Katherine Elizabeth McClellan

In addition to selling her photographs while in Saranac Lake, McClellan also published two viewbooks: John Brown, or A Hero's Grave in the Adirondacks (1896) and Keene Valley: In the Heart of the Mountain (1898) (references below).

She opened a studio on State Street and announced in the Smith College Monthly magazine that she "was reading to take all order for photographs".

Her views of buildings, classrooms, the campus, and special events highlighted the College's facilities while presenting a dignified image of education and life at Smith.

[1] McClellan also produced for the Smith College yearbook portraits of students and faculty, and group photographs of club members and house residents.

In addition to her work for the College she also took portraits of local people, visiting dignitaries such as Helen Keller, Julia Ward Howe, and Henry James.