Collections
The City of Buffalo, N.Y. rapidly grew from a small village along Lake Erie to a bourgeoning industrial hub with the completion of the Erie Canal in 1825. The city later became a center for the Steel Industry and other manufacturing.
The photographs in this series document a variety of businesses over Tupper Lake’s history from approximately 1880 to 2005.
Images of Albany, Clinton, Rensselaer, and Schenectady Counties digitized from glass plate negatives. c.1893 - c. 1915
Historic photograph collection, Long Island’s East End
Historical photographs of the village of Chatham and surrounding towns and hamlets.
The Chautauqua Women’s Club, founded in 1889, has enjoyed a long, proud and vital history as an integral part of the Chautauqua experience.
A collection of manuscript cookbooks kept by several generations of Cherry Hill women (and a few men) spanning the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries.
Historical documents, images, and artifacts relating to the Chester, New York community.
This series includes a great number of photographs of various citizens from approximately 1860 to 2010 including candid pictures of individuals, group shots at various events.
The City Hall Photo Lab Contemporary Collection contains images depicting official City events and programs and documenting public works services and projects in Rochester between 1982 and 2010.
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.
Civil War era letters from two Middle Island, NY brothers.
Students in Professor Laura Ettinger's History of Public Health in America course conducted audio interviews with relatives and friends about how the COVID-19 pandemic affected their lives so that people in the future can learn about what it was like to live in 2020 and 2021.
Photographs and postcards relating to the history of Claverack, N.Y.
Research by Freeport Village historian Clinton E. Metz
Archival documents relating to the early development of the town of New Paltz, NY.
This collection includes postcards, images, and stereographs relating to Cornwall, N.Y.
This collection includes oral histories from Cornwall residents as they recall everyday life in the area.