Collections
![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.
![Piermont, NY History Collection](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/Piermont%2520%2528square%2529.jpg?itok=1V9oE7Eo)
Documents, maps, images, and ephemera related to the village of Piermont, New York.
![Postcards of Kingston, New York](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/ZSE055.jpg?itok=ek4jeRs_)
Historic postcards of buildings, streets, and landscapes throughout Kingston.
![Quarantine Memories](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/bpl_Quarantine.jpg?itok=u_TJKtwx)
Personal memories from residents of the Town of Bethlehem from the COVID-19 quarantine in 2020.
![Front page of the bi-centennial issue](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/bicentennial.png?itok=NPilMb6_)
The bicentennial edition, published on April 8, 1985, of the founding of the Register-Star of Hudson, New York, includes information associated with the paper’s history.
![three young men Leaning Against a Wall](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/bellamy.jpg?itok=bXI7GXK8)
Photographs, postcards, and ephemera relating to the Bellamy Family and their friends in Norwich, NY.
![Robert G. Lamparter Postcard Collection](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/ZRR118.jpg?itok=jLuaX-cr)
An important postcard collection of mostly Montauk views, collected by Robert G. Lamparter.
![Rochester Area Cemetery Records](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/Roch_Area_Cem_0.png?itok=IzUlsRTd)
![Rochester Area Historian's Holdings](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/historians_holdings.png?itok=kmP5UDK6)
![Flight of the Hyperion](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/YQR005_0.jpg?itok=xKal5V5u)
The Rochester Public Library Local History Division Picture File Collection contains diverse images relating to Rochester’s history.
![Portrait of Roycroft founder Elbert Hubbard in iconic wide-brimmed Stetson hat with a scarf tied in a bow at his throat](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/hubbard%20hat.jpg?itok=GiCwNslp)
Collection of items relating to the Roycroft community of artisans located in East Aurora, NY
![Sag Harbor Photograph Collection](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/ZRR208.jpg?itok=-eZ2rPav)
![Sally Savage Collection](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/sally%2520savage%2520square.jpg?itok=cD2YplQI)
Photographs taken by Sally Savage, primarily of Nyack and surrounding areas.
![page of document](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/SCHSSamuelJones.jpg?itok=6Qc_72W_)
Letters received or collected by Samuel Jones from his family, friends, and associates, and Samuel Jones’ diary which he kept from 1821 to 1855.