ADIRONDACK ATTIC HISTORY PROJECT

In 2008, the Adirondack Attic History Project was awarded a Certificate of Commendation from the Upstate History Alliance.

Author Andy Flynn created the Adirondack Attic History Project in 2003 to “promote the heritage of the Adirondack Park to residents and visitors through publications and programs.” As the owner/operator of Hungry Bear Publishing, based in Saranac Lake, N.Y., he works with curators at the Adirondack Museum in Blue Mountain Lake to tell human-interest stories about the museum’s collection. Check out Andy Flynn's blog: Adirondack Writer.

See Andy Flynn's PORTFOLIO.

In February 2008, Andy Flynn was interviewed by Gary Van Riper at Old Forge Hardware for the Adirondack Journal segment of Mohawk Valley Living. See the interview on YouTube.

NEWSPAPER COLUMN

Andy writes about an artifact a week for the syndicated column, “Adirondack Attic,” which runs in five northern New York newspapers: the Adirondack Daily Enterprise in Saranac Lake (Fridays); the Lake George Mirror (weekly in the summer/monthly the rest of the year); the Lake Placid News (weekly); the Plattsburgh Press-Republican (Sundays); and The Weekly Adirondack, Old Forge (weekly).

BOOK SERIES

Each spring, Hungry Bear Publishing publishes a new volume of “New York State’s Mountain Heritage: Adirondack Attic,” featuring a compilation of “Adirondack Attic” columns from the prior year. In June 2008, Andy’s fifth book, “Adirondack Attic, Volume 5,” was released.

PROGRAMS

In addition, Andy travels around the Adirondack North Country region to present Adirondack history programs to hundreds of people every year, promoting Adirondack history to residents and visitors.

DONATION

At the end of each year, Andy donates part of the proceeds from his “Adirondack Attic” books to the Adirondack Museum’s Collection Improvement Fund to help pay for new artifacts. In the past four years, he has donated $5,500 to the museum. In this way, the Adirondack Attic History Project is actively preserving Adirondack history for generations to come.

MISSION STATEMENT

We promote the heritage of the Adirondack Park to residents and visitors through publications and programs. We are actively preserving the history of this region by creating a sense of community, raising the awareness of historic preservation issues, adding missing information to the Adirondack Museum’s artifact files and financially supporting the museum’s Collection Improvement Fund.

VISION STATEMENT

We will become the most innovative and interesting publication in the Adirondack genre by offering a unique perspective on preserving Adirondack history for future generations. We will strive to reach more people each year with this message of historic preservation and will create a lasting collection of artifact-based, human-interest stories that accurately capture the rich heritage of the Adirondack Park, a “peopled wilderness.”

BOOK REVIEWS

Adirondack Attic 5: Adirondack Daily Enterprise, Andy Bates, July 4, 2008