKenzie&#8217;s maiden name of Mary C. Landon by the Adirondack literary magazine Blueline in 2005, is now available for a general audience.\u00a0(Trade paperback, 178 pages)<\/p>\n<p>LATE IN 2004, a number of Adirondack cultural leaders \u2014 including historians, writers, librarians, museum curators and educators \u2014 wrote their endorsements for a Walker Fellowship grant to defray the initial costs of publishing &#8220;The Secret Poems.&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/faculty.wagner.edu\/lee-manchester\/files\/2013\/01\/Walker-Fellowship-endorsements.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Click on this link to read their letters.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Purchase, preview or download your own copy:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lulu.com\/shop\/mary-mackenzie\/the-secret-poems-of-mary-c-landon\/paperback\/product-6268396.html\" target=\"_blank\">Purchase the book here<\/a>, at cost plus shipping<\/li>\n<li>Preview the entire book online, at no charge \u2014 just click on the word &#8220;Preview&#8221; directly beneath the cover illustration <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lulu.com\/shop\/mary-mackenzie\/the-secret-poems-of-mary-c-landon\/paperback\/product-6268396.html\" target=\"_blank\">on this page<\/a> (and wait a few seconds for the file to load)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lulu.com\/shop\/mary-mackenzie\/the-secret-poems-of-mary-c-landon\/ebook\/product-17376917.html\" target=\"_blank\">Download the complete book in PDF form<\/a> at no charge<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>And, below, listen to the launch event for\u00a0&#8220;The Secret Poems of Mary C. Landon,&#8221; held on May 7, 2005 at the Lake Placid Public Library:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Launch event, \u2018The Secret Poems of Mary C  Landon\u2019\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/I74lcq10bq4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/faculty.wagner.edu\/lee-manchester\/files\/2013\/01\/Photos-from-the-Plains-cover.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-30\" src=\"http:\/\/faculty.wagner.edu\/lee-manchester\/files\/2013\/01\/Photos-from-the-Plains-cover.jpg\" alt=\"Photos from the Plains cover\" width=\"200\" height=\"161\" \/><\/a>PHOTOS FROM THE PLAINS OF ABRAHAM: <\/strong> <strong>THE MARY MACKENZIE HISTORIC SLIDE COLLECTION<\/strong> <em> Curated by Lee Manchester<\/em> This component of Mary MacKenzie\u2019s intellectual legacy consists of the restored images from 333 film slides collected by Mary as illustrative material for her public lectures. It is the largest, most comprehensive collection in existence of images depicting the history of Lake Placid. After scanning all 333 of Mary\u2019s slides, I spent several months digitally restoring the images. The collection was initially published online in conjunction with the release of \u201cThe Plains of Abraham\u201d in 2007. I reformatted the material for print publication. (9-by-7-inch paperback, fully illustrated, 388 pages) <strong>Purchase, preview or download your own copy:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lulu.com\/shop\/lee-manchester\/photos-from-the-plains-of-abraham\/paperback\/product-13377198.html\" target=\"_blank\">Purchase the book here,<\/a> at cost plus shipping<\/li>\n<li>Preview the entire book online, at no charge \u2014 just click on the word &#8220;Preview&#8221; directly beneath the cover illustration <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lulu.com\/shop\/lee-manchester\/photos-from-the-plains-of-abraham\/paperback\/product-13377198.html\" target=\"_blank\">on this page<\/a> (and wait a few seconds for the file to load)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lulu.com\/shop\/lee-manchester\/photos-from-the-plains-of-abraham\/ebook\/product-17375206.html\" target=\"_blank\">Download the complete book in PDF form<\/a> at no charge<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/faculty.wagner.edu\/lee-manchester\/files\/2013\/01\/More-from-the-Plains-cover-e1464106725557.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-31\" src=\"http:\/\/faculty.wagner.edu\/lee-manchester\/files\/2013\/01\/More-from-the-Plains-cover-e1464106725557.jpg\" alt=\"More from the Plains cover\" width=\"195\" height=\"299\" \/><\/a>MORE FROM THE PLAINS OF ABRAHAM<\/strong> <em> By Mary MacKenzie, edited by Lee Manchester<\/em> When \u201cThe Plains of Abraham\u201d was first published in 2007, much of the material gathered from the late Mrs. MacKenzie\u2019s files had to be put aside to keep the volume from becoming too big to print; even so, \u201cThe Plains of Abraham\u201d ran to more than 400 pages in length. Rather than leave completely aside the rest of the material that had been edited for \u201cThe Plains of Abraham,\u201d I decided to make it available in this small, print-on-demand paperback edition. (Trade paperback, not illustrated, 140 pages) <strong>Purchase, preview or download your own copy:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lulu.com\/shop\/mary-mackenzie\/more-from-the-plains-of-abraham\/paperback\/product-6267392.html\" target=\"_blank\">Purchase the book here<\/a>, at cost plus shipping<\/li>\n<li>Preview the entire book online, at no charge \u2014 just click on the word &#8220;Preview&#8221; directly beneath the cover illustration <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lulu.com\/shop\/mary-mackenzie\/more-from-the-plains-of-abraham\/paperback\/product-6267392.html\" target=\"_blank\">on this page<\/a> (and wait a few seconds for the file to load)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lulu.com\/shop\/mary-mackenzie\/more-from-the-plains-of-abraham\/ebook\/product-17388255.html\" target=\"_blank\">Download the complete book in PDF form<\/a> at no charge<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/faculty.wagner.edu\/lee-manchester\/files\/2013\/01\/Main-Street-cover.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-32\" src=\"http:\/\/faculty.wagner.edu\/lee-manchester\/files\/2013\/01\/Main-Street-cover.jpg\" alt=\"Main Street cover\" width=\"200\" height=\"162\" \/><\/a>MAIN STREET, LAKE PLACID: AN ARCHITECTURAL AND HISTORIC SURVEY<\/strong> <em> By Mary MacKenzie, Lee Manchester and Janet Null; edited by Lee Manchester<\/em> The work of three historians \u2014 Mary MacKenzie, Lee Manchester and Janet Null \u2014 has been combined in this survey of the historic architecture of Main Street, Lake Placid, in the heart of New York&#8217;s Adirondacks. Rich in both current and archival photographs, the book includes a section of comparative streetscape images, placing full-page archival shots opposite current views of the Olympic Village. (9-by-7-inch paperback, heavily illustrated, 208 pages) <strong>Purchase, preview or download your own copy:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lulu.com\/shop\/lee-manchester\/main-street-lake-placid\/paperback\/product-6267248.html\" target=\"_blank\">Purchase the book here<\/a>, at cost plus shipping<\/li>\n<li>Preview the entire book online, at no charge \u2014 just click on the word &#8220;Preview&#8221; directly beneath the cover illustration <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lulu.com\/shop\/lee-manchester\/main-street-lake-placid\/paperback\/product-6267248.html\" target=\"_blank\">on this page<\/a> (and wait a few seconds for the file to load)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lulu.com\/shop\/lee-manchester\/main-street-lake-placid\/ebook\/product-17393568.html\" target=\"_blank\">Download the complete book in PDF form<\/a> at no charge<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mary MacKenzie, Lake Placid&#8217;s legendary public historian, died in April 2003. 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