Collections
![Stony Brook train depot circa 1910.](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/ZRR300.jpg?itok=Sgyww5lz)
Images of Stony Brook and the surrounding areas
![Luca D'Auria in Uniform](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/2022.0062.png?itok=_HH-5AxI)
The collection includes both military photos from the 52nd General Hospital and personal family photos of Luca, his wife Lilian, and their relatives.
![The first page of the photo album of the Lynbrook Camera Club.](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/ZRR252.jpg?itok=4OvHHaVt)
A photo album and a photograph of the club’s activities.
![Margaret Woodbury Strong Papers, 1897-1969](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/VZM001.jpeg?itok=ROkN0FHx)
![Marlboro, NY History Collection](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/square_1.jpg?itok=Vd-ZLtGt)
Historic images of people, places, and events in the town of Marlborough.
![Mead Family, Camping at HIther Hills, circa 1940s](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/ZRR266.jpg?itok=jZnGkfHG)
Family photographs of camping in Montauk, N.Y. during the 1940s-1950s.
![Melville Family Papers](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/ZRR264.jpg?itok=9NnKQC9e)
Six audio recordings of Ward Melville, his family, and associates.
![Military Memories & Veterans' Voices Oral History Collection](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/VPL_VetsOralHistory.jpg?itok=Z9qm-WSH)
Military Memories & Veterans' Voices was a program held at the Library on December 3rd, 2017. The collection consists of five oral histories and photographs.
![The grandstand and race track at the Mineola Fairgrounds.](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/ZRR328.jpg?itok=DaMU70jY)
Images of Mineola from the late 19th century to present day.
![Muriel Vanderbilt at Pebble Beach Stables, California, 1925 – 1929.](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/ZRR278.jpg?itok=Cen6Ltk6)
Documentary materials of Mr. Vanderbilt’s daughter, Muriel.
![Nanuet, NY History Collection](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/Nanuet%2520%2528square%2529.jpg?itok=Knly6Mih)
This collection includes documents, images, and postcards relating to the history of Nanuet, New York.
![Nyack Library Local History Collection](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/nyack%2520squareish.jpg?itok=Q1jrZ_OX)
Historic items relating to the local history of Nyack and surrounding areas.
![Image of tapes](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/Oral%20Histories%20of%20Lockport%2C%20NY%20logo.jpg?itok=jZPeqxjp)
Oral histories collected from 20th century Lockport, NY, residents
![Osmond D. Putnam Photographs](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/Putnamportrait.jpg?itok=oYS-Nk0x)
![Mr Packard in his eponymous automobile](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/motorcar.jpg?itok=t0uhb-Ng)
![Palisades, NY History Collection](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/palisades%2520%2528square%2529.jpg?itok=vZCWONzY)
![Patterson Historical Society Digital Collection](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/Capture%2520square.jpg?itok=L37OxBAc)
This collection contains images, postcards, maps, and documents related to Patterson NY history.
Photos from New Paltz State Teachers College in the late 1940s and early 1950s.
![James B. Schafer speaking to a crowd at Peace Haven, 1939](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/ZRR270.jpg?itok=X0g5JowE)
Photographs of the Idle Hour estate as “Peace Haven.”
![Pearl River, NY History Collection](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/Pearl%2520River%2520%2528square%2529.jpg?itok=KeGR9d2j)
Images, documents, and ephemera relating to the formation and development of Pearl River, New York.
![Scrapbook page from Student Activity Board, 1970s](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/SABscrapbooks.jpg?itok=P7E-jTla)
This collection shares numerous stories from those living within Cortland County as well as those working or studying at the State University of New York College at Cortland. It primarily includes audio recordings and digitized scrapbooks.
![1930 Chenango County Census Takers](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/1973.15.1.346.jpg?itok=hYD904yq)
Photographs, postcards, and ephemera relating to the history of Norwich and Chenango County.
![Peter Aaron Collection](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/aaron%2520square.jpg?itok=E7DFXrYj)
Photographs of students and campus life at Bard, taken by photographer Peter Aaron between the years 1964-1971.
![Sepia photo](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/p16694coll94_1015_medium.jpg?itok=mhQDO-5N)
Correspondence, photographs, and artifacts related to Peter Erwin (1910-1944) of the Arbor Hill neighborhood of Albany, New York, his wife Marjorie L. Walker (1915-1995), and daughter Effie Marie Erwin (1940-2021).
![Scrapbooks and Albums at HSERL](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/ZRR251.jpg?itok=2Gc7f4hy)
Scrapbooks and Albums created by residents of Lynbrook, NY and the surrounding villages.