Collections

48 Proctorian

This contains yearbooks from the Proctor High School, later renamed to Thomas R. Proctor High School, and covers some of the years from 1940-1970.

Lynbrook Celebrates Grade Crossing Elimination, Monday, January 2nd, 1939

Various publications promoting the evolution of the East Rockaway and Lynbrook communities.

Provincial Exile: Roelof J. Eltinge's Banishment from the Paltz

Beginning in 1777, this collection follows Roelof Josiah Eltinge through his legal troubles of being an accused loyalist in New Paltz, NY.

Public Education in the Town of Bethlehem

A collection of documents, photographs, books and pamphlets highlighting the development of public education in the Town of Bethlehem and the history of the Bethlehem Central School District.

Public Square Collection

In 1798, seven and a half acres were set aside for a public square in the center of the village, which is documented in this collection through photographs and other documents.

Back cover of The Millers Meal (second ed., 1983)

Historical publications of the Water Mill Museum & Ladies Auxiliary of Water Mill

Putnam County Historian's Office Digital Collection

This collection contains historic images, postcards, and documents from across Putnam County.

Putnam History Musuem logo

This collection contains the Barry C. and Mary Jean (MJ) Ross Hudson River Postcard Collection.

Quarantine Memories

Personal memories from residents of the Town of Bethlehem from the COVID-19 quarantine in 2020.

Quilt Patterns of Onondaga County, 1919-1923
Hand-drawn representations of quilts and quilt patterns completed by Virginia Beauchamp in the early 20th century.
Quilts of Historic Huguenot Street

A selection of historic quilts drawn from the permanent collection at Historic Huguenot Street.

Radical Abolitionist
A collection of the Radical Abolitionist newspaper published by the Central Abolition Committee during the mid-19th century.
Railroad Photograph Collection

The collection provides pictorial information showing locomotives and rolling stock of railroads that once served New York State and adjacent states and provinces.

Ralph and three male friends in swimsuits on a small boat.

Photographs taken by James Ralph Hanford (1902-1996).

Rambler Newsletter
The Rambler Newsletter is published by Farmingdale State College students and contains historical information about the college and alumni.
Ice boats on Orange Lake, NY

This collection includes photographs and illustrations of bowsteerers and sternsteerers from the Ray Ruge Collection.

Ray Smith Collection
The people and places of Montauk, captured in the photography of Ray Smith.
Ready-Made Campus
This collection contains photographs of the Sage College of Albany, with a large portion of the collection taken in the 1970s when the college was known as Sage Junior College of Albany.
Red Hook Postcards

Selected images from a postcard collection of scenes in the Town of Red Hook, including commercial businesses, private houses, churches and public buildings.

Red Hook Schools: 1870-1940

Images showing teachers, students and their ‘one-room’ schoolhouses throughout the Town of Red Hook in Dutchess County.

Red Hook Town Board Minutes

Board minutes from the Town of Red Hook in Dutchess County.

Reflections Yearbook Collection
"Reflections" was the official yearbook of Maria College from 1967 to 1976 and 1980.
Young Eh Ka Paw and Young Nyi Nyi Aung

"Refugee Family Photos Before Resettlement to CNY," stemmed from community interest in archiving old photos and photo albums that refugees brought with them to the United States from their former homes in Burma, Thailand, Kenya, and refugee camps along the borders of those countries.

Refugees Starting Over Collection
Over the past four years, Dr. Kathryn Stam, Faculty at SUNY Poly, has been gathering media and multimedia chronicling the lives of Refugees who have settled in Utica NY.
Front page of the bi-centennial issue

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.