Collections
![1825, a Pivotal Year on the Niagara Frontier](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/VHB006.jpeg?itok=QQtCAv3s)
Materials documenting the City of Buffalo and Niagara Frontier in 1825.
![1964 Rochester Riot Photographs](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/YQR001.jpeg?itok=O2USW-4e)
This collection of images documents Rochester’s 1964 race riots, offering a vivid and revealing glimpse into Rochester’s, and the nation’s, past.
![African Repository and Colonial Journal](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/AfricanRepository.jpeg?itok=EqHL93mp)
A collection of the African Repository and Colonial Journal which was published in 1837 by the American Colonization Society.
![Albany Law School Alumni](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/YZA001.jpeg?itok=TZpNlBWd)
This collection contains documents and photographs relating to the alumni of Albany Law School.
![Albany Law School Architecture Collection](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/YZA002.jpeg?itok=bUr2JsGr)
This collection contains photographs of the outside and inside of buildings on the Albany Law School campus.
![Albany Law School Collection](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/YZA004.jpeg?itok=JLM-pqa_)
This collection contains photographs and documents related to the students of Albany Law School.
![Albion Winegar Tourgee Collection](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/WNYLRC019.png?itok=rwqe9QEj)
Albion W. Tourgee (1838 - 1905) was a Civil War veteran, politician, and lawyer. He played a pivotal role in the Plessy v. Ferguson case and was a pioneering civil rights activist. This collection includes his correspondence, as well as legal documents, articles, and photographs.
![American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Reporter](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/Anti_Slavery_Reporter.jpeg?itok=a0uZDFn5)
An 1843 publication by the American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society relating to the abolishment of slavery.
![The Anti-Slavery Record](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/VZJ007.png?itok=znNiJNUM)
Selected issues of the abolitionist newspaper, The Anti-Slavery Record, published in 1836.
![Autographs](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/Autographs%2520Collection.jpg?itok=cg7TNO1x)
Corning Community College owns an autograph collection of over 100 noted statesmen, presidents, Revolutionary War heroes and authors including Henry Clay, Jules Verne, Theodore Roosevelt to name a few.
![Bellmore Public School Commencement Exercises, 1921](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/ZRR311.jpg?itok=DSGQ8V-p)
Historical records from Bellmore and North Bellmore, NY.
![Belva Lockwood Manuscript Collection](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/YTJ008_0.jpg?itok=ItTR7vFz)
Roughly 500 manuscript pages of Lockwood’s various lectures, including some from the time of her campaign for president.
![Ben Gilman Photographs](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/occc-ben-gilman-photos4.jpg?itok=jI_FfwV3)
This collection of photographs reflect Ben Gilman's work, travels and meetings with important leaders worldwide.
![Brentwood Historical Documents](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/ZRR008.jpg?itok=0TV5Xj_e)
Correspondence and historical records from Brentwood, NY.
![Calvin Coolidge at Paul Smith's College](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/paulsmiths_10416_large.jpg?itok=MEDHXooX)
A collection of photographs documenting President Calvin Coolidge's visit to Paul Smith's College in 1926.
![Central Square Oral History Collection](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/SRR096.png?itok=yziEHmip)
This collection includes one oral history video conducted by students at Central Square High School.
![Christian Investigator](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/VZJ008.jpeg?itok=On5UcY8N)
Selected issues of the Christian Investigator, an anti-slavery publication, created by abolitionist William Goodell in the mid-19th century.
![Raging High Falls, Rochester, N.Y., in early 20th century](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/YQR009.jpg?itok=MoygDpdB)
The City Hall Photo Lab Vintage Collection contains images selected from over 5,000 35mm slides made in 1984 from photographs, maps, renderings, and other graphics from Rochester’s past.
![Colonel Elmer E. Ellsworth Collection](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/XIE001-Mechanicville-Ellsworth.jpeg?itok=3lslOkpd)
This collection contains items related to the life of Colonel Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth.
![Convivium Collection](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/VKM001.jpeg?itok=7M-ds_xZ)
This collection contains images of medieval and early modern manuscripts, manuscript leaves, and book leaves.
![Coretta Scott King Collection](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/ZKC002.jpg?itok=RKJ0YLwn)
These photographs and letters detail Coretta Scott King’s visit to Keuka College in June 1970.
![Delaware County Historical Association Sherwood Collection](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/Sherwood%2520Collection_0.jpg?itok=x63Djtli)
The Sherwood Collection is mainly comprised of letters to and from Samuel Sherwood (1779-1862), his second wife Laura Bostwick Sherwood (1790-1863), and members of their family.
![Delhi Equal Suffrage Club Collection](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/DCHA001.jpg?itok=O9dNhsOr)
Minute and treasurer books of the Delhi Equal Suffrage Club, along with a few letters and a photograph, dating from c1914.
![Dewitt Community Library History Collection](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/SRR008.jpeg?itok=OPiY9w7B)
The DeWitt Community Library History collection contains photographs and images related to the history of and events occurring within the library.
![Douglass Monthly](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/Douglass_monthly.jpg?itok=WAbywN_Z)
The Douglass' Monthly is a newspaper created by Frederick Douglass, following the success of his earlier weekly publications. The newspaper relates to the abolitionist movement as well as other social reform topics.