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![Daredevils of Niagara - Photos & writing from the Orrin E. Dunlap collection](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/ZNM006.jpeg?itok=8ht-nw9w)
![Helen Alexander Diary, 1868](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/alexander1868.jpg?itok=hCk5IqCA)
Diaries of Helen Alexander, who lived in rural Cayuga County from 1838 to 1923.
![Diary Cover](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/PearsonNYHImage_Cover_Vol-AB_1828.jpg?itok=--YuKVGp)
The diaries of Jonathan Pearson, a notable Union College graduate who served as a professor, librarian, and treasurer at the college after graduating top of his class in 1835. It includes reflections on his time as both a student and faculty member, along with accounts of his travels.
![Page from Margaret Jones Diary 1945](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/EDMES002.jpg?itok=f1syl_w8)
Daily diaries written by Margaret Jones, a lifelong Edmeston resident. She worked in the rural schools of Edmeston for 51 years, despite having a physical condition that made speech difficult.
![Documents About Enslaved People in Schenectady](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/SCHS_Enslaved.jpg?itok=0g5nqpj2)
![cover of book](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/Picture2.jpg?itok=W1nw8TPI)
The United States of America incarcerates and medicates people at a greater rate than any nation on earth. This is the first response to real or perceived crimes and illnesses. Bringing light to this situation is the intention of this book. The authors have survived the priso
![Dudley Observatory Historical Archives](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/VJO004.jpeg?itok=COkP3Gk8)
This collection contains artifacts relating to the history of the Dudley Observatory.